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Data integration project register

Information about the data integration projects the ABS is involved in.

Released

13/12/2021

Release date and time

13/12/2021 11:30am AEDT

Below is a list of approved research projects (including closed projects) that use or have used integrated data, organised by starting year. Project descriptions have been provided by the research teams.

There is also a 'Download all projects' file available that contains additional project information including a list of the Lead Researcher/s for each project. This is designed to enhance search-ability and enable researchers to effectively engage on related projects.

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The Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP) was renamed the Person Level Integrated Data Asset (PLIDA) in 2023. Historical projects may retain their references to MADIP.

Project Summaries by Year

2025 Projects

2025 Projects
Project Title	Project Description	Lead Organisation	Project Status	Data Tag
Regional and Local Labour Market Dynamics	This project aims to enhance understanding of regional and local labour market dynamics in Australia. Specifically, it seeks to provide empirical evidence on how recent and ongoing events and developments have influenced and shaped labour markets and regions, using linked employer–employee data.	London School of Economics & Political Science	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Understanding the Impact of the R&D Tax Incentive on Australian Firm	This study investigates the impact of R&D tax incentives on Australian firms, focusing specifically on how they respond to changes by reallocating investments between human capital and physical capital, and how these internal reallocations affect innovation outcomes, such as patent activity	Macquarie University	OPEN	BLADE
The Health Impacts of Remote Work: Evidence from Linked Australian Administrative Data	This project examines how remote work affects mental and physical health outcomes in Australia. Using longitudinal administrative data and occupational classifications, it will estimate causal impacts of remote work exposure before and after COVID-19. The findings aim to inform policies on workplace flexibility and population health	Curtin University	OPEN	PLIDA
Mental health help-seeking behaviour among CALD women	This study aims to assess risk perception, mental health literacy and mental health help-seeking behaviour, among CALD women in Australia. It will help to examine and understand the challenges that CALD women face while accessing mental health services and supports. Examining help-seeking behaviour will provide important insight into the factors that facilitate or hinder CALD women from seeking mental health support from various sources	Monash University	OPEN	PLIDA
Defence and Veteran Family Wellbeing Factors Data Strengthening Project	To strengthen data and knowledge on the circumstances and well being of veteran families through identification and analysis of existing data. It seeks to assess the quality and utility of existing national data sources for measuring and monitoring veteran family well being and generate initial measures of well being across the domains of the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) Wellbeing Framework.	Australian Institute of Family Studies	OPEN	PLIDA
Evaluation of The Hive and Dolly Parton Imagination Library programs	Ember Advisors has been engaged by the Paul Ramsay Foundation (PRF) in partnership with United Way Australia (UWA) to use a quasi-experimental approach to evaluate the impact of two place-based programs delivered by UWA focused on improving access to quality education and health services for children in the Mount Druitt area-The Hive program-and Tamworth, NSW-the Dolly Parton Imagination Library (DPIL) program.	Ember Advisors	OPEN	PLIDA
Trends in multimorbidity and the impact on healthcare utilisation and costs in Australia	This project would investigate trends in the prevalence of multiple chronic diseases (multimorbidity) with a focus on non-communicable diseases and associated healthcare utilisation and cost in Australia over the past decade. We are aiming to quantify how the burden of multimorbidity has changed and possible future implications for the Australian healthcare system.	University of Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Investigating the impact of medication use on health care utilisation in older adults and carers	This study aims to examine whether medication use in older Australians, including sub-optimal quality use of medicines (QUM), predicts healthcare utilization, transitions into aged care or hospitalization and impact on health outcomes and quality of life. The study will involve cohort analyses, predictive modeling, and economic evaluation to assess the significance of sub-optimal QUM in older Australians.	University of Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Employment Elasticities and the Macroeconomy	This research project will examine the impact of macroeconomic conditions on different sub group employment outcomes. This study aims to analyze how business cycles influence Australians' labor market participation, wages, unemployment duration, and job transitions, leveraging linked administrative data for more accurate and timely insights.	Monash University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
How residency uncertainty influences immigrants' participation in the Australian society and economy	Applicants for permanent residency and citizenship in Australia must wait to know the outcome. This project aims to investigate how the length of the waiting period affects applicants’ economic and social activities, including tax contributions, income levels and composition of business activities, and the use of medical and social welfare services. The findings have potential implications for the design of immigration policy.	University of Queensland	OPEN	PLIDA, Standard
Actionable Insights for Early Years Systems	This study aims to identify modifiable factors and policy levers that can be used to improve early years services and systems to benefit children and families, by generating evidence-based insights into the conditions and experiences that contribute to improved outcomes for children, identifying protective factors and effective policy interventions associated with positive changes in children’s outcomes, and supporting the translation of these insights into policy and practice.	Australian Education Research Organisation	OPEN	PLIDA
First Nations mortality and life expectancy using PLIDA and 2011 Census	A previous, closely related project has successfully used PLIDA to create feasible life expectancy estimates for First Nations and non-Indigenous Australians, based on the 2016 Census. The AIHW now hopes to create an additional project to incorporate the lessons from this project, and create a longer time series, all the way back to 2011 (based on the 2011 Census). The aim of this project is to implement an epidemiological approach to estimating First Nations life expectancy by using PLIDA as both a population-at-risk and as a source of the events of interest (fact of death).	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	OPEN	PLIDA
Employee and firm level productivity	This project aims to understand the nature of the relationship between method of setting pay and firm level productivity. Specifically, we will examine whether using a particular method of setting pay, such as collective bargaining, causes a firm to be more productive; or, conversely, if more productive firms are more likely to use a specific pay setting method. It is likely that any relationship is complex, context dependent and bidirectional. a second aim of the project to better understand the BLADE-EEH linked dataset.	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	OPEN	BLADE
The Relationship Between Health, Work, and Inequality: Evidence from Linked Administrative Data	This project explores the development of health and human capital and their influence on individuals' economic outcomes. It investigates how health-related events shape people's work lives and how access to timely and appropriate care may help reduce negative effects and contribute to more equitable outcomes.	University of New South Wales	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Mapping regional variation in Australia’s primary mental health service activity	This project will explore primary mental health services activity at small areas throughout Australia with the aim to: (1) analyse the relationship between the utilisation of Primary Health Network (PHN) commissioned and Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) subsidised mental health services, by different service provider and function types (e.g., GP – assessment, psychologist – therapy); and (2) identify predictors of service utilisation.	University of Queensland	OPEN	PLIDA
The impacts of the pandemic on health care workers	This project aims to investigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and economic outcomes of health care workers in Australia. Using linked administrative data, we will examine changes in employment, income, mental health, and service use during and after the pandemic, with a focus on differential impacts across worker subgroups.	Monash University	OPEN	PLIDA
Understanding the productivity of Australia's health system	This project will examine the productivity of Australia’s healthcare system. It will measure trends in activity, spending and selected disaggregated productivity indicators. Where feasible we will apply risk adjustment using pharmacy‑based comorbidity indices and include quality‑adjacent indicators such as continuity of care and low‑value care measures. We will assess the distributional impacts of changes in productivity indicators across populations and regions.	Policy Institute of Australia	OPEN	PLIDA
Understanding Competition in Australia	This project will examine the state of competition across Australian industries using linked administrative microdata. It aims to develop new indicators to track changes in competition over time and investigate the factors that influence competition, as well as the economic consequences for firms, workers and consumers.	Policy Institute of Australia	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Medical Incapacity Ecosystem Review - Streamlining Medical Incapacity Assessments across the APS	The Medical Incapacity Ecosystem Review Project is investigating opportunities to streamline medical incapacity assessments across the Federal Government for customer benefit. This project aims to identify mutual customers shared across APS agencies involved in medical incapacity assessments, including customers from an Indigenous background who may face additional barriers. Enhancing clarity around mutual customers and the interconnection between Centrelink (Services Australia), Department of Veteran’s Affairs and the National Disability Insurance Agency will improve understanding of challenges faced by mutual customers and inform a streamlined approach for access to coordinated support services.	Services Australia	OPEN	PLIDA
Occupations, Earnings, and Equity at Home	This project examines how education, occupation, earnings, and employment hours are related to unpaid work and care hours at home. Using Census and linked administrative data, it investigates how employment characteristics relate to the distribution of time, responsibilities, and resources within households, including but not limited to unpaid domestic work.	University of Queensland	OPEN	PLIDA
Forestry Microdata Project	This project supports ABARES' research into the forestry and wood processing sectors, including associated sectors and value chains. It aims to generate insights that will inform research reports, briefings, working papers, new policy proposals, and departmental performance measures. The focus is on issues related to sector characteristics, productivity, trade, and human capital.	Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry	OPEN	BLADE, Standard
Understanding Student Pathways to Employment in Tasmania	Tasmania, like other regional economies, is experiencing a sustained skills and workforce shortage. This project will assess the extent to which existing education and training opportunities (higher and further education) and employment services are meeting skills and workforce demand. This detailed examination of education to employment pathways will inform the design and delivery of education and employment policies in Tasmania and other regions	University of Tasmania	OPEN	PLIDA
Recovery Capitals: Integration	This project aims to generate quantifiable measures for key components of the Community Disaster Context Matrix – which comprises two indicators: the Recovery Capitals and disaster-related social disruptions. The matrix will guide recovery efforts and mental health support for affected communities.	Deakin University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Energy prices and the macroeconomy: a disaggregated perspective	This project studies the channel of propagation of shocks to energy prices in Australia. Using firm-level data on employment, output and wages, as well as the survey of energy usage, we plan to trace the effects of energy price shocks. Combining these data with sectoral input-output data and energy price shocks we will be able to investigate the indirect network effects of the shock.	University of Queensland	OPEN	BLADE
Characteristics and trajectories of marginalised youth	The proposed research project has two distinct aims. First, it aims to identify a set of factors that characterise multiple disadvantage in children and young people in Australia. Second, it aims to identify a set of predictors of exit from (or persistence in) a state of entrenched disadvantage, and with a focus on modifiable characteristics.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Ngurratjuta Community Data Development	This project will explore the capacity of PLIDA to generate people and placed based data on the Aboriginal community of Ngurratjuta. The first phase will establish whether PLIDA can accurately represent the Ngurratjuta community. If this is successful, the second phase will involve deeper analysis of community demographics and service use.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Using population data to evaluate the voluntary patient registration model in Australia	Australia has implemented a voluntary patient enrolment model, MyMedicare, designed to connect patients with a single general practice to improve continuity and coordination of care, thereby enhancing health outcomes. Given the limited evidence available, this research aims to assess enrolment patterns, geographic and socioeconomic disparities, healthcare utilisation, and expenditures, offering critical insights to inform equitable, cost-effective, and high-performing primary care policies.	University of New South Wales	OPEN	PLIDA
Firm Growth and Tax Policy	Since 2017, there have been large changes to corporate tax policy such as carry-backs/forwards and differential tax rates for small businesses. The extent to which these altered firm behaviour, promoted firm growth and investment are not well understood. Therefore, the aim of our project is to analyze the effect of corporate and personal tax changes on firm entry, growth, activity, investment and survival.	University of New South Wales	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
The Impact of Adult English Migrant Program on Employment Outcomes for Australian Migrants	Migrants often face significant challenges in integrating into the labour market of their host countries. Language proficiency is a critical factor influencing their employability, income, and job satisfaction. This research aims to investigate the impact of participating in an Adult English Migrant Program (AEMP) on the employment outcomes of Australian immigrants using Australian government administrative data from Australia Bureau of Statistics' DataLab.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
National HIV Data Linkage Study	This research aims to utilise the Person Level Integrated Data Asset (PLIDA) to create a national cohort of people living with or at risk of acquiring HIV, linking HIV diagnoses and PrEP users from 1982-2026 with ten other national datasets. We will conduct analyses at regular time points to measure the uptake of prevention and treatment technologies in all priority populations. We will identify characteristics associated with lower uptake of the technologies across a broad range of demographic, social, cultural, economic, and health domains.	University of New South Wales	OPEN	PLIDA
Macroeconomic Analysis of the Australian Higher Education System	The project aims to analyse the Australian higher education system to improve economic efficiency and equality. It will assess graduates' earnings by field, examine university peer effects on earnings, and evaluate talent misallocation across disciplines when the economy is facing technological progress. Using administrative data and macroeconomic modeling, it seeks to inform policy on education financing and admissions.	University of Queensland	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
SA LCDI - Investigating post-school education, training, welfare and employment outcomes	We will use components of the Life Course Dataset, which includes jurisdictional and Commonwealth data linked to PLIDA, to investigate transitions through the education system from early childhood to post-school education, employment, training and welfare outcomes. We will explore how these education transitions vary according to experiences of socioeconomic, and health disadvantage.	University of Adelaide	OPEN	PLIDA
LFS-DSS Unemployment Overlap	This project will use Labour Force Survey data from ABS and administrative data from DSS to determine the overlap of unemployed persons and unemployment payment recipients with greater precision than has been previously possible. This is a topic of great interest to ABS's stakeholders and a good demonstration of the capabilities of LFS in the PLIDA.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	PLIDA
Unwarranted clinical variation in mental health treatment in Australia	This project aims to investigate unwarranted variation in mental healthcare delivery in Australia. Minimising unwarranted variation may help close gaps in outcomes and access for priority populations, so that resources can be optimally deployed and patients can expect similar standards of care independent of who and where they live.	Macquarie University	OPEN	PLIDA
Health in a new home	This project aims to describe the long-term health, health service use, and future health needs of refugees and their children in Australia. Using a national, longitudinal linked dataset, we will generate robust evidence to inform health policy, planning, and service delivery for refugee communities across generations.	University of Technology Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
How bulk-billing incentives affect GP behaviour	This project investigates the economic impact of Australian Bulk-billing policy changes, with a focus on General Practitioner prices and Bulk-billing rates for common medical services. We will use a Difference-in-Difference approach to estimate the causal effect of recent policy changes on out-of-pocket costs, service supply and demand, by exploiting differences in treatment eligibility.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Changes in hypertension prevalence trend and related risk factors in Australia from 1995 to 2022	This project will examine trends in hypertension prevalence in Australia from 1995 to 2022, focusing on the influence of age, period, and birth cohorts. It will assess the transition probabilities between normal, elevated blood pressure, and hypertension, and identify key risk factors influencing the progression of hypertension. The findings will inform strategies to address emerging public health challenges related to hypertension in Australia.	Griffith University	OPEN	PLIDA
Examining life trajectories and outcomes of single parents and their children	This research project seeks to study important life outcomes of parents who enter single parenthood during their child's early years of life. We will examine their social and economic trajectories one year prior to, and five years following, the birth of a child (identified using Birth Register and other relevant data).	University of Queensland	OPEN	PLIDA
Generating real-world evidence to improve the use and outcomes of prescribed medicines	The overarching aim of our research is to generate real-world evidence about the use and outcomes of prescribed medicines, particularly in populations under-represented in randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Specifically, we will generate real-world evidence about the use, effectiveness, safety, costs and cost-effectiveness of prescribed medicines in Australia.	University of New South Wales	OPEN	PLIDA
SSRIN Improving Integrated Data Usability	This is a joint ABS-UQ project aiming to improve PLIDA usability through improvements to metadata contents and accessibility.	University of Queensland	OPEN	PLIDA
The impact of imports on firm-level productivity in Australia	This research aims to investigate the impact of import competition on firm-level productivity in Australia. The study will provide insights into how trade exposure influences business performance and competitiveness, identifying key drivers of productivity among domestic importing firms and industry heterogeneity.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE
The business impacts of street space reallocation projects in Australia	This project aims to assess the impact of street space changes in activity centres on small business revenues to help inform state and local governments’ decisions. A wide range of streets that have implemented street space changes will be analysed before and after these changes to provide a meaningful base of evidence for comparison.	Infrastructure Victoria	OPEN	BLADE
Dynamic Scoring of Taxation Reforms in Australia	The paper presents an analysis of budgetary impacts due to the proposed taxation policy reforms, which incorporates an elasticity analysis of behaviour responses and an economy-wide analysis via the dynamic general equilibrium model. Furthermore, it links the dynamic scoring approach to the public debt analysis of Australian Government through a discussion of efficiency and equity issues, and public finance sustainability (debt-to-GDP ratio).	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
Understanding bias when using linked data for health policy and practice	This project aims to generate evidence to better understand the impact of bias in studies that use linked data infrastructure, through a series of empirical studies with PLIDA, and to translate this evidence for researchers and government data analysts through the development of tools and frameworks for the use of linked data infrastructure in research, policy formulation, and policy evaluation.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Healthcare utilisation: disparities by gender and across urban and rural areas	This project aims to investigate the drivers of healthcare inequalities, focusing on gender differences and disparities between urban and rural areas. It seeks to identify factors that could mitigate these disparities in medical diagnoses and pain management. A key study within the project will investigate how doctor-patient gender match could affect healthcare utilisation among men and women.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	PLIDA
