New work rights and higher wages in sectors like aged care are closing the gender pay gap, which is now shrinking by 1.3 percentage points on average each year. This report outlines 20 major reforms under the current Australian Government that have contributed to the quicker narrowing of the gender pay gap.

This report follows the trajectories of workers of different occupations, ages, and locations to better understand how wages and housing costs vary between the cities and regions. It also identifies the migration flows within Australia occurring in response to changing locations of opportunity finding overseas immigration has offset the worker exodus from the cities

The Graduate Outcomes Survey (GOS) is completed by graduates of Australian higher education institutions approximately four to six months after finishing their studies. The GOS measures short-term employment outcomes including skills utilisation, further study activities, and graduate satisfaction. This year's data shows that full-time employment rates for recent graduates continue to stay at record highs...

This paper provides an update on the state of economic inequality in Australia, reviewing the period of the COVID-19 induced recession and recovery. It also deep dives into economic inequality for three cohorts - women, older people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Australian women earn on average 15% less per hour than men. But what drives this pay gap? Is it rooted in different occupational choices between men and women? Or does it reflect differences in pay across genders for identical occupations? The authors of this paper answer these questions using population-wide taxation data covering the Australian...