Welfare reliance and income support recipients

Researchers at the Melbourne Institute have undertaken a number of studies of welfare reliance and, more particularly, of income support recipients. Issues examined include the extent and nature of reliance on income support payments, the determinants of patterns of receipt and the impacts of government programs on exit from payments.

Projects commenced in 2006

• Working Credits: A low-cost alternative to earned income tax credits?
• How does the level of employment affect income support numbers?

Projects commenced in 2005

• The Long-Term Impact of Informal Care Giving on Carers
• Previous income support receipt of entrants to the Disability Support Pension
• The determinants of reliance on income support: Analysis of administrative data
• An examination of welfare transitions using the first three waves of the HILDA Survey
• The dynamics of income support receipt among new' income support customers
• An in-depth examination of the causes and factors associated with long-term reliance on income support for particular groups of unemployed and related customers
• Synthesis of Melbourne Institute research on income support reliance and income support recipients: 2000-2005

Projects commenced in 2004

• The causes of long-term unemployment

Projects commenced in 2003

• Understanding the nature of and factors behind exits from the Disability Support Pension
• Dynamic properties of income support receipt in Australia

Projects commenced in 2002

• Labour market outcomes and welfare participation of persons with disabilities in Australia

Projects commenced in 2001

• Effect of changes to activity test arrangements on exit from payments - A: Mutual Obligation
• Effect of changes to activity test arrangements on exit from payments - C: Job seeker diary
• Effect of changes to activity test arrangements on exit from payments - D: Work for the dole
• Reliance on income support
• Effect of changes to activity test arrangements on exit from payments - B: Intensive Review
• The impact of social policy initiatives on labour supply incentives: A review of the literature
• Movement between payment types

Dr Nicolas Herault