This paper estimates and compares the returns to education in Australia using standard Mincer equations for the years 2006, 2011, and 2016.

This report analyses the 2016 Census and other data using the Child Social Exclusion Index, to provide insight into the perspectives of children experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social exclusion in Australia.

The Index of Wellbeing for Older Australians, commissioned by The Benevolent Society and prepared by The National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM), maps how older people are faring nationally across five domains, including education, health, resources and wealth, including housing. The most significant finding of the research is that secure and affordable housing...

How have the regions weathered the GFC? Robert Tanton looks at the data.

Do the demands of high-status professions explain childlessness among some women? Robert Tanton describes some new research findings.