Emeritus Professor Boyd Hunter
Areas of expertise
- Labour Economics 140211
- Social Policy 160512
- Economic History 140203
- Industrial Relations 150306
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Policy 160501
- Applied Economics 1402
Biography
Boyd Hunter is an Emeritus Professor associated with the Centre for Social Research and Methods, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. He has been President of the Australian Society of Labour Economics and isa Fellow of IZA. Boyd has been the Managing Editor and Editor of the Australian Journal of Labour Economics and the Australian Journal of Social Issues. His main area of research and teaching involve the economic history of ‘The Indigenous Economy’ and the implications for contemporaneous social and economic policy.
In addition to his extensive engagement with labour economics and social policies debates, he has considerable expertise in econometrics, economic history, geography, poverty studies, survey design and analysis, and Indigenous economic policy. He conducted the first longitudinal analysis of Indigenous jobseekers.
During his undergraduate studies he was full-time Chair of the ANU Union Board where he gained some experience managing that large commercial organisation. Boyd is currently a member of several professional organisations, including the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) and Economics Society of Australia. He also has experience in both public administration, having worked at the former Department of Social Security and the Department of Industrial Relations.
Researcher's projects
Renewing Indigenous Economies: The Economics of the Dreamtime Revisited
Making Indigenous-friendly businesses.
Dynamics of the Indigenous Labour Market Revisited
Aboriginal Population in Early Colonial Australia
The Causes and Consequences of Frontier Violence in Australia
Available student projects
Some suggested Phd topics:
Can policy address discrimination?
The business of making indigenous capitalists.
Current student projects
Making Indigenous-Friendly Businesses
Unconscious biases in the Australian Public Service (APS) and the implications for Indigenous Employment
The value of cultural practice to Aboriginal people
Where are all the Indigenous entrepreneurs? A mixed methods study of the pathways and barriers into business for Indigenous Australians
The dynamics of the informal sector in Viet Nam
Evaluating Australian social policy using microsimulation models
Past student projects
The Australian Minimum Wage andthe Needs of a Family (Rob Bray)
Stone Chips to Silicon Chips: A Grounded Theory of Information and Communication Technology adoption in Australian Indigenous households—rural, urban and remote. (Peter Radoll)
Motivating and Maintaining Desistance from Crime: Male Aboriginal Serial Offenders’ Experience of ‘Going Good’ (Kate Sullivan)
Does it pay to go to school? The benefits of and participation in education of Indigenous Australians (Nicholas Biddle)
Publications
- Foley, D & Hunter, B 2022, 'Towards a Real Social Inclusion for Indigenous Australians', in Pranee Liamputtong (ed.), Handbook of Social Inclusion, Springer, Cham, Switzerland.
- Shirodkar, S & Hunter, B 2021, 'The impact of implicit bias on Indigenous business ownership rates in Australia', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 1-24.
- Hunter, B & Radoll, P 2020, 'Dynamics of Digital Diffusion and Disadoption: A longitudinal analysis of Indigenous and other Australians', Australasian Journal of Information Systems, vol. 24, pp. 1-21.
- Dinku, Y, Hunter, B & Markham, F 2020, Implications of COVID-19 for the Indigenous labour market.
- Dinku, Y, Hunter, B & Markham, F 2020, 'How might COVID-19 affect the Indigenous labour market?', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 189-209.
- Blackwell, B, Bodle, K, Hunt, J et al. 2019, Methods for Estimating the Market Value of Indigenous Knowledge.
- Edwards, B, Gray, M & Hunter, B 2019, 'The social and economic impacts of drought', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 22-31.
- Hunter, B, Arthur, W & Radoll, P 2019, 'Social Justice', in Bill Arthur & Frances Morphy (ed.), Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia, Pan Macmillan Publishers Australia, Sydney, Australia, pp. 234-243.
- Hunter, B, Foley, D & Arthur, W 2019, 'Economic life', in Bill Arthur & Frances Morphy (ed.), Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia (Second Edition), Macquarie Dictionary Publishers, Sydney, pp. 188-199.
