Employment and Welfare
Understanding the long-term benefits of employment and barriers for jobseekers
Related services
Extensive data and analysis shows that improving welfare and employment outcomes has substantial short and long-term impacts
Welfare support represents the single largest category of government expenditure and therefore carries immense potential for innovative policy and program development. Well-designed employment initiatives can save government money and grow incomes for people, including those with sizeable employment barriers.
We deliver …
- Long-term welfare and employment pathway projection models
- Financial forecasting of welfare and employment programs
- Performance measurement and risk rating
- Program and policy evaluation, with a quantitative emphasis and including linked and long-term impact modelling.
What we offer
The Investment approach to welfare
- We pioneered the investment approach in Australia and New Zealand, developing models that can track overall system evolution, and detailed risk and resilience factors for cohorts.
- Our work demonstrates the lifetime costs of long-term welfare receipt, as well as insights on intergenerational and intersections with other policy areas.
Disability employment
- Improving disability employment outcomes faces societal barriers and complexities associated with a wide variety of support needs.
- With proper risk adjustment and evaluation, effective employment supports can be recognised and provide good value to government.
Our published work
