Unpacking the income of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: Wages, government payments and other income
Author/editor: Howlett, M, Gray, MC, Hunter, B
Paper no: 99
Year published: 2015
This paper compares the level and source of income for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians using data from the 2011 wave of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. Three sources of income are considered: wages and salaries; government benefits; and income from…
Developing a Behavioural Model of School Attendance: Policy Implications for Indigenous Children and Youth
Author/editor: Biddle, N
Paper no: 94
Year published: 2014
To design policies that maximise the chances that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) students will attend school on a given day, it is important to have a detailed understanding of how Indigenous students make the decision about whether to attend. In this paper, I analyse four data…
Engaging Indigenous economy: A selected annotated bibliography of Jon Altman’s writings 1979‒2014
Author/editor: Thomassin, A, Butler, R
Paper no: 96
Year published: 2014
'Engaging Indigenous Economy: A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Jon Altman’s Writings 1979–2014' is published in conjunction with the conference ‘Engaging Indigenous economy: Debating diverse approaches’, convened at the Australian National University, 4–5 September 2014. The publication and…
Income, work and education: Insights for closing the gap in urban Australia
Author/editor: Hunter, B, Yap, M
Paper no: 92
Year published: 2014
Many factors contribute to differences in an individual’s command over resources. One of the factors is differences in labour market engagement and the level of education attainment across different geographical areas. However, existing analysis of the Closing the Gap outcomes is limited by the…
Indigenous employment and businesses: Whose business is it to employ Indigenous workers?
Author/editor: Hunter, B
Paper no: 95
Year published: 2014
The number of Indigenous entrepreneurs (self-employed people) has increased by a factor of around three over the past two decades. However, little is known about demand for Indigenous labour and the relationship of Indigenous workers to their employers. Even less is known about Indigenous…
The economic impact of the mining boom on Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
Author/editor: Hunter, B, Howlett, M, Gray, MC
Paper no: 93
Year published: 2014
Until the global financial crisis reduced Australian economic growth in late 2008, Indigenous employment had been increasing in both absolute and relative terms for over a decade. The effect of the international economic contraction has been mitigated by Australia’s booming mining sector, largely…
Aboriginal professionals: Work, class and culture
Author/editor: Lahn, J
Paper no: 89
Year published: 2013
This paper considers the increasing representation of Indigenous people in professional occupations. While the predominant focus in Australian scholarship remains contexts of Aboriginal disadvantage, there is a steadily increasing number of Indigenous professionals in Australia among whom many…