- Hunter, B, Arthur, W & Radoll, P 2019, 'Social justice', in Bill Arthur & Frances Morphy (ed.), Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia (Second Edition), Macquarie Dictionary Publishers, Sydney, pp. 234-243.
- Gray, M & Hunter, B 2019, 'The comparative wellbeing of the New Zealand Maori and Indigenous Australian populations since 2000', in Christopher Fleming & Matthew Manning (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Wellbeing, Routledge, London, pp. 122-138.
- Venn, D & Hunter, B 2018, Poverty transitions in nonremote indigenous households: the role of labour market and household dynamics.
- Breunig, R & Hunter, B 2018, Traditional culture may help Indigenous households manage money better, The Conversation.
- Breunig, R, Hasan, S & Hunter, B 2018, 'Financial stress and Indigenous Australians', Economic Record, published in Early View, pp. 1-24.
- Edwards, B, Gray, M & Hunter, B 2018, 'The social and economic impacts of drought', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 53(4): 1–10. DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.52 .
- Shirodkar, S, Hunter, B & Foley, D 2018, Ongoing growth in the number of Indigenous Australians in business, CAEPR Working Paper 125, The ANU, Canberra.
- Radoll, P & Hunter, B 2017, Dynamics of the digital divide.
- Hunter, B & Gray, M 2017, 'Occupational Mobility of Indigenous and other Australians, 2006-11', CAEPR, no. 118, pp. 20pp..
- Daly, A & Hunter, B 2017. ‘Conversations with an eminent labour economist: Edward Lazear’, Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 19(2): 113–124.
- Gray, M & Hunter, B 2017, 'The comparative wellbeing of the New Zealand Maori and Indigenous Australian populations since 2000', CAEPR Working Papers, vol. 116/2017, CAEPR, The ANU, Canberra.
- Hunter, B & Gray, M 2017 ‘Dynamics of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Labour Markets’, Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 19(1): 53–76.
- Foley, D & Hunter, B 2016, 'Indigenous Australian entrepreneurs: Bridging the rhetoric and reality with evidence', in Delwyn Clark, Tui McKeown, Martina Battisti (ed.), Rhetoric and Reality: Building Vibrant and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Tilde Publishing and Distribution, Vic, Australia, pp. xvii + 245.
- Hunter, B, Gray, M & Crawford, H 2016, 'Who Cares and Does it Matter for the Labour Market?: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Labour Force Status of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Carers', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 33-51pp.
- Howlett, M, Gray, M & Hunter, B 2016, 'Wages, Government Payments and Other Income of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 53-76pp.
- Hunter, B 2016, 'Some statistical context for analysis of CDEP', in Kirrily Jordan (ed.), Better Than Welfare? Work and Livelihoods for Indigenous Australians After CDEP, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 51-83.
- Gray, M & Hunter, B 2016, Indigenous Employment After the Boom. CAEPR Topical Issue 1/2016..
- Hunter, B 2016, 'Conversations with an Eminent Labour Economist: Keith Jackson Hancock', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 3-14pp.
- Hunter, B & Gray, M 2016, 'The ins and outs of the labour market: Employment and labour force transitions for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians', CAEPR Working Papers 104, CAEPR, ANU, Canberra.
- Hunter, B, Gray, M & Crawford, H 2016, 'Who Cares and Does it Matter for the Labour Market? A Longitudinal Analysis of the Labour Force Status of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Carers', CAEPR Working Papers 105, CAEPR, ANU, Canberra.
- Hunter, B 2015, 'Book Review: 'Everything you Need to Know About the Referendum to Recognise Indigenous Australians' by Megan Davis and George Williams (New South Wales, Sydney, 2015), pp.224', Economic Record, vol. 91, no. 294, pp. 403-404.
- Hunter, B, Gray, M & Howlett, M 2015, 'The Economic Impact of the Mining Boom on Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 517-530.
