Family Matters article Apr 1991
Youth wages and poverty
This article discusses the rationales that underpin the practice of youth wages traditionally being set at a lower rate than adult wages.
Family Matters article Apr 1991
This article discusses the rationales that underpin the practice of youth wages traditionally being set at a lower rate than adult wages.
Research report Dec 1993
A report commissioned by the Australian Department of Social Security
Research report Feb 1993
Examines the life circumstances of the young people of Berwick, the issues they face and the policy implications of the information gathered
Family Matters article Mar 2009
This article presents an analysis of poverty among households where at least one member is employed part- or full-time, based on the most recent ABS Survey of Income and Housing (2005-06), and using the OECD half-median household disposable income poverty line.
Family Matters article Apr 2002
This article identifies the concepts of social cohesion and social exclusion as providing two theoretical frameworks whose relevance to Australian policy deserves greater exploration.
Family Matters article Apr 1992
Using data from the Institute of Family Studies' Parents and Children after Marriage Breakdown study, the author examines the difficulties sole mothers encounter when they attempt to escape poverty by finding paid work.
Research report Oct 2010
This report analyses the effect of receipt of child support payments on the labour supply of resident mothers.
Policy and practice paper Nov 2006
A discussion of grandparents' roles in caring for children and ways in which service providers can support them.
Research report Feb 1999
Data presented in this paper are drawn from the 1997 Australian Divorce Transition Project, a national telephone survey of 650 divorced Australians.
Research report Jun 2006
This paper concerns the factor of wages in attracting income support recipients into the work force.