First-generation college students earn substantially less than their peers whose parents went to college, new research shows.
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Less secure jobs are just one aspect of the rise of finance capital. It's a driver of increasingly uneven income distributions and corporate priorities that are now putting our future at risk.
Use our drag-and-drop interactive to find out how incomes, financial wellbeing, and housing stress has changed since 2001 for various 'family types', including singles or couples without children.
The Trump administration is considering a change to capital gains that could be a windfall for the rich. A scholar explains what they are and how they're taxed.
Even though house prices have risen substantially over recent decades, housing affordability for those with mortgages or own their houses outright hasn't worsened
Labor's plan to axe franking credit refunds has reignited debate over the income and wealth of older Australians.
When it comes to incomes, millennials in Australia haven't fallen behind.
There are about 2,000 billionaires in the world, controlling over $7.6 trillion. How does that compare to the income of an average American?
To Close the Gap, Indigenous Australians are the experts. Indigenous organisations are more likely to achieve outcomes because they understand local issues and have ‘skin in the game’.
There has been a substantial improvement compared to 15 years ago, when the incidence of poverty among the elderly was 32.4%.
Use our calculator to work out whether you're an "average" Australian where you live.
Treasurer Scott Morrison recently asserted that an increase in profits is a prerequisite for wages growth. But is his position supported by data?
Policymakers can get more for their money when planing incentives for mothers to work.
New research released today by the Grattan Institute shows that income growth and unemployment rates are not obviously worse in regional areas.
Census data shows there is income inequality between, but also within, regions of Australia.
At society's margins, people without access to the mainstream job economy are able to carve out lives rich in other resources and community.
People in some of the most unequal countries in the world think theirs is the paradigm of meritocracy. Can the data help explain this phenomenon?
Data for 2014-15 from the Australian Taxation Office shows inequality is growing in a number of areas.
Many of the claims about the impact of the company tax are overblown, including the government's estimation of how much it would cost.
Analysis shows that rising inequality over the past 20 years makes it harder to increase taxes and makes citizens less willing to pay them.
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Professorial Research Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne
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John Daley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute
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Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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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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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University
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Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Associate Professor in Accounting, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Demographer, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
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Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Economist at Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
