TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Breunig, Robert
AU  - Hasan, Syed
AU  - Hunter, Boyd
        TI  - Financial Stress and Indigenous Australians
        PY  - 2017/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11221
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11221
        AB  - We examine the high levels of financial stress among Indigenous populations in Australia. We estimate separate models for the determinants of financial stress for Indigenous and non-Indigenous households and show the importance of separately considering Indigenous disadvantage. We use these models to build equivalence scales for both groups. We find evidence consistent with financial stress being exacerbated by demand-sharing ("humbugging"). The evidence also suggests that financial stress is reduced by engagement in traditional hunting and gathering activities.
        KW  - equivalence scales
KW  - cash ow
KW  - hardship
KW  - financial stress
KW  - indigenous poverty
        ER  -