Introduction Families with young children who face economic and related adversities are the
most likely group to miss out on the advantages of regular sustained participation in high …

Paid work promises pathways to financial security and wellbeing for families, yet variable
scheduling and low pay can interfere with the routines and rhythms of family life, and …

Introduction The existing funding architectures for early childhood education and care
(ECEC) services in Australia are incompatible with the needs of remote and First Nations …

China adopted neoliberal approaches to improve the supply of quality social services in the
early 2000s. How did the Chinese government manage the financial and quality risks of …

This report focuses on improving the evaluation of community services for their effectiveness
and value. The report outlines how governments can use data collection to build more …

Raising children requires careful balancing of caring responsibilities with the demands of
employment. Families approach this in diverse ways, and often change their approaches as …

Using a finite mixture regression approach, we identify two groups of individuals, family-and
career-oriented. Depending on whether the employment status is treated as a binomial or …

Southeast Asia has become the epicentre of United States (US)-China geostrategic
competition in the Indo-Pacific. Nations in the region are attempting to navigate an …

We consider that the Productivity Commission has brought some important insights to this
report, in particular the strength of the child focus which introduces a valuable balance to …

Should government transfers to families with children be means-tested? We revisit this
question and provide new insights from the unique Australian policy context, where means …