The Treatment of Families in the Australian Welfare State, 1984 to 2010
This paper uses Australian Bureau of Statistics' fiscal incidence figures to track trends in the treatment of families with children in the Australian welfare state across the period 1984 to 2010. Our four main findings are that: sole parent families gained while couple families made no net gai...
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| description | This paper uses Australian Bureau of Statistics' fiscal incidence figures to track trends in the treatment of families with children in the Australian welfare state across the period 1984 to 2010. Our four main findings are that: sole parent families gained while couple families made no net gain; there was no growth in 'middle class welfare'; couple families are slightly better off than elderly households in terms of their final incomes, but considerably less well off in terms of their net worth; and stated differences in policy intentions by the major political parties have had little influence on trends in actual government redistribution. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-103442020-07-22T04:59:15Z The Treatment of Families in the Australian Welfare State, 1984 to 2010 Tapper, Alan Fenna, Alan Phillimore, John Taxation Families Social Policy Welfare State Middle Class Welfare This paper uses Australian Bureau of Statistics' fiscal incidence figures to track trends in the treatment of families with children in the Australian welfare state across the period 1984 to 2010. Our four main findings are that: sole parent families gained while couple families made no net gain; there was no growth in 'middle class welfare'; couple families are slightly better off than elderly households in terms of their final incomes, but considerably less well off in terms of their net worth; and stated differences in policy intentions by the major political parties have had little influence on trends in actual government redistribution. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10344 http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=453238209490322;res=IELHSS Australian Council of Social Service restricted |
| spellingShingle | Taxation Families Social Policy Welfare State Middle Class Welfare Tapper, Alan Fenna, Alan Phillimore, John The Treatment of Families in the Australian Welfare State, 1984 to 2010 |
| title | The Treatment of Families in the Australian Welfare State, 1984 to 2010 |
| title_full | The Treatment of Families in the Australian Welfare State, 1984 to 2010 |
| title_fullStr | The Treatment of Families in the Australian Welfare State, 1984 to 2010 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Treatment of Families in the Australian Welfare State, 1984 to 2010 |
| title_short | The Treatment of Families in the Australian Welfare State, 1984 to 2010 |
| title_sort | treatment of families in the australian welfare state, 1984 to 2010 |
| topic | Taxation Families Social Policy Welfare State Middle Class Welfare |
| url | http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=453238209490322;res=IELHSS http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10344 |