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What price the clever country?: the costs of tertiary education in Australia

[This] report looks at Australian tertiary students today, who they are, how they meet the costs of living while th... Show more
[This] report looks at Australian tertiary students today, who they are, how they meet the costs of living while they study, how much they pay for university compared to the rest of the world, how their [Higher Education Contribution Scheme] HECS debts get repaid and the financial value of a tertiary qualification over their lifetime.
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Authors: Payne, Alicia; Percival, Richard

Corporate authors: University of Canberra. National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) ... [+] Show more

Date: 2008

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: AMP.NATSEM income and wealth report

Subjects: Qualifications; Students; Providers of education and training ... [+] Show more
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She works hard for the money: Australian women and the gender divide

The gender divide in Australia has narrowed over the past 20 years but there is much more to be done as a man still... Show more
The gender divide in Australia has narrowed over the past 20 years but there is much more to be done as a man still has the potential to earn $2.4 million over a lifetime compared to a woman who earns nearly $1 million less. The report focuses on women today and how their social and economic status has changed and evolved over time, and what differences can be seen between them and their male counterparts.
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The contents are: The changing times of women; The balancing act; The employment gap; Division in wages, wealth and retirement; Gaps in expected lifetime earnings. Show less

Authors: Cassells, Rebecca; Miranti, Riyana; Nepal, Binod; Tanton, Robert

Corporate authors: University of Canberra. National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) ... [+] Show more

Date: 2009

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: AMP.NATSEM income and wealth report

Subjects: Employment; Income; Gender ... [+] Show more
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Going the distance ... working longer, living healthier

Australians are living longer than ever, with life expectancy rates now over 80 for both men and women. While livin... Show more
Australians are living longer than ever, with life expectancy rates now over 80 for both men and women. While living longer gives people more time to pursue hobbies and spend time with loved-ones, funding retirement is becoming an increasing issue. More years in retirement places strain on superannuation balances – for many it means needing to work longer to save more for retirement. The thought of staying in the workforce longer won't be welcome news for many people. It raises some confronting questions, in particular, whether Australians will be healthy enough to keep working until they're 70. This report answers this question and the key insight is that as a nation we must think carefully about our approach to the later years of working life.
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Authors: Brown, Laurie; Miranti, Riyana; Li, Jinjing

Date: 2015

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: AMP.NATSEM income and wealth report

Subjects: Employment; Demographics; Finance ... [+] Show more
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Smart Australians: education and innovation in Australia

This report investigates how educated and innovative Australians are, how this has changed over time and how Austra... Show more
This report investigates how educated and innovative Australians are, how this has changed over time and how Australia compares to other countries around the world. The report explores how Australians participate in education, from preschool through to university, achievement in literacy and numeracy, the pathways school leavers take and whether gaining an education pays off in future earnings. Show less

Authors: Cassells, Rebecca; Duncan, Alan; Abello, Annie; D'Souza, Gabriela ... [+] Show more

Date: 2012

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: AMP.NATSEM income and wealth report

Subjects: Teaching and learning; Innovation; Outcomes ... [+] Show more
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Healthy, wealthy and wise?: the relationship between health, employment and earnings in Australia

Despite Australians being among the most prosperous, educated and healthy people in the world, not all Australians ... Show more
Despite Australians being among the most prosperous, educated and healthy people in the world, not all Australians experience good health, and new research shows that half of working-age Australians in poor health are not able to participate in the labour force. According to [this report], less than a third of working-age Australians in ill-health are employed full-time. While most working-age Australians have good health, ill-health substantially limits the amount of work people can take on. Twenty-nine per cent of people in poor health are employed full-time and 17 per cent part-time, compared to 61 per cent of people in good health who work full-time and a further 20 per cent who work part-time. The report examines how health underpins the employment and earnings of working-age Australians (25-64 years). Specifically, it examines the extent to which poor health diminishes employment and income levels of working-age men and women.
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The contents are: Introduction; Australia's health profile; Health and work; Health and income gaps; Staying healthy, earning well; Conclusion. Show less

