Welfare State



In April this year, the Institute for Public Affairs (IPA) published a research note on “The Growth and Distribution of Welfare in Australia”, claiming: Approximately… Read More ›

425 Thousand More People on Welfare? Fact-Checking the Institute for Public Affairs

Link to Part 1 Double-counting Disability Support Pensioners Most importantly, the approach taken in the IPA research note involves a very significant level of double-counting.… Read More ›

425 Thousand More People on Welfare? Fact-Checking the Institute for Public Affairs: Part 2

If we want to ensure those who can work should work, particularly for the people with disability, rights to work through improved employment opportunities should… Read More ›

Disability, Employment and Welfare Reform: Insights From Australia and Denmark

The first post in this series looked at how much the UK government spends on social security and welfare, with a focus on assistance for… Read More ›

How Generous is the British Welfare State? Part 3: Comparing Assistance for Households

The discussion in the first part of this series – like most analyses of social expenditure – is based on gross (before tax) public expenditure… Read More ›

How Generous Is the British Welfare State? Part 2: The Social Division of Welfare – Taxation, the Public and Private Mix and Redistribution

On 17 November, the Chancellor is now due to publish the government’s fiscal rules alongside an OBR forecast and further spending and taxing measures. We… Read More ›

How Generous Is the British Welfare State?

With all the talk of restraint and fiscal responsibility, you may have missed that this was also Australia’s first wellbeing budget. Measuring wellbeing reflects a… Read More ›

[October Budget 2022] Australia’s First Wellbeing Budget Leaves People Behind

Prior to the pandemic, the Australian Government’s policy approach to unemployment was to keep people attached to the labour market. The focus was on changing… Read More ›

Rethinking the Welfare-Work Nexus in Light of Australia’s COVID-19 Response

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