It also complements this finding from Grattan that households pay different rates of tax on the same income based on age (for the same reasons)
August 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It also complements this finding from Grattan that households pay different rates of tax on the same income based on age (for the same reasons)
What happens when you combine growth in spending on older Australians (pensions, health, aged care) with significant growth in their concessionally taxed super + housing?
A big shift in relative generosity of net transfers and final incomes for different age cohorts
Interesting paper
A big shift in relative generosity of net transfers and final incomes for different age cohorts
Interesting paper
August 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
What happens when you combine growth in spending on older Australians (pensions, health, aged care) with significant growth in their concessionally taxed super + housing?
A big shift in relative generosity of net transfers and final incomes for different age cohorts
Interesting paper
A big shift in relative generosity of net transfers and final incomes for different age cohorts
Interesting paper
I really like this 2021 paper from Norway showing the elegance of universal child benefits compared to kludgy income-tested ones
Clear wins for achieving horizontal equity, boosting labour supply, smoothing consumption, reducing exclusion errors
Clear wins for achieving horizontal equity, boosting labour supply, smoothing consumption, reducing exclusion errors
February 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I really like this 2021 paper from Norway showing the elegance of universal child benefits compared to kludgy income-tested ones
Clear wins for achieving horizontal equity, boosting labour supply, smoothing consumption, reducing exclusion errors
Clear wins for achieving horizontal equity, boosting labour supply, smoothing consumption, reducing exclusion errors
2024 tax expenditure statement showing super concessions estimated to reach an eye-watering $55 billion in 2024-25, billions higher than the previous estimate
Even bigger difference for the forwards too - $63 billion by 2026-27!
Even bigger difference for the forwards too - $63 billion by 2026-27!
January 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
2024 tax expenditure statement showing super concessions estimated to reach an eye-watering $55 billion in 2024-25, billions higher than the previous estimate
Even bigger difference for the forwards too - $63 billion by 2026-27!
Even bigger difference for the forwards too - $63 billion by 2026-27!
WA GST situation is crazy
December 29, 2024 at 11:19 AM
WA GST situation is crazy
Limitations of markets due to public goods and market failures are well-known, but I really like this framing by Amartya Sen that many of the most significant things in life are not suitable for marketisation
December 15, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Limitations of markets due to public goods and market failures are well-known, but I really like this framing by Amartya Sen that many of the most significant things in life are not suitable for marketisation
A few months ago I came across this 3 dimensional cylindrical bar column chart in a howard era tax paper 😬
December 5, 2024 at 1:50 AM
A few months ago I came across this 3 dimensional cylindrical bar column chart in a howard era tax paper 😬
Really interesting bit of research on actual vs publicly preferred tax rates in Norway. The gap is mainly driven by changing composition of (differentially taxed) income across the earnings distribution
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 23, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Really interesting bit of research on actual vs publicly preferred tax rates in Norway. The gap is mainly driven by changing composition of (differentially taxed) income across the earnings distribution
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Incredible chart showing how age influences the amount of tax you pay for a given level of income. Difference driven in large part by super concessions/investment earnings
Regressive, expensive and without any compelling equity justification
Regressive, expensive and without any compelling equity justification
November 22, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Incredible chart showing how age influences the amount of tax you pay for a given level of income. Difference driven in large part by super concessions/investment earnings
Regressive, expensive and without any compelling equity justification
Regressive, expensive and without any compelling equity justification
Seriously. The evolution of family payment coverage and adequacy in Australia is a big change to social policy that seems to have flown under the radar
November 18, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Seriously. The evolution of family payment coverage and adequacy in Australia is a big change to social policy that seems to have flown under the radar
Australia's once universalist family payments system has gradually wound down to a more residualist one through changes to indexation and eligibility.
From ~100% coverage in the 1970s to below 50% coverage in the 2020s 😬
From ~100% coverage in the 1970s to below 50% coverage in the 2020s 😬
November 18, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Australia's once universalist family payments system has gradually wound down to a more residualist one through changes to indexation and eligibility.
From ~100% coverage in the 1970s to below 50% coverage in the 2020s 😬
From ~100% coverage in the 1970s to below 50% coverage in the 2020s 😬