My Expertise
Comparative analysis of policies for families with dependent children and carers for people with disability in Australia and internationally, with special reference to young people who are care-givers; historical and comparative analysis of the family tax/benefit system in Australia and internationally; studies of the interconnections of employment and family responsibilities, including care of children and other forms of care for people with disability; policies for young people in disadvantaged circumstances; changes in income support for people with a disability; Indigenous people and social policies; ageing and retirement incomes.
Fields of Research (FoR)
Social PolicyMy Qualifications
BA PhD UNSW, AO, FASSA
My Teaching
HDR Supervision: Professor Bettina Cass is the coordinator of the Higher Research Degree program at the Centre, and has an extensive record of higher degree research student supervision. Professor Cass has recently and is currently supervising PhD students in the fields of family tax/benefit policies in Australia and the UK; grandchildren in kinship care arrangements in...view more
My Qualifications
BA PhD UNSW, AO, FASSA
My Teaching
HDR Supervision: Professor Bettina Cass is the coordinator of the Higher Research Degree program at the Centre, and has an extensive record of higher degree research student supervision. Professor Cass has recently and is currently supervising PhD students in the fields of family tax/benefit policies in Australia and the UK; grandchildren in kinship care arrangements in Aboriginal families; community care services for older people; retirement incomes policies in Australia and the UK; welfare reform: impacts on parents with children; disability policies in Australia and the USA; voluntary home visiting services for parents with young children; and a range of other topics in Australian and comparative social policy.
Professor Cass currently supervises: Tammy Burnstock, Angelica Hannan, Wendy Hermeston, Helen Hodgson, and Anne Wills.
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SPRC - Social Policy Research Centre
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