Economic insecurity
Alternative labels
Financial insecurity
Economic precarity
Economic precariousness
Report
Digital barriers to economic justice in the wake of COVID-19
This report identifies three major digital barriers to economic justice arising from the COVID-19 pandemic—the collapse of benefits automation, expanded workplace and school surveillance, and the digital profiling of economic distress. The report uses a data justice framework to suggest how policy-makers might mitigate the harms experienced by low-socioeconomic status communities.
Report
Families in Australia Survey: life during COVID-19 - report no.6
This report explores people's responses to the financial impact of COVID-19 and their concerns about their current and future financial situations.
Report
Foodbank hunger report 2020
This report is unlike any previous Foodbank Hunger Report, as it presents a picture of food insecurity in the midst of a once-in-100-year crisis. This report looks at how COVID-19, and the responses of governments, businesses and individuals to the pandemic, are affecting the ability of people to have food for themselves and their families.
Policy report
Culture shock: COVID-19 and the cultural and creative sectors
Cultural and creative sectors are important in their own right in terms of their economic footprint and employment. They also spur innovation across the economy, as well as contribute to numerous other channels for positive social impact. However they are among the hardest hit by the pandemic, with large cities often containing the greatest share...
Report
The impact of COVID-19 on families in hardship in Western Australia
The 100 Families WA COVID-19 report presents experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic, its restrictions, and its early economic and social impacts among 158 family members in the study who completed a supplementary COVID-19 survey between May and July 2020.