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Earnings of laid-off workers in southern Europe are 30% lower five years later, while in northern countries the decline is less than 10%. The differences are largely due to the likelihood of finding a new job.
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.
The tax on electronic transactions has not generated as much revenue as the government of Ghana expected.
The ability of West Africa’s fisher women to cope or adapt in times of adversity should not let policymakers off the hook.
Instead of a guaranteed fixed income, a universal job guarantee policy provides jobs — and wages — to people who aren’t able to find work on their own.
In families that are facing economic insecurity, fathers are more likely to experience depressive symptoms that can lead to conflict.
The future of tipping should be defined by Canadians, not businesses seeking to shift responsibility for worker compensation onto consumers.
Adults in the US reported the same levels of depression a year into the pandemic as they did at the outset.
Many Americans regularly report that they don’t make enough to support their families. Status plays a role — while money can’t buy happiness, it can bring status, which can lead to happiness.
A levy on electronic transactions in Ghana makes sense if the government gets the architecture for it right
Compared to people who aren’t as good at math, people who are better at math are more happy when they have high incomes and less happy when they have lower incomes.
Bleak expectations for 2022.
The change point at which the happiness of most Australians no longer strongly depends on income has almost doubled from A$43,000 to A$74,000.
Net price calculators – online tools meant to estimate what students will actually pay for college – can produce varying results for students in similar economic situations, researchers find.
Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire’s best option is to control and restrict supply instead of simply adding a price premium.
We find low taxes on the rich bring economies little benefit. This suggests there is a strong economic case for raising taxes on the rich to help repair public finances following the pandemic.
A new study highlights significant misunderstandings about the scale and scope of Australians who receive unemployment payments.
Elder economic insecurity is a problem for all races, but it’s far more common for people of color, particularly in certain states.
Americans with lower incomes today are less happy than they were 40 years ago. Could the growing class divide be to blame?
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Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
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Deputy Director at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, Department of Gerontology, McCormack Graduate School Director, Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging, Gerontology Institute, UMass Boston
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Professor of Institutional Economics, RMIT University
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Principal Research Fellow, Research & Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence, and Honorary Principal Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Economics, RMIT University
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Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
