Financial Stress and Indigenous Australians

Robert Breunig*, Syed Hasan, Boyd Hunter

*Corresponding author for this work

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    7 Citations (Scopus)

    Abstract

    We examine the high levels of financial stress among Indigenous populations in Australia. We estimate separate models for the determinants of financial stress for Indigenous and non-Indigenous households and show the importance of separately considering Indigenous disadvantage. We use these models to build equivalence scales for both groups. We find evidence consistent with financial stress being exacerbated by demand sharing (‘humbugging’). The evidence also suggests that financial stress is reduced by engagement in traditional hunting and gathering activities.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)34-57
    Number of pages24
    JournalEconomic Record
    Volume95
    Issue number308
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2019

    Cite this