Low socio-economic background students and their sources of income at university	The aim of this project is to undertake an analysis on Australian university students from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds and their sources of income: student income support, work or a combination of both. This analysis will identify which sources of income are more prevalent and have a greater impact on university completion.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Mobility Shocks: Understanding disruptions to Australian migration	The COVID-19 Pandemic caused major disruptions to all forms of human migration and mobility. This Australian Research Council Future Fellowship project aims to generate new knowledge about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australia’s international and internal migration dynamics, to generate predictive models and prepare for future ‘mobility shocks’.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Post-school transitions, trajectories and pathways of young people in Australia	This project aims to gain a detailed and comprehensive understanding of the transitions, trajectories, and pathways that young Australians take following school. It focuses on categorising pathways, understanding the different outcomes associated with these pathways, the features of cohorts in each pathway, and the role of place in influencing trajectories.	Victoria University	OPEN	PLIDA
Understanding suicidal behaviours among culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) populations	Research into suicide within culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Australia is limited, primarily due to a lack of comprehensive data on ethnicity and migration indicators. This project seeks to utilise linked data to support intersectional research on vulnerable groups and their engagement with health services related to suicidal behaviours. The objective is to understand how suicidality impacts Australia's CALD populations. Specifically, it will investigate whether the risks of suicidal behaviours and mortality, as well as health service engagement among CALD individuals, differ from those born in Australia. Additionally, the project aims to identify high-risk population groups that are disproportionately affected by suicide.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	PLIDA
Connecting for better health	This project aims to predict the prevalence of poor social health across geographical units to inform targeted chronic disease management. It will also assess the cost and quality-of-life impacts of loneliness and social isolation, accounting for chronic conditions.	Monash University	OPEN	PLIDA
Timely indicators of socioeconomic impacts of drought	Identify timely indicators (e.g., leading, real-time/short lags) of socioeconomic impacts of drought using BLADE and PLIDA. The project will explore regional dynamics and temporal patterns to identify relevant explanatory and predictive variables that respond to drought signals. Using the drought in New South Wales from 2017 to 2020 as a case study, the project will examine the relationships between socioeconomic datasets and drought conditions.	Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
The Impact of 60-day prescription on the medication adherence of patients with chronic conditions	This project aims to evaluate the impact of Australia’s 60 day prescription policy on medication adherence among patients with chronic conditions. Using linked administrative data from PLIDA, the study will estimate adherence improvements, identify variations across patient groups, and provide evidence to inform future prescription policy reforms and healthcare planning.	Macquarie University	OPEN	PLIDA
Small Business Characteristics and Performance	Treasury will use this project to monitor and investigate key areas relating to small business characteristics and performance to develop a stronger and more detailed evidence base for policy making. This will include research into: business growth and resilience, the impact of payment times, financial stress, productivity, employment, entrepreneurship, and effects of small business programs.	The Treasury	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
Inequality in the Australian labour market	This project will utilise linked employer-employee data to estimate the contribution of firm, individual and spatial characteristics to individual labour market outcomes. Research will be applied in scope, using microeconometric methods, to shed light on labour force inequality and the impacts of economic transition.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
Queensland Household Concessions	Households in Queensland are eligible for electricity rebates if a household member holds a valid concession card. However, a household can only claim one rebate regardless of the number of concession cards held by household members. To understand whether households are collecting their entitled rebates, we need to understand the composition of concession card households. There is evidence that not all eligible households are claiming their rebates, either because of lack of awareness or because there are less households eligible than expected due to the possession of multiple concession cards. We need to understand this difference, and if public awareness needs improving, which sectors of Queensland should be targeted.	Queensland Department of Energy and Climate	CLOSED	PLIDA
BEBOLD and MADIP Better data driving better outcomes for children, young people and families	We are proposing to integrate the Better Evidence Better Outcomes Linked Data (BEBOLD) platform that includes South Australian data from health, education, child protection, housing, homelessness, and justice systems with PLIDA. This will generate research evidence to inform policy and practice that supports better health, development, wellbeing and welfare outcomes for children, young people and families, particularly populations experiencing disadvantage.	University of Adelaide	OPEN	PLIDA
Agriculture Business Microdata Asset	This project involves building a microdata asset of agriculture businesses to replace the business frame that used to be derived from the now ceased large ABS agricultural surveys. The foundation of the microdata asset will be business information from agricultural levy payer registers, with the aim to build a rich demographic dataset by supplementing that with labour and socio-economic data derived from the data integration environment.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Increasing consumption and reducing risk in Superannuation	The proposed project will investigate the relationship between home ownership and Superannuation drawdown rates. The research will also consider possible segments/classifications of home ownership to possibly identify vulnerable groups, like migrants. Furthermore, the research will consider solutions to enable a better later life in retirement i.e. being able to consume more, at less risk. Where drawdown patterns indicate an accumulation of wealth, the research will explore how behavioural finance can be used to nudge retirees to consume more in Superannuation. Where drawdown patterns indicate financial stress, solutions will include how to introduce life annuities in the investment strategy.	Bond University Ltd	OPEN	PLIDA
Australia's Opportunity Atlas: Children's Outcomes	This project will construct an interactive map, illustrating how neighbourhoods and school quality shape the futures of children born into poverty. By combining the 2011 Census and administrative data, it will assess how exposure to (dis)advantaged neighbourhoods affects children's human capital outcomes, and uncover the importance of school quality and social cohesion in influencing their effects, thus shaping economic mobility.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	PLIDA
Simulating revenue profiles of businesses to understand relative merits of Revenue Contingent Loans	Revenue Contingent Loans (RCLs) are an innovative new form of loan that can spread the risk facing innovative businesses so that loan repayments are lower in the development phase of the business. In contrast, conventional loans have set repayment based solely on the size of the loan and the interest rate levied. Because it is a new form of loan, it is important that both businesses and lending authorities understand the implications. This project will construct some plausible revenue profiles of Australian businesses over time to simulate the likely experiences of various types of firms taking out RCLs compared to conventional loans for a particular interest rate and risk profile. The simulations would generate plausible repayment regimes when the loan conditions and parameters vary, which could be compared to standard business loans that are independent of revenue fluctuations.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE
Understanding the state of Australia's health system	The Department has commenced a program of work investigating the ‘State of the Health System’ to better understand overall system performance through targeted economic deep dives into specific sub-markets such as primary care, hospitals, and aged care. Each deep dive will assess core economic characteristics of the sub-market, including but not limited to spillover effects of healthcare access, workforce distribution, market power of key stakeholders, and the existence of thin or thick markets. These deep dives will develop a ground-up view of health markets, enabling the Department to understand how localised impacts within a sub-market flow through to the broader health system.	Department of Health	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Understanding healthcare variation	Physician decisions, such as treatment choices or the adoption of new technologies can be influenced by their responses to external influences like peer practices or financial incentives. Their decisions can impact healthcare variation. This project aims to understand the role of physicians in driving healthcare variation across Australia.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
Financial Impact of Intensive Care Admissions	This project will examine the change in amount and source of personal income for patients that require admission to an Intensive Care Unit by comparing tax and welfare data before and after the admissions.	Monash University	OPEN	PLIDA
Effects of the location of creative job concentration on the local housing market: with Melbourne	Studies have presented that the concentration of creative jobs in the city centre has increased housing prices. However, these studies have not explained the factors and processes that cause creative job concentration to influence the housing market, and the role of creative class and housing suppliers in this changing housing market. Besides, there is a probability that the location where creative jobs are concentrated may have a distinct role in concentration-induced housing market dynamics due to the different location characteristics and local contexts. From the existing literature, there is a lack of understanding of the role of creative job location on the housing market dynamics, while this exploration can provide a holistic understanding of a city's housing market. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the impact of the location of creative job concentration on the local housing market.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	PLIDA
Investigating the impact of extreme weather events on human health in Australia	This project will reveal the impact of extreme weather events on human health across Australia. Researchers will investigate the social, cultural, ethnic and economic inequalities of extreme-weather related morbidity and mortality and the role of compound weather events in exacerbating adverse health impacts. This project adopts a regional deep-dive approach, focusing on key regions identified based on critical heatwave and compound events.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Consultancy Services - PLIDA Enduring Multipurpose Project	This enduring project aims to provide a data solution for government agencies and researchers who do not have the time, capability, or resources to undertake their own analytical work in the ABS DataLab.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	PLIDA
Effect of environmental conduct on financial performance of firms in mining industry, Australia	This research will be an original contribution to knowledge about how the Australian mining industry's financial performance is impacted by its environmental performance (EP) and its alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Strengthening their environmental management system (EMS) could be helpful for their financial performance and reduce environmental costs, thus encouraging companies to invest in environmental stewardship, resulting in significant benefits for the public.	Central Queensland University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
Analysis of Entrepreneurial Behaviour in Times of Economic Hardships and its Policy Response	This project aims to explore the link between business performance, mental health and economic hardships faced by Australian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) due to crises such as COVID-19. The research will analyse how economic shocks affect the business performance, mental wellbeing of entrepreneurs and their families, and the impact of relevant support interventions.	Macquarie University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Exploring the impacts of payroll tax in Victoria	This project aims to investigate the impact of payroll tax policy changes on business-level employment decisions and individual wage outcomes in Victoria. By leveraging integrated datasets from the ABS, the project will address gaps in current data and provide empirical evidence to inform future payroll tax policy development.	DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY AND FINANCE VICTORIA	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
The impact of policies and macroeconomic conditions on mental health inequality	The project aims to provide evidence of the socioeconomic gradient of mental health in Australia. It aims to evaluate the strength of the association between socioeconomic status and mental health outcomes and examine how this relationship has evolved over time. Additionally, it will explore the key drivers of mental health inequalities, focusing on macroeconomic conditions, environmental factors, and policy initiatives.	University of Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Continued Indigenous Mortality and Life Expectancy using PLIDA 2021 Census	A previous, closely related project has successfully used PLIDA to create feasible life expectancy estimates for First Nations and non-Indigenous Australians, based on the 2016 Census. The AIHW now hopes to create an additional project to incorporate the lessons from this project, use more granular Indigenous status information from other data sets, and base the estimates on the 2021 Census. The aim of this project is to implement an epidemiological approach to estimating First Nations life expectancy by using PLIDA as both a population-at-risk and as a source of the events of interest (fact of death).	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	OPEN	PLIDA
Multicultural mental health in Australia	Australia is an ethnically diverse nation. Studies suggest that mental health inequities exist among culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) communities who may have an elevated risk of developing a mental illness and lower rates of service utilisation, although this is hampered by small datasets and/or non-representative samples. Utilising PLIDA longitudinal information will allow for a comprehensive insight on the mental health of CaLD communities and help inform recommendations for government and services to best support the mental health needs of CaLD communities in Australia.	Western Sydney University	OPEN	PLIDA
The future of Australia’s agricultural workforce	This project aims to provide insights into the future of Australia’s agricultural workforce. As part of this work, we plan to analyse recent trends and dynamics in agricultural employment and education to provide insights into what the future might look like.	CSIRO	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Evaluating policy impacts and changes in mental distress among Australian school-aged children	With schools playing an increasingly important role in promoting mental wellbeing, this project aims to contribute economic research on Australian mental wellbeing interventions amongst school aged students. This research component will evaluate how indicators of distress and mental health care use have changed over time in Australian school-aged children, and measure the effectiveness of specific government initiatives to improve student mental health. This will be done through quantitative (econometric) analyses of linked administrative data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Person-Level Integrated Data Asset (PLIDA), which includes mental health prescriptions charged on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, and mental health care services claimed on the Medicare Benefits Schedule, as well as linked survey data through the National Health Survey and National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing.	Macquarie University	OPEN	PLIDA
Economic and Social Determinants of Childbearing Behaviour in Australia	This study explores the interplay between economic and social factors that influence fertility goals and childbearing behaviours among Australian households. Utilising the Person Level Integrated Data Asset (PLIDA), we aim to analyse longitudinal data to identify key determinants of fertility intentions and outcomes. As a special focus, we will also examine the interplay of economic (in)stability, health conditions, and government policies on the fertility intentions and behaviours of vulnerable groups, classified by age, by location and by country of birth. This will include detailed analysis of migrant populations using the Australian Census and Migrants Integrated Database (ACMID). In the first instance, this project will analyse patterns of childbearing among various family types, after which we will focus on modelling the impact of housing affordability, income stability, employment status, and government policies on fertility decisions. Additionally, we examine the role of social factors such as education, cultural norms, and family support systems on decisions to have children, when and how many.	Australian Institute of Family Studies	OPEN	PLIDA
ACT RR25by25 Plan Evaluation	The ACT Government’s Justice and Community Safety Directorate (JACS) and the Australian National University have partnered to develop the Reducing Recidivism Research Collaboration (RRRC). The RRRC will measure the ACT Government’s progress towards reducing recidivism by 25% by 2025 and examine the impact of programs central to the ACT Government’s RR25by25 Plan.	Australian National University	OPEN	Other
Socioeconomic analysis to support net zero economy transition	Given limited data and research in this area, the aim of this project is to better understand social and economic dynamics in communities either facing, or which have faced coal-fired power station closures. In particular, the aim is to better understand the trajectory of workers of coal-fired power stations and local businesses before, during and after a coal-fired power station closure.	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Housing market dynamics	Project description: This project is intended to provide greater insights into the housing market, its drivers, and its implications for households and their decisions. The availability of dwelling level information on rents, as well as a related dwelling-level spine, would facilitate work that explores, for example: drivers of household size; rental affordability measurement; rental affordability effects; the role of housing in business formation; and drivers of rent (including interest rates). Future integration of property transactions data would facilitate a more detailed exploration of the role of changes in housing supply on housing affordability, as well as the effects of changes in housing prices on decisions to work and start businesses. The research will have clear implications for housing supply policies, as well as policies that target the labour market and productivity.	E61 Institute LTD	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Understanding Retention and Financial and Emotional Wellbeing of Migrants	This project responds to a federal government request to conduct strategic research into the life course of migrants in Australia to provide an evidence base to address the recommendations of the recent Parkinson review of Australia’s immigration program. In particular, we aim to study the social mobility, income security, retention, and financial wellbeing of migrants in Australia.	Griffith University	OPEN	PLIDA
The Economics of Temporary Labour Force	The project aims to link firm size to temporary labour use and evaluate its effects on social welfare and risk-sharing. These findings are useful in informing better labour protection, providing insights for fair economic progress, and forecasting the societal and economic impacts of employment trends.	University of Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Understanding the Economic Consequences of Depression	This project aims to understand the economic consequences of depression by leveraging PLIDA and BLADE modules. We will examine how depression impacts individual income, employment, and the broader economic effects on peers.	Macquarie University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Estimating New Grants for Australian Government Expenditures (ENGAGE)	This project aims to enhance DSS’ ability to assess the impact of social security policies on the Australian population. It aims to obtain a realistic understanding of Australian families and their household characteristics, particularly the ones that are relevant to the current social security system. Existing administrative data provide robust information about how policy changes will impact current payment recipients, but PLIDA will provide the opportunity to investigate the responses from populations that are not currently engaging with the social security system.	Department of Social Services	OPEN	PLIDA
Evaluation of the Paid Parental Leave scheme	The aim of this project is to work closely with the Department of Social Services to evaluate recent changes to the government provided Paid Parental Leave scheme. The project will use a mix of analysis of administrative data (this application), collection of quantitative survey data, and qualitative interviews.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA

