V<sc>idyattama</sc> Y., C<sc>assells</sc> R., H<sc>arding</sc> A. and M<sc>c</sc>N<sc>amara</sc> J. Rich or poor in retirement? A small area analysis of Australian private superannuation savings in 2006 using spatial microsimulation, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Substantial differences in retirement savings exist among Australians. Little is known,...

Spatial microsimulation techniques have become an increasingly popular way of fulfilling the need for generating small-area data estimates. However, the technique also poses numerous methodological challenges, including the utilisation of two different databases simultaneously to produce...

Spatial microsimulation techniques have become an increasingly popular way to fulfil the need for generating small area data estimates. Nevertheless, this technique poses numerous methodological challenges, including those that relate to fundamental differences between the multiple data sources...

In recent months in Australia there has been extended debate about whether the age pension, particularly with regard to single pensioners, is sufficiently high to allow older Australians to attain an acceptable standard of living. This is an important policy consideration given Australia's...

Despite the widely-acknowledged importance of high quality, affordable child care, quantitative research into child care policy in Australia is relatively limited. In this study, recently-released data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 1999 and 2002 Child Care Surveys are used to...

This paper provides a review of the literature related to the theoretical frameworks and measurement issues that surround the study of child well-being and has been conducted in order to provide the basis for the development of small area level child well-being indicators in Australia .We...

As one of the world’s largest emerging economies, Indonesia has experienced rapid economic growth and substantial reduction of poverty over the past three decades, particularly prior to the 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis. After the crisis, Indonesia entered a new development phase that saw the...