Professor Peter Saunders FASSA, AO
Professor Peter Saunders FASSA, AO
BSc (hons), DipEc (Southhampton), PhD (Sydney)
Economics
1995
Profile
Professor Peter Saunders is the Director of the Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales. His research interests include:
- poverty, household budgets and the analysis of needs
- income distribution and inequality
- social security issues
- comparative social policy in OECD and Asian countries
Appointments
- NSW Social Justice Reference Group
- Academies' Special Project on Poverty and Inequality (Co-Director)
- Chair, ASSA Workshop Committee and Panel B
Awards
Selected Publications
- Saunders, P. (1998) Poverty and Health: Exploring the Linkages between Financial Stress and Emotional Stress in Australia, Australian Journal of Public Health 22(1):11-16.
- Saunders, P. (1997) Living Standards, Choice and Poverty, Australian Journal of Labour Economics 1:49-70.
- Saunders, P. (1994) Welfare and Inequality. National and International Perspectives on the Australian Welfare State. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
- Saunders, P. (1993) Longer Run Changes in the Distribution of Income in Australia, Economic Record 69(207):353- 366.
- Saunders, P. (1991) Selectivity and Targeting in Income Support: The Australian Experience, Journal of Social Policy, 20(3): 299-326.
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