Press Club Address: Urgent need for action on poverty, housing and children
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…
Potential Unrealised
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…
Child Care Activity Test: Incentive or Barrier to Female Participation
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…
2023-24 Pre-Budget Submission - Women for Progress
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…
Aftershock - Children's Wellbeing and Development
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…
Child Care Subsidy Activity Test
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…
Childcare reforms will deliver economic benefits for decades to come
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…
Addressing Australia's Critical Skill Shortages
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…