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Amid further strain on public funding, we ask: What’s the future of the welfare state in developed and developing nations?
Public spending cuts and the soaring cost of living will not only affect people lives now, but could trickle down through generations.
COVID-19 infection and death rates in former Eastern Bloc countries suggest the fall of communism was detrimental to the health and well-being of eastern Europeans.
It was vintage Morrison, as he gave evidence on a scandal that involved appalling treatment of people wrongfully pursued in the name of the “integrity” of the welfare system
As a woman living on the disability support pension put it: ‘You don’t have the flexibility that a rich person has to respond to crisis, so you have to beg for help. And you know you’ll be judged’.
A key issue for African countries is: how to contribute towards averting a climate disaster without compromising economic growth and development.
Canada’s current income assistance programs are not doing enough to support Canadians. If the goal of temporary assistance is to help those in need, these programs must have better, broader coverage.
Why tax cuts are unlikely to help Britain address its current crises.
A new report on the ongoing impact of the pandemic on social service providers in Victoria found jobs and labour force participation are far from fully recovered.
Opinion and evidence differ on minimum wage policies, but one thing seems clear – they need to be better integrated within a wider economic support strategy.
Social security reforms are needed that include support for the long-term and chronically unemployed and informal workers.
The pandemic has not proved a ‘turning point in history’ - attitudes towards austerity and welfare had changed significantly before the crisis.
A new book tells the story of the offices and frontline staff who work with Australia’s most disadvantaged job seekers.
There is no substance to the view that poor people are lazy and prefer to live on handouts from the state rather than seek work.
Formerly incarcerated Americans face food insecurity rates double that of the general population. A 1996 law that prohibits drug felons from getting crucial benefits may be partially to blame.
By under-promising and over-delivering, Grant Robertson has pulled off a budget that displeases the fewest people.
Life on social welfare can feel ‘soul destroying’. The May 20 Budget could start to fix that — but an unemployment insurance scheme isn’t the right solution.
The Covid-19 pandemic raises the question of the precariousness of foreigners dependent on social assistance in Switzerland - a precariousness that is still growing.
With cuts to JobKeeper and JobSeeker set to bite, Social Services Minister Anne Ruston has cast doubt over the idea of a poverty line.
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, College of Business, Government & Law, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance, The Open University
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Associate Professor, POLIS@ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor & Director, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor in International Macroeconomics, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Senior Lecturer in Economy and Society, Department of Sociology, Macquarie University
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Social Policy, University of York