- Hunter, B, Gray, M & Howlett, M 2015, 'Mining Boom: A Blessing or Curse', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. Online.
- Edwards, B, Gray, M & Hunter, B 2015, 'The Impact of Drought on Mental Health in Rural and Regional Australia', Social Indicators Research, vol. 121, no. 1, pp. 177-194.
- Hunter, B & Carmody, J 2015, 'Estimating the Aboriginal Population in Early Colonial Australia: The Role of Chickenpox Reconsidered', Australian Economic History Review, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 112-138.
- Howlett, M, Gray, M & Hunter, B 2015, Unpacking the Income of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians: Wages, Government Payments and other Income.
- Hunter, B, Radoll, P, Schwab, R et al. 2015, Business-Related Studies and Indigenous Australian Students.
- Hunter, B 2015, 'Whose business is it to employ Indigenous workers?', The Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 631-651.
- Hunter, B & Lahn, J 2015, Editorial: 'Looking back to look forward: The future of public debate of social policy in Australia', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 5-11.
- Hunter, B 2015, 'The Aboriginal Legacy', in Simon Ville & Glenn Withers (ed.), The Cambridge Economic History of Australia, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne, pp. 73-96.
- Hunter, B & Yap, M 2014, Income, work and education: Insights for closing the gap in urban Australia.
- Hunter, B, Howlett, M & Gray, M 2014, The economic impact of the mining boom on Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
- Hunter, B 2014, Indigenous employment and businesses: Whose business is it to employ Indigenous workers?.
- Hunter, B, Kalb, G & Le, T 2014, 'Do age and experience always go together? The example of Indigenous employment', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 67-85.
- Hunter, B & Booth, A 2014, 'Conversations with Eminent Labour Economists: Alison Booth', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 5-14.
- Gray, M, Howlett, M & Hunter, B 2014, 'Labour market outcomes for Indigenous Australians', The Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 497-517.
- Kalb, G, Le, T, Hunter, B et al 2014, 'Identifying Important Factors for Closing the Gap in Labour Force Status between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians', Economic Record, vol. 90, no. 291, pp. 536-550.
- Hunter, B 2014, 'Reflecting on the growth of Indigenous self-employment', Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 45-66.
- Hunter, B, Howlett, M & Biddle, N 2014, Modelling Exposure to Risk of Experiencing Discrimination in the Context of Endogenous Ethnic Identification.
- Gray, M, Hunter, B & Biddle, N 2014, The economic and social benefits of increasing Indigenous employment.
- Hunter, B & Foley, D 2014, 'Indigenous entrepreneurship: Establishing some definitions and theoretical perspectives', 59th Annual Conference of the International Council for Small Business, ed. Global Business School Network, International Council for Small Business, Dublin Ireland, p. 18.
- Hunter, B & Daly, A 2013, 'The labour supply of Indigenous Australian females: The effects of fertility and interactions with the justice system', Journal of Population Research, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 1-18.
- Hunter, B & Gray, M 2013, 'Workplace agreements and Indigenous-friendly workplaces', Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 7-13.
- Hunter, B & Gray, M 2013, 'Continuity and change in the Community Development Employment Projects Scheme (CDEP)', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 35-56.
- Foley, D & Hunter, B 2013, 'What is an Indigenous Australian Business?', Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 66-74.
- Hunter, B 2013, 'Introduction to this issue - Incorporating contributions from the 12th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 307-309pp.
- Biddle, N, Howlett, M, Hunter, B et al 2013, 'Labour market and other discrimination facing Indigenous Australians', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 91-113.
- Hunter, B & Biddle, N 2013, 'Introduction to Australian Journal of Labour Economics, Special Issue: Labour Market Discrimination', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 1-3.
- Gray, M, Hunter, B & Howlett, M 2013, 'Indigenous Employment: A Story of Continuing Growth', Topical Issue 2/2013.
