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Ben Phillips

@benphillips_anu

Economics, stats, social policy, tax/welfare microsimulation. Associate Professor at ANU Centre for Social Policy Research. Ex NATSEM@UC and ABS

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5 years ago

One unfortunate outcomes of doubling the cost of Arts degrees (female dominated) is that many women will continue paying HECS (up to 10% of income) at the same time as paying childcare fees and therefore adding to effective tax rates and lowering workforce incentives for women.