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Childhood and Child Wellbeing
The wellbeing of children
Papers from the forthcoming book "No Time to Lose"
Chair: Natasha Cortis (Social Policy Research Centre)
The past that haunts us: the historical basis of Australian children’s wellbeing
Janet McCalman
School of Population Health, University of Melbourne
Abstract
Children and the labour market
Sue Richardson
National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University
Abstract
Resources and contexts for child development: implications for children and society
Stephen R. Zubrick, Sven R. Silburn and Margot Prior
Curtin Centre for Developmental Health, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and University of Melbourne
Abstract
Spatial Dimensions of Social Policy
Socio-spatial analysis
Chair: Peter Siminski (Social Policy Research Centre)
Spatial inequality in Australia in the 1990s
Duangkamon Chotikapanich, Paul Flatau and Rachel Lloyd
Monash University, Murdoch University and University of Canberra
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Modelling Spatial Distribution of Disability in Older Persons and the Need for Aged Care in New South Wales
Laurie Brown, Sharyn Lymer, Mandy Yap, Mohan Singh and Ann Harding
National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra
Abstract (Paper available for download)
"... Nor any drop to drink .. " The social and spatial patterns of domestic water use in the Sydney region
Tony Eardley, Kate Norris and Bruno Parolin
Social Policy Research Centre and Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW
Abstract
Employment, Unemployment and Welfare Reform
Unemployment and economic inactivity
Chair: Nick Turnbull (Social Policy Research Centre)
Evolving patterns of unemployment protection expenditures: Australia and the OECD
Vera Brusentsev and Wayne Vroman
University of Delaware and The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Examining the irreversibility of long-term unemployment in Australia
William Mitchell and Anthea Bill
Centre of Full Employment and Equity, University of Newcastle
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Longer-term labour market consequences of economic inactivity during young adulthood - a Swedish national cohort study
Eva M Franzén and Anders Kassman
Center for Epidemiology, The National Board of Health and Welfare and The Swedish National Board for Youth Affairs
Abstract
Income Distribution and Social Inequalities
Poverty: causes and solutions
Chair: Ilan Katz (Social Policy Research Centre)
Reconceptualising prosperity
Charles Waldegrave
Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit, New Zealand
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Policies to combat poverty and social exclusion: does the South have anything to offer the North?
Ann Nevile
Asia-Pacific School of Economics and Government, Australian National University
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Inequality and the knowledge economy - running to stand still?
John Hudson
Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Citizenship and Disability
Supporting independence
Chair: Sally Robinson (DSaRI)
Supported residential facilities: supporting residents to stay or move on?
Alice Clark
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Whose information revolution?
Kathryn Knight
Disability Studies and Research Institute (DSaRI) and Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
Abstract
Work and Family
Women's work / Children and housing policy
Chair: Ciara Smyth (Social Policy Research Centre)
Work-family benefits for casual and part-time employees
Deborah Brennan and Megan Blaxland
School of Economics and Political Science, University of Sydney
Abstract
Part-time work and women’s careers: advancing or retreating?
Jenny Chalmers and Trish Hill
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract
Child wellbeing as a policy driver for housing policy - the next stage in joined up government services
Peter Young
Department of Housing, Queensland
Abstract
Youth
Homeless and at risk young people
Chair: Ann Dadich (Social Policy Research Centre)
Youth homelessness: the policy journey
Robert Knapp and Ellen Wood
Department of Family and Community Services
Abstract
Hearing from young homeless Australians
Anne Hampshire and Denise Chadwick
Mission Australia
Abstract (Paper available for download)
The trifecta: politics, policy and practice and how this interface impacts on young people
Brian Wooller and Catherine Mahony
Mission Australia
Abstract
Income Distribution and Social Inequalities
Assessing needs
Chair: Marilyn McHugh (Social Policy Research Centre)
Costs of children and equivalence scales: a review of methodological issues and Australian estimates
Matthew Gray and David Stanton
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University and Visiting Fellow, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, Australian National University
Abstract
Assessing the fairness of child support using costs of children and budget standards
Paul Henman
Abstract
Indicators of financial exclusion
Sherman Chan
Social Policy Research Centre and School of Social Science & Policy, UNSW
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Retirement and Ageing
Providing aged care
Chair: Cathy Thomson (Social Policy Research Centre)
Some general issues from the aged care review
Warren Hogan
University of Technology Sydney
Abstract (Paper available for download)
The ageing population: who will provide the care?
Julie Austin and Tim Marchant
Carers Australia and Carers NSW
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Looking forward: the world of paid care workers
Jane Mears
Social Justice and Social Change Research Centre, University of Western Sydney
Abstract (Paper available for download)
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