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Research report Transforming employment aspirations: results of the HIPPY Tutors Study

By Julie Connolly and Roxanne Chaitowitz 2020

By enlisting and supporting parents as tutors, the Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) creates a transitional labour market that helps these parents develop their goals and improve their job opportunities.

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Research report Everyone counts: uncovering patterns of Newstart Allowance

By Dina Bowman, Marcus Banks, Peter Whiteford, Ashton de Silva, Nandini Anantharama, Zsuzsanna Csereklyei and Shelley Mallett 2020

What insights about income support can be gained from daily, event-based data about recipients of Newstart Allowance from 2001 to 2016?

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Research report Shocks and safety nets: financial wellbeing during the COVID-19 crisis

By Emily Porter and Dina Bowman 2021

In the second paper in the Financial Lives in Uncertain Times series, we explore the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis and resulting policy responses on financial wellbeing.

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