2024 Projects

2024 Projects
Project Title	Project Description	Lead Organisation	Project Status	Data Tag
Factors influencing NDIS expenditure growth	NDIS growth can't be understood in isolation from other service systems and demographic trends outside of the scheme. This project will analyse how many people receive NDIS supports and what support they receive, as well as unmet need and use of alternative service systems. It will contribute to broader research about growth in scheme expenditure and need for foundational supports outside the NDIS.	Grattan Institute	OPEN	PLIDA
Resilience and efficiency of Australian production systems	This project aims to identify challenges and opportunities for Australian growers and Australia's national food systems. The project aims to understand how yields, production, and area of the major agricultural commodities in Australia have changed since the 1980s in relation to climate extremes and management.	University of New South Wales	OPEN	BLADE
Export distance by firm characteristics	It is widely recognised that large firms export to far away destinations whereas Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' (SMEs') export primarily to nearby countries. This project considers that distance reflects the degree of social connectedness. The results of the study will contribute to the international business literatures investigating the factors influencing the process of firm internationalisation and the factors affecting SMEs' growth. The preliminary aggregate (by firm size) cross-country estimations show that social connectedness is almost completely responsible for the difference in exports distance between smaller and larger firms. These results, if robust to firm-level estimations that consider firm characteristics such as age and productivity, would have a profound impact on the design of policies to support SMEs' international expansion.	La Trobe University	OPEN	BLADE
Rental Stress Model Accuracy Evaluation	This project is a collaboration between The Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) and Griffith University's Relational Insights Data Lab (RIDL). The aim of this project is to undertake a Model Accuracy Evaluation of QTC's Census 2021 Population and Housing Rental Stress Data Model (the Model) using PLIDA data to ensure accurate predictions of rental expenditure patterns across different geographic and socioeconomic segments within Queensland. Additionally, the project aims to determine if microdata can improve the model's accuracy for future updates.	Griffith University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Productivity Commission	This project supports the Productivity Commission's research and reporting functions, including inquiries. BLADE is assisting the Productivity Commission to dig deeper into specific industries for bespoke productivity and performance analysis across a range of publications.	Productivity Commission	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
South Australian Productivity	The project will provide empirical evidence to aid the South Australian Productivity Commission in achieving its mission of examining and making recommendations on matters referred to it by the Government of South Australia that facilitate productivity growth, unlock new economic opportunities, support job creation and remove existing regulatory barriers. The matters investigated using this project will bolster the economic policies of the South Australian government in various domains, including industry development, workforce skills, employment and population, international trade, modern manufacturing, innovation, and productivity. The project will accomplish this by creating insights and conducting evaluations of current and past policies, programs, and initiatives.	SA Department of the Premier and Cabinet	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Heterogeneity in retirement savings	This project aims to investigate the heterogeneity in retirement savings behaviours across different demographic groups under varying policy conditions. By analysing diverse datasets, we seek to understand how policies influence savings decisions and identify disparities in retirement preparedness among distinct population segments.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Improving Telehealth Delivered Mental Healthcare for Rural and Remote Areas	The project aims to bridge the equity gap in Medicare funded mental health services between urban and rural areas. This project is the first to incorporate cost-effectiveness information in the co-design process to identify the optimal cost-effective and sustainable telehealth model of mental health care via Better Access program funded by Medicare.	Monash University	OPEN	PLIDA, Standard
The causes and consequences of substance use in Australia	The project aims to conduct a series of studies to answer both economics and health related research questions concerning the relationships between policy, substance use, and immediate and downstream harms resulting from substance use in Australia. The project will provide critical information to policymakers and the scientific community with the aim of improving Australia's physical and economic wellbeing.	Monash University	OPEN	PLIDA
The social determinants of health across the life course	This project will explore health and mortality inequalities for people with disability in Australia. The project will assess the impact of the social determinants of health (e.g. employment, income and housing) on health inequalities for people with disability at different life stages. The research will also assess the timing of disability onset, and the extent to which health is impacted differently for people who live with disability their whole lives, compared to those who acquire disability in adulthood.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	PLIDA
Migrant Integrated Labour Outcomes	The aim of this project is to create a dataset that enables a whole of Migration Program solution in order to provide a richer and more responsive statistical picture of Australia's permanent and temporary migrants. The findings will provide Government and researchers with timely and vital information on outcomes for migrants arriving under different policy settings.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	PLIDA
Telepsychiatry consultations in Australia: A health economic evaluation	The expansion of telehealth following the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred increased utilisation of telepsychiatry consultations. The project aims to describe patient out-of-pocket costs for telepsychiatry consultations, examine socioeconomic and clinical factors associated with their uptake, and investigate their efficiency compared with face-to-face consultations.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Labour Force Survey-PLIDA Statistical Risk Assessment	The Labour Force Survey (LFS) and PLIDA cover complementary labour market information. The linking of these sources will enable analysis of the effectiveness and reliability of government initiatives, such as the impacts of income support programs and taxation policy on employment (e.g. actual hours of work) and labour market outcomes (e.g. propensity to enter the labour force). This project is the first step in allowing broader access to this potentially powerful linked dataset. The project aims to quality assure the LFS data post-linkage (e.g. assess whether the linked data requires any treatment for bias / lack of representativeness) and analyse the LFS estimates in comparison to administrative data for the purposes of determining the general suitability/sensitivity of access to those linkages for researchers.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	PLIDA
Multigenerational impact of grandparental health shocks	This project aims to investigate the effects of unexpected grandmaternal health shocks (accidents and non-chronic health conditions) on the outcomes of their families. The project investigates whether the absence or incapacitation of the grandmother has substantive detrimental impacts on their children (focusing primarily on mothers' labour supply, mental health and relationship stability). The project aims to analyse the outcomes of their grandchildren such as their education attainment, grade retention, mental health.	University of New South Wales	OPEN	PLIDA
Australian Public Policy Evaluations using Experimental or Quasi-Experimental Methods	To understand if government programs and policies work and how well they work, the Australian Centre for Evaluation is partnering with other Commonwealth government departments and agencies to run randomised controlled trials or quasi experimental policy evaluations. This project is intended to create a data asset using the integrated administrative datasets, which can be used to design and analyse these impact evaluations.	The Treasury	OPEN	PLIDA
Renting and poverty	The aim of this project is to use PLIDA to understand the nature, extent, depth, duration and drivers of poverty among renters in the private rental market, and also to model and identify policy options to identify the most effective intervention/s. It will have a focus on retired renters.	Grattan Institute	OPEN	PLIDA
Disability Epidemiology, Resource Utilisation, and Outcomes Research	This project will conduct a comprehensive analysis of the epidemiology, resource utilisation, and outcomes for individuals with disability in Australia. The aim is to identify patterns and disparities in health, socio-economic status, and service use to inform evidence-based policy and program development, enhancing support for people with disability.	University of Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Firms, managers and retirement	This project will focus on firm-specific factors influencing retirement timing and the mechanisms through which they operate. The project will focus on retirements that occur at particular ages linked to the availability of public/private pensions (e.g., the preservation age and the Age Pension age) and study how they vary across firms. Both the preservation age and the qualifying age for the Age Pension in Australia have been incrementally increased. The project will assess how the consequences of these policies vary across firms.	University of Queensland	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
State and territory data analysis	The project aims to address data gaps by producing improved state and territory level data and analysis for exporters and companies receiving foreign direct investment that better reflects the location of the economic activity of these firms. To achieve this, a new methodology will be utilised that apportions the activity of a firm based on the location of its employees.	Austrade	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Engaging Students to Remain in Learning: Pathways Reform	This project aims to gain a longitudinal view of Victorian students' pathways from senior secondary to employment, by tracking life outcomes for young people as they transition into their post-school destinations. Research findings from this project will inform government policies and strategic initiatives aimed to engage students to remain in learning and better support students to transition into pathways that lead to meaningful employment.	Vic Department of Education and Training	OPEN	PLIDA
Enhancing understanding of the small and family business ecosystem	This project aims to better understand the economic activity of small businesses and start-ups, as well as the demographics of small business owners. This information will be used as the basis for policy decisions around the level of financial support required by small businesses. The objectives of this project are to understand the characteristics of small business owners and how this impacts the economic performance of these businesses, the pathways small businesses and start-ups take over time and the impact of different economic supports and previous policy decisions on small businesses.	Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Dynamics and inequality in mental health care use and expenditures after income shocks	This project will explore whether and how Australians with mental ill health adjust health care use, in response to income shocks and how impacts vary across population groups.	Macquarie University	OPEN	PLIDA
Investigating outcomes for NDIS participants	This project is intended to measure, monitor and report on outcomes for NDIS participants across broad life areas including employment, education, housing, and health and wellbeing. The aim is to identify areas of strength where outcomes are improving and areas where government and key stakeholders can work together to improve outcomes. This will enable government, the National Disability Insurance Agency and the community to understand the effectiveness of the Scheme and inform disability policy and priorities for future investment.	National Disability Insurance Agency	OPEN	PLIDA
Using Machine Learning to predict long-term labour market outcomes of university graduates	This project uses data science and Machine Learning on the PLIDA linked administrative dataset. It aims to predict university graduates at risk of poor labour market outcomes. The findings will guide policy makers in implementing preventative measures for improved graduate outcomes.	University of Queensland	OPEN	PLIDA
Australia's regional labour markets: outcomes for migrants	This project aims to determine whether migrants, including refugees, especially if employer-sponsored, can alleviate regional skill shortages, and whether Australia's immigration policy should include a skilled refugees visa.	University of New South Wales	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Public policies, education choices and returns to education over the life course	Leveraging PLIDA data, this project will explore how public policies, including those governing minimum school leaving ages and compulsory school start ages, influence educational choices in Australia. It will further unravel the causal impacts of education on the social, economic, and health outcomes of Australians and their offspring throughout their lives.	University of Western Australia	OPEN	PLIDA
Pharmaco-AI Infectious Disease Surveillance	This project will apply principles of pharmacoepidemiology, data science, and artificial intelligence to national administrative data to monitor infectious disease trends, assess the impact of infections including long-term health outcomes following infection, and evaluate health interventions including treatment and vaccination programs.	University of New South Wales	OPEN	PLIDA, Standard
Comparison of data on long-term health conditions	2021 was the first time a question about long-term health conditions was asked on the Census. This project aims to compare the prevalence of the self-reported long-term health conditions in the 2021 Census with the prevalence of these conditions in health, aged care, mortality and other survey data.	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	OPEN	PLIDA
Evaluation of the Face Dementia Campaign	The Face Dementia campaign aims to increase dementia help-seeking and diagnosis in Australia through building awareness and improving dementia detection, diagnosis and management in primary care. This project will evaluate whether the public campaign and primary care practice change program, implemented individually or jointly, increased dementia diagnosis and treatment.	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	OPEN	PLIDA
Historical Frontier Violence: Drivers, Legacy and the Role of Truth-telling	This is an ARC Discovery project (DP220101336) with three aims. The first is to build community-level data on the circumstances of settlement and conduct the first quantitative analysis on the factors that incited frontier violence across Australia. The second aim will link data on current-day community outcomes to quantify the legacy on settler culture and the wellbeing of Indigenous peoples today. The third aim is to undertake Indigenous-led qualitative research in Indigenous communities to better understand the community factors that transmit intergenerational impacts and the role of truth-telling in muting these channels.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	PLIDA, Standard
Antihypertensive medications prescriptions in people with hypertension identified in the National Health Survey	This project aims to determine the type and number of antihypertensive medication formulations prescribed and used over time among people diagnosed with hypertension as identified in the National Health Survey data. Where possible we will quantify treatment adherence, and determine how medication use and types of prescriptions relate to mortality.	University of New South Wales	OPEN	PLIDA
Career paths of journalists	This project investigates how the journalism occupation has changed in the past decade. The news industry is becoming more precarious with an increase in the number of journalists taking freelance jobs because it is harder to land permanent jobs, reflecting a rapidly changing nature of the profession.	University of Canberra	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
Enhancing Metadata for Inclusive Research on Entrenched Disadvantage	The project aims to review current metadata for higher education data available in PLIDA and inform and improve further metadata development.	University of Queensland	CLOSED	PLIDA
Life Course Data Initiative (LCDI)	The Life Course Data Initiative (LCDI) initially aims to use the existing PLIDA to explore what indicators and analyses relating to entrenched disadvantage can be conducted and generate useful, actionable insights. The LCDI anticipates its analyses using the PLIDA will provide a pilot evidence-base on the prevalence, predictive and protective factors of childhood entrenched disadvantage, including the potential pathways out of entrenched disadvantage. This proposed methodological work may inform outputs by the LCDI relating to the priorities of the Targeting Entrenched Disadvantage Package, and extensions of this work by the LCDI that will be undertaken using a larger data asset (Life Course Data Asset), which is being scoped.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	PLIDA
Housing and living supports for NDIS participants	This project will use PLIDA data to understand the profile of current and future NDIS participants who use/will use intensive living supports, and who use/will use disability accommodation. This will help evaluate the effect of policies to improve outcomes and/or reduce costs from housing and living supports.	Grattan Institute	CLOSED	PLIDA, Standard
Epidemiology of viral hepatitis in Australia: mapping and modelling	This study aims to track the epidemiology, prevalence, trends in incidence, priority populations, and geographic distribution of chronic viral hepatitis infection in Australia. The findings will inform strategies to improve access to prevention and care for those affected or at risk. It also aims to measure current progress in hepatitis B and C screening, diagnosis, treatment and care uptake, against the targets outlined in Australia's National Strategies.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	PLIDA
Impact of government support schemes on the prevalence of disability in Australia focusing on Autism	The purpose of this project is to understand the impact of government supports and other societal drivers on increases in the prevalence of younger onset disability in Australia, with a focus on autism. These findings can inform effective design of future policy and delivery of early childhood interventions and disability supports for Australians.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA, Standard
Management, innovation and firm performances	This project will examine the effects of management and innovation activities on the performance of Australian firms over time. It will help to document key characteristics of management and innovation capabilities that have contributed to boosting firm productivity and profitability, and the pathways in which these organisational features translate into competitive advantages for Australian firms.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE
Health Conditions among Aboriginal Peoples in NSW	The project seeks to apply the technique of neural networks to investigate long-term health outcomes among Aboriginal peoples in NSW who did not provide a response to select questions in the 2021 Census of Population and Housing. The project will seek to identify relationships between long-term health outcomes as well as social, economic, and spatial variables.	NSW Premiers Department	CLOSED	PLIDA
Transitions and Access to Health Care in Australia	Maintaining access to health care is critical for maintaining the health and wellbeing of all Australians. Access to care is often interrupted through transitions such as provider retirements or practice closures. This project seeks to quantify how these transitions affect access to health care and the health and wellbeing of those impacted, particularly among vulnerable communities and individuals.	Monash University	CLOSED	PLIDA
The impact of recent remote education provision policy in the NT	The last NT Indigenous Education Strategy (IES; 2015-2024) encouraged remote Indigenous students to attend inter- and intra-territory/state boarding in order to access senior secondary education. Anecdotally, this policy has been described as highly detrimental to a range of outcomes important to Indigenous Australians and governments. This study aims to identify the system-level impact of this policy on Indigenous student life choices, socioeconomic advantage and other outcomes.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Mental health service use by SEQ Indigenous people	This project aims to analyse mental health service use by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous residents of South East Queensland to explore equity of access to Medicare-subsidised mental health care and support for psychosocial disability under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.	University of Queensland	OPEN	PLIDA
Employment Services Trials	To test alternate settings in online employment services, the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) will conduct a series of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Integrated administrative data will be used to assess differences in participant outcomes. These trials will generate valuable evidence that will facilitate more flexible and targeted support for job seekers; inform the design of certain safeguards for online employment services; and highlight jobseeker cohorts who could benefit from moving from online services to provider services earlier than others. The trials also offer a practical means of testing different approaches in employment services before system-wide changes can be considered by government.	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	OPEN	PLIDA
Annual Small Business Risks Report	The project has three broad aims: (1) To measure the central tendency of small business performance and the properties of small business risk conditional on size, region, industry profitability and other common characteristics (2) To quantify the relative economic importance of the primary determinants of the risk of engaging in small-medium enterprise (3) To examine the relationship between performance and risk in small business.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	BLADE
Quality use of medicines and outcomes in the Australian community	This project will investigate the patterns, risk factors and outcomes of medication use (and related health services) in the Australian community so that interventions can be developed to improve patient access to needed medicines and thereby health outcomes.	University of Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Understanding the Supply and Demand of Health Services in Australia	Demand for medical services is well understood to vary spatially and between different demographic cohorts, with observable factors like socio-economic indices often utilised as a proxy for unobserved latent factors. This research aims to use linked individual-level data to develop a simulation model of health service demand that explicitly captures a range of key associated indicators. While many indicators can be modelled directly from the MADIP data, such as detailed education, income, and welfare status, of particular interest is the effect that long-term health conditions have on demand for health services. Where possible, the study aims to use the data for enhancing our understanding of the supply of medical services in Australia.	Department of Health and Aged Care	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Effects of the NDIS on labour market outcomes and inequality	The project will contribute to society's understanding about how and which types of disability supports affect incentives and barriers to work for people with disabilities and their families and carers. A better understanding of the impact of these supports will help to guide policymakers in maximising benefits for NDIS participants whilst maintaining an effective and cost-efficient program. The project will additionally report the effects of the NDIS on persistent inequality gaps in Australia.	National Disability Insurance Agency	OPEN	PLIDA
Digital prototype for mapping of human services availability, effectiveness and efficiency	National Cabinet's agreed priority reform of 'improving productivity and outcomes in the human services sector' has recognised that delivering better outcomes for Australians interacting with human services has the potential to return measurable productivity gains. This project seeks to take a person-centred perspective with data from across shared portfolios to ensure users are placed at the heart of service provision. This project will deliver both a framework for mapping human services and a service mapping digital prototype with the learnings of the digital protype informing the framework. The digital protype will focus on a priority cohort of 'at risk' youth and data is sought to enable the identification of 'at risk' cohorts, to support greater data sharing, monitoring and evaluation.	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	OPEN	PLIDA
Transnationalism and diaspora: Enhancing demography's contribution to migration and development	This project aims to understand the dynamics and causes of adversity for Australia-based diasporas' labour market, internal migration, and life outcomes. Diasporas consist of migrants and their descendants. It examines the mechanisms underlying adversity: adverse micro-level events and employment disadvantages connected with settlement locations, social security and Medicare access variation, and parental adversity on children's entrepreneurship.	University of Adelaide	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Developing an Administrative Household Economic Analytical Dataset	The project will enable new household economic insights and statistics to be obtained from linked data. It will construct economic information (such as income, wealth and expenditure) based on non-survey sources, and use linked ABS household surveys to enhance the quality and utility of outputs.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
The Review of Family Relationship Services Program	The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) has been commissioned by the Australian Attorney-General's Department (AGD) to support the review of the Family Relationship Services Program (FRSP review). The FRSP review will need to identify the potential client populations (e.g. separated parents, divorced persons, and so on) for different types of services and areas with high levels of service demands across localities (SA3 or LGA), including areas with a fast growth in the potential client populations. The information will support the AGD to identify service needs and gaps and direct resources to the areas with greater needs. The census data will also be used to examine complex families (e.g., step/blended families, extended families), the complex family relationships may have great needs for FRSP support.	Australian Institute of Family Studies	CLOSED	PLIDA
Improving survey efficiency through use of auxiliary data	This research is aimed at using auxiliary information from PLIDA to improve the efficiency of household surveys in the areas of sample design, sample allocation, sample selection, respondent approach, enumeration design and operations, and follow-up and reminder actions.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	PLIDA
Understanding social determinants of mental health for young people from refugee backgrounds	This project aims to provide systematic evidence on the Social Determinants of Mental Health (SDMH) for refugee young people (aged 12-25 years). The findings will inform the development of a culturally appropriate SDMH tool and co-design (with young people from refugee backgrounds, community and religious leaders and service providers) of the prevention, early intervention and management framework focused on SDMH for this disadvantaged population group.	Flinders University	OPEN	PLIDA
Scoping Child Mental Health Workforce Capability	The project aims to identify demand among children aged 0-12 years for mental health support and the availability of the corresponding workforce and services (by profession, service setting and location). This project will utilise data sources to enumerate these aims and help identify risk and protective factors for children and families.	Emerging Minds Australia	OPEN	PLIDA
Mortality outcomes for income support recipients	This project aims to increase our understanding of the mortality outcomes of Australians who are experiencing financial disadvantage and are in need of government support through Australia's social security system. Specifically, it will consider all-cause mortality and leading causes of death, type of income support payments received, duration of income support receipt and whether mortality outcomes vary by demographic characteristics, income, employment/education, and health service use.	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	OPEN	PLIDA

