Social inequality
Alternative labels
Social equality
Discussion paper
A tax shift for our future
Prosper Australia believes it’s time to talk about a tax shift for Australia's future. This discussion paper aims to kick start the debate.
Report
A quantitative analysis of disadvantage and how it persists in Aotearoa New Zealand
This report estimates the scale of persistent disadvantage in New Zealand across three domains, and examines who is more likely to experience it.
Report
A fair chance for all: breaking the cycle of persistent disadvantage - final report
This final report from the New Zealand Productivity Commission's inquiry found that people experiencing disadvantage and those trying to support them are constrained by powerful system barriers. Barriers include siloed and fragmented government agencies and 'short-termism'. These barriers make it very hard for those experiencing persistent disadvantage to escape and can even make single-factor or...
Report
The Australian Inequality Index: summary report - May 2023
The Australian Inequality Index is a tool by which we can measure the various aspects of inequality across Australian society, interrogate its causes, and inform the necessary government and community-led interventions to reduce it. This summary report provides information about the creation of this online tool.
Report
Not a level playing field: exploring issues of inequality
This report takes a broad review of inequality and its impact on society. It carries out an in-depth analysis to determine the role demographic factors, such as age, gender, disability, location, education and employment backgrounds play in determining inequality. It does this through decomposition of the Gini coefficient.