Indigenous income, wellbeing and behaviour: some policy complications
Author/editor: Biddle N
Year published: 2015
The weight of evidence suggests a positive correlation between income and subjective wellbeing, particularly at lower income levels. This correlation can be used as a policy lever to influence behaviour. This relationship has not been analysed, however, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (…
Indigenous Issues: Injustice, Disadvantage and Support for Recognition
Author/editor: Gray, M & Sanders, W
Year published: 2015
Amidst debate on constitutional recognition of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, this ANUPoll of Australian public opinion on Indigenous issues—the 17th ANUPoll—provides a snapshot of Australian attitudes towards Indigenous issues. It reveals that the majority of…
Labour (im)mobility and wage discrimination in the urban informal sector: lessons from a field study
Author/editor: Gangopadhyay P & Shankar, S
Year published: 2015
It is well-recognised in labour economics that employers in monopsonistic competition have market power to set wages below the productivity of workers if workers are immobile, which causes monopsonistic exploitation of workers. Monopsonistic exploitation is propelled by employers’ expectations…
Making sense of the combined degree experience: the example of criminology double degrees
Author/editor: Wimhurst, K & Manning, M.
Year published: 2015
Little research has been undertaken on student experiences of combined degrees. The few studies report that a considerable number of students experienced difficulty with the contrasting epistemic/disciplinary demands of the component programmes. A mixed-methods approach was employed to explore the…
National estimates of Australian gambling prevalence: findings from a dual-frame omnibus survey
Author/editor: Dowling N, Youssef, G, Jackson, A et al.
Year published: 2015
Background, aims and design: The increase in mobile telephone-only households may be a source of bias for traditional landline gambling prevalence surveys. Aims were to: (1) identify Australian gambling participation and problem gambling prevalence using a dual-frame (50% landline and 50% mobile…
Nothing to fear but fear itself: perceptions of job security in Australia after the global financial crisis
Author/editor: Kler, P, Leeves, G & Shankar, S
Year published: 2015
The effects of the global financial crisis on workers’ anxiety are examined using panel data from Australia. Australia presents a unique opportunity to estimate anxiety effects as it emerged from the crisis period without enduring a recession and the economy rebounded very quickly. Our estimates…