Measures of Social Inequality & Wellbeing

Aboriginal Affairs, NSW Department of Education, contracted the Social Policy Research Centre to conduct an evaluation of OCHRE, the community-focused plan for Aboriginal affairs in NSW. This involved case studies of eight projects operating as part of OCHRE.

This project explored and developed appropriate methodologies to conduct research into how families cope with different kinds of economic adversity and what this implies for the well-being of children.

The project is a literature review which examines the evidence base for various forms of Income Management and its impact on different groups of people. The second aim is to examine other programs aimed at achieving similar outcomes to Income Management and to assess their evidence base.

The Supported Decision Making Phase 2 project (SDM2) aimed to improve financial decision making support for people with cognitive impairment, so that people can take a more active part in decisions about their lives.

In response to an increase in prisoner population, the South Australian government introduced legislation in February and September 2016 to expand the use of home detention, and funded the implementation of a support service for those subject to home detention.

The existing instruments for measuring poverty have become disconnected from the life events that cause poverty and the adverse outcomes associated with low income.

The focus of this study is inequality in early child outcomes across four Anglo-American countries: the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.

This project aims to better understand the different ways that young people experience poverty and other forms of social disadvantage.

Governments allocate a large volume of resources to address the needs of children.

The GINI Project studies the economic and educational drivers and the social, cultural and political impacts of increasing inequality with novel contributions on the measurement of income, wealth and education inequality.

The project involved conducting an independent evaluation for the Lebanese Muslim Association of the Empowering Local Communities program, funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.

Influences of education, institutional change and family background

This project aims to study child poverty in rich and middle-income countries.

Are some income support payment methods more likely than others to increase children’s consumption of goods and services? A common assumption is that money paid to mothers is more likely to be directed towards expenditure that benefits children.

Research project exploring the high rate of youth unemployment in Australia (particularly in low socio-economic communities) and specifically looking at transition from school to work or further education.

The project involves production of a Country Analysis using data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), Demographic Health Survey and/or other relevant household surveys, as well as fresh data on national policies and programmes compiled for UNICEF’s Global Study of Child Poverty and