Gender and Diversity
The gender income and wealth gap remains a persistent issue of policy concern, despite long-run increases in women’s participation in tertiary education and employment, and advancements in policies promoting gender equity in Australia. Existing BCEC research highlights significant gender pay gaps in the workplace, which in turn can exacerbate other forms of gender inequity such as slowing the rate of accumulation of superannuation wealth, increased reliance on government income support over the life course, and increased exposure to poverty in old age. Research under this theme sheds light on issues that affect gender equity in WA and nationally, including gender pay and wealth gaps, women’s representation in senior leadership, occupational segregation, the effects of informal care roles on employment outcomes and gendered differences in age discrimination in labour markets.
Family and Domestic Violence Leave Review
Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan, Abebe Hailemariam, Astghik Mavisakalyan
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre was commissioned to undertake an independent economic analysis of the cost of providing paid family and domestic violence leave to workers on the modern award wage by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) as... Read article
16 May 2022Research Reports
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Conflicts and son preference: micro-level evidence from 58 countries
Srinivas Goli, Astghik Mavisakalyan, Anu Rammohan, Lili Loan Vu
Research on the association between armed conflict and son preference has largely been based on single-country studies, often presenting descriptive patterns. This paper empirically analyses the association between conflict and son preference using a sample of more than 1.1 million... Read article
10 May 2022Journal Articles
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Family and domestic violence in Australia
Alan Duncan, Astghik Mavisakalyan, Chris Twomey
This BCEC Briefing Note assesses the prevalence, impact of and responses to family and domestic violence (FDV) in Australia. FDV is pervasive; it occurs among family members, and especially in intimate partner relationships. Around 1 in 6 women (17.3%) and... Read article
8 December 2021Policy Insights | Health and Wellbeing | Social Issues | Briefing Notes | Policy Briefs
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