Low socioeconomic status
Position paper
Make social housing work
This document outlines a plan for the Victorian government to increase investment into social housing, to increase Victoria's proportion of social housing to the national average.
Evaluation
Impact of learning from home on educational outcomes for disadvantaged children
Teachers across Australia have had to transition into the online environment without a strong evidence base to inform their approach. This research suggests that the impact on student learning and outcomes for Australian children who are disadvantaged will depend in part on how well teachers are able to adapt to working effectively in the new...
Working paper
Inflation variability across Australian households: implications for inequality and indexation policy
This paper considers the inflation experience of Australian households in different parts of the income distribution.
Report
Mapping the potential: understanding persistent disadvantage to inform community change
This report is about potential more than it is about poverty, and about modelling as much as it is about measuring. By looking at how Australians may experience disadvantage, beyond the economic dimension, the researchers have been able to provide a much richer understanding of disadvantage and how we might impact it.
Policy report
Hidden costs: an independent study into income management in Australia
This report summarises preliminary findings from a national independent study into the ongoing expansion of income management (IM) in Australia. The study was funded by the Australian Research Council over a three-year period from 2018-2020.