The fiscal challenges of population ageing can be tackled in a number of ways. These include investing in capital and productivity of the smaller workforce, greater saving for retirement, higher migration, an active population policy, reducing benefits for the old, and/or encouraging and enabling them to work longer. This briefing focuses on the latter.

This paper presents tables and charts for a broad range of social, demographic and economic indicators across all Australian states and territories, and compares them to Australian averages. Each table contains data for the last five years, while each chart plots data for the financial year 2010–11. The purpose of this paper is to present...

This report presents an analysis to underpin a national workforce development strategy for the Defence industry, and provides recommendations on options to improve skills supply to the industries to better position them to take part in Defence acquisition and sustainment procurements over the next decade. The report is based on consultation with industry and relevant...

This report from the Australian Human Rights Commission looks into the negative and positive outcomes of a increasingly mature age work force. Successive editions of Treasury’s Intergenerational Reports (IGRs) have noted that Australia’s intergenerational compact was at risk in coming decades on two fronts: From a quantity challenge: Australia’s ageing population means there will be...

This working paper look into the effect of paid maternity leave on mothers probability of employment after birth, how this effect varies with the age of the child, and the effect on wages when the child is about four years old. It finds that mothers appear to delay their return to work after a birth...