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For over 50 years, BSL has produced a wide range of research examining how poverty impacts people’s lives at every stage.
Search below for BSL-authored reports, policy submissions, summaries, working papers, etc. dating back to 2000. For earlier publications, please see note below the search results.
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BSL researchers Francisco Azpitarte and Eve Bodsworth wrote a chapter—'Persistent disadvantage: a duration analysis based on HILDA data’—for a report: Addressing entrenched disadvantage in Australia, published in April, 2015.
Read reportAnalysis for the Youth Unemployment Monitor March 2015 shows how young Australians – especially teenagers – continued to bear the brunt of unemployment at the start of 2015.
Read reportThis study examined the factors that affect the recruitment or retention of families in the Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) which is now operating in 75 sites across Australia.
Read reportBy mid-2014, more than 15 per cent of workers aged 15 to24 years were underemployed, according to analysis for the Youth Unemployment Monitor September 2014.
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Note on earlier works
You may find other BSL works from 1999 and earlier, or those authored by non-BSL sources, by searching our BSL library catalogue. BSL series that are no longer published can be found here: Brotherhood Comment or the Social Policy Working Papers .
In addition to our current research topics, BSL has previously undertaken research on the following concepts. We recommend you visit our library catalogue by clicking on these keywords, cost of education ; financial inclusion ; future of work ; inclusive growth ; mutual obligation ; place-based ; refugees and asylum seekers ; and tax reform .
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