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Community and place
Housing
Research commissioned by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Chair: Ian Winter, AHURI
A sustaining tenancies approach to demanding behaviour in public housing
Daphne Habibis
AHURI Southern Research Centre
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Housing social cohesion: do housing policies and housing assistance make a difference to Australian communities?
Wendy Stone and Kath Hulse
AHURI Swinburne-Monash Research Centre
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Indigenous community housing organisations: enhancing capacity in a new indigenous policy context
Karel Eringa, Fred Spring, Mara West, Martin Anda, Paul Memmott and Stephen Long
AHURI Western Australia Research Centre, AHURI Queensland Research Centre, Shelter WA, Relspree Pty Ltd, Mahdijungu Consultancy
Abstract
Income distribution and social inequalities
Looking at poverty and wellbeing comparatively
Chair: Peter Saunders, Social Policy Research Centre
Family wellbeing in an era of reform: monitoring changes in family wellbeing for different family types in New Zealand between 1981 and 2001
Andrew Sporle
University of Auckland
Abstract
The role of family and government financial supports in helping Canadian workers avoid poverty
Myriam Fortin
Human Resources and Social Development Department, Canada
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Institutional responses to poverty: Korea’s evolutionary social security System
Yong-Moon Jung
University of Sydney
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Labour market participation and welfare reform
Transitions into employment
Chair: Sol Encel, Social Policy Research Centre
Movements from Welfare to Work: building capital in the next generation
Rebekah Levine Coley
Boston College, U.S.
Abstract
Mothers’ employment transitions after the birth of a new child: longitudinal analyses using HILDA
Bob Gregory, Prem Thapa and Yu Peng
Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University
Abstract
Social networks and labour market participation in Melbourne
William Mitchell, Anthea Bill, Pip Pattison, Galina Daraganova and Scott Baum.
University of Newcastle, University of Melbourne and Griffith University
Abstract
Citizenship and participation
Social capital and social networks
Chair: Saul Flaxman, Social Policy Research Centre
Social capital and its popularity
Denise Thompson
Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Researching community-based support networks: what policy makers should know
Ann Dadich
Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract
Social networks and women’s agency: the role of voluntary associations in brokering opportunities across the life course
Christie Robertson
Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Families, work and care
Work-family strain, shared responsibilities and the life stories of former children's home residents
Chair: Lyn Craig, Social Policy Research Centre
Mothers’ work-family strain in single and couple parent families: the role of job characteristics and supports
Jennifer Baxter and Michael Alexander
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Abstract
Negotiating 'shared responsibility': how children and parents manage childhood asthma
Jacqueline Tudball
Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract
Building a life story: providing records and support to former residents of children's homes
Jenny Glare, Jenny Malone and Suellen Murray
Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT University
Abstract
Families, work and care
Care through the life course
Chair: kylie valentine, Social Policy Research Centre
A framework for work and care across the life cycle
Sarah Squire
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Abstract
The costs of care/the benefits of care: a precarious balance? Considering the case of young carers
Bettina Cass and Ciara Smyth
Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract
Understanding grandparent care: policy and practice implications of grandparents as primary carers of their grandchildren in the Australian context
Anne Hampshire, Deb Brennan and Bettina Cass
Mission Australia, University of Sydney and Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Early childhood
Investments in children
Chair: Christiane Purcal, Social Policy Research Centre
Public investment in early childhood: how does Australia compare?
Gerry Redmond and Ilan Katz
Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract
What do we want for children? Considerations for the development of comprehensive and complementary policy for the early years.
Fran Press
Charles Sturt University
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Promoting high quality early childhood education and care services: Beyond a risk management, performative regulatory environment
Marianne Fenech and Jennifer Sumsion
Macquarie University and Charles Sturt University
Abstract
Retirement and ageing
Population ageing, employment, training and well-being in retirement
Chair: Tom Longden, Social Policy Research Centre
Population ageing and human capital accumulation in Australia
Ewa Orzechowska-Fischer and Hui Wei
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Abstract
Examining retirement, bridge employment and full-time work in a community survey of older Australians: the influence of physical health, mental health and cognitive functioning
Peter Butterworth, Sarah C. Gill, Bryan Rodgers, Kaarin J. Anstey and Timothy Windsor
Centre for Mental Health Research, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University
Abstract
Organisational change and older workers' training: evidence from a matched employer-employee survey
Lisa Magnani
School of Economics, UNSW
Abstract (Paper available for download)
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