Projects

In partnership with Colfuturo, we examine the returns to graduate education investments, career trajectories of developing-country talent, and pathways to building domestic innovation capacity.

To address multiple dimensions of poverty and disadvantage, the Melbourne Institute has constructed a comprehensive index using HILDA Survey data. The index was constructed using the Alkire-Foster method, adapted to Australian data and institutional context.

Equality of opportunity is a key principle of our society. This project aims to provide a clear contemporary picture of Australian economic inequality and intergenerational mobility, and their drivers.

Economic disadvantage on children conflates actual income loss with anticipated income loss. Disentangling this requires a unique research design, which will inform cost-benefit and welfare-to-work policies.

The prevalence of working from home has increased considerably and is likely to stay. This project will support employers and policy makers in developing strategies to enhance the well-being of the increasing number of people working from home.

Given the HILDA Survey’s broad applicability, it is important to systematically review its representativeness. We demonstrate how differences may change over the life of the panel and how refreshment samples help correct particular biases.

Income and earnings are most often used to measure disadvantage in Australia, but this single indicator does not go far enough to capture the many overlapping factors that exclude a person from participating fully in social and economic life.