abstract: 'Housing, employment and economic conditions in many nations have changed

  greatly over the past decades. This paper explores the ways in which

  changing housing markets, economic conditions and government policies

  have affected vulnerable individuals and households, using Australia as

  a case study. The paper finds a substantial number and proportion of low

  income Australians have been affected by housing and employment that is

  insecure with profound implications for vulnerability. Importantly, the

  paper suggests that in Australia the economic gains achieved as a

  consequence of mining-related growth in the early 2000s were translated

  as greater employment security for some on low incomes, but not all.

  Enhanced access to employment in this period was differentiated by

  gender, with women largely missing out on the growth in jobs. For the

  population as a whole, employment gains were offset by increased housing

  insecurity as accommodation costs rose. The paper finds low income lone

  parents were especially vulnerable because they were unable to benefit

  from a buoyant labour market over the decade 2000-2010. They were also

  adversely affected by national policy changes intended to encourage

  engagement with paid work. The outcomes identified for Australia are

  likely to have been mirrored in other nations, especially those that

  have embraced, or been forced to adopt, more restrictive welfare and

  income support regimes.'
affiliation: 'Beer, A (Corresponding Author), Univ S Australia, Sch Business, GPO
  Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.

  Beer, Andrew, Univ S Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.

  Bentley, Rebecca; Mason, Kate; Mallett, Shelley; Kavanagh, Anne; LaMontagne, Tony,
  Univ Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia.

  Baker, Emma, Univ Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.'
author: Beer, Andrew and Bentley, Rebecca and Baker, Emma and Mason, Kate and Mallett,
  Shelley and Kavanagh, Anne and LaMontagne, Tony
author-email: andrew.beer@unisa.edu.au
author_list:
- family: Beer
  given: Andrew
- family: Bentley
  given: Rebecca
- family: Baker
  given: Emma
- family: Mason
  given: Kate
- family: Mallett
  given: Shelley
- family: Kavanagh
  given: Anne
- family: LaMontagne
  given: Tony
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0042098015596922
eissn: 1360-063X
files: []
issn: 0042-0980
journal: URBAN STUDIES
keywords: economic outcomes; precarious housing; risk; social policy; sole parents
keywords-plus: 'WELFARE-STATE; MENTAL-HEALTH; AFFORDABILITY; INEQUALITY; WORKFARE;

  RENTERS'
language: English
month: JUN
number: '8'
number-of-cited-references: '65'
orcid-numbers: 'LaMontagne, Anthony Daniel/0000-0002-5811-5906

  Beer, Andrew/0000-0002-9255-3985

  Baker, Emma/0000-0002-9390-0491

  Bentley, Rebecca/0000-0003-3334-7353

  Kavanagh, Anne/0000-0002-1573-3464

  Mason, Kate/0000-0001-5020-5256'
pages: 1542-1558
papis_id: 8c986795928c5a9a06cb68fc75a579cc
ref: Beer2016neoliberalismeconomi
researcherid-numbers: 'Kavanagh, Anne/U-4826-2019

  Beer, Andrew/IUN-5797-2023

  LaMontagne, Anthony Daniel/AAX-3285-2021

  Beer, Andrew/F-7502-2016

  Baker, Emma/R-5065-2017

  Bentley, Rebecca/GPC-7383-2022

  Kavenagh, Mellissa/S-7899-2018

  '
tags:
- review
times-cited: '56'
title: 'Neoliberalism, economic restructuring and policy change: Precarious housing
  and precarious employment in Australia'
type: Review
unique-id: WOS:000376204000002
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '44'
volume: '53'
web-of-science-categories: Environmental Studies; Urban Studies
year: '2016'