2023 Projects

2023 Projects
Project Title	Project Description	Lead Organisation	Project Status	Data Tag
Data Fusion Approaches for Improving Income Distribution Statistics	This project aims to develop data fusion approaches to improve income distribution statistics' accuracy, reliability, and power by combining data from multiple sources. While this project will specifically examine income distribution data and statistics, the methods developed for this project will be broadly applicable across domains.	Queensland University of Technology	OPEN	PLIDA, Standard
Productivity of Australian small businesses	The project aims to estimate the productivity gap between small and large businesses across different economic sectors over time. The project also aims to estimate some of the key drivers of this gap.	CSIRO	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Central Obesity Among Indigenous Australians	The overall aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantages, health risk behaviours, and health care utilisation with central obesity among Indigenous Australian Children, and to examine the impacts of central obesity on cardiometabolic disorders among Indigenous adults (greater than or equal to 18 years).	Charles Sturt University	OPEN	PLIDA
Skills mismatching in South Australian migrants	This research will provide up-to-date information about the prevalence and socio-demographic, sectoral and occupational associations of skills mismatch amongst temporary and permanent migrants to South Australia.	Flinders University	OPEN	PLIDA
NT Occupation Market Rate Analysis	The labour market in the Territory has been characterised by low unemployment and high participation rates, coupled with a significant reliance on overseas migration to address skills shortages. Accurate data on salary rates is pivotal in setting policy and operating migration programs to fill workforce gaps. However, the existing data and analysis on occupation salaries are outdated, hindering the Northern Territory's ability to effectively undertake its policy and operational functions. Addressing this knowledge gap is essential to identify occupations potentially affected by shifts in migration policy settings.	Flinders University	OPEN	PLIDA
Using microdata to model the impacts of the Basin Plan water reforms	This project aims to develop indicators and models to identify the impacts of the Basin Plan water reforms on Murray-Darling basin communities and industries in the context of multiple social economic trends and drivers.	Murray Darling Basin Authority	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
National resilience in regional capability and capacity	This project aims to identify the capacity of existing and potential capabilities available in regional Australia to support national resilience operations.	Department of Defence	OPEN	PLIDA
Mortality patterns of Australian farmers, farm managers and farm workers	This project aims to compare the all-cause and specific-cause death rates of Australian farmers, farm managers and farm workers (including agricultural mobile plant operators) aged 25-74 years, with other Australians from 2011 - 2021.	University of Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Australian housing supply elasticities and wealth effects 2023	The project aims to analyse housing price movements at SA2 spatial scale across Australia, using a time series econometric approach that controls for employment patterns and the distribution of employment across industry groups (economic sectors). The time scale is 2000 through 2022.	University of South Australia	CLOSED	BLADE
Productivity and Business Dynamism in Western Australia	Productivity is the key driver of long-run economic growth and higher living standards. This project examines the trends, patterns and underlying drivers of productivity and business dynamism across firms and industries in Western Australia. The aim of this project is to generate the evidence base to help inform and guide the development of productivity enhancing policies and programs in Western Australia.	WA Department of Treasury	OPEN	BLADE
Producing Official Statistics from Linked Data - Pilot project	The Business Characteristics Survey (BCS) provides time series not yet analysed extensively by the ABS. This exploratory project will consider the broad research question: 'Do the business characteristics measured in BCS have clear relationships with business performance metrics from administrative data?' The project aims to contribute new insights to policy makers and businesses, and set a foundation for a larger research project.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE
Competition Review	This project is intended to create a data asset that will permit analysis of competition, business dynamism and related issues such as the role of mergers and acquisitions in the Australian economy.	The Treasury	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Analysis of work health and safety in Australia	The aim and purpose of the project is to assist in fulfilling one of Safe Work Australia's (SWA) key legislated functions: to collect, analyse and publish relevant data; and to undertake and publish research to inform the development and evaluation of work, health and safety (WHS) and workers' compensation policies and strategies. This includes supporting measurement of indicators in Safe Work Australia's ten year national WHS Strategy 2023-2033 and exploring available data for insights into emerging or acute WHS issues and trends from an employee and employer perspective.	Safe Work Australia	OPEN	PLIDA
Automated Methods for Identifying Labour Market Areas	This research aims to develop a statistical approach to understand labour markets and their characteristics. This includes identifying labour market areas and analysing factors that influence labour markets over time.	Queensland University of Technology	OPEN	PLIDA
NHS 2022 modelled small area estimates	This project will produce small area (Population Health Area (PHA) level) modelled estimates of health indicators collected in the 2022 ABS National Health Survey (NHS). The project will include relevant MBS and PBS data as candidate variables in the modelling procedure.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Evaluating the impact of vaccine mandates	In Australia, government mandates played a crucial role in promoting widespread vaccination. These mandates, unprecedented in the general adult population, impacted the lives of millions, affecting up to 75% of the workforce. Governments favoured mandates because they are simple and affordable to execute. This study aims to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and their removal, providing policy guidance for future pandemic preparedness and routine immunisation programs.	University of Technology Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Supporting Economically-Informed National Priority Research	This project seeks to characterise the socioeconomic landscape relevant to Australia's work toward our updated National Science and Research Priorities. It will inform research and policymaking in these priority areas, and assess ongoing progress and developments.	Swinburne University of Technology	OPEN	BLADE
Disability Pension Support in Australia	This research aims to better understand the redistributive and social insurance role of Disability Support Pension (DSP) and implications for employment, fiscal cost, macroeconomic aggregates, welfare and inequality in Australia.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Competition and dynamism in the Australian economy	This project supports the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's research work relevant to the impact of competition in the Australian economy. BLADE microdata enables the ACCC to monitor business dynamism in the Australian context, including the impact of increasing concentration in the market. This work builds on the evidence based approach to ACCC policy considerations and its position on emerging issues.	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Use of precision medicine tests and related medications and health services	This project will investigate the patterns, risk factors and outcomes of precision medicine testing (and related drug treatments and/or health services following testing) in the Australian community so that interventions can be developed to improve patient access and outcomes.	University of Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Identifying Determinants of Aboriginal Labour Force Engagement Across NSW	The project seeks to apply decision trees to investigate key determinants from the 2021 Census of Population and Housing on the labour force engagement of working-aged Aboriginal people across NSW. Determinants will be statistically identified and ranked to identify actionable insights for policy and other environments.	NSW Premiers Department	CLOSED	PLIDA
Property market and home ownership in Victoria	The research aims to better understand how demographic and financial drivers affect decisions in the property market in Victoria, and the resulting impact on home ownership for Victorians.	Vic Department of Treasury and Finance	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Superannuation and tax and transfer policies in Australia	This project investigates the impact of superannuation, tax and transfer policies on the individuals and households' economics outcomes (i.e. work, saving, retirement). We will use quasi-experimental techniques and structural modelling to estimate the causal effects of these policies on outcomes of interest.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Building resilience in Australia's regional and remote pharmacy sector	The objective of monitoring the impact of the 60-day dispensing policy project is to meticulously assess changes in revenue, profit, taxes paid, changes in full-time equivalent (FTE) positions and total employment. Specifically, this analysis will carefully examine the policy's influence on various regions across Australia.	Griffith University	OPEN	BLADE
Access to Medical Specialists	This project will look at how access to medical specialists varies across the Australian population and its effect on health outcomes. The dimensions of access we are interested in include the availability of specialist services and frequency of use, cost (government-subsidised and out-of-pocket), and its relationship with the usage of other health services and medication prescriptions.	Grattan Institute	CLOSED	PLIDA
Measures of Socioeconomic Disadvantage for South Australia	This project seeks access to PLIDA data on measures of socioeconomic disadvantage, such as education, employment, health, welfare, income and housing, across geographical areas. This project will allow the South Australian Government to appropriately assess work undertaken by the Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC) in the project "CGC Time sensitive geographic measures of disadvantage". This project will support South Australian Government policy, allowing the South Australian Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) to undertake analysis and provide insights for relevant policymakers.	SA Department of Treasury and Finance	CLOSED	PLIDA
Financial Wellbeing Baseline Evaluation Measure	This project seeks to establish a financial wellbeing measure using administrative data in MADIP and linked Financial Wellbeing and Capability (FWC) DEX client data. This project will evaluate the financial determinates of clients accessing FWC programs, determine and track the impact of the program interventions on financial outcomes over time and, provide trend analysis capabilities to the branch and assessment of the program's contribution to improving client financial outcomes.	Department of Social Services	OPEN	PLIDA
Reverse mortgage decisions of older Australians	This project studies the uptake of the Home Equity Access Scheme (HEAS) over time and the scheme's impact on retirement outcomes. The project aims to identify external factors and individual characteristics driving HEAS utilisation and develop optimal strategies for using public and private reverse mortgages in a life cycle framework.	University of New South Wales	OPEN	PLIDA
Economic Complexity of Australian Regions	The distribution of employment across Australian regions can reveal underlying economic structures. By determining the occupations of individuals who work in a region, areas of high specialisation and skill can be identified. This project aims to use economic complexity methods to calculate the level of complexity of SA2 regions of Australia, and the level of complexity of occupations based on place of work data. These measures will in turn be tested against regional and individual labour market outcomes.	Flinders University	OPEN	PLIDA
Intertemporal and intra-family dynamics of income, income insurance and labour supply	The Australian welfare system has means tests at the family level and assesses income and benefits fortnightly. This project aims to study how these temporal and within-family means tests affect welfare claiming, labour supply and income within family and over time.	University of New South Wales	CLOSED	PLIDA
Economic Impact of Exports for the Gold Coast	The project aims to measure the contribution of international exports to the Gold Coast economy and further understand the characteristics of exporting businesses. This will update the Economic impact of exports for the Gold Coast (2020) project.	Gold Coast City Council	CLOSED	BLADE, Standard
Financial performance modelling of southern Australian farming systems	The project aims to conduct farm business benchmarking and estimate the impacts of climate variability on farm financial performance in the southern Australian region and marginal farmland in South Australia. This project will benchmark by small, medium and large-scale farms, with output allowing for the financial implications of the crop rotation field trials to be evaluated.	Flinders University	OPEN	BLADE
Supply chain and financial policy of Australian firms	This project aims to investigate how the development of supply chain affects Australian firms' financial decisions and their market performance.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE
Mind the Gap: Examining Variation in the Cost of Mental Health Medicines	The project's main research question is whether there are inequalities by remoteness of location in the distribution of out-of-pocket expenditure for Medicare-covered pharmaceuticals for mental health. Furthermore, if there are inequalities, the project aims to understand what the burden of this out-of-pocket expenditure is to individuals and what are its drivers.	Macquarie University	OPEN	PLIDA
Analysis of Sectors and Regions in the Australian Economy	The Australian economy is facing a challenging environment and increasing levels of uncertainty and change, which is likely to continue over the coming years. This project aims to investigate research questions focused on economic sectors (primarily non-ANZSIC-defined sectors) and regions of Australia. Research insights will support evidence-based policy development to support future economic growth and job creation.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Analysis of Industry Sectors in the Australian Economy	The project aims to produce industry and sectoral insights that inform effective productivity and economic growth policy decisions. It will conduct a series of studies to better understand the characteristics, relationships, trends and drivers of sectoral performance at various levels of ANZSIC granularity.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Victorian pharmaceutical and medical technology industries	This project tracks the contributions of pharmaceutical and medical technology industries to Victoria's economy. The project combines the Victorian Government's database of pharmaceutical and medical technology firms with BLADE to provide better targeted and timely information on the state of the sector.	Vic Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions	CLOSED	BLADE
NSW Labour Market, Business Dynamics and Productivity	The project aims to provide empirical evidence for shaping policy and other government interventions, using ABS BLADE and MADIP datasets. It seeks to improve understanding on how employment and income have changed over time, as well as how labour market characteristics affect productivity and innovation in NSW businesses and priority sectors.	NSW Premiers Department	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Profiling and tracking change in Australia's seafood workforce	The project aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of the current data framework in relation to the Australian seafood workforce, make recommendations for improving it, and develop a baseline workforce dataset. The focus will be on the potential to use existing sources of data (particularly administrative data collected by government institutions) and how and when those need to be effectively complemented with additional data.	University of Adelaide	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Effect of the urban built environment on Indigenous mental health service engagement in SEQ	Inequities in access to mental health services by Indigenous populations exist in Australia. To better understand the factors influencing how Indigenous people use mental health services, this study draws on the ABS microdata and employs a Multi-Level Regression (MLR) method to examine the effects of the urban environmental contexts on mental health service engagement by Indigenous populations in South East Queensland (SEQ).	University of Queensland	OPEN	PLIDA
Childcare Services Inquiry	The ACCC's childcare inquiry will investigate factors impacting childcare provider viability, quality, and profits. This is in line with Terms of Reference for the Childcare Inquiry. This analysis would be expected to inform a consultation paper and the Final report. The consultation paper and report will be used to assist in evidence based decision and policy making by governments, business, and the community in relation to early childhood education and care.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE
Education outcome and choice for productivity analysis	This project aims to provide better measures on the quality of labour inputs for productivity analysis. The purpose of this project is to explore the potential of MADIP to derive aggregate indicator measures. For example, labour market experience and education proxy measures from modelling the relationships between earnings, education attainment, and worker characteristics.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
The impact of co-payments on mental health care utilisation	This study aims to explore the causal impact of a change in co-payments on mental health care utilisation in Australia, including psychotherapy services delivered by psychologists and mental health medications.	Macquarie University	OPEN	PLIDA
Impact of Firm R&D effort and R&DTI program on industry innovation, productivity and growth	This project will investigate the relationship between firm's Research and Development (R&D) investment and Research & Development Tax Incentive (RDTI) program participation and outcomes such as innovation and commercialisation, and subsequently its effect on the business performance. The project aims to produce results at the industry/sector level and identify firms that conduct R&D but do not claim RDTI. It also seeks to identify where policy levers could be targeted to improve the overall economic outcomes for Australia.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Carbon Leakage Review	The Government has agreed to a Review of additional policy options to address carbon leakage, including considering the feasibility of an Australian Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), particularly in relation to steel and cement (including clinker and lime). The Carbon Leakage Review will assess the extent of carbon leakage risks due to differences in emissions reduction policies between Australia and key trading partners, currently and into the future.	Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water	CLOSED	BLADE
Businesses' Perceived Uncertainty, Expectations and Decisions	This project aims to collect data on Australian firms' expectations and perceived economic uncertainty, and through linking with BLADE, investigate how these expectations and perceptions drive firms' decisions.	Macquarie University	OPEN	BLADE
Industrial robots and labour market outcomes	Firm adoption of industrial robots may have several effects on workers: (a) displacement, (b) reinstatement, (c) augmentation and (d) real income growth. This project will analyse the effects of robot adoption on: (i) firms and their employment outcomes, (ii) labour market dynamics of displaced workers, and (iii) labour market outcomes in local labour markets hosting robot-adopter firms.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Defence Industry Data Analytics	This project will seek to leverage BLADE to provide insights on Australia's defence industrial base. This will feed into a larger initiative to improve defence industry policy through the use of data and economic analysis.	Department of Defence	OPEN	BLADE, Standard
Dividend Imputation, Investment and Capital Accumulation in Open Economies	An income tax system with dividend imputation allows companies to pass on profit taxes to shareholders in the form of franking tax credits, which potentially eliminates double taxation of capital income. Would dividend imputation lead to more savings, investment and capital accumulation? This project aims to examine this question in a small open economy model calibrated to the Australian economy with heterogeneous firms and foreign investors.	Australian National University	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Spatial analysis of various social and economic datasets	This project aims to identify differences in social and economic outcomes for LGA's in regional Australia. The analysis will compare outcomes between regional LGAs, but also between regional LGAs and urban LGAs. The project will include, but not be limited to, analysis of the wage differential in regional and urban areas; migration; housing; and wellbeing.	Regional Australia Institute	CLOSED	PLIDA
Mapping climate change vulnerability of children and older Australians to extreme heat	Exposure to extreme heat is associated with negative health outcomes, particularly among children and older people. This project will provide a comprehensive national picture of extreme heat risk among Australian children and older people for different geographical regions nationwide; quantify the contribution of extreme heat to the observed health outcomes; project future disease burden under different climate change scenarios; and explore mitigation and adaptation strategies in consultation with healthcare providers.	University of Adelaide	OPEN	PLIDA
Labour force participation and health & social service use	This proposed project aims to explore the relationship between labour force participation status and various indicators of health and social service use in both the total Australian population and selected population subgroups. There will be a particular focus on government services for various disease conditions such as mental health, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer etc.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Do firm level green policies improve energy performance	This project examines how firm-level environmental practices impact energy performance and renewable energy consumption. Existing studies solely focus on publicly-listed companies' data to postulate the effect of environmental policies on energy usage and renewable energy consumption, this project investigates unlisted companies' environmental performance and their energy practices.	University of South Australia	CLOSED	BLADE
Socioeconomic determinants of health outcomes for South Australia	The project aims to use socioeconomic and healthcare data to develop indicators of health need for small geographic areas in South Australia and how these change over time. These indicators have the goal of being used to enhance the efficiency of healthcare provision in South Australia into the future.	SA Department for Health and Wellbeing	CLOSED	PLIDA
Time sensitive geographic measures of disadvantage	This project aims to examine an alternative, more timely, measure of socioeconomic disadvantage for areas. Examining the relationship between social security, taxable income and health service use may provide an annual indicator of socioeconomic status for areas, which could be updated to be representative of the socioeconomic situation as it evolves. This will build on the work produced in 'Developing time sensitive measures of socioeconomic disadvantage for areas'. As part of this, the project intends to investigate geographic drivers of health outcomes not determined by currently measured social and demographic indicators. The project also intends to examine the geographic disparities in real wages.	Commonwealth Grants Commission	OPEN	PLIDA
Investigating health literacy as a modifiable pathway	The project's aim is to better understand the links between health literacy, health related behaviours, use of health services and health outcomes. Many people engage in health behaviour practices that can be personally and publicly costly. A number of modifiable characteristics, such as health literacy, impact on these behaviours which can contextualise and inform future supportive interventions	University of Queensland	OPEN	PLIDA
Development of MADIP code assets for social policy research	This project aims to develop sample code assets that generate standardised outputs using linked data from MADIP at the individual, family and household level; alongside the associated socio-demographic characteristics typically required for social policy analysis and research. Additionally, the project aims to produce quality training and reference material to accompany the library of codes.	Australian Institute of Family Studies	CLOSED	PLIDA
A Multifaceted Disadvantage in Australia in Spatial Perspective	The project investigates how poverty, limited opportunities, and other factors come together to create disadvantage. We want to understand how these factors affect different communities, why some progress while others struggle, and how governments and NGOs can help overcome disadvantage.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	PLIDA
The Role of Australian Public Policies in Household Financial Well-Being Across the Lifecycle	This project investigates the impact of major Australian public policies on the financial wellbeing and economic outcomes of Australians at different points of the lifecycle. We will use quasi-experimental techniques and structural modelling to estimate the causal effects of these policies on outcomes of interest, both by studying individual policies aimed at certain age brackets (e.g., paid parental leave, superannuation) and how those policies interact and affect outcomes in other age brackets (e.g., the effect of paid parental leave on superannuation accumulation).	University of Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Exploring the determinants of health in NT: Building evidence to reduce health inequalities	The aim of this work is to undertake a detailed analysis to better understand the complex relationship between the social determinants and health outcomes in the Northern Territory (NT). The project intends on using data from Census 2021 (which for the first time included a question on long term health conditions), ABS health surveys, including those specific to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, and data from MADIP. This epidemiological analysis will consider characteristics of person, place and time for key chronic conditions: demographic and socio economic, variation by remoteness and regions in the NT; and will use both cross-sectional data over time periods and where possible longitudinal data.	NT Government	OPEN	PLIDA
Exploring the fiscal impacts of Tasmania's changing demographics	Tasmania has experienced unprecedented population changes in recent years, both in terms of population growth and demographic characteristics. The changing characteristics of the people living in Tasmania have an impact on the use of government services, and the cost to provide those services. This project will use MADIP data to explore links between demographic characteristics and government service use and costs in Tasmania relative to the national population.	Tas Department of Treasury and Finance	CLOSED	PLIDA
