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Inquiry into pathways to housing tax reform
Alan Duncan, Gavin Wood
This evidence-based policy inquiry (EPI), funded by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), will establish a viable, evidence-based strategy for breaking the political deadlock afflicting Australian housing tax policy. It will identify a pathway to reform that balances... Read article
ProjectJune 2016 - December 2017Tax and Welfare | Housing Pathways and Affordability | Policy Evaluation
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A new look at the channels from housing to employment growth
Gavin Wood
This project broadens the research around housing and labour supply by addressing the work incentive implications of rising real house values and the fungibility of assets following mortgage innovation and deregulation. These changes may impact on the parameters governing labour... Read article
ProjectMay 2015 - September 2016Participation and Employment | Housing Pathways and Affordability
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An Investigation into the Drivers of Housing Supply Responsiveness in Australia
Gavin Wood
This project will estimate and map the price elasticity of housing supply at a local government area level. It will offer insights into the key drivers of housing supply responsiveness, and draw out the implications of the identified effects for... Read article
ProjectMay 2015 - September 2016Income and Wealth | Housing Pathways and Affordability | Policy Evaluation
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Inquiry into Housing Policies, Labour Force Participation and Economic Growth
Michael Dockery, Gavin Wood
This inquiry will develop coherent conceptual frameworks and empirical evidence to guide housing policy reforms that promote Australia’s economic development. It will shed light on whether some of the causal mechanisms linking housing and economic growth are significant in Australia,... Read article
ProjectApril 2015 - September 2016Housing Pathways and Affordability | Population, Ageing and Retirement
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Australian Demographic Trends and their Implications for Housing Subsidies
Gavin Wood
Policymakers are concerned that demographic changes will threaten the viability of Australian housing subsidy arrangements. This project will address these concerns by forecasting future housing assistance needs that will accompany projected demographic changes and the challenges these trends may pose... Read article
ProjectMay 2014 - December 2016Housing Pathways and Affordability | Population, Ageing and Retirement
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Making Connections: Housing, Productivity and Economic Development
Gavin Wood
Policy debate asserts that housing impacts productivity but with no integrated framework of ideas and evidence. This study considers the national scale but then focuses on local approaches, reviewing plans and interviewing officials in 13 agencies, to assess how housing... Read article
ProjectMarch 2014 - January 2015Housing Pathways and Affordability | Productivity and Innovation | Policy Evaluation
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Publications
Housing equity withdrawal: Uses,risks and barriers to alternative mechanisms in later life
Rachel Ong ViforJ, Therese Jefferson, Gavin Wood, Marietta Haffner
This project, funded by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), uncovers the uses, risks of and barriers to housing equity withdrawal (HEW) by older home owners aged 45 years and over via three alternative mechanisms: in situ mortgage... Read article
Publication31 October 2013Research Reports
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The spatial and distributional impacts of the Henry Review recommendations on stamp duty and land tax
Gavin Wood, Rachel Ong ViforJ, Melek Cigdem, Elizabeth Taylor
This report is the second Final Report of a project that examines the impact on supply and affordability from implementation of the Henry Review recommendations in relation to negative gearing, land tax and stamp duty. There are two main recommendations... Read article
Publication1 February 2012Research Reports
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