Authors: Nepal, Binod; Payne, Alicia; Brown, Laurie

Corporate authors: University of Canberra. National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) ... [+] Show more

Date: 2009

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: AMP.NATSEM income and wealth report

Subjects: Income; Industry; Employment
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Changing face of the Australian labour force 1985-2005: may the labour force be with you

Over the last couple of decades the Australian labour force has grown significantly, with 3.2 million more people i... Show more
Over the last couple of decades the Australian labour force has grown significantly, with 3.2 million more people in the labour force today than in 1985. This increase has outstripped the working-age population growth and thus produced a larger share of people participating in the labour force. Within this overall growth, the proportion of women in the paid labour force has increased dramatically. This trend has had a marked impact on the lives of most Australian families - with discretionary family income and the standard of living both increasing but time shared as a family decreasing. The consequences of these changes are seen in the increased demand for childcare, short-break holidays, domestic cleaners and so on. There have been other changes: for women - the proportion working part-time versus full-time has increased; the participation rates for older women have risen sharply; and there are very different trends for those women with children versus those without. For men, there has been a general downward trend in the participation rate. These differing trends suggest the current ‘face’ of the labour force is quite different to that of 20 years ago - and the future labour force will be quite different to that of today. Given this, in this AMP.NATSEM Income and Wealth Report, we examine trends in the labour force. We compare trends by: (1) location; (2) gender; (3) labour force status; (4) age; and (5) qualifications. We examine how the labour force has changed over the last two decades and consider implications of projected labour force changes.
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Authors: Kelly, Simon; Bolton, Tom; Harding, Ann

Corporate authors: National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM)

Date: 2005

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: AMP.NATSEM income and wealth report

Subjects: Labour market; Demographics; Participation ... [+] Show more
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We can work it out: Australia's changing workforce

In recent years a global recession has changed the global labour force with industries closing down, job lay-offs a... Show more
In recent years a global recession has changed the global labour force with industries closing down, job lay-offs and increasing unemployment. In addition, Australia has experienced significant structural and technological change that has seen a move from an agricultural based economy to a service based economy. In this report the authors have taken a look at the current state of the Australian labour market - the work that is done, wages, youth unemployment and how Australia compares internationally. Some occupations from the 1990s no longer exist - for example typists and the person running the photocopy room - and new occupations have emerged - for example computer programmers and mobile phone salespeople. The authors suggest that, with these changes added to shifts in demographics and gender and an ageing population, the Australian workforce is a reflection of modern times.
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Authors: Tanton, Robert; Phillips, Ben; Corliss, Michael; Vidyattama, Yogi ... [+] Show more

Date: 2014

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: AMP.NATSEM income and wealth report

Subjects: Labour market; Technology; Demographics ... [+] Show more
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Race against time: how Australians spend their time

This report examines time use in Australia, including time spent on employment and education, housework and childca... Show more
This report examines time use in Australia, including time spent on employment and education, housework and childcare, leisure, and sleeping and eating, and how this has evolved. Key findings include: balancing work and family remains a big issue for Australian men and women, with around 40 per cent of women and 30 per cent of men feeling often or always rushed or pressed for time; when it comes to how men and women spend their day traditional gender roles are still evident; contributing to time pressures, Australian full-time weekly work hours have increased by almost three hours for men and two hours for women since 1985, that is, average weekly full-time hours have risen from 39.5 to 42.3 hours for men and 36.4 hours to 38.6 hours for women; Australian women are spending on average two hours more each day than men on housework, child care and purchasing goods and services, whilst men spend almost the equivalent extra time on employment-related activities as well as an extra half hour per day on recreational and leisure pursuits.
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Authors: Cassells, Rebecca; Gong, Honge (Cathy); Duncan, Alan

Date: 2011

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: AMP.NATSEM income and wealth report

Subjects: Gender; Employment; Culture and society ... [+] Show more

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