Understanding innovation in Australia through tax policies	This project aims at obtaining a deep understanding of the investment decisions of businesses and individuals in the presence of tax incentives and at exploring the indirect implications tax policies can have on innovation and growth in Australia.	University of Queensland	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Lifecourse analysis of tax and transfer incidence in Australia	This project aims to use administrative data to build a dynamic microsimulation model of Australia's tax and transfer system. This would deliver a durable tool for policy analysis that provides important insights on the sustainability and equity, both within and between generations, of personal tax and transfer policy settings.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Gender differences in wage growth	Outside offers are key for obtaining promotions and salary raises. The aim of the project is to understand whether differences in job transitions between women and men contribute to the gender wage gap. In particular, we are interested in whether women's propensity to change jobs decreases around the time of the birth of a child.	Monash University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Heterogeneous Impacts of Environmental Conditions on Health	This project aims to understand how environmental factors, such as extreme heat and air pollution exposure, affect health care utilisation and spending of Australians. The project also seeks to understand how those impacts differ across individuals who vary on many dimensions including income, health conditions, and features of their local community such as access to health care.	Monash University	OPEN	PLIDA
Innovation, Collaboration and SMEs research capabilities	This research project aims to investigate how SMEs contribute to long-term innovation performance by analysing the impact of internal R&D investment and knowledge spillovers. The study will consider various factors such as human capital, financial capital, and social capital to better understand SME's innovation process.	University of South Australia	OPEN	BLADE
Maternity leave duration impacts on childhood education	This project aims to measure the effects of different durations of maternity leave taken by mothers on the educational outcomes of those mothers' children. Specifically, it will seek to compare the outcomes of the children of high versus low education mothers.	Australian National University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Digital intensity on firm resilience in the context of COVID	This project aims to understand whether there exists a causal relationship between technology adaption and development of firm resilience in the context of the most recent recessionary economic events - the COVID-19 pandemic, for Australian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).	University of New South Wales	OPEN	BLADE
ARCHS: Adult Recipients of Cochlear implants: Health and Social long-term outcomes	The overall objective of this study is to examine the primary and specialist health service use, general health, educational pathways, training opportunities, and career trajectories of adults who have received a cochlear implant in Australia during 2011-2021.	Macquarie University	OPEN	PLIDA
The effects of natural disasters on business survival and performance	This project utilises a comprehensive dataset on natural hazards and firm information to investigate the effects of floods on Australian firms' performance (profit margins, productivity, competitiveness, firm creation, and destruction). The project directly aims to help the government produce well-designed recovery policies for businesses under the current global environmental emergencies, particularly for sectors that are vulnerable including agriculture and insurance.	Monash University	OPEN	BLADE
Profitability of Private Medical Practices in Australia	The purpose of this research is to understand the changes in profitability of private medical practices, professional versus service entities, in Australia over time. Existing research does not separate the profitability of professional entities that provide the medical services to the public, from the profitability of the entities who provide the facilities and administrative services to these professionals, the aim in this project is to provide this more nuanced analysis.	University of Queensland	CLOSED	BLADE
Modelling and Forecasting Australian Multiregional Populations	The proposed research aims to establish innovative and advanced statistical methods to address the fundamental gaps and challenges in forecasting detailed age, sex and socioeconomic status compositions of regional mortality. It will develop methods for reconciling mortality forecasts at national and sub-national levels	Macquarie University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Understanding the returns to field of study in Australia	This project aims to understand the returns to field of study in Australia. The effect of choice of field of study on earnings, job allocation, and other later in life outcomes has important implications for the study choice of future students, and for policies that allocate funding to studies or are concerned with future labour demands.	Monash University	OPEN	PLIDA
Labour market implications of the discontinuities youth minimum wage	This project will investigate whether increases of minimum wage rates for junior workers in Australia result in labour market distortions or employment discrimination. This will be analysed via a regression analysis, with the identification of the model being based on comparing the labour market outcomes of workers observed before and after the minimum wage increases (which coincide with workers' birthdays).	University of Melbourne	CLOSED	PLIDA
Regional Innovation in Victoria	The primary aim of this research project is to calculate aggregate indicators of innovation activity across Victoria, grouped by geographic region and industries. This will enhance our understanding of innovation across regional Victoria and enable policy action to strengthen innovation and economic growth.	Swinburne University of Technology	CLOSED	BLADE
Estimation of Economic Costs of Language Barriers	The project aims to investigate the economic costs bearded by immigrants due to language barriers in various contexts, such as healthcare, education, and the labour market. The analysis will include the cost to their performance in the labour market, entrepreneurship, health and education. The project outcomes will provide a framework for a welfare analysis of immigrants facing language barriers and their economic outcomes to provide insights that can inform policy and practice.	University of Queensland	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Risk factors and growth barriers for lending to small and medium-sized enterprises	Our project aims to analyse lending, loan performance and barriers to lending (in short lending standards) for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The project aims to identify key factors that may lead to incidents of insolvencies and resolution periods of varying lengths (which in turn may be related to lender losses) and discuss methods and strategies to boost SME funding levels within a controlled framework.	University of Technology Sydney	CLOSED	BLADE
Services for children living in rural and remote areas	The project aims to identify services available to address needs of children in rural and remote areas. These (health and other) services are central for children's development and the capability of their parents to live productively. Comparisons between different regional and urban areas will identify determinants of unmet needs.	University of Queensland	OPEN	BLADE
Measuring the true cost of cancer	This project is part of a larger research area of Centre for Research Excellence in Value Based Cancer Care which was awarded in 2019 (NHMRC). This project will provide estimates of the true economic cost of cancer to individuals, government and society. Using a quasi-experimental method, the project will estimate the impact of cancer as a 'health shock' on their labour market, income and welfare payments, as well as direct treatment costs incurred. The project will also evaluate the contribution of differences in cancer treatment to known inequalities in prognosis and outcome due to socio-economic status, cultural diversity, and rural/remote residence, using the MADIP.	University of Technology Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Improving understanding and forecasting of internal and international migration	This project is funded by the Australian Research Council and aims to improve understanding and forecasting of internal and international migration in Australia. This will be achieved by evaluating existing methods, understanding related factors, and exploring visa transitions to develop a better accounting framework. Approaches developed will be suited to the needs of Australian practitioners.	University of Queensland	OPEN	PLIDA
The effect of ethnic diversity on Australian companies	The project will investigate the impact of diversity on companies, particularly at the senior leadership level. This includes: (1) The level of ethnic diversity in major Australian companies (2) How diversity varies by characteristics of companies (3) How diversity is associated with financial performance (4) Potential impacts for the Australian economy.	Australian National University	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Cancer and comorbid cardiovascular disease	The study aims to improve outcomes of cancer patients affected by cardiovascular disease (CVD) through greater understanding of the burden and predictors of CVD in cancer. The study will quantify CVD burden over time in term of prevalence, disability, medical services, and cardiovascular-specific medication use in the cancer population compared with the general population.	Flinders University	OPEN	PLIDA
Economic and Health Impacts of Major Adverse Events	This project will quantify the impacts of major disaster events on the economic outcomes of households, and identify the population subgroups for which the impacts are largest. Results will aid in the targeting of assistance to households with the greatest need at the most beneficial stages of recovery.	Monash University	OPEN	PLIDA
Integrating Big Data and Survey Data for Efficient M-Estimation	This project aims to apply a new family of m-estimators, which includes maximum likelihood estimators and estimators for the mean, probabilities and quantiles, to produce more accurate income statistics by integrating big data (being the Personal Income Tax data items in MADIP) with survey data (being the Survey of Income and Housing). The study will compare the accuracy of these statistics to their counterparts using only big data or only survey data, against their respective correspondence to population income statistics in the 2016 Census (being the Census of Population and Housing 2016 data items in MADIP).	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
The Educational and Developmental Gains in Early Childhood (EDGE) Study	The EDGE study aims to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of Victoria's implementation of universal 3-year-old kindergarten and investigate whether it reduces the developmental gap between advantaged and disadvantaged children at school entry. It will particularly focus on breaking cycles of disadvantage for the most at-risk children.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	PLIDA
Strengthening Medicare	The purpose of this project is to inform policy design and implementation that supports strengthened and equitable access to affordable primary care services for all people living in Australia, with a particular focus on populations that experience disadvantage. It aims to understand current usage and barriers impacting equitable access to these essential health services.	Department of Health and Aged Care	OPEN	PLIDA
National Insurance Dataset	The aim of this project is to better understand the availability, extent of coverage and the affordability of household insurance, alongside its relationship to climate change and natural hazard risk (such as bushfires and floods). Information about home building, contents and strata insurance policies will be integrated with PLIDA to enable research to support these objectives.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	BLADE, LMP, PLIDA
Employment outcomes of victims of domestic violence	Little is known about the employment outcomes of victims of domestic violence. This project proposes to use the Personal Safety Survey, Crime Victimisation Survey (to the extent available), and MADIP to better understand the labour market outcomes of individuals following episodes of violence.	Australian National University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Training Demand Modelling	The purpose of this project is to improve on the VSA's existing model of labour flows by estimating the yearly demand for VET graduates that is generated in the Victorian labour market at the occupation level. The current model assumes that all people changing occupations don't need training, but all people entering an occupation from other sources will need training. The project will investigate how VET training needs vary by cohort, and build a methodology that accounts for this.	Vic Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions	OPEN	PLIDA
Prevalence of Disability in Australia	The purpose of the Prevalence of Disability in Australia project is to better understand the relationships between disability prevalence and demographic, health, and socio-economic factors. The aim is to provide estimates for the joint distribution of disability prevalence and socio-demographic factors, including trends over time. The results will be used to inform the projection of future NDIS participation rates and the associated expenses.	National Disability Insurance Agency	OPEN	PLIDA
Enhanced Regional Labour Market Project	This project commits to producing enhanced regional labour market statistics to support the National Workforce Strategy. These data will take the form of more reliable monthly measures of regional labour markets (employment, unemployment, underemployment and participation) for all SA4 regions in Australia. The project also aims to deliver new quarterly and annual labour market statistics, for more granular geographic areas, such as SA3 regions, SA2 regions and Local Government Areas.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
The effects of cultural norms and structural change in the Australian labour market	This project will consist of a series of microeconometric essays on Australia's labour force, focusing on the roles of cultural norms and structural change on outcomes including educational attainment, employment outcomes, and intergenerational mobility.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Welfare reforms, geographies and unintended impacts	Welfare-to-Work reforms aim to improve employment outcomes and reduce welfare dependency among income support recipients. However, they may also have had unintended consequences. The Multi-Agency Data Integration Project enables measurement of (1) the long-term impacts and (2) the unintended impacts and (3) the spatial heterogeneity in the impact of reforms.	RMIT University	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Experimental Administrative Data Snapshot of Population and Housing 2021	After creating population and housing datasets from administrative data to support the 2021 Census, the ABS plans to make these datasets available for broader research use. This project will make these datasets, the Experimental Administrative Data Snapshot of Population and Housing, available to researchers. Phase 1: publish aggregate statistics (data cubes) on the ABS website. Phase 2: release of a TableBuilder product. The Admin Data Snapshot reflects Australia's population and housing around Census time, as captured in administrative data, and will provide a comparison with 2021 Census data.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Exchange rate and firm level dynamics	The project aims to understand how exchange rate changes affect a country's supply-side dynamics at the firm level. In particular, it aims to answer how Australian firms react to exchange rate changes (domestically and in the export market) and the role of financial constraints in exacerbating or attenuating these effects.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE
Evaluation of the METS Ignited Programs	The aim of this project is to undertake a systematic assessment of the Mining Equipment and Technology Services (METS) Ignited program participants and assess the role of the METS initiatives in supporting innovation driven growth and the creation of jobs and revenue.	Queensland University of Technology	CLOSED	BLADE
Innovations in Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Management and Policy	The objective of this project is to create whole-farm budgets for the main types of farming systems in NSW and to statistically evaluate changes in productivity, management strategies and cost structures over time and climate variation for representative farms, described in terms of the enterprises they run (rotations, resources land, labour, machinery, etc).	University of South Australia	OPEN	BLADE
The Queensland State of Innovation Project	Measuring the innovation system is critical to understanding the impact of state and territory government policies and programs. The State of Innovation Project will provide monitoring and assessment of Queensland innovation inputs, outputs and outcomes. The BLADE and MADIP datasets will be used to conduct analysis about business innovation activities and capabilities; and analysis about workforce, occupations and skills required to drive innovation	Qld Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Small Area Modelling of Legal Need	The project aims to develop high-quality small area geographic models of everyday legal problems, enabling service providers and policy makers to make better informed decisions regarding service design and allocation of resources.	Victoria Law Foundation	OPEN	PLIDA
Indigenous Mortality and Life Expectancy using MADIP	The aim of this project is to explore the feasibility of the AIHW adopting an epidemiological approach to estimating Indigenous life expectancy by using MADIP as both a population-at-risk and as a source of the events of interest (fact of death). Adopting an epidemiological approach based on MADIP as a population-at-risk will ensure consistency in Indigenous identification between the fact of death information in the numerator and the population-at-risk from which the deaths are derived.	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	OPEN	PLIDA
Lifestyle factors and mortality in Australia	By linking National Health Survey with Medicare Benefits Schedule, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and Death Registrations, the project aims to explore the associations between modifiable lifestyle factors and mortality in Australian adults. Another aim is to estimate whether medical service and medication use play a role in the associations.	University of Queensland	CLOSED	PLIDA
Linked Employee Employer Dataset (LEED) creation	This project aims to create the Linked Employee Employer Datasets (LEED) in DataLab. LEED will be updated on an annual basis to support the publication of Jobs in Australia (JIA) and the Labour Administrative Sources and Indicators section publications, and the Migrants Statistics section who help produce additional tables in the JIA publication. This project will also undertake some research and development work with the aim to improve and/or expand the LEED product.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	BLADE
Assessing housing bubble with machine learning modelling	This research aims to adopt machine learning modelling to predict the housing risk on the suburb level in Australia. This research will help the government and financial sector to control for the housing bubble, and further improve the stability of financial and economic system of Australia.	Deakin University	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Immigrant Entrepreneurship	About 30% of Australia's population is overseas-born (ABS, 2021). Migrants contribute significantly to the Australian economy, nonetheless, information about them, especially those in business, is sparse. This project aims to address this knowledge gap by studying the interrelationships among personality characteristics, business strategies and outcomes for immigrant entrepreneurs (IE) in Australia, and their contribution to regional economic resilience.	University of New England	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Drivers of Economic Assimilation of Immigrants by Visa Type	Using employer-employee matching micro-level data covering the whole Australian population and firms, this project examines the drivers of economic assimilation among immigrants holding different types of visas. This project uses applied econometric methods. The findings will have significant implications on the social cohesion and economic activity in Australia.	Deakin University	OPEN	PLIDA
Comparing Long Term Health Condition Prevalence Datasets	The project will examine and compare differences in LTHC prevalence output obtained in Census 2021 with output from the National Health Survey 2017-18 and 2020-21 and the Survey of Disability and Carers 2018. The project will inform recommendations regarding the optimal vehicle for measuring LTHC prevalence in Australia, including evaluating the further use of the LTHC Census item and providing informed advice to data users about appropriate sources of LTHC information.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Migration, ethnicity and cancer care and outcomes	Recent migrants, refugees and people from culturally diverse backgrounds are vulnerable groups in Australia. They often present with advanced cancer and have limited access to services. We will study the cancer outcomes and access to cancer care in these populations, compared to the rest of NSW cancer population.	University of New South Wales	OPEN	PLIDA
The Unintended Human Impacts of Welfare Policies	Empirical assessments of AI and automation in government services have been limited. Robodebt, in conjunction with the Multi-Agency Data Integration Project, will allow us to measure the human impact of automated welfare policy for the first time, and provide recommendations for other government agencies interested in these technologies.	RMIT University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Agricultural Labour Demand Forecast Project	There is currently a lack of consistent and comprehensive agricultural workforce demand and supply data. This project will explore BLADE, MADIP and Farm level Agricultural Data (FLAD) integrated datasets to model agricultural demand for on-farm workers.	Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Skills mismatching and Australia's migration program	The research will provide up-to-date information about the prevalence and socio-demographic, sectoral and occupational associations of skills mismatch amongst temporary and permanent migrants to Australia, and thus contribute to the Australian Government's Employment White Paper consultation and drafting.	Flinders University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Heat and Firm Productivity	This project will examine how heat affects productivity using the firm-level sales revenue and profits from the BLADE data.	Monash University	OPEN	BLADE
Characterisation of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza mortality in Australia	The COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial mortality globally, with substantial variation driven by population demographics, COVID-19 variants and public health measures. The project will describe COVID-19 associated mortality characteristics in the Australian context and assess its significance in comparison with influenza and other respiratory infection associated mortality.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Investigation of asthma-related health service usage after the Black Summer bushfires	This project aims to identify how asthma-related health service usage increased after the 2019/20 fire season and whether any subpopulations were more heavily impacted, even after adjusting for their level of exposure to the bushfire smoke.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Workforce Modelling and Reform	The purpose of this project is to identify workforce constraints in specific workforce occupations, set government budget priorities, plan for future workforce needs and support the design of reform initiatives. A workforce model has been developed that estimates the future supply and demand of workers in the Victorian social services sector. The MADIP and BLADE data will be utilised to improve the accuracy of the model. In addition, the data will be used to provide additional insights, relating to workforce retention and recruitment, migration, education and career pathways within the sector.	Vic Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Industry and Employment Dynamics in South Australia	The project aims to provide evidence to support SA government economic policy in areas such as industry development, workforce skills and population, international trade, modern manufacturing, innovation, and productivity. This includes creating insights and undertaking evaluations of current and previous policies, programs and initiatives.	SA Department of the Premier and Cabinet	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Enhancing Living Costs In Australia Phase 4	This project aims to use SA1-level summaries of the DSS information to allow targeting (better control over selected sample sizes) for pensioner or low socio-economic households.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
The Social Policy Evidence National Data	The Social Policy Evidence National Data (SPEND) project aims to better enable the Department of Social Services (the Department) to build a robust evidence base for social policy development and to support the Department to pursue its mission to improve the wellbeing of individuals and families in Australian communities.	Department of Social Services	OPEN	PLIDA
Care coordination & adherence to clinical care pathways in primary care	Chronic health conditions remain a leading cause of death and disability in Australia. Continuity of care across the health system and adhering to optimal care pathways (including prescribed medications) can improve patient outcomes and health system sustainability. However, there are disparities between people's experiences of care continuity and adherence to optimal care pathways.	Grattan Institute	CLOSED	PLIDA
Disability Employment Services and Economic Participation	Disability Employment Services (DES) help people with disability to find and keep a job. This project will use integrated data on DES participants to gain whole-of-life insights on the nature and impact of disability employment, and the main factors that drive employment outcomes for people with disability.	Department of Social Services	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Developing Economic Measures of Civil Aviation within a Satellite Accounting Framework	The Aviation Recovery Framework commits BITRE to developing estimates of the value of Civil Aviation component industries in Australia. However, many civil aviation industries are not separately defined within ANZSIC, and are therefore not available from detailed economic measures produced by ABS. The aim of this project is to match lists of authorised civil aviation participants to business income tax data to compile aggregate estimates for each Civil Aviation component industry.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE
Counter COVID public policies and the impact on Australian children	Public measures such as school closures and lockdowns were implemented to fight the spread of COVID-19. These measures may affect child outcomes in the long run. This project aims to identify the impacts of these counter-COVID policies on the educational, health and wellbeing outcomes of Australian children and their families.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
The labour market for teachers in Australia	Teachers are the most important input for the educational outcomes of children. Better pay is necessary but focusing only on it overlooks the fact that teachers are also intrinsically motivated. Merely raising wages risks triggering unintended negative consequences due to poor understanding. This project closes this knowledge gap, contributing fundamental insights for policy design.	University of New South Wales	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA

