CHP Completion Seminar - James Rice
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Title: Living standards, inequality, and change in the generational economy: Insights from the Australian National Transfer Accounts
Supervisors: Principal Supervisor - Prof. Jeromey Temple, Demography and Ageing Unit, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne; Co-Supervisor - Dr Ariane Utomo, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne; Committee Chair - Hon. Prof. Peter McDonald, Demography and Ageing Unit, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Bio: James Rice is a sociologist who works at the intersection of sociology, economics, and political science. His co-authored book, Discretionary Time, was awarded the Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research. Other work has appeared in journals such as Frontiers in Public Health, Population and Development Review, Science, and Social Indicators Research. He has held research positions at the ANU and UNSW and is currently working as a research consultant while completing his PhD at the University of Melbourne.
Abstract: This research examines how the Australian generational economy has evolved, and may evolve in the future, in terms of living standards and inequalities in living standards across people of different ages and generations. The foundation of this research is the Australian National Transfer Accounts, to which new extensions have been added. In general, younger people (and later generations) have been advantaged with respect to income and consumption, while older people (and earlier generations) have been advantaged with respect to wealth.