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New Research

The political economy of intergenerational income mobility

17 March 2010International comparisons of intergenerational mobility must take into account differences in politico-economic institutions, according to this study.

The added worker effect and the discouraged worker effect for married women in Australia

17 March 2010This paper investigates both the added worker effect (the labour supply responses of women to their partners’ job losses) and the discouraged worker effect (workers withdrawing from the labour market because of failed searches) for married women in Australia, with the emphasis on the former.

The impact of a sustained gender wage gap on the Australian economy

16 March 2010Pay inequity costs the Australian economy $93 billion per year, or 8.5% of GDP, according to this report.

Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia

16 March 2010This report provides an economy-wide blueprint for how Australia can achieve an ambitious reduction in greenhouse gas emissions while building a growing low-carbon economy.

Knowledge foundations for the development of sustainable wildlife enterprises in remote Indigenous communities of Australia

15 March 2010This paper addresses issues of complementarity and conflict across Indigenous ecological knowledge and western science.
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Business & finance

Evidence and perceptions of inequality in Australia

15 March 2010This paper considers the ways in which globalising economic forces have affected the level of income and wealth inequality within Australian society.

Income & wealth

Commentary

Danger in new trade agreement with the US

17 March 2010Why would any Australian government want another trade deal with the US, ask Ruth Townsend and Thomas Faunce in On Line Opinion

It takes more than money to raise a child

16 March 2010We are still very far from resolving the complex relationship between children, parents and work, writes Sarah Kanowski in Eureka Street

The debt truck crunches its gears

10 March 2010The Coalition’s focus on debt could easily backfire, argues Peter Brent in Inside Story
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Audio

Liberalism and Australian foreign policy

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15 March 2010From the Vietnam War to the Afghanistan War, from international law to the treatment of refugees, Mr Fraser discusses the meaning of liberalism in the global context.

Asia pivots

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05 March 2010Dr Malcolm Cook speaks on how Asia's continental and horizontal dimensions are reasserting themselves - in ways that question Australia's place in Asia.

Employment

Video

Growth fetishism and the climate crisis

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19 February 2010Professor Clive Hamilton explores the balances being struck between environmental protection and economic growth in the context of the current advice from climate scientists.

Kevin Rudd's world: The PM's global hopes and fears

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19 February 2010After two years and a whirlwind of activity in Australia's foreign affairs, what has Kevin Rudd got to show for all his global ambition?

Economic policy

Websites

Creative innovation: Supporting the business of creative enterprise

18 March 2010Creative innovation is a website dedicated to growing the potential of Australia's creative enterprises, big and small.

Indigenous Vocational Education and Training

15 March 2010 The purpose of this resource is to provide a simple summary of NCVER's statistics and research on Indigenous Australians and vocational education and training (VET).

Mature workers mean business

19 February 2010This website showcases stories from the workplace featuring older workers and their employers. It also debunks common myths about older workers and offers strategies to attract and retain mature workers.

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Events

Conference
Indigenous Land Management with Economic Development
24 Mar 2010 - 9:00am - 25 Mar 2010 - 5:30am
Darwin
Conference
ACOSS National Conference 2010: A vote for equity
25 Mar 2010 - 9:00am - 26 Mar 2010 - 5:00pm
Canberra
Conference
Workforce Policy in 2010 and Into the Future
31 Mar 2010
Sydney

Books

Introducing China: the world's oldest great power charts its next comeback

Introducing China: the world's oldest great power charts its next comeback

  • Ron Huisken
  • ANU E Press
China's transformation has been patiently, methodically and very deliberately constructed by a leadership group that has equally carefully protected its monopoly on power.
Best Australian political cartoons 2009

Best Australian political cartoons 2009

  • Edited by Russ Radcliffe
  • Scribe Publications
The year in politics as seen by Australia’s funniest and most perceptive political cartoonists.

Noticeboard

National Prison Book Program - sending books to Australian prisoners
14 January 2010

The National Prison Book Program provides prisoners with free reading materials. Our aim is to provide books to prisoners and enhance prison library and educational services.

ACCAN call for Expressions of Interest: Independent Grants Panel
13 January 2010

ACCAN is establishing an Independent Grants Panel (‘the Panel’) to make recommendations about the allocation of Grants. We are calling for Expressions of Interest to join the Panel which has three (3) positions available.

Journal of Economic and Social Policy goes Online
03 December 2009

For the past thirteen years the Journal of Economic and Social Policy (JESP) has produced a biannual hard copy publication

Policy Guides

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