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List of contents
List of figures and tables
Contributors
Introduction - Paul Smyth and John Buchanan
PART I: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CONTEXTS
1 Economic development and inclusive growth: China and India - Pradeep Taneja
2 Social investment, inclusive growth and the Australian way - Paul Smyth
PART II: IS GROWTH INCLUSIVE IN AUSTRALIA?
3 Was economic growth in Australia pro-poor? - Francisco Azpitarte
4 Changing employment portfolios and inclusive growth in Australia: Redistributing risks at work - John Buchanan, Gary Dymski, Julie Froud, Sukhdev Johal, Karel Williams and Serena Yu
PART III: AN INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC STRATEGY
5 Productivity and inclusive growth - Saul Eslake
6 Social inclusion and the innovation agenda - Don Scott-Kemmis and Roy Green
7 Skills for growth and social inclusion - Gerald Burke
PART IV: SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, PRODUCTIVITY AND PARTICIPATION
8 Social inclusion, education and inclusive growth - Hielke Buddelmeyer
9 Health and human capital - Anthony Harris
PART V: SOCIAL SECURITY IN A FLEXIBLE ECONOMY
10 To fix a flaw and fix the floor: Unemployment insurance for Australia - Grant Belchamber
11 Income support, inequality and social risks - Peter Whiteford
12 Inclusive growth: The role of active labour market interventions - Michael Horn
13 Women, work and elder care: New policies required for inclusive growth - Marian Baird and Alexandra Heron
14 Inclusive growth and adult ageing - Simon Biggs
Notes
Index
About the author
PAUL SMYTH is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Melbourne, and General Manager of the Research and Policy Centre at the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Melbourne. This joint position involves leading research and the development of policy around partnership solutions to Australia's social problems. His work combines policy development and research at the BSL with teaching and research at the University's Centre for Public Policy.
JOHN BUCHANAN is Professor and Director of the Workplace Research Centre (WRC) in the Sydney Business School. In recent years, John's research interests have focused on changes associated with the demise of the classical wage earner model of employment. He is especially interested in new approaches to integrating industrial relations, social and economic policies to achieve simultaneous improvements in productivity and fairness.
Summary
Written by experts from key institutions, Inclusive Growth in Australia investigates a new amalgamation of social and economic policy for Australia, outlining the reasons why any new Australian economic reform agenda must have a stronger role for social policy and redistribution.
