Home Research Inquiry into housing policies, labour force participation and economic growth Back to search Share Report Economy Housing assistance and policy Inquiry into housing policies, labour force participation and economic growth Final Report No. 285 Date Published: 28 Jun 2017 Authors: Rachel Ong ViforJ Gavin Wood Stephen Whelan Melek Cigdem-Bayram Kadir Atalay Jago Dodson Final AHURI Inquiry report This research Inquiry presented evidence on how housing policies might promote labour force participation and economic growth through four channels—housing supply responsiveness, labour mobility, employment decisions and consumption. It highlights repositioning housing to a more central place within economic policy debates, and suggests a coordinated policy treatment of housing as an economic asset has implications for nation-wide economic growth. Related reports May 2017 Housing supply responsiveness in Australia: distribution, drivers and institutional settings May 2017 Housing tenure, mobility and labour market behaviour June 2017 Housing, multi-level governance and economic productivity March 2017 A new look at the channels from housing to employment decisions June 2017 Housing prices, household debt and household consumption Full Publication Executive Summary DOI: 10.18408/ahuri-8107001 Published by: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited ISSN: 1834-7223 ISBN: 978-1-925334-49-4 Citation: Ong, R., Wood, G., Whelan, S., Cigdem, M., Atalay, K., and Dodson, J. (2017) Inquiry into housing policies, labour force participation and economic growth, AHURI Final Report No. 285, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/285, doi:10.18408/ahuri-8107001. RIS CITATION Ong ViforJ, Rachel Wood, Gavin Whelan, Stephen Cigdem-Bayram, Melek Atalay, Kadir Dodson, Jago
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