Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0559845

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0559845

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

HEIGHT, WEIGHT and LENGTH: Biometric explorations of Australia's socio-economic fabric in the long run, 1860-1970. HEIGHT, WEIGHT and LENGTH is a biometric analysis of Australian living standards. This project is significant because it illuminates the very fabric of Australian social and economic organisation. It traces what happened to living standards over the long run 1860-1970, covering booms, busts and wars. It examines the functioning of the family as an economic unit at the core of distributing welfare-enhancing resources. It identifies who were the winners and the losers. It teaches lessons about vulnerability and strength during economic change that should inform future policy makers. Finally, it pushes the methodology in new directions with implications for its use around the world.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $235,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Demography | Migration | Family And Household Studies | Economic History

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

The distribution of wealth | Health status (e.g. indicators of “well-being”) |

Other Keywords

Demography | Economic History | Family And Household Studies | Health status (e.g. indicators of “well-being”) | Migration | The distribution of wealth | Understanding Australia'S Past

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