The Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs commissioned the Social Policy Research, Evaluation and Analysis Centre to report on how a young person’s future is shaped by his or her investments in education and choice of career path...

This paper assesses how the economic support provided by parents to young adults as they complete their education and enter the labor market is related to the family's socioeconomic circumstances. We address this issue using detailed survey data on intergenerational co-residence and financial...

This paper asks which sub-groups of the population are affected by the payment of a small cash incentive to respond to a telephone survey. We find that an incentive improves response rates primarily amongst those individuals with the longest history of income support receipt. Importantly, these...