- Gray, M, Howlett, M & Hunter, B 2013, 'Labour market outcomes', Census Paper 10, CAEPR, ANU, Canberra
- Hunter, B & Moodie, N 2013, Less is more: Reflections on the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage Reports.
- Hunter, B 2013, 'Book Review: Robert Ørsted-Jensen, Frontier History Revisited: Colonial Queensland and the History War', Australian Economic History Review, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 326-328.
- Hunter, B 2013, Recent growth in Indigenous self-employed and entrepreneurs, Working Paper 91 / 2013, CAEPR, The ANU, Canberra.
- Hunter, B, Gray, M & Edwards, B 2013, 'The Use of Social Surveys to Measure Drought and the Impact of Drought', Social Indicators Research, vol.113 no.1: 419–432.
- Dodson, M, Hunter, B & McKay, M 2012, 'Footprints in Time: The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children A guide for the uninitiated', Family Matters, vol. 91, no. 91, pp. 69-82.
- Hunter, B & Gray, M 2012, 'Indigenous labour supply following a period of strong economic growth', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 141-159.
- Hunter, B & Biddle, N 2012, 'Towards a broader understanding of Indigenous disadvantage', in B. Hunter and N. Biddle (ed.), Survey Analysis for Indigenous Policy in Australia: Social Science Perspectives, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 1-12.
- Hunter, B & Biddle, N, eds, 2012, Survey Analysis for Indigenous Policy in Australia: Social Science Perspectives, ANU ePress, Canberra.
- Hunter, B 2012, 'Is Indigenous poverty different from other poverty?', in B. Hunter and N. Biddle (ed.), Survey Analysis for Indigenous Policy in Australia: Social Science Perspectives, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 193-221.
- Hunter, B 2012, Selected issues for closing the income gaps between Indigenous and other Australians, 2001-11. Topical Issue No 1/2012.
- Hunter, B & Gray, M 2012, Continuity and change in the CDEP scheme.
- Gray, M, Hunter, B & Lohoar, S 2012, Increasing Indigenous employment rates, Issues Paper No. 3, Closing the Gap Clearinghouse, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra.
- Hunter, B & Gray, M 2012, Determinants of Indigenous labour supply following a period of strong economic growth, CAEPR Working Paper 81, CAEPR, ANU, Canberra.
- Taylor, J, Gray, M, Hunter, B, Yap, M & Lahn, J, 2012, 'Higher education and the growth of Indigenous participation in professional and managerial occupations', CAEPR Working Papers, vol. 83/2012.
- Hunter, B & Biddle, N 2011, Migration, labour demand, housing markets and the drought in regional Australia, Research Paper 49.
- Edwards, B, Gray, M & Hunter, B 2011, 'The impact of drought on carers', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 199-214.
- Hunter, B & Ayyar, A 2011, 'Undercounts in offender data and Closing the Gap between Indigenous and other Australians', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 69-89.
- Hunter, B 2011, 'Book Review: Review of Disconnected by Andrew Leigh, MHR', Economic Record, vol. 87, no. 277, pp. 345-47.
- Gray, M & Hunter, B 2011, 'Changes in Indigenous labour force status: Establishing employment as a social norm?',Topical Issue 7/2011, CAEPR, ANU, Canberra.
- Hunter, B 2010, Pathways for Indigenous school leavers to undertake training or gain employment. Resource sheet no. 2 produced for the Closing the Gap Clearinghouse.
- Edwards, B, Gray, M, Hunter, B et al 2009, The Tyranny of Distance? Carers in Regional and Remote Areas of Australia.
- Gray, M & Hunter, B 2009, 'Families through Life: Selected issues for labour economists', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1-4.
- Edwards, B, Gray, M & Hunter, B 2009, 'A sunburnt country: The economic and financial impact of drought on rural and regional families in Australia in an era of climate change', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 109-131.
- Jordan, K & Hunter, B 2009, 'Indigenous social exclusion and inclusion: what are people to be included in, and who decides?', Impact, Spring, pp. 18-21.
