Taxes and Transfers



Japan ranks 120th among 156 countries in terms of its gender gap, according to the Global Gender Gap Report of 2021. The rate of women’s… Read More ›

Why Women Work the Way They Do in Japan: Roles of Fiscal Policies

Amid the talk about tax changes set to cut the middle-income rate to 30%, a shortage of workers and incomes not keeping up with the… Read More ›

If Governments Were Really Concerned About Tax and the Cost of Living They Would Cut the Cost of Childcare

Against the backdrop of the 2022-23 Federal Budget and the coming federal election, Saint Vincent De Paul Society released a research report which outlines some… Read More ›

[Budget Forum 2022] A Fairer Tax and Welfare System for Australia

Large projected fiscal burdens due to rapid population ageing are driving governments around the world to evaluate their existing economic policies. A key reform area… Read More ›

Homeownership and Wealth: The Role of Tax and Pension Policies

The 2021 Intergenerational Report (IGR) looks forward 40 years to project future trends in Australian economic and fiscal sustainability. The IGR is released every five… Read More ›

Accounting for Care: The Intergenerational Report Fails to Value Parenting

The tax literature emphasizes two fundamental principles: efficiency and equity. People adjust their behavior in response to taxes leading to many distortions, such as discouraging… Read More ›

Equity in Taxation: An International Comparison

The government’s much-anticipated Retirement Incomes Review has found that increases in employer’s compulsory superannuation contributions are financed by reductions in workers’ wage growth. This isn’t… Read More ›

Workers Bear 71% to 100% of the Cost of Increases in Compulsory Super

Studies seeking to measure inequality across households typically use a methodology which produces results that we argue are seriously misleading if they are intended to… Read More ›

How Equivalized Household Incomes Are Misinforming Tax and Transfer Policy

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