This research was initiated and funded by the Office for Women, Department of Families, Community Services, Housing and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).
This research report has been produced with the assistance of many people. The details of each contribution are provided briefly below.
Macroeconomics.com.au was consulted as a specialist adviser on the project, and we would like to acknowledge the director of Macroeconomics.com.au, Dr Stephen Anthony, and thank him for the expert advice he provided in relation to our macroeconomic model.
Associate Professor Anne Daly from the University of Canberra, and an Associate Researcher at NATSEM, was also consulted as a specialist adviser on the project in relation to gender wage gaps, decomposition methodologies and Australian labour markets. We would like to acknowledge Anne’s contribution and guidance for our microeconomic model.
Previous work by Professor Stephan Klasen (Professor of Development Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany), has helped shape and inform the macroeconomic model used here. Stephan has also given helpful advice during the course of this project.
Dr Ian Watson (Senior Research Fellow, Macquarie University and Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW), provided useful assistance and advice in relation to technical aspects of wage gap decomposition methodologies.
This paper uses unit record data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The HILDA Project was initiated and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) and is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (MIAESR). The findings and views reported in this paper, however, are those of the authors and should not be attributed to either FaHCSIA or the MIAESR.