- Hunter, B 2008, 'Book Review: 'Revisiting the Role of Rhetoric in Economics', A book review of Lands of Shame: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 'Homelands' in Transition', Economic Record, vol. 84, no. 265, pp. 279-81.
- Hunter, B 2008, 'Is policy the problem or the solution for Indigenous people? A Rejoinder to Gary Johns', Agenda, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 95-7.
- Hunter, B 2008, ''Water, diamonds and other paradoxes' A review of Thirsty Country: Options for Australia, by Asa, Wahlquist', Agenda, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 77-9.
- Altman, J, Biddle, N & Hunter, B 2008, 'How realistic are the prospects for 'Closing the Gaps' in socioeconomic outcomes for Indigenous Australians?', CAEPR Discussion Paper no. 287, CAEPR, ANU, Canberra.
- Biddle, N & Hunter, B 2006, 'The factors associated with internal migration for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians', CAEPR Working Paper no. 32, CAEPR, ANU, Canberra, pp. ii+27.
- Gray, M & Hunter, B 2005, 'Indigenous job search success', CAEPR Discussion Paper, no. 274, CAEPR, ANU, Canberra, pp. viii+26.
- Altman, J, Biddle, N & Hunter, B 2004, 'Indigenous Socioeconomic Change 1971-2001: A Historical Perspective', CAEPR Discussion Paper, no. 266, CAEPR, ANU, Canberra, pp. vi+52.
- Biddle, N, Hunter, B & Schwab, R 2004, 'Mapping Indigenous educational participation', CAEPR Discussion Paper no. 267, CAEPR, ANU, Canberra, pp. vi+29.
- Hunter, B 2010, 'Socio-economic conditions: Reconciling practical reconciliation with Indigenous disadvantage in the Howard years', in A. Gunstone (ed.), Over a Decade of Despair: The Howard Government and Indigenous Affairs, Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, North Melbourne, pp. 134-172.
- Hunter, B 2010, 'Revisiting the relationship between the macroeconomy and Indigenous labour force status', Economic Papers, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 320-332.
- Hunter, B & Jordan, K 2010, 'Explaining social exclusion: Towards social inclusion for Indigenous Australians', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 243-265.
- Altman, J, Biddle, N & Hunter, B 2009, 'Prospects for 'closing the gap' in socioeconomic outcomes for Indigenous Australians?', Australian Economic History Review, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 225-251.
- Hunter, B 2009, 'A half-hearted defence of the CDEP scheme', Family Matters, vol. 81, pp. 43-54.
- Chapman, B & Hunter, B 2009, 'Exploring creative applications of income contingent loans', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 133-144.
- Hunter, B 2009, 'Indigenous social exclusion: Insights and challenges for the concept of social inclusion', Family Matters, vol. 82, pp. 52-61.
- Edwards, B, Gray, M & Hunter, B 2009, 'A Sunburnt Country: The Economic and Financial Impact of Drought on Rural and Regional Families in Australia in an Era of Climate Change', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 109-131.
- Gray, M & Hunter, B 2009, 'Families through Life: Selected issues for labour economists', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1-4.
- Hunter, B 2008, 'Benchmarking the Indigenous sub-sample of the Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children', Australian Social Policy, vol. 7, pp. 61-84.
- Weatherburn, D, Snowball, L & Hunter, B 2008, 'Predictors of Indigenous arrest: An exploratory study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 307-22.
- Hunter, B 2007, 'Conspicuous Compassion and Wicked Problems: The Howard Government's National Emergency in Indigenous Affairs', Agenda: a journal of policy analysis and reform, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 35-51.
- Hunter, B 2007, 'The 2002 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey', The Australian Economic Review, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 313-322.
- Hunter, B, Weatherburn, D & Snowball, L 2007, 'The economic and social factors underpinning Indigenous contact with the justice system: Results from the 2002 NATSISS survey', Crime and Justice Bulletin, vol. 104, no. October, p. 16.
