Research snapshot Mar 2011
Families in Australia 2011
Report for National Families Week 2011 draws on recent statistics to provide a picture of selected aspects of Australian families in 2011
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Families in Australia 2011
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Research report May 2003
Social capital at work: How family, friends and civic ties relate to labour market outcomes
Investigates the relative impact of trust, bonding, bridging and linking relationships upon labour force status and successful job search method.
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Research report Nov 2002
Lessons of United States welfare reforms for Australian social policy
This paper reviews the evidence on the impact of the United States welfare reforms on a wide range of outcomes
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Research report Jun 2002
Social capital: Empirical meaning and measurement validity
This paper aims to contribute to the development of theoretically based and empirically valid measures of social capital that can be applied in future
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Research report May 2002
Determinants of Australian mothers’ employment
This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Census to analyse the factors which explain the employment gap.
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Research report Feb 2001
Measuring social capital
This paper contributes to the development of clear links between theorised and empirical understandings of social capital.
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Research report Dec 2000
Financial living standards after divorce
The data presented are drawn from the 1977 Australian Divorce Transition Project, a random national telephone survey of divorced Australians
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Research report Apr 2000
Towards a theorised understanding of family life and social capital
The paper defines the concept of social capital and reviews the literature on social capital within and beyond family networks.
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Research report Jun 1999
Understanding links between family experience, obligations and expectations in later life
This paper examines meanings and expectations of family life and support for people aged 50 to 70, focusing on social relations between generations.
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Research report Apr 1999
Superannuation and divorce in Australia
Findings from a recent Institute study show that most divorcing couples fail to consider superannuation in the division of property.