There is some concern that immigration contributes to a larger current account deficit in a net borrowing country like Australia. The reason is believed to be that the immigrants on balance have a lower net saving than those born in the country.

This paper seeks to evaluate the findings of cross-national research on the relationship between income inequality and democracy and to assess the prospects of future research in the area.

There are many dimensions along which changing labour market income could be explored. The author chooses to direct attention to the changes that are occuring among males of different ages. The changes in Australia are very large. Changes of a similar magnitude are occuring in the UK and...

This paper investigates the distributional and efficiency implications of a tax-mix change involving a reduction in personal income taxation financed by a board based consumption tax.

This study examines changes in earnings inequality for full-time employees in Australia between 1982 and 1994-95 using individual-level data from the ABS Income Distribution Survey. It present measures of changes in earnings inequality for disaggregated workforce groups. It also provides...