- Hunter, B 2007, 'Cumulative causation and the Productivity Commission's framework for overcoming indigenous disadvantage', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 10, no. 3, p. 47.
- Hunter, B 2007, 'Arguing over [the] remote control: Why indigenous policy needs to be based on evidence and not hyperbole', Economic Papers, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 44-63.
- Dodson, M & Hunter, B 2006, 'Selected crime and justice issues for Indigenous families', Family Matters, vol. 75, pp. 28-35.
- Hunter, B 2006, 'Introduction for the Special Issue on the 2002 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS)', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 3-4.
- Biddle, N & Hunter, B 2006, 'Some methodological issues for the 2002 NATSISS', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 33-50.
- Altman, J & Hunter, B 2006, 'Influencing Indigenous policy making with statistics', Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: Assessing Recent Evidence, ed. B.H. Hunter, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 311-319.
- Hunter, B 2006, 'Revisiting the Poverty War: Income status and financial stress among Indigenous Australians', Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: Assessing Recent Evidence, ed. B.H. Hunter, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 91-102.
- Hunter, B, ed., 2006, Assessing The Evidence on Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: A Focus on the 2002 NATSISS, ANU ePress, Canberra, ACT.
- Dodson, M & Hunter, B 2006, 'Crime and justice issues', Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: Assessing Recent Evidence, ed. B.H. Hunter, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 249-267.
- Biddle, N & Hunter, B 2006, 'Selected methodological issues for analysis of the 2002 NATSISS', Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: Assessing Recent Evidence, ed. B.H. Hunter, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 31-56.
- Hunter, B 2006, 'Creating a sense of CLOSURE: Providing confidence intervals on some recent estimates of indigenous populations', Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 1-23.
- Hunter, B 2006, 'Further explorations of the role of crime in Indigenous employment status', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 217-237.
- Biddle, N & Hunter, B 2006, 'An analysis of the internal migration of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 321-41.
- Hunter, B 2006, 'Further skirmishes in the Poverty War: Income status and financial stress among Indigenous Australians', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 51-64.
- Hunter, B & Flatau, P 2006, 'New perspectives on the labour market: Extending analysis using ABS CURFs', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 95-97.
- Hunter, B 2006, 'The 'Peter Pan' of Australian economic policy research', Economic Record, vol. 82, no. 257, pp. 127-137.
- Hunter, B & Gray, M 2006, 'The effectiveness of Indigenous job search strategies', Economic Record, vol. 82, no. 256, pp. 1-10.
- Hunter, B, Arthur, W & Morphy, F 2005, 'Social justice', in Bill Arthur & Frances Morphy (ed.), Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia, Pan Macmillan Publishers Australia, Sydney, Australia, pp. 230?241.
- Altman, J & Hunter, B 2005, 'Economic life', in Bill Arthur & Frances Morphy (ed.), Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia, Pan Macmillan Publishers Australia, Sydney, Australia, pp. 182?193.
- Hunter, B 2005, 'Changes in the economic, health and social status of Indigenous Australians in remote and settled Australia, 1994-2002', Australian Conference of Economists 2005, ed. Robert Dixon, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, p. 21.
- Hunter, B & Gray, M 2005, 'Indigenous job search behaviour', The Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 71-94.
- Gray, M & Hunter, B 2005, 'The labour market dynamics of Indigenous Australians', Journal of Sociology, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 389-408.
- Altman, J, Biddle, N & Hunter, B 2005, 'A historical perspective on Indigenous socioeconomic outcomes in Australia, 1971-2001', Australian Economic History Review, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 273-95.
- Hunter, B 2005, 'The role of discrimination and the exclusion of Indigenous people from the labour market', Aborigines, Culture and Economy: The Past, Present, and Future of Rural and Remote Indigenous Lives, ed. D. Austin-Broos and G. Macdonald, University of Sydney Press, Sydney Australia, pp. 79-94.
- Gray, M, Heath, A & Hunter, B 2005, 'The labour force dynamics of the marginally attached', Australian Economic Papers, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 1-44.
