Indigenous poverty in urban NSW: A multidimensional approach

May 30 Rebecca Reeve, (PhD Researcher, Macquarie University)

Abstract: This seminar seeks to identify the degree and causes of urban Indigenous poverty in NSW using multiple indicators, with a view to assessing the efficacy of current policy approaches to improving Indigenous welfare. The study utilises the Productivity Commission's Key Indicators Framework for Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage, NATSISS (2002) and GSS (2002) data and is part of a broader forthcoming doctoral thesis tentatively titled 'Indigenous Poverty and Policy Approaches in Urban NSW'. This seminar will examine some possible causal relationships between the indicators identified by the Productivity Commission and explore how one might test such relationships econometrically.

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