Wage inequality
Alternative labels
Pay equity
Wages inequality
Working paper
Greedy jobs, labour market institutions, and the gender pay gap
This paper argues that eliminating occupational gender earnings gaps will require changing the nature of 'greedy' jobs.
Working paper
Lifecycle earnings risk and insurance: new evidence from Australia
This paper studies the nature of earnings dynamics in Australia, using the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey 2001-2020.
Report
Gender Equity Insights 2022: the state of inequality in Australia
This edition of the Gender Equity Insights series looks at Australia’s gender pay gap and finds that it could narrow by a third if a more balanced gender concentration was achieved across all industries and occupations.
Report
The case for living wages
As a key pathway to addressing poverty, living wages are rich in business benefits. This report argues that the payment of living wages remains one of the most powerful routes to help people out of poverty, realise human rights, and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Report
The wages crisis: revisited
A comprehensive review of Australian wage trends indicates that wage growth is likely to remain stuck at historically weak levels - despite the dramatic disruptions experienced by the Australian labour market through the COVID-19 pandemic. This report finds that targeted policies to deliberately lift wages are needed to break free of the low-wage trajectory that...