A new study examines the user perceptions and experiences of using Ethereum as a microcredit system in developing countries.
Nudge theory is used in many sectors, but can be particularly helpful in getting people to actively engage in decisions affecting their savings and investments.
Despite signs that inflation is levelling off, Australians could feel the health impacts of high prices for some time.
New research indicates living with daughters can help lower gender wellbeing inequality in old age. But it also hints at the enduring influence of culture.
A new report reveals gendered disadvantage in Australia is so deeply systemic and entrenched that even the COVID-19 pandemic failed to have an impact.
Australia has leapt to 26th in the 2023 World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, but we’re still behind countries such as New Zealand and Rwanda.
Existing research evidence suggests the hegemony of neoliberal measures within Australian welfare policy has resulted in higher, not lower, levels of social and economic injustice.
Micro loans promised war-affected Sri Lankan and Cambodian women a way out of poverty as they rebuilt their lives. Instead, the loans trapped them in debt.
On a new episode of Monash University’s “What Happens Next?” podcast, meet the healthcare providers and advocates working tirelessly to ensure that we don't lose ground in the global fight for reproductive rights.
This week on Monash University's “What Happens Next?” podcast, meet the change-makers on the front lines of food.
There’s an urgent need to recalibrate the mental healthcare sector so it better-serves those most in need.
The October 2022 budget marks a departure from the “blokier” budgets of recent years, centring gender equality and the care economy rather than high-vis and hard hats.
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has kept poverty and inequality on the policy agenda.
There are good reasons for the federal government to abolish the Cashless Debit Card, but what about the BasicsCard?
The Australian Greens, rather than the Labor Party, have emerged as the champions of the contemporary Australian welfare state.
The high level of poverty in affluent Australia is a national disgrace, and its prevention should be a priority for all political parties. But it’s not.
Single Australian women over 60 are the most likely to live in poverty, earning less than $30,000 a year, and it's taking a heavy emotional toll, with mental distress on the rise.
A new study has found extreme cold weather increased the risk of death in Italy during the pandemic, and while Australian conditions are different, there are valuable lessons to be learned.
Social inequality’s not inevitable, and it’s not too late to change it. On an all-new episode of Monash University’s “What Happens Next?” podcast, Dr Susan Carland and guest experts identify key approaches to ensure all Australians are equally represented in the halls of power.
Women have been fighting poverty pay, long hours and unsafe working conditions long before COVID-19 hit.
Superannuation helps fund homeownership, and homeownership helps retirees get the pension.
Addressing the health, social and economic inequities in our communities is crucial in the COVID-19 recovery.
To what extent is "welfare chauvinism" apparent in One Nation’s views of social welfare policies in relation to Indigenous Australians, refugees and asylum seekers?
Many more households face financial hardship and discomfort at home this winter, as we physically self-isolate from work, family and friends due to COVID-19.
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