The report measures changes to living standards in OECD countries since the COVID-19 pandemic and whether progress has been sustainable and inclusive. It finds positive trends in income and employment but warning signs in housing, financial insecurity, health and well-being. The report also notes that much stronger action on climate change will be needed to...

This research aims to understand how New Zealanders think about fairness in order to help policy advisors provide more informed advice on the equity implications of policy choices. It also considers to what extent New Zealander’s perceptions of fairness are grounded in reality and how perceptions of fairness vary across group markers including gender, age...

From non-existent jobs and wages to the potential for human trafficking – migrant workers are being exploited under the existing Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme. This review sets out a range of urgent human rights concerns and provides recommendations for improving the scheme.

The digitisation of social safety nets can help drive inclusion and reduce poverty while fostering more resilient social and economic development. Indonesia’s experience offers important lessons for other countries in how to do so through policy focus and careful design.

This research paper explores economic mobility – how inequality changes over time – by looking at whose incomes are increasing, and whose are not. It examines income changes over a person’s lifetime, and how incomes change from one generation to the next. It also explores the characteristics of people experiencing poverty.