It isn’t just not being able to split bills. Tax systems and social expectations can also play a role. If we want to fix this inequity, we have to understand what drives it.
- Senior Lecturer in Economics, RMIT University
In the short term, falling fertility rates can actually have some economic benefits. But the picture gets more complex in the long term, and far less rosy.
Millions of older Australians live in houses that don’t safely meet their needs, but they’re not ready for a nursing home. Lack of suitable housing and the moving costs leave them with nowhere to go.
The baby bonus did its job, encouraging people to have more children at a time when fertility rates were low.
New research finds a state of confusion when it comes to Australian government policymaking on housing, despite its huge economic and social significance.
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