Disabled Australian adolescents and young adults are more likely to experience social exclusion than their non-disabled peers. The gap between the two actually widened between 2001 and 2011. Social exclusion in adolescence leads to poor outcomes. It affects not only the health and wellbeing of the individual; it also impacts on their family and the...

This report explains the activities of the Australian Human Rights Commission over the past year. It covers issues such as discrimination, children in detention and indigenous disadvantage. The Annual Report of the Australian Human Rights Commission for the period ending 30 June 2011 has been prepared pursuant to section 45 of the Australian Human Rights...

Comparing the labour market returns to numeracy and cognitive ability in Indonesia and the United States, this paper argues that different economic characteristics between developing and developed countries may require workers with different skills. Different economic characteristics between developing and developed countries may require workers with different skills, resulting in different returns to the same...

This paper considers the potential for the cultural transmission of attitudes toward work, welfare, and individual responsibility to explain the intergenerational correlation in welfare receipt. Specifically, we investigate whether 18-year olds’ views about social benefits and the drivers of social inequality depend on their families’ welfare histories. We begin by incorporating welfare receipt into a...

In April 2002, the Council of Australian Governments commissioned the Steering Committee to produce a regular report against key indicators of Indigenous disadvantage. This report has the long-term objective of informing Australian governments about whether policy programs and interventions are achieving positive outcomes for Indigenous people.