In the last decade, there has been a growing awareness regarding social exclusion.
Considering the ageing population and the likelihood of older people being socially …

Deep and Persistent Disadvantage in Australia Page 1 Productivity Commission Staff Working
Paper Deep and Persistent Disadvantage in Australia Rosalie McLachlan Geoff Gilfillan Jenny …

In all societies some inequality occurs due to differences in ability, opportunity, effort and
luck. Institutional and policy constructs can add to this, or detract from it. Moreover, excessive …

During the latter half of the twentieth century, Australia, like many countries in the
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, experienced rapid expansion in …

The purpose of this study is to explore the nature and extent of financial exclusion in
Australia focussing particularly the Muslim community. Financial exclusion refers to a …

Research into food insecurity and energy vulnerability has framed the dilemma of heat or eat
as a choice between nutritious food and adequate energy service determined by financial …

As energy prices in Australia have risen, so has concern about the impact on people's
wellbeing. This Brotherhood of St Laurence study considers how to define and measure the …

Not only are the effective interest rate spreads faced by the poor far greater than the spreads
in the formal market, but the other transaction costs of shifting resources can also be much …

Progressively more researchers argue that successfully measuring social inequalities
requires moving from income-based to multidimensional poverty indicators, but evidence on …

Socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with social-emotional difficulties, including
internalizing and externalizing problems, as early as toddlerhood. The aim of the current …