During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, work from home (WfH) uptake surged significantly in Australia. As WfH practices become more common than before, it is important to understand the determinants of WfH in Australia, and to ensure that the consequences of increased WfH are taken into consideration in urban and regional development, infrastructure investment and...

This report analyses the characteristics and experiences of young people in limited employment in New Zealand, and the pathways they follow in and out of limited employment between the ages 16 to 24.

As the gap between rich and poor in Australia widens, multi-generational disadvantage becomes entrenched. This corrodes the very foundations of liberal democracy, and threatens the capacity of government to provide equality of opportunity. This paper presents a liberal perspective of Australia’s productivity slowdown that recognises productivity growth is dependent also on equality of opportunity.

Growing concerns have been expressed in media commentary and policy circles about the economic fortunes of young Australians. This paper argues that institutions that facilitate the availability of greater and meaningful economic choice would empower young Australians in discovering their own, preferred pathways for upward mobility and material prosperity.

This paper is an overview of the evidence of distribution, inequality and mobility in New Zealand, including the characteristics and clustering of multiple disadvantage.