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Reading and writing assistance increases the chance of getting a Disability Support Pension

  • Written by Nary Hong, PhD candidate in Economics, UNSW
Reading and writing assistance increases the chance of getting a Disability Support PensionOne in eight disability support claims rejected are because the applicant is unable to supply the requested information.Shutterstock

The 2019 Australian Conference of Economists is taking place in Melbourne from July 14 to 16.

During the conference The Conversation is publishing a selection of articles by the authors of papers being delivered at the...

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  2. The edges of home ownership are becoming porous. It's no longer a one-way street
  3. Simple fixes could help save Australian consumers from up to $3.6 billion in 'loyalty taxes'
  4. Inequality is growing, but it is also changing as Australia's super rich evolve
  5. They've cut deeming rates, but what are they?
  6. Vital signs: we need those tax cuts now, all of them. The surplus can wait
  7. 'Guaranteed to lose money': welcome to the bizarro world of negative interest rates
  8. Deeming rates explained. What is deeming, how does it cut pensions, and why do we have it?
  9. The new Mabo? $190 million stolen wages settlement is unprecedented, but still limited
  10. Super shock: more compulsory super would make Middle Australia poorer, not richer
  11. The Murray-Darling Basin scandal: economists have seen it coming for decades
  12. All the hype around Libra is a red herring. Facebook's main game is Calibra
  13. What we missed while we looked away -- the growth of long‐term unemployment
  14. NZ's plan for deposit insurance falls well short of protecting people's savings
  15. Vital Signs: Trump's nominations for the US Federal Reserve are an odd lot, and an even bet
  16. Bonuses for clicks: the Herald Sun model can't be the future of journalism
  17. Early days, but we've found a way to lift the IQ and resilience of Australia's most vulnerable children
  18. Getting out of liquor and pokies will cost Woolworths, but deliver lasting benefits
  19. To be a rising star in the space economy, Australia should also look to the East
  20. Ultra-low unemployment is in our grasp. How Philip Lowe became the governor who lifted our ambition
  21. Back-to-back Reserve Bank cuts take interest rates to new low of 1%
  22. Morrison 'very confident' of winning support for tax passage, as he looks to crossbench
  23. Stages 1 and 2 of the tax cuts should pass. But Stage 3 would return us to the 1950s
  24. Buckle up. 2019-20 survey finds the economy weak and heading down, and that's ahead of surprises
  25. Australian household wealth has taken its biggest dive since the GFC, but things are looking up
  26. How English-speaking countries upended the trade-off between babies and jobs without even trying
  27. Facebook's Libra plan: talk of the demise of central banks is greatly exaggerated
  28. Morrison wants to unleash economy's 'animal spirits' and foreshadows new look at industrial relations
  29. Need to find a good restaurant? Economics serves up some golden rules
  30. How a humble Perth boathouse became Australia's most unlikely tourist attraction
  31. Vital Signs: Once were Kiwis. Here's the hidden history of Australia's own well-being framework
  32. Myth busted. Boosting super would cost the budget more than it saved on age pensions
  33. 50 years after Australia's historic 'equal pay' decision, the legacy of 'women's work' remains
  34. Why the Australasian Health Star Rating needs major changes to make it work
  35. Below zero is ‘reverse’. How the Reserve Bank would make quantitative easing work
  36. Inducing consumer paralysis: how retailers bury customers in an avalanche of choice
  37. Vital Signs: the RBA's marching orders are no longer realistic. They'll have to change
  38. Mending hearts: how a ‘repair economy’ creates a kinder, more caring community
  39. More people are retiring with high mortgage debts. The implications are huge
  40. Our economic model looks broken, but trying to fix it could be a disaster
  41. Vital Signs. If we fall into a recession (and we might) we'll have ourselves to blame
  42. Expect weak economic growth for quite some time. What Wednesday's national accounts tell us
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  44. What's the difference between credit and debt? How Afterpay and other 'BNPL' providers skirt consumer laws
  45. The search for an alternative to GDP to measure a nation's progress – the New Zealand experience
  46. Explaining Adani: why would a billionaire persist with a mine that will probably lose money?
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