- Hunter, B 2004, 'Taming The Social Capital Hydra?', Learning Communities: International Journal of Learning in Social Contexts, vol. 2004, no. 2, pp. 19-35.
- Hunter, B 2004, Indigenous Australians in the Contemporary Labour Market, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, Australia.
- Hunter, B & Taylor, J 2004, 'Indigenous employment forecasts: Implications for reconciliation', Agenda: a journal of policy analysis and reform, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 179-92.
- Hunter, B, Kennedy, S & Biddle, N 2004, 'Indigenous and other Australian poverty: Revisiting the importance of equivalence scales', Economic Record, vol. 80, no. 251, pp. 411-22.
- Gray, M, Hunter, B & Taylor, J 2004, 'Health expenditure, income and health status among Indigenous and other Australians', Economics and Indigenous Australian Health, ed. Michael Otim, Ian Anderson, Ian Scott, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, pp. 42-62.
- Hunter, B 2003, 'Trends in neighbourhood inequality of Australian, Canadian, and United States of America cities since the 1970s', Australian Economic History Review, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 22-44.
- Hunter, B 2003, 'The Rise of the CDEP scheme and changing factors underlying Indigenous male employment', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 473-496.
- Hunter, B & Schwab, R 2003, 'Practical reconciliation and continuing disadvantage in Indigenous education', Australian Review of Public Affairs, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 83-98.
- Hunter, B, Kennedy, S & Smith, D 2003, 'Household composition, equivalence scales and the reliability of income distributions: Some evidence for Indigenous and other Australians', Economic Record, vol. 79, no. 244, pp. 70-83.
- Altman, J & Hunter, B 2003, 'Evaluating Indigenous socioeconomic outcomes in the Reconciliation decade', Economic Papers, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 1-15.
- Gray, M, Hunter, B & Taylor, J 2002, Health Expenditure, Income and Health Status Among Indigenous and Other Australians, Australian National University, Canberra.
- Hunter, B & Taylor, J 2002, 'An overview of the costs of Indigenous unemployment', in Peter Saunders and Richard Taylor (ed.), The Price of Prosperity: The Economic and Social Costs of Unemployment, UNSW Press, Sydney, NSW, pp. 109-133.
- Altman, J, Hunter, B, Ward, S et al 2002, 'The Indigenous visual arts industry', in Jon Altman and Sally Ward (ed.), Competition and Consumer Issues for Indigenous Australians, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Canberra, pp. 64?101.
- Altman, J, Hunter, B & Ward, S 2002, 'Conclusion', in Jon Altman and Sally Ward (ed.), Competition and Consumer Issues for Indigenous Australians, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Canberra, pp. 102-107.
- Gray, M & Hunter, B 2002, 'A cohort analysis of the determinants of employment and labour force participation: Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians 1981-96', The Australian Economic Review, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 391-404.
- Hunter, B & Hawke, A 2002, 'Industrial relations in workplaces employing Indigenous Australians', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 373-395.
- Hunter, B & Smith, D 2002, 'Surveying mobile populations: Lessons from recent longitudinal surveys of Indigenous Australians', The Australian Economic Review, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 261-75.
- Hunter, B, Kennedy, S & Smith, D 2002, 'Sensitivity of Australian income distributions to choice of equivalence scale: Exploring some parameters of Indigenous incomes', Competing Visions National Social Policy Conference, ed. T. Eardley and B. Bradbury, Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, pp. 192-222.
- Hunter, B & Gray, M 2002, 'Family and social factors underlying the labour force status of Indigenous Australians', Family Matters, vol. 62, no. Winter, pp. 18-25.
- Hunter, B & Sullivan, E 2001, 'Anne Elizabeth Hawke: 1966-2000', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 53-58.
- Hunter, B & Taylor, J 2001, 'Indigenous jobs growth and unemployment, 1996-2006: The impact of CDEP', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 65-76.
