Family Matters article Jun 1999
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Family Matters article Jun 1999
Budget standards and the costs of children
In this article the author examines the approaches used to estimate costs incurred by Australian parents in raising children, and explains current research being undertaken through using indicative budget standards for a range of households that would examine the costs of children in different family circumstances.
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Family Matters article Jun 1999
What is a fair divorce settlement?
This article sets out to show why proposed changes to rules of the of the Family Law Act governing property settlement in divorce, currently being considered by the Attorney-General's department, are so contentious.
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
The private costs of children in 1993-94
This article by researchers from the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) at the University of Canberra, follows up two previously published papers calculating new sets of estimates of the cost of raising children based on two different methodological approaches.
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
Mothers in the labour force
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Family Matters article Mar 2000
How children view their parents' divorce
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Family Matters article Mar 2000
The division of matrimonial property in Australia
This article draws on data from the Institute's Australian Divorce Transitions Project to examine the extent to which the various contributions and needs specified by the Family Law Act contribute to the way property is currently divided in Australia.
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Family Matters article Mar 2000
Repartnering after divorce
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Family Matters article Mar 2000
Financial living standards after divorce
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Family Matters article Mar 2000
About the Institute's Australian Divorce Transitions Project
This overview of the Institute's Australian Divorce Transitions Project, which was conceptualised by the late Dr Kathleen Funder, sets out the aims of the project, and provides brief details of the project's three surveys - an 'adult survey', 'children's survey', and a 'violence survey'.