Economics

Early years education program

Results from an Australian early years education program finds that delays in development and learning for children living with significant adversity can be reduced or reversed through participation in the targeted program.

Published 12 Jun 2019

Economics

Tax incentives that strengthen charitable behaviour

The Melbourne Institute provides insight on how the tax treatment of charitable donations can encourage greater giving and increase support for communities in crisis following natural disasters.

Published 16 Apr 2019

Economics

Striking a balance in the Australian property market

Government policy in a market downturn needs to balance housing affordability and long-term economic stability.

Published 28 Mar 2019

Industry

Measuring Australians' financial wellbeing

Melbourne Institute and Commonwealth Bank partnership reveals world first research into financial wellbeing.

Published 14 Jan 2019

Alumni

New HILDA Data Release

The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey Release 17 is now available.

Published 12 Dec 2018

Alumni

Australian Economic Review: December 2018

The latest edition of the Australian Economic Review explores the challenges facing the World Trade Organization, as well as volatility and demand for cryptocurrencies

Published 05 Dec 2018

Alumni

Divorce rates fall when the cost of divorce rises

The divorce rate in Australia is at an all-time low, and a new study from the Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne shows that the high costs of divorce are likely to be contributing to this trend.

Published 04 Dec 2018

Economics

MABEL Survey awarded for impact on healthcare policy

The long-running MABEL survey of doctors has been recognised for its contribution to health policy in Australia.

Published 27 Nov 2018

Awards

Melbourne Institute economists awarded Trevor Swan Memorial Prize

Melbourne Institute education team awarded the Trevor Swan Memorial Prize by the Economic Society of Australia.

Published 31 Jul 2018

2018 Budget: The big takeaways

Economists are concerned a flatter tax system will heighten inequality, while the challenge of affording an older Australia still needs to be addressed ... sometime

Published 15 May 2018

Industry

Empowering student choice with information

Globalisation combined with demographic, technological, climate and organisational change are rapidly changing the way we work and the skills we need. In response, OECD countries have introduced policy options to better align higher education with the evolving labour market.

Published 10 May 2018

Economics

The secret to understanding Italian labour economics might be in Melbourne

Alberto Mazzon travelled from Italy to work with the experts at the Melbourne Institute. On the eve of his return to Italy, he shared a few of the experiences and insights that defined his time in Melbourne.

Published 06 Apr 2018

Economics

Melbourne Institute and UQ collaborate to evaluate $96m government fund

Researchers at the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at The University of Queensland and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research are to partner on a $3.7 million contract evaluating the Department of Social Services’ Try, Test and Learn (TTL) Fund.

Published 28 Mar 2018

Economics

The Australians stuck below the poverty line

While most Australians who encounter poverty only do so for a short period, new research shows more people experience persistent poverty than previously thought.

Published 26 Feb 2018

Economics

Australian Economic Review: December 2017

The latest edition of the Australian Economic Review explores the association between community trust and concentrations of migrant ethnic minority groups, the effect of robots on employment and the progress of China’s economy.

Published 04 Jan 2018

Awards

Professor Ronald Henderson honoured

The legacy of the Melbourne Institute’s inaugural Director professor Ronald Henderson has been commemorated with a prestigious award.

Published 21 Dec 2017

Economics

Disadvantage, Family Breakdown

As disadvantaged Australians face rising housing costs, University of Melbourne research looks at the statistics that make the link between family breakdown and homelessness

Published 21 Dec 2017

Economics

A Lack of Women in Economics 'Bad For Business'

Although some of Australia’s finest economic minds are women, they remain under-represented in the discipline’s highest ranks

Published 21 Dec 2017

Economics; Finance

Australia's Generational Wealth Divide is Biting

The 2017 HILDA Survey of Australians’ economic and social well-being shows that many young homeowners are struggling to pay down debt, if they can get into the market at all, putting in doubt the sustainability of the retirement system

Published 14 Dec 2017

Economics; Finance; Industry

For the Love of the Punt

While we may be a nation of gamblers, how many of us are problem gamblers? And how much harm does it cause? The HILDA Survey is on the way to telling us.

Published 13 Dec 2017