Australia ranks 10th in the 2024 World Happiness Report, but who is happiest in the country? The latest #HILDA Survey shows a peak in 2003, with under-25s seeing a decline since COVID-19. Read more → go.unimelb.edu.au/mpd8 Roger Wilkins World Happiness Report

What impact does commuting and working from home have on the mental health of Australians? In this week's Monash CHE Seminar Series, Melbourne Institute Research Fellow Jan Kabátek 🇺🇦 - kabatek.bsky.social will present his findings. Read the Working Paper → go.unimelb.edu.au/z7t8

Prof Abigail Payne & Dr Rajeev Samarage have been delighted to share their expertise and our MI Data Lab 📶 for this vital project 🙏 #Innovation #researchers #bigdata

Struggling to find full-time work? You're not alone. Writing for the The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand with reference to Australian Bureau of Statistics and the latest #HILDA Survey data, Professor Emeritus Mark Wooden explains the implications for workers. Read more → go.unimelb.edu.au/nut8 #costoflivingcrisis

As climate change increases the severity and frequency of natural disasters, the flood #insurance system is failing, University of Melbourne's 2019 McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Antonia Settle explains. Read more in The Age → go.unimelb.edu.au/jpt8 #climatechange #floodinsurance

'A home is just so central to what people hold dear about establishing life' Roger Wilkins interviewed by ABC News for a report using HILDA data to show how the #costofliving crisis has caught #Australians in an #economic storm. abc.net.au/news/2024-03-2…

Our researcher Ou Yang has been interviewed by Guardian Australia in relation to Australian Bureau of Statistics showing alcohol induced deaths are at some of the highest levels in a decade. How can #economic #policy correct this? theguardian.com/news/2024/mar/…

We're excited to announce alum Dylan Alcott AO announced the new DAF Scholarship in partnership with FBE University of Melbourne.

His organisation aims to remove barriers and provide equal opportunities for students living with disability.

Read more → unimelb.me/3IC5wED

Call for papers: 19th Australasian Development Economics Workshop melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/conferences/ad… #economics #ResearchPapers #HigherEd

Excellent research on behalf of Dr Dr Kushneel Prakash 🇫🇯 🇦🇺 & Director Prof A. Abigail Payne in collaboration with the Australia India Institute and our partners Roy Morgan👏👏👏👏View report: aii.unimelb.edu.au/wp-content/upl…

I will be presenting some new research in Melbourne at MI. If you are around and would like to meet up, let's get in touch!

Whose incomes are most impacted by fluctuations in the business cycle? Report 7 in the Breaking Down Barriers report series examines earnings changes between genders over four key macroeconomic periods. Read the report → go.unimelb.edu.au/da4s #IWD2024 #InspireInclusion

The birth of a first child reduces #household income between 16-18 percent, recent research from Dr Ana Gamarra Rondinel and Dr Anna MH Price finds. For one-parent households, this drop is even higher. Read the Working Paper → go.unimelb.edu.au/xci8 #IWD2024 #InspireInclusion

The #Australian government pays billions per year in rebates to encourage the purchase of private #healthinsurance . But why, when Australians have free #Medicare coverage?

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What impact does #gender have on earnings shocks and recovery? The sixth report in the Breaking Down Barriers report series examines its role. Read the report → go.unimelb.edu.au/va4s #IWD2024 #InspireInclusion

Last month, Professor Sandra E. Black (Columbia University University) presented 'Where does wealth come from?' where she discussed the substantial increase in wealth inequality over the recent decades.

Tap through to watch the 2024 Downing Public Lecture → unimelb.me/49wWfK5