Australian Social Policy 2002–03 - Contents

2004

This publication contains current research and analysis on a broad range of issues topical to Australia's social policy and its administration.

Major Articles

'Evaluating the More Intensive and Flexible Services Pilot: Important lessons for the Personal Support Programme and welfare reform', by Peter Butterworth.
'"The Ultimate Vote of Confidence". Fertility rates and economic conditions in Australia, 1976–2000', by Jay Martin.
'Pension reform in China: Funding the transition', by Timothy Murton.
'The lone person household demographic: Trends and implications', by Darian Clark.
'Length of completed spells on the Disability Support Pension (DSP) program', by Lixin Cai.
'Inflows, outflows and the growth of the Disability Support Pension (DSP) program' by Lixin Cai and Robert G. Gregory.

'Key experiences of "baby boom" cohorts', by Kaye Brown
'The psychological impact of joblessness', by Ruth Ganley.
'Females with Dependent Children – Information from the General Customer Survey and Longitudinal Administrative Data Set', by Justine Gibbings.
'Long-term Durations on income support: An analysis of FaCS unemployed customers' by Julian Blackham, John Gregory, Susan Devereux, Anne McConnell, and Diana Iolovska.