Women economic conditions
Report
Measure for measure: gender equality in Australia
This report tracks the life cycle of Australian women, from early childhood, through education, employment, unpaid work, parenting and care, to retirement and old age, and identifies the points at which they fall behind men, in terms of their social and economic power.
Report
Global gender gap report 2020
Gender parity has a fundamental bearing on whether or not economies and societies thrive. None of us will see gender parity in our lifetimes, and nor likely will many of our children. That’s the sobering finding of this year's edition of the Global Gender Gap Report, which reveals that gender parity will not be attained...
Working paper
Nappies, books and wrinkles: how children, qualifications and age affect female underemployment in Australia
This paper examines the factors contributing to female underemployment across Australia. ‘Underemployed’ in this document refers to females in part-time employment, who, if given the choice, would take on more hours of paid employment relative to their current hours.
Working paper
Marital dissolution and personal wealth: examining gendered trends across the dissolution process
This study examines personal wealth changes over the dissolution process, starting up to three years prior to separation and until 15 years after legal divorce.
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The gap: why Australian women earn millions less
There’s a vast gap between the projected lifetime earnings of the average Australian man with kids, compared with the projected earnings of the average Australian woman with kids. The gap is about two million dollars.