- Cover, Copyright and publication details, Contents, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, and Glossary
- Executive summary
- Chapter 1 About this study
- 1.1 Income growth across countries
- 1.2 The broader Australian context
- 1.3 An overview of our approach
- Chapter 2 Young people’s incomes declined
- 2.1 After 2008, young people’s disposable incomes declined
- 2.2 Decomposing gross income
- Chapter 3 Determinants of changes in labour income: hours worked
- 3.1 Labour income, wage rates and hours worked
- 3.2 Hours worked, participation and employment
- 3.3 The changing nature of unemployment
- Chapter 4 The wage puzzle: stagnating wages only for young people
- 4.1 The wage puzzle: wage rates grew for people aged 35-64, but stagnated for people aged 15-34
- 4.2 An imbalance between labour supply and demand could explain the wage puzzle
- 4.3 Other explanations for the wage puzzle
- Chapter 5 The role of government transfers
- 5.1 The Australian transfer system and young people
- 5.2 Contribution of transfers to young people’s income and income growth
- 5.3 Changes to transfer eligibility
- 5.4 Indexation of transfers
- 5.5 Changes in the incomes of recipients
- Chapter 6 The role of other income
- 6.1 Contribution of other income to young people’s income growth
- 6.2 Why did business income decrease?
- 6.3 Investment income and inheritances
- 6.4 Parents are supporting young people
- Appendix A Comparing data sources
- Appendix B Shift-share decomposition
- Appendix C Additional labour market analysis
- Appendix D Changes to the eligibility for transfers
- Appendix E Savings of young people who live with their parents
- References
The following spreadsheet contains the data used to construct charts within the research paper.
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