Not just living longer: Identifying inequalities in healthy and working life expectancies in an ageing Australia
Other
Abstract: Many social norms and structures have not kept pace with rising life expectancies. Current social policy and public discourse strongly encourages older adults to remain in the workforce. While there are health benefits associated with employment and productive ageing, poor health may…
Geographic variation in fertility across Australia
Other
Abstract: Australia has moderately high fertility compared to many Western-industrialized countries. The current TFR is around 1.88, but fertility levels are not uniform across the country. There is a distinct geographic pattern with the TFR about 0.5 higher in remote and very remote Australia (2.…
Lessons from the evaluation of past local area population forecasts
Other
Abstract Local area population forecasts are used for a wide variety of planning, policy formulation, and service delivery activities. But not enough is known about the errors of such forecasts, particularly over the longer-term (20 years or more). Understanding past errors is valuable for both…
Australian immigration policy at the crossroads
Other
Australian immigration policy is at the crossroads. Our permanent and temporary migration programs are at record levels, but border protection and maritime asylum seekers have dominated public debate for over a decade. Many of the fundamental principles that have guided our policies for the last 70…
Self-agency and asylum: Who, how and why people undertake long and dangerous migration journeys. An examination of the migration patterns and processes of Hazara irregular maritime asylum seekers to Australia
Other
In recent years, large numbers of people have embarked on high-risk sea journeys to reach specific destinations, including Australia, Greece, Italy, Spain, Malaysia, Thailand and the United States. In 2015, for example, over 850,000 people crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece, with many…
Human Geopolitics: Emigrants, States and the Rise of Diaspora Institutions
Other
Abstract: Migration has become a top priority for politicians and policy makers around the world, but most writing on the topic covers only half the issue, wrongly assuming that migration policy equals immigration policy where in reality the majority of states care more deeply about emigration and…
Differences in labour force participation between birth cohorts and the implications for long-term projections
Seminar
The persistent rise in aggregate labour force participation rates in Australia up until around 2010 suggests that later birth cohorts are more likely to participate than earlier ones. However, changes in aggregate participation rates are often analysed by looking separately at developments for…