Income Poverty – Results, Methods, and Issues
Lecture
Estimates of the number of people living in ‘poverty’ are regularly produced by academics, welfare organisations, and in some cases by government. While frequently used at face value in political and social debate, these estimates which frequently suggest that significant numbers of people are…
Webinar: Managing & publishing sensitive data in the Social Sciences
Other
Co-hosted by the Australian Data Archive (ADA) and the Australian National Data Service (ANDS), join us for a webinar on Wednesday 29 Mar 12.30pm AEDT. During this webinar, Dr Steve McEachern (Director of the ADA), will discuss how the Australian Data Archive manages and…
An analysis of the proposed changes to the government's Paid Parental Leave program
Lecture
Parental Leave Pay (PLP) provides $12,000, to just under 170,000 families every year. At an annual (gross) cost of $1.97 billion PLP provides $672.60 a week for up to 18 weeks that the primary claimant, 99.4 per cent of whom are birth mothers, remain on parental leave after the birth of a child.…
Ensuring young people's social and emotional fitness - lessons from Canada and the USA
Activity
In conjunction with the upcoming Universitry of British Columbia Visits in March 2017, the CSRM will be hosting a public lecture with international guest speaker Dr Kimberly Schonert-Reichl. What can we do to ensure young people are socially and emotionally fit enough to flourish in learning and in…
Mental health and the employment careers of young people in Australia – What is the causal relationship?
Lecture
What is the causal relationship between unemployment and mental health amongst young people in Australia? While such a relationship is recognized, there is debate as to the pathway. On one hand it is often argued that adverse unemployment experiences for youth will create long lasting labor market…
The role of informal wage negotiations in explaining the gender wage gap
Seminar
A long run focus of labour market research has been on understanding the reasons why women receive, on average, a lower hourly wage than men. A range of explanations have been proposed including gender differences in characteristics that impact upon wages (e.g., human capital, caring…
Trusted access to government data - reflections from the UK
Activity
Australian departments and agencies have recently begun exploring models for trusted access to research data, culminating in the recent release of the ABS Trusted Access Model and the Trusted user model included in the draft report of the Productivity Commission into Data Availability and Use. Both…