- Hunter, B 2001, 'Tackling poverty among indigenous Australians', in R. Fincher and P. Saunders (ed.), Creating Unequal Futures? Rethinking Poverty, Inequality and Disadvantage in Australia, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, pp. 129-157.
- Hunter, B & Gray, M 2001, 'Indigenous labour force status re-visited: Factors associated with the discouraged worker phenomenon', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 111-33.
- Hunter, B & Taylor, J 2001, 'The reliability of Indigenous employment estimates', Agenda: a journal of policy analysis and reform, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 113-128.
- Hunter, B & Gray, M 2001, 'Analysing recent changes in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians income: A synthetic panel approach', The Australian Economic Review, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 135-54.
- Hunter, B 2001, 'The social costs of Indigenous unemployment', The Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 213-232.
- Hunter, B & Hawke, A 2001, 'A comparative analysis of the industrial relations experiences of Indigenous and other Australian workers', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 44-65.
- Taylor, J & Hunter, B 2001, 'Demographic challenges to the future of CDEP', The Indigenous Welfare Economy and the CDEP Scheme: Autonomy, Dependence, Self Determination and Mutual Obligation, ed. F. Morphy and W. Sanders, Australian National University, Canberra, pp. 95-107.
- Gregory, R & Hunter, B 2001, 'The growth of income and employment inequality in Australian cities', in Ging Wong and Garnett Picot (ed.), Patterns, Trends, and the Policy Implications for Earnings Inequality and Unemployment, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, Michigan, pp. 171-199.
- Hunter, B & Borland, J 2000, 'Does crime affect employment status?-The case of Indigenous Australians', Economica, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 123-44.
- Hunter, B 2000, 'The social costs of Indigenous unemployment', The Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 213-232.
- Gray, M, Hunter, B & Schwab, R 2000, 'Trends in Indigenous educational participation and attainment, 1986-96', Australian Journal of Education, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 101-17.
- Daly, A & Hunter, B 1999, 'Incentives to work: replacement ratios and the cost of job loss among unemployed indigenous Australians', The Australian Economic Review, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 219-236.
- Hunter, B & Gray, M 1999, 'Changes in the distribution of personal income of indigenous and non-indigenous Australians between 1976 and 1996', Social Policy for the 21st Century: Justice and Responsibility, ed. Shaver, S.; Saunders, P., Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney Australia, pp. 117-132.
- Hunter, B 1999, 'The effect of the high rate of indigenous arrest on employment prospects', Crime and Justice Bulletin, vol. 45, pp. 1-8.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Employment, financial security and Indigenous mental health (Primary Investigator)
- Making Indigenous-friendly businesses (Primary Investigator)
- CSSA Entrenched Regional Disadvantage Project (Secondary Investigator)
- Analysis of BLADE data of IBA-supported Indigenous businesses (Primary Investigator)
- The Market Value and Potential of Indigenous Knowledge: A Proposal to IP Australia for a Scoping Research Project (Primary Investigator)
- Indigenous Populations Project 2016-2019 (Secondary Investigator)
- Increasing workforce participation for people not in the labour force (Secondary Investigator)
- Business related studies and Indigenous Australian students (Primary Investigator)
- Research and Development of Options for Congress Policy Position on Employment (Secondary Investigator)
- Service delivery models and data capture for Indigenous Australians (Secondary Investigator)
- From welfare to work, or work to welfare: Will reform of the Community Development Employment Program help close the employment gap? (Secondary Investigator)
- To facilitate the provision of social policy research (2010 Research Agenda - linked to ARIES 13407) (Secondary Investigator)
- Adoption and Effective Use of Information Technologies in Indigenous Communities in Australia (Secondary Investigator)
- Response to Tender: To provide Social Policy Research and Evaluation Panel (SPREP) Services for FaCSIA (Secondary Investigator)
- Indigenous Australians and alcohol control: The impact of hotel ownership on harm reduction and social and economic development (Secondary Investigator)
- An inter-disciplinary analysis of the dynamics of Aboriginal interactions with the criminal justice system (Primary Investigator)