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Ahead of the 2024-25 Budget our Lead Economist Dr Angela Jackson addressed the National Press Club as part of the Women in Economics annual pre-budget event. Dr Jackson discussed the importance of addressing economic inclusion to lift long term productivity and economic prosperity…
Trainee teachers need more opportunities to practice before they start working in the classroom. Our recent work, funded by the Susan McKinnon Foundation, finds that…
Making pre-school more affordable for families would lead to more children finishing school, lower unemployment, less crime and better health outcomes, according to new…
Our report into the impacts of the Activity Test on female participation find that rather than acting as an incentive it is acting as a barrier to female participation, through…
Impact Economics Education Lead Julie Sonnemann joined with Jordana Hunter from the Grattan Institute to outline how the literacy gap is growing for kids whose parents…
Julie Sonnemann’s most recent article in The Conversation outlines how small group tutoring presents an opportunity to boost learning and bridge learning gaps…
Impact Economics and Policy worked with Women for Progress a group of leading women from business, philanthopy and the non-profit sector to develop their…
The final report in our series of reports Aftershock: Addressing the Economic and Social Costs of the Pandemic and Natural Disasters focuses on Children’s Wellbeing and Development…
A new report from Impact Economics and Policy, Child Care Subsidy Activity Test: Undermining Child Development and Parental Participation, shows that the current activity test for…
Lead Economist Dr Angela Jackson and Lead Education Julie Sonnemann published an opinion piece in the Australian Financial Review on the recent announcement by the…
Unlocking Women's Economic Participation. Impact Economics and Policy was commissioned by Chief Executive Women to research the impact that increasing women’s participation in the…
