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Indigenous Income, Wellbeing and Behaviour: Some Policy Complications

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type="main" xml:id="ecpa12109-abs-0001"> The weight of evidence suggests a positive correlation between income and subjective wellbeing, particularly at lower income levels. This correlation can be used as a policy lever to influence behaviour. This relationship has not been analysed, however, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australians – a policy-relevant population sub-group. This paper finds that the correlation between income and two measures of wellbeing, while positive for non-remote Indigenous males, is weaker for non-remote Indigenous females and virtually non-existent for remote Indigenous males and females. If wellbeing is not based on income, income-based incentive programmes may be less effective.

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  • Nicholas Biddle, 2015. "Indigenous Income, Wellbeing and Behaviour: Some Policy Complications," Economic Papers, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 34(3), pages 139-149, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:econpa:v:34:y:2015:i:3:p:139-149
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    1. Nicholas Biddle, 2017. "Insights for Indigenous Policy from the Applied Behavioural Sciences," Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 4(1), pages 129-140, January.
    2. Gail Garvey & Kate Anderson & Alana Gall & Tamara L. Butler & Joan Cunningham & Lisa J. Whop & Michelle Dickson & Julie Ratcliffe & Alan Cass & Allison Tong & Brian Arley & Kirsten Howard, 2021. "What Matters 2 Adults (WM2Adults): Understanding the Foundations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(12), pages 1-21, June.

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