Our Reports
Impact Economics and Policy has developed a series of models for rolling out ‘navigators’ to help people with a disability to plan services and connect...
Utilising over 17 million observations from anonymised MYOB data we have developed a new indicator on the economic performance of small businesses…
Australia’s legal assistance sector is under severe pressure from greater demand for services and chronic underfunding. This report analyses the possible funding sources…
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…
Tax time prompts to increase charitable donations. The Albanese Government has set a goal of doubling charitable giving by 2030. This represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to stimulate…
With the population of Sydney projected to grow by over 1.2 million by 2041, the NSW Government has recognised the implications for physical infrastructure such as roads, airports…
Care has always been at the centre of our society. The benefits of care are wider than what can be captured through market mechanisms, care benefits also include…
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…
Through applying a gender lens on the Tasmanian housing crisis for the first time this report provides recommendations for the Government to ensure its 20-year Tasmanian…
The Return on Equity - Health and economic dividends from investing in Women's Health Services Report reveals the long-term economic benefits of investing in women's health…
Legal Aid is Australia’s way of bridging the gap between affordability of and access to legal assistance; it is social insurance for the justice system. But the system is broken. Completed with...
In this report commissioned by Philanthropy Australia, Impact Economics and Policy looked into a simple idea to make it easier for people to leave bequests directly from their…
Impact Economics and Policy were honoured to provide expert support to the Tasmanian Government developing its 2023 Gender Budget Snapshot, including gender impact...
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…
Our report into the state of the NSW Health system found that it was breaking under the pressure of a post pandemic increase in demand for services, but many of the…
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…
This is the third report in our series of reports Aftershock: Addressing the Economic and Social Costs of the Pandemic and Natural Disasters and focuses on Housing Security…
This report series Aftershock: Addressing the Economic and Social Costs of the Pandemic and Natural Disasters prepared in partnership with the New South Wales Council of Social…
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…
This report series prepared in partnership with the New South Wales Council of Social Services, Aftershock: Addressing the Economic and Social Costs of the Pandemic and…
Impact Economics and Policy prepared this report for the Everybody’s Home campaign to shed light on the link between the ongoing shortage of affordable housing on…
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…