Men under 35 want to take a more active role in caring for their children than older generations.
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A snapshot of what HILDA survey results have to say about families, working mums and childcare.
Here’s how the government’s new childcare plan will change the way families are given assistance with paying for child care.
England may end up with one of the most complex and unfair systems in Europe.
Labor has unveiled a $3 billion child care policy it will take to the polls on July 2. What has the party proposed and how is it different?
Labor’s shadow minister for early education, Kate Ellis, said there has been a massive increase in child care costs under the Coalition government. Is that an accurate reflection of the data?
Lost in the political debate about subsidising child care is the fact that universal free preschool care has been abandoned as a goal of good social policy.
Making the case for subsidising childcare is not as simple as it might seem, and the government’s new childcare package may not pay for itself.
Immunisation in Australia isn’t compulsory – and doesn’t need to be controversial. Most Australians recognise the incredible benefits that vaccination provides to prevent serious disease.
Over the last 20 years, early childhood education and childcare for the under-fives has become a major policy priority in the UK. Get more mothers into work, it’s argued, and we can start to close the…
The recent announcement by assistant education minister Sussan Ley that the 15-hour preschool entitlement introduced by the ALP in 2013 may be wound back to 12 hours signals a worrying trend in Australian…
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Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Flinders University
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University
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Professor of Early Childhood, School of Education and Communities, University of East London
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Professor of Economics and Director of the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-social Change, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Marketing, School of Busines, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professorial Fellow and Co-Director, HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
