1991
Aboriginal expenditure patterns: An analysis of empirical data and its policy implications
Discussion Paper 9 / 1991
Abstract:
Assessments of the adequacy of government social security programs, of taxation policy, the equity of income distribution and of the impact on Australian households of changing economic conditions all rely heavily on expenditure data obtained from Household Expenditure Surveys (HES) conducted periodically by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The few Aboriginal households included in the HES are not identified. There are currently no equivalent national data available on Aboriginal expenditure levels and patterns.
Geographic location and Aboriginal economic status: A census-based analysis of outstations in Australia's Northern Territory
Discussion Paper 8 / 1991
Abstract:
This paper utilises 1986 Census data to examine the demographic and economic characteristics of Aboriginal people in Australia's remotest locations. In so doing three objectives are fulfilled. First, to assert that it is important to examine Aboriginal society in a spatial context. Second, to demonstrate how Census statistics may be manipulated to isolate meaningful spatial sub-categories of the Aboriginal population.
The impact of welfare on the economic status of Aboriginal women
Discussion Paper 7 / 1991
Abstract:
Despite the relatively low levels of employment among Aboriginal women, their average income, according to the 1986 Census, was not substantially lower than the average income of Australian women in general. The Census does not distinguish sources of income, but other evidence suggests that welfare payments are important in raising the average income of individual Aboriginal women to a level not very different from that of all Australian women.
The participation of Aboriginal people in the Australian labour market
Discussion Paper 6 / 1991
Abstract:
This paper is the first of two that examine the participation and employment of Aborigines in the formal labour market using data from the 1986 Population Census. The labour force participation rate is a concept of interest because it is indicative of the degree of integration into the formal labour market. The paper begins by presenting the facts about the relationship between labour force participation and location of residence for both men and women.
The CDEP scheme: Administrative and policy issues
Discussion Paper 5 / 1991
Abstract:
The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme is a program whereby Aboriginal community councils receive grants roughly equivalent to the social security entitlements of community members which are used as wages for the creation of jobs. It has been operating since 1977, during which time it has expanded to include 169 participating communities and involve 18,266 Aboriginal people. Expenditure on CDEP for 1990/91 totalled about $194 million, representing 36 per cent of the Aboriginal affairs portfolio expenditure.
Indigenous economic development in the Torres Strait: Possibilities and limitations
Discussion Paper 4 / 1991
Abstract:
The Torres Strait is an archipelago populated predominantly by Torres Strait Islanders, officially recognised by the Federal Government as Australia's other Indigenous minority. At present, the Strait's economy is characterised by significant public and private service sectors, and by a productive sector based entirely on commercial fishing. There are pressures from Islander interests and from Federal Government policies to decrease dependency on the public purse by increasing the opportunities for Islander employment.
Aboriginal socio-economic status: Are there any evident changes?
Discussion Paper 3 / 1991
Abstract:
As the relative poverty of Aboriginal people in the Australian context is increasingly gaining recognition, equity issues between Aboriginals and other Australians have become matters of urgent concern for policy formation and implementation. This paper provides a statistical overview of the economic and social deprivation of the Aboriginal population as a whole by examining Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census data from 1971 to 1986.
Geographic variations in the economic status of Aboriginal people: A preliminary investigation
Discussion Paper 2 / 1991
Abstract:
An exploratory analysis of the 1986 Census shows considerable heterogeneity in Aboriginal spatial distribution as well as in socio-economic status. While the majority of Aborigines reside in urban areas, a significant proportion, 34 per cent, still lived in rural areas, in contrast to 14 per cent for non-Aboriginal Australians. The analysis of Aboriginal spatial settlement shows that Aborigines live as a 'minority population' in most localities.
From exclusion to dependence: Aborigines and the welfare state in Australia
Discussion Paper 1 / 1991
Abstract:
The paper examines the changing position of Aboriginal people in relation to the Australian welfare state since European settlement. It begins by outlining the regime of exclusion that survived up to the 1950s under the auspices of the broad policy of 'protection'. It then demonstrates how, with the policy shift to assimilation and changes to social security legislation, Aborigines began to be incorporated in the Australian welfare state.
Aborigines in the Economy: A Select Annotated Bibliography of Policy-Relevant Research 1985-90
Research Monograph 1 / 1991
Abstract:
This study annotates a selection of research on Aboriginal economic development issues published in the period 1985-90. The specific focus is on the relevance of available research for policy formation, with an emphasis on economic development and labour market issues and the Aboriginal Employment Development Policy (AEDP).
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