The Benefits Of Aboriginal Welfare

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Indigenous Australians, who also sometimes referred as Aboriginals, were the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby island, who currently together make up about 2.7% of Australia's population (ABS 2007). Despite the diversity of Indigenous people around the globe, it is noted that they share common problems and issues in dealing with the prevailing society. It is generally concerned that the cultures of Indigenous peoples are being lost and that they suffer both discrimination and pressure to incorporate into their surrounding societies (Dixon 2002). The health and economic difficulties they face are substantial, especially the disproportionately high levels of unemployment and the concentration in the lowest paying jobs.…show more content…
Welfare is a broad term and consists of many government programs such as cash or in-kind assistant (Frank 2010). In 2002, country’s leader responded to the report on rampant child abuse in Northern aboriginal communities (Everingham 2002), proposed that a proportion of their welfare and similar benefits will no longer given in cash but in vouchers for food and children’s clothing, hoping to restrict their income abilities towards the consumption of pornography and alcohol as they are considered to be the major causes for child abuse (Altman 2002). This aboriginal welfare policy can be analysed from the economic views on the benefits of in-kind welfare and cash welfare (Terza 2002). Is it better to the indigenous community basic goods and services that they need to have in order to survive, or is it better simply to give them the equivalent in cash, letting them decide how best to spend it to maximise their…show more content…
Retrieved 21 April 2011. http://news.theage.com.au/national/statistics-hide-aboriginal-disadvantage-20080703-30x2.html Journal Articles * Cook, P. J., & Tauchen, G. 1982. The effect of liquor taxes on heavy drinking. Bell Journal of Economics, Autumn 13, 379-390. * Terza, J.V. 2002, “Indigenous Welfare Analysis”, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 17 (4): 393–404. * West, S.E & Williams, R.C 2004, “Estimates from a consumer demand system: Implications for the incidence of environmental taxed”, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 47, 535-558. Lecture Notes * Moore, Gregory G.C 2011, Lecture 3: Application of Consumer Choice Theory (Tax/Voucher). News Articles * Everingham, S 2002, Report on child abuse cases have risen since Territory intervention. ABC News. Retrieved 22nd April 2011. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2002/s2932943.htm * Reinhardt, Uwe E. 2011, Provide Cash, or Benefit In-kind? Today’s Economics, The New York Times. Retrieved 22nd April 2011.

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