Bruce Bradbury
Biographic Data
| ID | 269747 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruce Bradbury |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruce |
| FAMILY NAME | Bradbury |
| SIGNATURE | BRADBURY B |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0718-1399 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Housing costs and poverty
Income-Related Gaps in Early Child Cognitive Development
Previous research has documented significantly larger income-related gaps in children’s early cognitive development in the United States than in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. In this study, we investigate the extent to which this is a result of a more unequal income distribution in the United States. We show that although incomes are more unequal in the United States than elsewhere, a given difference in real income is associated wit…
Labour Income, Social Transfers and Child Poverty
This paper documents the variation in living standards of the poorest fifth of children in rich (and some middle-income) nations, with a focus on the relative importance and interaction of social transfers (net of taxes) and labour market incomes. Overall, the cross-national variation in the disposable income of disadvantaged children is comprised equally of variation in market and transfer income (with the two negatively correlated). The English…
Poverty in Australia since the financial crisis
This paper examines recent trends in poverty in Australia and shows how sensitive the estimates are to the poverty line and the treatment of housing costs and recent data changes. Relative poverty increased modestly between 2003–04 and 2011–12 both before and after housing costs, although it has declined since the financial crisis and there has been a marked decline in absolute poverty. The simulated impact of a $50 a week increase in unemploymen…
Introduction to the themed section
More than 50 years ago C. Wright Mills described sociology, the archetypical social science, as the study of where history meets biography (1959: 4-7). Most of us have heard our parents or grandparents talk about the 'Great Depression'. It is easy for us to see how they are 'children of the Depression', how this historical event shaped their biographies. Having lived through the Great Depression (and war-time rationing) explains, amongst other th…
Home ownership as a (crumbling) fourth pillar of social insurance in Australia
Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries
Income and separation
What factors are associated with marital separation? In particular, is there a ‘social class gradient’ for separation? This article addresses these questions using data from two large Australian longitudinal data sets. The main focus is on the association between income support status/family income and the probability of separation. We find that recipients of income support from government are more than twice as likely to separate as non-recipien…
The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries
A child poverty rate of ten percent could mean that every tenth child is always poor, or that all children are in poverty for one month in every ten. Knowing where reality lies between these extremes is vital to understanding the problem facing many countries of poverty among the young. This unique study goes beyond the standard analysis of child poverty based on poverty rates at one point in time and documents how much movement into and out of p…
Measuring Poverty Changes with Bounded Equivalence Scales
When measuring poverty, an equivalence scale is used to take account of the different income needs of different family types. However, there is little consensus about the choice of scale. A method is presented here that permits general statements about changes in poverty to be made which will be true for a range of equivalence scales. The method is used to describe changes in poverty in Australia between 1981–82 and 1989–90. Different scales lead…
Family Size Equivalence Scales and Survey Evaluations of Income and Well-Being
The determination of the different needs of families of different compositions is necessary in order to ensure horizontal equity in tax/transfer policies. Despite the seeming simplicity of the problem, a consensus as to the appropriate means of determining relative need remains elusive. One approach which has been proposed has been to use social surveys to analyse the relationship between subjective evaluations of well-being and incomes. This pap…
Housing and Poverty in Australia
In Australia, poverty is usually measured in two different ways; first according to the number of people who have incomes below a poverty line and, second, by the number who are in poverty after they have paid for their housing. This note calculates both measures for 1981/82 and analyses the changes that have occurred since the early 1970s. Poverty measured after housing has increased while poverty measured according to incomes alone is approxima…
Home ownership as a (crumbling) fourth pillar of social insurance in Australia
Poverty in Australia since the financial crisis
This paper examines recent trends in poverty in Australia and shows how sensitive the estimates are to the poverty line and the treatment of housing costs and recent data changes. Relative poverty increased modestly between 2003–04 and 2011–12 both before and after housing costs, although it has declined since the financial crisis and there has been a marked decline in absolute poverty. The simulated impact of a $50 a week increase in unemploymen…
Labour Income, Social Transfers and Child Poverty
This paper documents the variation in living standards of the poorest fifth of children in rich (and some middle-income) nations, with a focus on the relative importance and interaction of social transfers (net of taxes) and labour market incomes. Overall, the cross-national variation in the disposable income of disadvantaged children is comprised equally of variation in market and transfer income (with the two negatively correlated). The English…
Family Size Equivalence Scales and Survey Evaluations of Income and Well-Being
The determination of the different needs of families of different compositions is necessary in order to ensure horizontal equity in tax/transfer policies. Despite the seeming simplicity of the problem, a consensus as to the appropriate means of determining relative need remains elusive. One approach which has been proposed has been to use social surveys to analyse the relationship between subjective evaluations of well-being and incomes. This pap…
