Changes in paid and unpaid activities during the COVID-19 pandemic: Exploring labour supply and labour demand
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Gray, M, Jahromi & Marasinghe, D
Year published: 2020
This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the labour market and related outcomes of Australian adults at the time at which COVID-19 physical distancing restrictions are being lifted. Using data collected by the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods and data collected by the Australian Bureau…
COVID-19 and mortgage and rental payments: May 2020
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Edwards, B, Gray, M & Sollis, K
Year published: 2020
There is little high quality nationally representative data on the level of housing stress being experienced during the COVID-19 period or on the extent to which Australians have been able to reduce their mortgage and rent payment in light of government policies enabling this. The data reported in…
COVID-19 and Separated Families
Author/editor: Smyth, B, Moloney, L, Brady, J, Harman, J & Esler, M
Year published: 2020
Many families in Australia are experiencing considerable stress related to fears about COVID-19, economic pressures (the loss of livelihood or income; rent or mortgage stress, etc), the strain of sudden forced confined close relationships, and juggling children and work from home. New challenges…
COVID-19 JobKeeper and JobSeeker impacts on poverty and housing stress under current and alternative economic and policy scenarios
Author/editor: Phillips, B, Gray, M & Biddle, N
Year published: 2020
Australia has been hit economically, as well as in health terms by the spread of COVID-19. There have been large declines in employment and hours worked, and dramatic restrictions on domestic and international trade. One of the main policy responses has been to increase payments to individuals and…
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance: Correlates in a nationally representative longitudinal survey of the Australian population
Author/editor: Edwards, B, Biddle, N, Gray, M & Sollis, K
Year published: 2020
High levels of vaccination coverage in populations will be required even with vaccines have high levels of effectiveness to prevent and stop outbreaks of coronavirus. The World Health Organisation has suggested that governments take a proactive response to vaccine hesitancy hotspots based on social…
Data trust and data privacy in the COVID-19 period
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Edwards, B, Gray, M, Hiscox, M, McEachern, S & Sollis, K
Year published: 2020
In this paper, we focus on data trust and data privacy, and how attitudes may be changing during the COVID-19 period. We also look at the implications of these changes for the take-up and effectiveness of the COVIDSafe App, a mobile phone-based application that was designed to assist in the…
Experience and views on education during the COVID-19 pandemic
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Edwards, B, Gray, M & Sollis, K
Year published: 2020
COVID-19 has resulted in disruptions to schooling for the vast majority of Australian school children. Universities and other post-secondary education providers have also seen widespread shifts to remote learning, and considerable impacts on school funding. While there have undoubtedly been…