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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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This report evaluates a pre-Community VCAL ‘Taster’ course offered at the Brotherhood of St. Laurence’s Frankston High Street Centre.
Read report'Flexicurity' can be understood as a policy framework to balance flexibility for employers on the one hand with improved unemployment benefits, training and assistance in regaining employment for workers on the other.
Read reportHow can partnerships help to create more inclusive forms of governance?
Read paperThis study provides valuable insights into the provision of employment services for highly disadvantaged people with complex needs.
Read reportThe Teeth First trial enabled unemployed Personal Support Programme clients of the Brotherhood in Frankston to receive dental treatment.
Read reportThis study examined the financial incentives and non-financial factors influencing the decision to return to work or to increase working hours for two groups thought to be affected by high effective marginal tax rates, single parents and unemployed people.
Read reportThis paper looks at the rise of the financial inclusion agenda in developed countries, and what it might mean in Australia.
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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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Click here to read the most recent BSL Annual Reports. You may also access previous BSL Annual Reports in our library catalogue.