Housing costs and poverty
Income-Related Gaps in Early Child Cognitive Development
Previous research has documented significantly larger income-related gaps in children’s early cognitive development in the United States than in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. In this study, we investigate the extent to which this is a result of a more unequal income distribution in the United States. We show that although incomes are more unequal in the United States than elsewhere, a given difference in real income is associated wit…
Income and separation
What factors are associated with marital separation? In particular, is there a ‘social class gradient’ for separation? This article addresses these questions using data from two large Australian longitudinal data sets. The main focus is on the association between income support status/family income and the probability of separation. We find that recipients of income support from government are more than twice as likely to separate as non-recipien…
Housing and Poverty in Australia
In Australia, poverty is usually measured in two different ways; first according to the number of people who have incomes below a poverty line and, second, by the number who are in poverty after they have paid for their housing. This note calculates both measures for 1981/82 and analyses the changes that have occurred since the early 1970s. Poverty measured after housing has increased while poverty measured according to incomes alone is approxima…
Housing and Poverty in Australia
In Australia, poverty is usually measured in two different ways; first according to the number of people who have incomes below a poverty line and, second, by the number who are in poverty after they have paid for their housing. This note calculates both measures for 1981/82 and analyses the changes that have occurred since the early 1970s. Poverty measured after housing has increased while poverty measured according to incomes alone is approxima…
Family Size Equivalence Scales and Survey Evaluations of Income and Well-Being
The determination of the different needs of families of different compositions is necessary in order to ensure horizontal equity in tax/transfer policies. Despite the seeming simplicity of the problem, a consensus as to the appropriate means of determining relative need remains elusive. One approach which has been proposed has been to use social surveys to analyse the relationship between subjective evaluations of well-being and incomes. This pap…
Measuring Poverty Changes with Bounded Equivalence Scales
When measuring poverty, an equivalence scale is used to take account of the different income needs of different family types. However, there is little consensus about the choice of scale. A method is presented here that permits general statements about changes in poverty to be made which will be true for a range of equivalence scales. The method is used to describe changes in poverty in Australia between 1981–82 and 1989–90. Different scales lead…
The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries
A child poverty rate of ten percent could mean that every tenth child is always poor, or that all children are in poverty for one month in every ten. Knowing where reality lies between these extremes is vital to understanding the problem facing many countries of poverty among the young. This unique study goes beyond the standard analysis of child poverty based on poverty rates at one point in time and documents how much movement into and out of p…
Income and separation
What factors are associated with marital separation? In particular, is there a ‘social class gradient’ for separation? This article addresses these questions using data from two large Australian longitudinal data sets. The main focus is on the association between income support status/family income and the probability of separation. We find that recipients of income support from government are more than twice as likely to separate as non-recipien…
Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries
Home ownership as a (crumbling) fourth pillar of social insurance in Australia
Introduction to the themed section
More than 50 years ago C. Wright Mills described sociology, the archetypical social science, as the study of where history meets biography (1959: 4-7). Most of us have heard our parents or grandparents talk about the 'Great Depression'. It is easy for us to see how they are 'children of the Depression', how this historical event shaped their biographies. Having lived through the Great Depression (and war-time rationing) explains, amongst other th…
Poverty in Australia since the financial crisis
This paper examines recent trends in poverty in Australia and shows how sensitive the estimates are to the poverty line and the treatment of housing costs and recent data changes. Relative poverty increased modestly between 2003–04 and 2011–12 both before and after housing costs, although it has declined since the financial crisis and there has been a marked decline in absolute poverty. The simulated impact of a $50 a week increase in unemploymen…
Income-Related Gaps in Early Child Cognitive Development
Previous research has documented significantly larger income-related gaps in children’s early cognitive development in the United States than in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. In this study, we investigate the extent to which this is a result of a more unequal income distribution in the United States. We show that although incomes are more unequal in the United States than elsewhere, a given difference in real income is associated wit…
Labour Income, Social Transfers and Child Poverty
This paper documents the variation in living standards of the poorest fifth of children in rich (and some middle-income) nations, with a focus on the relative importance and interaction of social transfers (net of taxes) and labour market incomes. Overall, the cross-national variation in the disposable income of disadvantaged children is comprised equally of variation in market and transfer income (with the two negatively correlated). The English…
Housing costs and poverty
Economics (11 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Poverty (7 works) · Development economics (6 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (4 works) · Labour economics (3 works) · Social Issues and Policies (3 works)