Transfer Policy



There is little agreement about whether inequality in Australia has increased or declined in recent years. Some experts argue that the level of inequality in… Read More ›

Measuring Inequality of Opportunities

The Australian economic context is characterised by persistent unemployment, growing under-employment, wage stagnation and growth in inequality. As good-quality, skilled, full-time work opportunities shrink, more… Read More ›

Punishing Welfare Regimes and Basic Income

This is the final in my four part series on basic income. In Part 3, I highlighted potential impacts of  different basic income options on… Read More ›

From Basic Income to Poor Law and Back Again – Part 4: Designing a Viable Basic Income

In Part 1 of this series on Basic Income, we travelled back in time to England on the eve of the industrial revolution in search… Read More ›

From Basic Income to Poor Law and Back Again – Part 3: Renewing the Social Minimum

I fear I will not live long enough to see genuine, broad-based tax reform in this country.  We have had a number of exhaustive tax… Read More ›

If Politicians Can’t Reform Tax System, We Need an Authority That Can

Starting from July 2018, Australia’s current ‘complex and costly’ child care subsidy system will be replaced by a new single Child Care Subsidy (CCS), after… Read More ›

Quantifying the Effects of Child Care Subsidy Reform on Labour Supply, Child Care Demand and Household Finances for Two-Parent Households

Australia and South Korea share a surprising number of things in common, in spite of their differences, and this includes challenges and new approaches to… Read More ›

New Approaches to Tax and Welfare in Australia and Korea

Over the past year, there has been considerable disagreement about whether inequality has been rising or falling in Australia. There has also been debate about… Read More ›

The ‘Inequality Wars’: CEO Pay Is One Part of Complex Picture Post-GFC

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