2022 Projects

2022 Projects
Project Title	Project Description	Lead Organisation	Project Status	Data Tag
Economic recovery of business firms in the aftermath of natural disasters in Australia	The project aims to analyse how the 2010/11 Queensland floods and the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires impacted business firms' performance in disaster-hit areas, and whether and how the disaster support programs helped firms recover from these disasters.	Deakin University	CLOSED	BLADE
Restoring the fair go: assessing patterns of inequities	The purpose of the project is to provide a detailed assessment of the pattern of inequities, policies and practices driving the increasing health inequalities and determine those likely to reverse it. One of the project aims is to produce a comprehensive health profile including analysing key social determinants of health.	University of Adelaide	OPEN	PLIDA
Understanding the economic and social impacts of droughts in rural Australia	The aim of the project is to understand and quantify the economic and social impacts of drought in rural Australia. Rigorous assessments of the impacts is lacking in Australia, yet they hold the key to preparing farmers and their rural communities effectively and efficiently for an increasingly hotter, drier climate.	Flinders University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Admin Data Income to enhance the 2021 Census	This project will enhance the 2021 Census dataset by adding the following new Income data items derived using MADIP: (1) Main source of income (2) Main source of government payment (3) Dollar income amount (as opposed to a broad income range).	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Quantifying economic disadvantage from a spatial perspective in Australia	This project will explore the geographical dimensions of economic disadvantage with a focus on social housing. The results will help understand: (1) Who is experiencing disadvantage? (2) Is social housing targeting communities in need? (3) What are the effects of social housing on human capital? Are they evenly distributed? (4) Does social housing decrease the reliance on other welfare programs? (5) What are the factors driving transitions in and out of social housing?	University of Melbourne	OPEN	PLIDA
Identifying and governing Australia's supply chain risk: a Big Data approach	This project will produce an analysis of Australia's supply chain risk by identifying empirical links between shocks and business performance. Through analysing Australian supply chain risk, the project will shed light on appropriate policy interventions that build resilience at lowest cost.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
National Disability Data Asset	The National Disability Data Asset (NDDA) is a Commonwealth and States/Territories data linkage project that aims to provide disability data indicators through the integration of survey and administrative data assets.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	PLIDA
Regional estimates of Child Wellbeing	This project aims to demonstrate how government administrative data can be used to improve wellbeing outcomes by addressing limitations with existing data sources. These data are often not detailed enough to inform regional indicators of wellbeing, nor to analyse outcomes for population sub-groups. This project will focus on the material wellbeing of Tasmanian children, particularly on the distribution of incomes, and hopes to provide better estimates of the incidence of child poverty.	University of Tasmania	CLOSED	PLIDA
The financing gaps across Australian industries	The National Reconstruction Fund is the Government's election commitment to rebuild Australia's industrial base, based upon our natural and competitive advantages, and areas of strategic importance. The overall aim of this project is to develop a greater understanding of Australian manufacturers and the industries, in particular their financing gaps, thereby supporting the National Reconstruction Fund.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Methods to maximise the value of administrative and big data for statistics	Administrative and big data are increasingly available, promising higher quality information to assist policy and decision-making. However, these datasets may have flaws. This project will investigate methods to more optimally utilise sample surveys to correct these flaws, so that statistics based on the combined merits of administrative and survey datasets provide reliable conclusions.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE
Causes and consequences of disability receipt	This project seeks to answer several policy questions about disability benefits: (1) What are the effects of disability benefits on work, consumption, and health? (2) Through what channels do disability benefits affect work activity-primarily through the transfer of income (income effect) or through rules that prohibit work (incentive effect)? (3) What are the effects of work requirements and other requirements on disability receipt and the work activity of individuals with disabilities?	University of Chicago	OPEN	PLIDA
Business resources, capabilities and resilience	Business resources and capability to create new processes, services, and products are important for business resilience in an uncertain environment. To better understand business resilience performance, this project aims to investigate (1) relationship between business's resource-driven capacity and capability-driven resilience, and the dynamic and iterative process between them, (2) moderation effect of business environments (e.g., location, source of supplier, competition), and (3) moderation effect of external supports (e.g., collaborative arrangement, government fundings). It also aims to compare business performance of tourism versus other industries.	University of Queensland	OPEN	BLADE
Economic consequences of natural disasters & the safety net: a study on the 2011 floods in Brisbane	This project will estimate the effects of the 2011 floods in Brisbane on internal migration, employment, earnings and income, and study the role of the social security benefits as a safety net for affected households. It will compare people living in flooded and non-flooded areas and study differences between low- and high-income suburbs.	University of Melbourne	CLOSED	PLIDA
NDIA Investment Effectiveness Program	The Investment Effectiveness Program (IEP) explores the relationship between NDIS support funding (and other Government funding) and outcomes. It aims to provide the NDIA, Government and participants and their carers and families with a rich, evidence-based understanding of how effective the Scheme is, and which support types (or combinations of supports) are most effective in enabling participants to achieve different outcomes.	National Disability Insurance Agency	OPEN	PLIDA
Longitudinal Study of Life Opportunities	This project is a flagship initiative of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (the Life Course Centre), in partnership with the Department of Social Services (DSS). It aims to assess the long-term outcomes (education, employment, receipt of income support, and health) of participants in the interventions under the Try Test and Learn (TTL) Fund.	University of Queensland	OPEN	PLIDA
ICSS and carer support programs impact evaluation	This project is an impact evaluation of three Australian government funded carer support programs: the Integrated Carer Support Service (ICSS), publicly known as Carer Gateway, the Young Carer Bursary Program (YCBP) and Young Carers Network, and the Tristate Carer Vocational Outcomes Pilot Program (TVCO), publicly known as Your Caring Way.	University of New South Wales	CLOSED	PLIDA
Neighbourhoods as sites of inclusion and health for people from refugee backgrounds	This project aims to examine the effect of neighbourhoods of residences on social inclusion and health for refugees. The anticipated outcomes include an enhanced understanding of refugees' neighbourhood trajectories, the key features of the neighbourhoods, and the critical elements of neighbourhood experiences that affect refugees' social inclusion and health.	Flinders University	OPEN	PLIDA
Small business grants research	This project seeks to provide insights into several facets of Australia's Commonwealth government grant program. These include: the effectiveness of providing government grants to small businesses; the intensity (size) of support of government grants to small businesses, and factors that influence the award of government grants to small businesses.	Deakin University	CLOSED	BLADE
Safety Net Registrations	This research project aims to investigate how Safety Net family registrations data may be used to improve the quality of family structure information in MADIP. It will assess the amount of family structure information across all MADIP spine persons, and for a 2021 Australian resident cohort. This research follows on from initial investigations recently undertaken to assess the quality of family structure information within the unlinked Safety Net family registrations data, provided by Department of Health in early 2022.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Financing Risky Higher Education	The objective of this project is to examine the effects of different forms of HELP repayment structures on the behaviour of students, both during and after entering university.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Advancing knowledge about Australia's creative economy	This project aims to advance knowledge of Australia's creative economy through consolidating existing and developing new methods to address increasingly urgent questions about the value of this significant but poorly understood sector. It is significant because it aims to demonstrate methods for capturing a range of creative activity currently at the margins of traditional measurement. Expected outcomes, which will benefit both academic debate and industry partners, include enhanced understanding of pandemic impacts, secondary and other employment, the efficacy of volunteering and pre-market creative labour signalling, and the contribution to innovation of creatives working outside the creative industries.	University of Canberra	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Regional Dynamics	The goal of this project is to understand how international trade shocks (and potentially other shocks, like climate changes) affect regional markets in Australia over different time horizons through the investment decisions of firms and workers. It combines new theoretical and empirical frameworks to uncover the mechanisms that determine the physical and human capital adjustment of firms and workers in different regions following changes in the cost of imported goods and demand for exported goods.	University of Chicago	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Analysis of Importer Characteristics	The project is intended to support analysis and clearance of ABS publications: The Characteristics of Australia's Importers (CoAI) 2020-21, and the Characteristics of Australia's Importers and Exporters 2021-22. It may also be used to support a review into ABN to TAU linkage methodology for trade business characteristic statistics.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE
Food insecurity amongst Aboriginal people	This project seeks to develop a spatially fine-grained predictive model of Indigenous food insecurity in New South Wales (NSW). Using multivariate regressions and microsimulation techniques, it will identify areas where food insecurity is greatest and intervention is most needed. The model will hasten the delivery of food assistance to areas where it is most needed, both in terms of everyday food relief and emergency food relief in times of natural disaster or public health crises.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Examining firm price-setting, its determinants, and its impacts	The project aims to integrate firm-level CPI microdata to firm-level data to facilitate a better understanding of firm price-setting dynamics, its determinants, and its effects. This can allow for both structural, and more contemporary economic analysis. This will begin with web-scraped data, but could later be expanded.	Reserve Bank of Australia	OPEN	BLADE
Effect of venture capital financing on entrepreneurship and innovation	This project aims to track the dynamics of venture capital (VC)-backed firms over their life cycle to investigate how VCs impact entrepreneurship and innovation in Australia. It will examine whether VC-backed firms have greater operating efficiency, job creation, and innovation output (patents and trademarks) than non-VC-backed firms. The project will uncover the channels through which VCs affect the performance of entrepreneurial firms. It will assess the effectiveness of several prominent government initiatives to inject funding to VCs.	Deakin University	CLOSED	BLADE
Statistical profile of use of Paid Parental Leave and Dad and Partner Pay	This research project will explore the use of Family Tax Benefit (FTB), Paid Parental Leave Pay (PPL) and Dad and Partner Pay (DAPP), making use of linked data in PLIDA. The purpose of the research is to update knowledge of how DSS payments are being used, with a focus on FTB, PPL and DAPP. Analysis will explore to what extent payment access has changed or varies across different kinds of families. The project will also analyse take up of these payments. The initial focus is/has been on PPL and DAPP but this will be extended to FTB, with information on receipt of other DSS payments potentially important in understanding the population of recipients of FTB.	Australian Institute of Family Studies	CLOSED	PLIDA
Economic Activity of Foreign Owned Businesses in Australia	Austrade and Institute for International Trade (IIT) are partnering to produce quantitative statistics demonstrating the economic activity of foreign owned businesses in Australia. The data will be used to provide credible evidence-based policy advocacy to demonstrate the economic value foreign direct investment adds to Australia.	University of Adelaide	OPEN	BLADE
High-risk medication use in community-dwelling older Australians	Older adults often have multiple co-existing medical conditions and take multiple high-risk medications. This places them at an increased risk for inappropriate prescribing and adverse drug events. Prescribing disparities may also exist for certain patient subgroups. This study will investigate the patterns, risk factors and outcomes of high-risk medication use in older adults so that interventions can be targeted to those patient groups most at risk in the community.	University of Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Labour force participation and mental health among Australian communities	This project aims to evaluate the temporal relationship between labour force participation, hidden unemployment and mental health. Of particular interest, is the strength of these relationships in Australian communities with historical employment dependence on 'dirty' energy production. The presence of any such relationships and their relative strength (compared to other regional Australian communities) is assessed over a 20-year period, from 2001 to 2021.	Federation University Australia	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
2021 Australian Census and Migrants Integrated Dataset (ACMID) and 2021 Australian Census and Temporary Entrants Integrated Dataset (ACTEID)	The 2021 Australian Census and Migrants Integrated Dataset (ACMID) consists of settlement records from the Department of Home Affairs, pertaining to permanent migrants who arrived from 01/01/2000 to Census night, that are linked with data from the 2021 Census of Population and Housing. The 2021 Australian Census and Temporary Entrants Integrated Dataset (ACTEID) consists of temporary visa holders information from the Department of Home Affairs, pertaining to temporary entrants who were in Australian on Census night, that are linked with data from the 2021 Census of Population and Housing.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Longitudinal wellbeing of veterans and their families	DVA's Refined Veteran-Centred Wellbeing Framework reflects the aspects of veterans' lives that influence their wellbeing today and into the future, and research shows that it changes across the whole-of-life continuum. This project intends to deliver a longitudinal lifetime view and associated insights for serving and ex-serving personnel and their families to inform evidence-based policy and programs which will, in turn, create better outcomes for current, former and future ADF personnel, their families, and the community.	Department of Veterans Affairs	OPEN	PLIDA
QLD Oncology Repository and MADIP linkage project	The Cancer Alliance Queensland (CAQ) linkage project with MADIP will enable CAQ to maximise the statistical use of existing datasets to support best practice cancer management. It provides a population based focus for a robust local context about the quality of cancer patients' lives, socioeconomic disparities and journey through healthcare systems and how these influence access and outcomes. This comprehensive dataset is the first in Australia and will provide a better understanding of challenges for cancer patients and inform health professionals.	Queensland Health	CLOSED	PLIDA
Farm Level Analysis Dataset	This project extends the Agricultural Data Integration Project (AgDIP), a partnership between ABS and the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) to develop, integrate and analyse large farm-scale datasets. This project integrates updated farm-scale data to the latest version of the BLADE.	Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry	CLOSED	BLADE
Competition, Markups, and Productivity Dynamics in Australia	This project builds and estimates a structural economic model of the Australian economy to quantify the short- and long-run productivity, investment, and employment implications of changes in product and labour market concentration (monopoly and monopsony power). An important feature of this model is that it is estimated on high-quality ABS microdata and that these estimates can be explicitly aggregated so that the model can be used to study important macroeconomic policy scenarios.	University of Melbourne	CLOSED	BLADE
Fuel Excise	The project is intended to help understand the types of businesses who use fuel as an input and the extent to which fuel tax credits impact their profitability.	Grattan Institute	CLOSED	BLADE
Analysing mortality trends with multiple cause of death data	This project seeks to assess the quality of specific information reported on death certificates against risk factors measured in the National Health Survey and develop improved methods to measure the relative contribution of co-morbid conditions to mortality. The project also will use multiple cause of death data to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality in Australia and measure socio-economic and geographic inequalities in specific and clusters of causes of death.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	PLIDA
Private health insurance in a public system and its effect on mortality evidence from Australia	This project aims to utilise income tax data, Medicare Benefits Schedule, and data from the death registry to determine the effect of the Medicare Levy Surcharge on the adoption of private health insurance and individual mortality. Identifying a relationship between tax incentives and mortality can highlight the inequities present in the access to healthcare.	University of Queensland	OPEN	PLIDA
Census Futures: Population dataset case study: population migration during the COVID pandemic	This project's purpose is to use a MADIP-based population dataset in a case study that analyses population migration patterns around Australia during the COVID pandemic. There are two outcomes of this project: (1) Increase the ABS and community understanding of population migration patterns during and due to the COVID pandemic. (2) Demonstrate the potential value of making an administrative population dataset available for wider research and statistical use.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Census Futures: Research for the 2026 Census of Population and Housing	The ABS used linked administrative data, including MADIP data, to improve the 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Administrative data helped to find areas where additional support was needed (for example, specific languages), improve the Census count, and prepare for unexpected events that would make Census information difficult to collect. The ABS plans to use linked administrative data in these same ways to support the 2026 Census, as well as researching new methods and administrative data sources.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	PLIDA
Fair Day's Work Project	This project aims to identify key business and individual risk factors leading to the underpayment of low-paid workers. The findings will contribute to improvements in targeted education campaigns for businesses and individuals.	University of Melbourne	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Sub-population modelling in the Labour Force Survey	This project aims to replace difficult to enumerate sub-populations in the monthly population survey with de-identified Census records to improve accuracy and reduce volatility in aggregated labour force estimates. The focus of this project are people who live in very remote areas, and non-private dwellings. Existing interviewer resources will be re-directed to improving enumeration of the private dwelling sample.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Mapping Organic Waste in Sydney	This project aims to investigate and map the urban organic waste volumes within a specified area within Sydney to examine the potential for use as a feed stock for anaerobic digestion energy generation. It will concentrate on an area where Sydney Water currently have anaerobic digestion wastewater treatment plant capacity to showcase the potential for water utility anaerobic digestor energy generation and the waste and wastewater industries working together to achieve multiple sustainability benefits.	University of Technology Sydney	CLOSED	BLADE
Assessing cancer risk, treatments and outcomes among Adolescents and Young Adults	This project aims to provide a better understanding of cancer risk, prognosis (where available), treatment and outcomes among Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs) aged 15-25 years and those aged 26-39 years old. This will be achieved through linking data from the Australian Cancer Database (ACD) and public and private hospitals to MADIP data extracts from the MBS, PBS, Death Registrations and Census of Population and Housing. HPV vaccination data from the Australian Immunisation Register will also be linked, if feasible.	Canteen Australia	CLOSED	PLIDA
Preventing cervical and other HPV-related cancers among vulnerable girls and women	The population-level uptake of cervical cancer prevention is not well understood for vulnerable girls and women. Available evidence indicates lower coverage for women with disability, socio-economic disadvantage, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. We will estimate the coverage of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and cervical screening overall and for population subgroups. We will also examine associations between coverage and person-, family-, geographic- and school-level factors, missed opportunities for vaccination and cervical screening, and treatment pathways.	University of New South Wales	OPEN	PLIDA
Post Census Review - Spine linkage	The ABS is using MADIP admin data to research improvements to estimating the Census night population, particularly measures of Census undercount and overcount in the Post Census Review. This project aligns with international initiatives in countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand, and follows previous research by the ABS into the potential of using MADIP admin data to improve and support the Census.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Tasmanian Early Childhood Development Outcomes (Tas ECHO)	The Tasmanian Early Childhood Development Outcomes project will build an enduring linked dataset which can be analysed to identify risk and protective factors (e.g. household income, use of health services, mobility, parental education levels) that influence childhood development in Tasmania and support analysis as students move through education. It builds on a previous feasibility study which integrated Census and Tasmanian education data to enhance the evidence base on the socioeconomic context of early childhood development and student achievement.	Tasmanian Department for Education Children and Young People	CLOSED	PLIDA
Estimating Co-worker Peer Effects using Australian Data	This project aims at investigating the effects co-workers and family networks have on the decision to purchase private health insurance (PHI) in Australia. These effects are known as "peer effects." The study concentrates on workplace peers because co-workers are often the primary social environment for many people, and using the co-worker network provides technical advantages to overcome statistical difficulties. The project will test whether peers have a significant effect on people's decisions to purchase PHI and will develop new econometric frameworks to estimate peer effects.	University of Queensland	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Ecosystem Account Regional Pilot Projects	The project will deliver ecosystem accounts at the sub-national level to: (1) demonstrate value for policy and decision making, engage key stakeholders and increase demand for an ongoing program of ecosystem accounts; and (2) contribute towards the longer-term goal of national ecosystem accounts by testing methods that can be scaled nationally and by increasing capacity for ecosystem accounting in Commonwealth institutions.	CSIRO	CLOSED	BLADE
Characteristics and health service utilisation of Australian affected by cancer	Over one million Australians are living with a cancer diagnosis. They often have complex unmet needs and require ongoing care from a multidisciplinary team. In 2016, the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) recommended comprehensive and responsive survivorship care, in which the importance of engaging primary care services was emphasized. Using the MADIP data, this study aims to investigate the changes in models of care and health services utilisation among this population following the COSA recommendation.	Queensland University of Technology	OPEN	PLIDA
Evaluation of NSW JobSaver Program	The JobSaver program supported over 200,000 NSW businesses during the Delta lockdowns of 2022. This project measures the ongoing effect of JobSaver on firm survival rates, employment levels, and profitability. Outputs from this analysis will inform the design of future business support policies.	NSW Treasury	CLOSED	BLADE
Firm Birth and Death in Troubled Regions	This project examines firms in deindustrialising troubled regions and why we observe differences in their growth and survival between regions. Every regional economy in Australia is comprised of a mixture of firms serving different markets and with different relationships to one another. The interactions between different types of firms are complex and interdependent, so this research will gain a new understanding of the nature of these interactions and the implications for regional growth trajectories.	University of South Australia	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Proof of Concept for Crime and Justice Data Integration	This project continues the Proof of Concept for the National Crime and Justice Data Linkage project, which aims to test the feasibility of linking together administrative datasets from Police, Criminal Courts and Corrective Services agencies across Australian jurisdictions. This will allow for the assessment of data linkage methodologies and test the development of a 'Justice Spine' which can potentially be linked to other datasets.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
