This paper provides policy makers with key findings about what works, and assesses the gaps in the evidence for the following three of the seven COAG building blocks that were the focus of the Clearinghouse in Year 2: • Early childhood• Healthy homes• Governance and leadership. Evidence from other building blocks was covered in the...

Concession cards provide access to a range of welfare benefits additional to income support payments. While concession cards constitute an important means of accessing support, their efficacy is dependent upon cardholders using their cards. There are many questions relating to the determinants of card use and the realised value of these benefits. For example, are...

The Children’s Ground project aims to develop a place-based approach to support children and their families in highly disadvantaged communities. The project approach is informed by research and evidence, recognising the multiple and multi-level influences on children’s development and the need to support the role of communities in improving outcomes for children.

This paper provides policy makers with key findings about what works to overcome Indigenous disadvantage and assesses the gaps in the evidence. What works: • Community involvement and engagement. For example, key success factors in Indigenous community-based alcohol and substance-abuse programs were strong leadership, strong community– member engagement, appropriate infrastructure and use of a paid...

This paper contributes to the literature on the effects of child market work on human capital by focusing on the long-term growth in human capital, which is widely known to significantly affect earning ability. Child labor is a phenomenon that has attracted a great amount of attention and research. Theoretical propositions suggest that child labor...