Mandy Yap
Regional change in the Indigenous population: Early results from the 2006 Census
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
The new Federal Government has identified as one of its priorities a 'closing of the gaps' in social and economic outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians with specific reference made to health/life expectancy, education participation and attainment, housing and employment. Previous CAEPR research has shown that the structural circumstances facing Indigenous populations are increasingly diverse and locationally dispersed and that this leads to variable constraints and opportunities for social and economic participation.
Towards a gender-related index for Indigenous Australians
Working Paper 52 / 2009
ISSN 1442 3871
ISBN 0 7315 4951 1
Abstract:
In the United Nations Development Programme Gender-related Development Index, Australia ranks in the top five across 179 countries, suggesting that women are achieving similar outcomes to men in life expectancy, literacy and earnings at the national level, and that the loss of human development due to gender inequality is minor. However, this does not necessarily hold true for all regions or for all population subgroups. There has been extensive research into the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous outcomes but very little of this has adopted a gender perspective.
Mandy Yap, Research Officer
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Indigenous Participation in Regional Labour Markets, 2001-06
Discussion Paper 288 / 2008
Abstract:
This paper examines the extent to which Indigenous Australians have shared in the large expansion of the Australian workforce that is revealed by a comparison of 2001 and 2006 census results. It considers whether this is reflected in changes to regional patterns of Indigenous labour force status, income, occupation and industry of employment.