RBA Examining price-setting and its implications	The intent of this project is to explore the feasibility of getting access to unit-record price data and, where possible, to link it to other firm information in BLADE. This will allow us to get a deeper understanding of firm's price-setting behaviour, the factors that drive it (e.g. profitability and input costs), and its impacts (e.g. on demand, labour and other input choices).	Reserve Bank of Australia	CLOSED	Other, Standard
The characteristics of modern manufacturing firms	The Modern Manufacturing Strategy is a whole-of-government strategy to help Australian manufacturers scale-up, become more competitive and build more resilient supply chains. The Strategy is centred around six National Manufacturing Priorities - Food and Beverage, Medical Products, Space, Defence, Recycling & Clean Energy and Resources Technology & Critical Minerals, some of which do not fit within the ABS ANZSIC industry classifications. The aim of this project is to develop a greater understanding of the characteristics of Australian manufacturers and the industries that support modern manufacturing.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	OPEN	BLADE
The Impact on the Labour Force Outcomes and Structure of Sexual Minorities	This project aims to analyse the impact of the 2017 Marriage Act amendments on the labour force outcomes, and structure of sexual-minorities via potential distributional changes to wage-earnings and within-household specialisation. The result of this research will help understand how the labour force outcomes of sexual minorities are impacted by institutional policies through the legitimisation of their relationships and develop further understandings of the relationship between legislative change and evolving societal attitudes.	University of Melbourne	CLOSED	PLIDA
Digital Atlas of Australia (DA) Data Development	This project supports the development of data and analytical products for potential inclusion in the Digital Atlas of Australia. There are significant gaps in commonly available datasets regarding timeliness, spatial and temporal granularity, and substantive content on many important social, economic, and environmental factors. Integrated data from MADIP and BLADE will be used to address these shortcomings and provide a significant contribution to the nationally significant DA project.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Impact Evaluation of Future Map	Innovative Manufacturing CRC (IMCRC) is collaborating with Swinburne University to understand the economic impact of futuremap, a suite of consulting and mentoring programs aimed at expanding the potential and capacity of Australian micro businesses and SMEs. The evaluation will provide a deeper evidence base that demonstrates how these activities enable SMEs to grow their sales and export capacity and create new jobs.	Swinburne University of Technology	OPEN	BLADE
BLADE Objects Optimisation Program (BOOP)	The modular nature of BLADE allows for scalability and flexibility when processing new data products. Combined with a cloud platform, this can significantly improve user experience for both external and internal ABS clients. The purpose of the BLADE Object Optimisation Program is to pursue technical opportunities for improving user processing. A series of products will be developed for user groups within DataLab. These products will enhance the speed and applicability for research utilising BLADE objects.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE
ABS - BLADE Aggregated Outputs Consultancies	This enduring project aims to provide a data solution for government agencies and/or researchers who do not have the time, capability, or resources to undertake their own analytical work in the ABS DataLab. It will allow the ABS to quickly respond to requests for confidentialised aggregate and modelled statistical outputs and/or estimates for these users. The ABS are currently responsible for building both standard and custom files for a wide range of researchers and policy makers across government, academia, and the private sector, for example BLADE for approved projects undertaken in the ABS DataLab. Consultancy services can provide aggregate and modelled data outputs from BLADE to better support users who are constrained from doing the analysis themselves.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	BLADE
Understanding Australia's immunisation programs	The Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP) dataset, with its enduring linkage to the Australian Immunisation Register, provides opportunities to better understand Australia's immunisation landscape. This project aims to understand immunisation uptake and hesitancy, the impact and effectiveness of vaccines, vaccine programs and related communications, close to real-time evidence relating to vaccine policy and program implementation, vaccine-specific research spanning health system performance and vaccine safety.	Department of Health and Aged Care	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Patterns in primary malignant brain cancer treatment, outcomes and equitability	There is currently a lack of comprehensive national data on brain cancer treatments and associated outcomes in Australia. This project will explore integrated data to investigate treatment patterns for surgical, radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment services among persons dying from primary malignant brain cancer within the Australian population. This project will improve our understanding of treatments applied for people with brain cancer.	Cancer Australia	CLOSED	PLIDA
People aged 65 years and over and the NDIS - Ageing in the scheme	A strong evidence base is needed to understand the current and emerging cohort of NDIS participants aged 65 and over and their support needs. This project aims to build a more comprehensive understanding of aged care, the main alternative system for older people with disability, to underpin policy development. This involves examining the roles of, and the interface between, the NDIS and the aged care system for supporting older people with disability as they age, including comparative analysis of supports across the two systems.	Department of Social Services	CLOSED	PLIDA
Measuring firm productivity gains from foreign direct investment	Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Australia provides an opportunity to boost the productivity of local firms through knowledge diffusion. This project aims to estimate the impact of FDI spillovers on the exports performance of Australia's firms. Capturing these productivity benefits allows us to better understand the benefit of incoming FDI and shed light on whether these spillovers enable local firms to become export ready.	Swinburne University of Technology	CLOSED	BLADE
Understanding differences in tax filing behaviour between Australian men and women	This project seeks to better understand gender differences in tax deductions and fringe benefits received by Australian workers. As well as better understanding the circumstances in which these differences arise, this project will seek to identify the underlying causes of such differences.	Australian National University	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Health Outcomes Modelling and Evaluation	The Department of Health and Aged Care will develop a longitudinal life course outcome model under the Priority Investment Approach Project. This project will enable the Department to develop options and advice on prevention strategies to support better outcomes later in life, including delaying or diverting entry into the aged care system. It will also strengthen the evidence base to improve outcomes and transitions between health and aged care settings.	Department of Health and Aged Care	OPEN	PLIDA
Exploring Australia's business growth through the 21st century	The aim of this research is to explore the trend of business growth in terms of revenue, exports, jobs, profits, etc. by sector (ANZSIC codes), firm size (number of employees) and location (state, metro, regional, etc) in Australia.	University of South Australia	CLOSED	BLADE
Australian labour market institutions	Australia has a unique set of labour market institutions for addressing economic inequality, most notably its system of occupational minimum wages and its job protection system. Since the 1990s these institutions have experienced changes which, combined with high quality microdata, make an ideal setting for analysing their effects. This project will evaluate the impact of minimum wages and unfair dismissal laws on wages, inequality and other firm labour market performance metrics (hiring, firing).	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Impact of high-skilled immigration on Australian firms and workers	Using restrictive employer-employee matching micro-level data covering the universe of Australian firms and workers spanning the period 2000-2018, this project estimates causal effects of supply-driven increase in the share of foreign-born workers on Australian firms. This project uses applied econometric methods. The research hypothesis is that increase in the share of foreign-born workers increased the total factor productivity of local firms. Furthermore, these effects are significantly stronger for firms with low initial productivity and small size. The positive productivity effect of immigrants was also associated with faster growth of capital, larger exports, and higher wages for natives.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
Understanding the economic success of migrants	This project will seek to understand the key factors that predict the long-term economic success of migrants in Australia, including visa type, employer characteristics, English language skills, education, country of origin, partner status, temporary visa history, age at migration, visa fees paid, geographic settlement pattern and other demographic factors.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Specialist homelessness services	This project aims to build knowledge on the Victorian Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS) workforce in Victoria. Guided by key sector strategic documents developed by the sector and the Victorian Government, the data and insights gained will support strategic and effective investment decisions over the long term to grow and strengthen the SHS workforce. The project will support strategic goals, including increasing recruitment and retention as well as guiding the sector towards a more diverse, sustainable and suitably qualified workforce.	RMIT University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Mapping Automated Decision-Making Dynamics in Australia	Artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making (ADM) technology diffusion will significantly impact future patterns of economic organisation. However, there is currently no comprehensive, systematised database on the use of AI and ADM in Australia or worldwide. Tracking the growth and development of these technologies, and concurrent changes in economic structure, will provide valuable information to strategy and policy analysis, and create an important new input into further research. This project will build a dataset measuring and mapping spatial and time series trends in technology diffusion, skill automation, labour market supply and demand, and economic structural change.	RMIT University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Adaptation to climate change	This study aims to answer two main questions. The first is how Australian agricultural businesses are affected by climate change in the short run and in the longer run. The second question is what adaptation pathways that they are using to cope with these climatic risks. It is anticipated that the negative impact of weather extremes is heterogeneous across businesses and regions due to difference in businesses' adaptability and regional policies.	Deakin University	OPEN	BLADE
Econometric analysis on the economics of Australian innovation	This project seeks to use BLADE panel data to conduct econometric analysis to investigate the economics of innovation and R&D at a macroeconomic level. More specifically, the project aims to investigate how participating in innovation and R&D can increase firm performance, and whether there are specific enablers and obstacles which firms face in that process. As such, this analysis seeks to extend the evidence base informing decisions around innovation policy and expenditure for Australian firms.	Monash University	CLOSED	BLADE
Micro heterogeneity and macroeconomic performance: before and after the virus	We explore the determinants of various macroeconomic outcomes from both a firm and worker-level perspective. We answer questions such as: How have firm entry, technology and the allocation of resources shaped trends in the Australian economy? What will be the drivers of post-pandemic growth? Which workers and businesses are most affected by recessions (and why)? How does this vary over different time horizons and across different qualities of matching between firms and workers?	E61 Institute LTD	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Future price shocks and the impact on IVF use and outcomes	This project examines if and how patients respond to a change in future price expectations and determines if such a change alters their behaviour in health care use and the impact this has on future health outcomes. In particular, this project focuses on the impact of future price expectations in fertility treatments. This has important implications for health policy in terms of the effect that insurance coverage has on health care use and outcomes as well as equity.	University of Technology Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Variation of healthcare accessed on income support	This project seeks to utilise the MADIP to map the small area geographic variation in the healthcare accessed by socially diverse populations and their comparison groups. The choice of the healthcare data used will characterise the geographic differences in health status and prevalence of disease in these groups while identified geographic disparities will provide an evaluation of the delivery of equitable health care. This new evidence base will be valuable for targeted decision making.	Torrens University	OPEN	PLIDA
Ethnicity and cardiovascular health in New South Wales	The aim of the project is to examine ethnic inequalities in the incidence, prognosis and receipt of evidence based care for cardiovascular disease. It will examine cardiovascular health outcomes including acute coronary syndrome, heart failure and stroke/transient ischaemic attack. The anticipated outcomes of this project will be an understanding of cardiovascular health and treatment inequalities by ethnicity that will be important both in terms of targeting future prevention campaigns and addressing any inequities in health care access.	University of Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Labour market frictions and firm capital structure: the case of Australia	Labour market frictions, such as unreliable access to workers, are a concern to businesses in regional Australia, causing higher business profit variability. In deciding an optimal level of debt, a business will trade off the cost of a higher probability of bankruptcy, due to higher debts, and the benefit of interest tax shield. Through affecting the probability of bankruptcy, conceptually, labour market frictions can influence a business's optimal capital structure.	James Cook University	OPEN	BLADE
Women's Labour Force Participation	The purpose of this project is to explore women's labour force participation, with a particular focus on women who are not in the labour force (NILF). The antitipcated outcome from this project is to contribute to ongoing policy discussion related to barriers and enablers of women's labour force participation.	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	CLOSED	PLIDA
National Health Survey 2020-21 linkage to MADIP	This project aims to include medication prescriptions information from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for the National Health Survey 2020-21 survey participants, in order to understand PBS dispensings in the context of health risk factors and conditions and to include the medications data on standard microdata products; DataLab and TableBuilder. This project aims to continue this approach for the National Health Survey 2022.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	PLIDA
Aboriginal Business Sector	The Annual State of the Aboriginal Business Sector Report (the Report) will provide insight into Aboriginal business sector by major industries and demonstrate the achievements, resilience, and adaptability of Aboriginal businesses; and, outline some key enablers of success for NSW Aboriginal businesses and address challenges NSW Aboriginal businesses have faced.	NSW Treasury	OPEN	BLADE
Exploring MADIP data as inputs to regional workforce planning in the NT	The NT's Economic Reconstruction Commission requires regional workforce profiles that consider each region's individual advantages, opportunities and challenges from the perspective of its current labour force and skills. These will be delivered as regional workforce capability snapshots that underpin the Northern Territory Government's understanding of skill shortages, workforce training and development requirements, and support service enablers. This project will investigate the feasibility of MADIP in providing timely and reliable data to these profiles.	Charles Darwin University	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Improving Australians' health through understanding relationships between health and other factors	This project studies the interrelationship between health and other factors including socioeconomics, employment, private health insurance, government assistance programs, and the supply of healthcare. Using MADIP data can help us identify the causality, because MADIP links multiple data sources across multiple years. This project will provide critical information to policy-makers to improve Australia's health and produce significant economic and social benefits to Australia.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Mortality of people using mental health services and medicines	People living with mental illness have, on average, between a 13 and 23 year reduced life expectancy compared to the rest of the population. Understanding the interplay between socio-economic factors and mental and physical health is important when considering health outcomes of people with poor mental health. This project seeks to inform on health outcomes for people living with mental illness through measures such as death rates, causes of death and estimates of life expectancy.	Charles Sturt University	OPEN	PLIDA
Thriving South Australia	More informed social and economic development policy and program evaluation will enhance well-being for South Australians through effective government programs. This project will investigate the drivers of well-being in the state, including early child development, socio-economic status, mental, physical and social health, as well as environmental conditions. The aim is to deliver holistic, evidence-based policy advice to the governance bodies of the state to support the ability of South Australians to thrive using the analysis and insights derived from a range of investigations conducted into these drivers. More specifically, it aims to identify areas of vulnerability in the community and improve the reach and effectiveness of services aimed at improving wellbeing and reducing inequality and poverty.	SA Department of the Premier and Cabinet	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Labour Market Analysis Project (LMAP)	The Labour Market Analysis Project (LMAP) will deliver new insights about changes in employment, jobs and remote working during the COVID-19 crisis and its aftermath. As the project intends to leverage heterogenous data from BLADE, MADIP and 'big data' sources, the ABS' GLIDE knowledge graph platform will be used to build a pilot Longitudinally-Linked Employer-Employee Dataset (LLEED). This will enable analysts to understand the complex labour market interactions among persons, businesses and governments, and to 'connect the dots' across a broad canvas of interrelated economic and social factors using a dynamic multisource evidence base.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Impact analysis of the Entrepreneurs' Programme	The purpose of this project is to investigate how participation in the Entrepreneurs' Programme affects firm performance and activities. These findings will be summarised in a short report and will contribute to a broader evaluation of the Entrepreneurs' Programme. The findings of the report will inform the design of future initiatives aimed at promoting Australian businesses' capability.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
VET National Data Asset (VNDA) Phase 2 - Measuring VET Student outcomes by Registered Training Organisation (RTO)	The VET system currently has limited understanding of the effectiveness and outcomes of government funding in VET. This project will enhance the evidence base of the employment and social outcomes of VET students in Australia. Phase 2 will release VET student outcomes by VET providers to the National Skills Commission. The release will be prepared through analysis of the same underlying MADIP and BLADE data as for Phase 1, but with the addition of RTO identifiers. This will provide a more complete, consistent and accurate database on VET performance and will support the National Skills Commissioner to provide evidence-based advice to governments and stakeholders, on student outcomes and return on investment in VET.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Social harms and health and economic outcomes for Cashless Debit Card program participants	The Cashless Debit Card (CDC) program is implemented by the Department of Social Services. This project will analyse integrated data in a phased approach, comprising initially MADIP data, followed by CDC program data and finally hospital data held by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The project will analyse social harms in CDC regions and health, social and economic outcomes for CDC participants.	Department of Social Services	CLOSED	PLIDA
Supply Chain Modelling	This project uses graph reconstruction methodology to estimate the structure of domestic supply chains in the Australian economy. The method uses no underlying data of observed supply chains. Instead, it estimates all probable supply chain configurations. The result is a weighted, directed, probabilistic network that can be used to support critical government initiatives in supply chain resilience.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE
Innovation & productivity across industry sectors	The study examines the main drivers and impacts of innovation among micro, small and medium enterprises across Australian economic sectors over a ten year period, using econometric models. Its findings will enhance our understanding of the characteristics of innovators, the role of R&D and non-R&D activities, and offer economic explanations on why and how firms in different sectors innovate over time and what contributes to their success. The study will provide important policy implications to improve Australia's innovation performance.	Victoria University	CLOSED	BLADE
Sustainability, Modelling and Regional Transition in Queensland (SMaRT) project	In this project, BLADE data is used to estimate parameters in a multi-sectoral and multi-regional economic model of Australia. In particular, research will exploit recently added location data (first made available in 2020). This will allow the University of Queensland to refine its model to the level of four-digit ANZSIC codes and SA1 regions: an unprecedented level of granularity. The model will be used to inform Queensland government policy on issues such as 2050 net-zero emissions targets.	University of Queensland	CLOSED	BLADE
Post School destinations	This proof-of-concept project looks at the relationship between students' school performance and their outcomes after leaving school. It brings together secondary school data across all participating states and territories and schooling sectors, and links this to Australian Government data from the MADIP. Approved researchers will use the anonymised datasets to explore student journeys from the start of secondary school to post-school education and employment. This will help identify socio-economic, health and other factors impacting outcomes for young people.	Department of Education	OPEN	PLIDA
Socioeconomic Inequities in the use of Mental Healthcare	The project aims to describe the socioeconomic inequity in Australian mental healthcare use, and to identify the causal pathways that drive inequities, through the application of microeconometric methods to longitudinal datasets. The project will provide greater understanding of the barriers that people face in accessing treatment and how to overcome them. Ultimately, the research should aid in the design of cost-effective policies that improve health outcomes and that reduce inequities in access.	Monash University	OPEN	PLIDA
Better childcare data for a better evidence base	The proposed project aims to improve our understanding of the role of childcare on female labour force participation and the gender wage gap, and how the childcare market responds to changes in demand and policy.	Monash University	OPEN	PLIDA
Innovation, IP rights and inequality	This project will examine (a) how innovation and the use of IP rights impacts within-firm inequality and wage growth for different types of workers, and (b) whether inequality on various margins is causing Australian society to lose potential innovators, including by disadvantaging individuals and firms in accessing the IP system. The project will inform the design of programs aimed at increasing equitable access to government support for innovation and inform policy development for influencing productivity and wage growth.	IP Australia	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
The impact of telehealth on uptake & quality of primary care	In 2020, telehealth was made available to everyone in Australia, in response to COVID-19. To provide evidence to improve primary health care in Australia, the project will investigate the effect of telehealth on quality of primary care, including accessibility, safety, continuity, and appropriateness. For the whole population, the project will analyse Medicare data linked to health, social and economic information, complemented by interviews and workshops engaging patient and clinician perspectives.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Prevalence and application of data analytics in Australian businesses	The projects will study the extent to which Australian businesses use data analytics and how the prevalence of that use has changed over time. Areas of application of data analysis will be explored alongside associations with goods, services and operational innovation. The project aims to better understand the contribution of data analytics to innovation relative to traditional facilitators of innovation, such as R&D investment, raising external finance or collaborative innovation arrangements.	Flinders University	OPEN	BLADE
Relationship between administration & design of income support programs & human capital formation	This project aims to analyse whether and how the way that income support is delivered can affect human capital formation. We will use MADIP data to identify cohorts who have been affected by historical changes in income support program administration, and estimate how these changes contribute to education, income and career outcomes for both income support recipients and their children. The anticipated outcome of this project is a better understanding of how the administration of income support affects the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage, and whether there are specific policies that perform better in promoting human capital accumulation for income support recipients.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	PLIDA
Use of occupancy and vacancy models to inform ABS research	This project applies the results of occupancy and vacancy modelling (using MADIP data) in a range of new contexts to support ABS research. Examples include using dwelling occupancy and vacancy predictions to research how they could reduce sample loss in household surveys.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA

