Research into the prevalence of young worker exploitation within the Australian labour force and the ways in which this exploitation may be combatted through the use of digital tools and data science. The report affirms the alarming rate at which young workers are underpaid and makes recommendations to combat young worker exploitation through the use...

The Australian economy is unusual, in both what it produces and its policy settings. Policymakers cannot borrow blindly from overseas. Researchers need to do their part by providing careful analysis of Australian circumstances. In that vein, this report sketches five unusual features of Australia’s economic structure.

This paper examines the correlation between minimum wage increases and inflation going back to 1990 and finds no consistent link between minimum wage increases and inflation. It reveals a fair and appropriate increase to the minimum wage and accompanying increases to award rates would not have a significant effect on inflation.

Young people are often framed as being underrepresented and/or insufficiently considered in decision-making processes, including public policy. To help remedy the lack of youth voices in New Zealand government policy, the authors of this article present the first results from the 'What Is Your Stand?' research project. The article presents and discusses the results specifically...

The Australian Council of Heads of Social Work Education commissioned Per Capita to analyse various options to recompense social work students for the hours of mandatory workplace payments at an equivalent rate to the minimum wage. This proposal has been informed by modelling and analysis.