2021 Projects

2021 Projects
Project Title	Project Description	Lead Organisation	Project Status	Data Tag
Understanding the social determinants of mental health in Australia	This project will use data from the National Health Survey and other MADIP datasets to understand relationships between social determinants and mental health outcomes.	Nous Group	CLOSED	PLIDA
Pathways for the Future - Reform Project (Pathways Project) (Stage 2)	The Pathways for the Future project will use MADIP to provide an end-to-end view of students' journeys through school to employment. The project's findings will provide young people with information about the outcomes of different educational pathways, enabling them to make more informed and individualised choices about their pattern of study and pathway into meaningful work. The research findings will also inform government policies and programs that help young people transition through the education system and find meaningful employment. This data linkage project is the extension of the previous Pathways for the Future project.	NSW Department of Education	OPEN	PLIDA
Education, Skills and Employment National Data Asset (ESENDA)	The Education, Skills and Employment National Data Asset (ESENDA) project will create an evidence-base to support Australia's economic prosperity and social wellbeing by identifying opportunities to drive better outcomes for people, through education, skills and employment pathways.	Department of Education	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
Coherent imputation to obtain publishable domain estimates	There are data items on the MADIP that, when aggregated, may provide useful and frequent small domain statistics. These may be a set of related statistics - e.g. health or economic indicators. However, the data items may exhibit under or over coverage and other forms of missingness. This project seeks to address these issues using Deep Neural Networks to coherently and accurately impute missing values for a set of useful, related data items.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Patterns and drivers of wages levels and growth	This project will use Wage Price Index data linked to the BLADE to help understand the evolution of wages and general labour market trends (in particular post-COVID). The project will focus on both structural and cyclical drivers.	The Treasury	CLOSED	BLADE
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) Loan Guarantee Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) Data	The project will use information reported to APRA by financial institutions on which businesses have received loans under the coronavirus SME Guarantee scheme. There are two iterations of the scheme, SMEG1 and SMEG2. They will be integrated with BLADE separately. Integration with BLADE will enable the schemes to be assessed and monitored over time. In particular, it will allow analysis of the nature of the businesses that received loans, as well as of the effect of the loans on business outcomes.	The Treasury	CLOSED	BLADE
Determinants of business resilience following natural disasters and impacts of business grants on economic recovery	This project aims to investigate business characteristics that are associated with a higher likelihood of failure or survival following natural disasters. This research will support the future design of financial assistance to disaster-affected small businesses	National Emergency Management Agency	CLOSED	BLADE
The effect of fixed cost structure on firm response to shocks	The project aims to investigate the effect of fixed cost structure on firm performance, and investment, especially small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) in response to crises, such as financial and public health crises. The study identifies which types of firm, in terms of size, age, and financial access, are the most vulnerable or resilient to recent crisis.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Intergenerational Disadvantage: Causes, Pathways, and Consequences for Families	This project aims to prevent poor Australian children from becoming poor adults by developing scientific evidence and creative policy approaches to overcome entrenched economic disadvantage. The project will generate evidence on how social assistance dependence is linked across generations using new Australian data. Anticipated outcomes are the identification of (1) the causal link between parents' and children's social assistance dependence; (2) pathways through which youths overcome economic disadvantage; and (3) the consequences of early economic disadvantage for family structure, educational attainment, healthcare utilisation, and other life outcomes. Transforming the evidence base, the findings will have significant benefits in redesigning the Australian social safety net, promoting socioeconomic mobility and reducing disadvantage.	University of Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
MADIP Settlement Indicators	The purpose of this project is to develop enduring indicators for annual reporting. Data will inform Home Affairs' program delivery, particularly the Humanitarian Settlement Program, and will also be used for internal briefing and reporting.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	PLIDA
Australian Labour market utilisation and effects of temporary migration	This project explores the utilisation of temporary migration in the Australian labour-force and the effects of temporary migration on individual and firm-level outcomes. This analysis will explore; labour-market characteristics of businesses which employ high rates of temporary migration; how firm-level characteristics change leading up to, and in response to, higher levels of temporary migration; and characteristics of temporary migrants over time, compared to similar workers, and relative to salaries initially nominated by employers.	Grattan Institute	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
Digital Solutions (ASBAS) program - impact evaluation	The research proposes to investigate whether participation in the Digital Solutions program has had a positive impact on Australian small businesses in terms of their revenue, ability to employ additional staff, and overall productivity growth.	ACIL Allen Pty Ltd	CLOSED	BLADE
Economic impact of Plant Breeders Rights in Australia	The plant breeder's rights (PBR) system is intended to encourage development of new cultivars (and encourages the release of foreign bred cultivars). The economic impact of the PBR system comprises the value captured by PBR holders and the value that their new cultivars generate in downstream sectors. This research will provide a description of the sector and estimate the economic impact of new cultivars.	Swinburne University of Technology	CLOSED	BLADE
Deep learning for repair of administrative data	Administrative data can provide fine level statistics not possible with survey data. These statistics may contain biases that could be mitigated by aligning the administrative data to representative survey data. A method has been developed for doing this, in collaboration with Queensland University of Technology, based on transformer neural networks and transfer learning. This project seeks to evaluate the efficacy of the method using real-world economic data.	Queensland University of Technology	CLOSED	BLADE
Improving Private Health Insurance (PHI) modelling capabilities through making better use of data	The project will investigate the incidence and determinants of private health insurance (PHI) consumption over time. This will enable government to assess PHI and other aspects of health policy based on the best evidence available. The outcome of this project will support ongoing reform in PHI to improve the sustainability of the sector and affordability for consumers.	Department of Health and Aged Care	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Investigating life-course outcomes of people with disability	This project explores individual's social, economic and health outcomes and their socio-economic determinants by disability status and experience of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation, using advanced statistical analyses of linked MADIP unit record data. The results of the analyses are expected to be referenced in the final report and inform the Disability Royal Commission's recommendations aimed at preventing and better protecting people with disability from experiencing violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation and improving lives and experiences of people with disabilities.	Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability	CLOSED	PLIDA, Standard
Barriers to Citizenship and the Economic Integration of Australian Immigrants. Evidence from the 2007 Immigration Reform	This project examines whether barriers to citizenship affect the economic and social integration of immigrants by exploiting the exogenous variation in the waiting periods for naturalisation introduced by the 2007 citizenship law reform in Australia. The findings will be important for future immigration policy changes in the residency requirement in Australia. Moreover, the results will have implications about social cohesion and economic activity in the Australian community.	Curtin University	OPEN	PLIDA
Occupational and employment outcomes for students selecting a VET pathway as an alternative to higher education	This project investigates occupational and employment outcomes for students selecting a VET pathway. The findings from the project will help inform the educational and employment choices of Australians and provide information to governments to assist in determining the skills needs of the Australian workforce and industry.	National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd	OPEN	PLIDA
R&D Tax Incentive	Recognising that technological change is the cornerstone of long-run economic growth, governments spend considerable resources on tax-based subsidies for research and development (R&D). However, the amount of additional R&D induced by each dollar of tax revenue forgone remains contested. Existing evidence suggests business investment in R&D is responsive to tax subsidies, but estimated impacts vary. This project models the additionality induced by the R&D Tax Incentive Program and assesses the spillover to the larger economy.	Swinburne University of Technology	OPEN	BLADE
Women in STEM analytical project	The Women in STEM analytical project aims to undertake longitudinal analysis of employment outcomes of Australian's with STEM qualifications from a gender lens. This will provide crucial insights on progression for women in the STEM pathway, through longitudinal evidence using MADIP.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	PLIDA
Industry and Employment Dynamics in South Australia - 2021	More informed economic development policy and program evaluation will enhance well-being for South Australians through effective government programs. This project will update the integration of data from the Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment (BLADE) and South Australian Business Research Environment (SABRE) (formally Return to Work SA datasets). The project follows successful completion of a pilot study and aims to create an evidence base to better understand overall employment and industry performance in South Australia and inform economic policy development and program evaluation. The project is being coordinated by the SA Department of Premier and Cabinet, but involves agencies across SA Government with a range of policy questions.	SA Department of the Premier and Cabinet	CLOSED	BLADE
Births registration patterns in Queensland	The Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Qld RBDM) have an ongoing goal to register all births occurring in Queensland. The birth registration rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children is typically lower than that of non-Indigenous children. The birth registration dataset linked to the MADIP spine may provide many insights into the current registration rate, how this has changed over time and geographical areas where efforts on registration can be focussed in future.	Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages	CLOSED	PLIDA
Macro causes and effects of post-secondary education	This project aims to understand the complex interactions between macroeconomic conditions, higher education, student loans, individual labour market outcomes and firm performance, using a combination of causal analysis and structural dynamic models. Topics include: (i) Effects of student loans on individual outcomes and firm-level productivity, (ii) Effect of commodity prices on educational outcomes and long run productivity ("human capital dutch disease"), (iii) Measuring macroeconomic returns to higher and vocational education.	University of Chicago	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
The impact of climate change on local economic development	The study intends to investigate the local economies' resilience to climate transition risks. The project team will consider local business development in Local Government Areas (LGAs) that are prone to the impact of climate transition risks. Researchers aim to compare the risk resilience of individual industries in LGAs with various industrial structures.	Monash University	CLOSED	BLADE
Insolvency and financial vulnerability for unlisted firms	Using firm-level data from the BLADE, this project aims to examine and forecast financial vulnerability of Australian unlisted companies. The project team will design and develop a sectoral and regional financial vulnerability metric of unlisted firms.	Macquarie University	CLOSED	BLADE
Migration and Regional Development in Australia	This project is a collaboration between the Centre for Population, Australian Treasury and the OECD investigating the use of administrative data to better understand the economic impact of overseas migration in Australia, particularly on productivity levels and local labour markets. This project will inform the Treasury Centre for Population's program of research.	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Developing time sensitive measures of socioeconomic disadvantage for areas	This project aims to examine an alternative, more timely, measure of socioeconomic disadvantage for areas. While SEIFA, and census data generally, can usually be assumed to be generally representative of the years following the census, the 2021 Census might be run in an environment affected by COVID-19. Examining the relationship between social security, taxable income and health service use may provide for an annual indicator of socio-economic status for areas which could be updated to be representative of the socio-economic situation as it evolves.	Commonwealth Grants Commission	OPEN	PLIDA
Administrative data research for the 2021 Census of Population and Housing	This project links 2016 Census of Population and Housing data with administrative data to research how it could be used to improve the next Australian Census in 2021. The research is investigating the potential of administrative data to: improve the quality of Census data; add new information to the Census; reduce the cost and burden of running the Census to taxpayers; and provide a contingency for areas affected by a natural disaster or other emergency event at Census time. This research is in line with international initiatives in countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Reaching for the Stars': Aussie firms and the global productivity frontier	This project investigates the productivity performance of Australian firms against OECD research showing a global productivity slowdown, and is part of a broader government initiative on productivity. The research will allow policy makers to better understand and support dynamic and resilient industries and firms.	The Treasury	CLOSED	BLADE
Policy environment in Australia	This project aims to integrate and analyse emerging social, health and welfare policy issues through an enduring and relevant analytical asset. Insights from this project will inform advice to Government on new policy proposals. It will strengthen the capacity of the Department of Finance to assess the efficiency and quality of government spending on many of its strategic policy priorities including interactions of social, health and welfare policies.	Department of Finance	OPEN	PLIDA
Aggregated Outputs Request - Their Futures Matter	This request supports the 'Their Futures Matter Project', which is developing a data platform to identify groups of vulnerable children and young adults in NSW.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Intergenerational Welfare Dependence	People's life outcomes are strongly related to their family circumstances, structure and transitions as children. Building on research by the University of Sydney, this project will examine the relationship between childhood disadvantage and pathways later in life. The integrated dataset developed for this project will be an important addition to the evidence base on intergenerational welfare dependence. It will extend the scope of possible research beyond welfare payment outcomes for children growing up in low income households to include social, health, employment and economic outcomes.	Department of Social Services	CLOSED	PLIDA
MADIP-Vic DHHS Child Protection Project	This project will support the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to identify intergenerational drivers of entry into the Victorian Child Protection system. It will provide new insights from Commonwealth data and will act as a proof of concept for linking Victorian Government data with Commonwealth data. The analysis will seek to answer the question: What factors influence children and young people entering the Child Protection system including out-of-home care before the age of 5? The research will identify socio-economic and demographic protective and risk factors that influence a child's likelihood of interaction with the Child Protection system. This analysis will be used to promote the safety, stability and development of vulnerable children, young people and their families	Victorian Department of Health and Human Services	CLOSED	PLIDA
Improving Australians' health through pursuing value-based care	This project aims to understand the interrelationship between socioeconomic, family status, employment, private health insurance, government assistance, and health. Previous researchers have studied the determinants of health but the key challenge is to identify a causal relationship, because there are many unobserved factors that could affect health, or there could be a reverse relationship (e.g., income affects health, but health affects income as well).	University of Melbourne	CLOSED	PLIDA
Capital structure determinants and financing decisions	To test the applicability of Pecking Order Theory and Static Trade-off Theory in predicting the capital structure of small manufacturing firms in Australia. This study will test four variables (firm age, firm size, firm growth, firm risk) and their influence on the financing behaviour of small manufacturing firms.	Charles Sturt University	CLOSED	BLADE
Australia's Population - Research Work Program of the Centre for Population, Treasury	The research to be undertaken by the Centre will align with the following four research questions: i) What is Australia's current population and how has it changed over time? ii) What will Australia's population look like in the future? iii) What drives people to relocate? iv) What is the impact of population changes on Australia?	The Treasury	OPEN	PLIDA, Standard
Gender equality in Australia: Impact on social, economic & health outcomes	This project will develop the first Australian-specific multidimensional measure of gender equality. This measure will provide vital means to monitor and track the impact of gender equality campaigns and will ensure that interventions and policies are evidence-based. This project will also establish evidence about the effects of gender equality in relation to economic, social, and wellbeing outcomes.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	PLIDA, Standard
Enhancing income, wealth, housing and expenditure statistics through MADIP	This project will explore how MADIP could support ABS household income, wealth, housing and expenditure data products. It will investigate use of MADIP to support official statistics, including enhancing future survey designs and data editing for the 2020-21 survey collection. Outcomes are expected to reduce the burden of the 2023-24 survey and support the release of statistics using MADIP data created by this project.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Childhood Integrated Longitudinal Dataset (CHILD) Pilot Project	The Childhood Integrated Longitudinal Dataset (CHILD) pilot project aims to create a comprehensive dataset with full coverage of Australian children aged 0 to 18. This dataset will provide an up-to-date administrative population base with accompanying demographic and geographic information to inform early childhood and school education national reporting indicators.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Exploration of characteristics of disadvantage	This projects aims to investigate the characteristics of disadvantage as captured within MADIP. It will consider links between disadvantage as seen in the social security system to disadvantage apparent in health and tax data.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Suicide Prevention Analytics	The aim of the project is to gain greater insight into the prevalence of suicide and its relationship with risk factors, protective factors and social determinants. This project will inform the National Suicide Prevention Taskforce in supporting the National Suicide Prevention Adviser. The information will be used in the development and refinement of suicide prevention policies and strategies, including helping to assist in mapping need and services to ensure supports are delivered at the right times to the right people in the right places.	Department of Health and Aged Care	CLOSED	PLIDA
Health and Economic Impacts of the 2011 Brisbane Floods	This project will describe and identify the impacts of the 2011 Brisbane Floods on important individual outcomes, including health care use, welfare receipt and income.	Monash University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Age Pension Income Means-Test and Late Life Labour Supply	This project intends to understand the effect of Australia's Age Pension income means-test on late life labour supply and its effect on taxation revenue. It will estimate the reduction in labour supply of female Australians around the pension eligible age, the reduction in taxable income and tax revenue due to the income means-test of the Age Pension.	University of Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
The income and substitution effect of disability pension on labour force participation	This project aims to evaluate the impact of 2012 policy changes to the Disability Support Pension (DSP) on labour force participation. It will test whether the relaxation of the cap on total working hours in access to DSP will increase disabled individuals' labour supply and to estimate how many more hours and how much more income.	University of Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Pathways for the Future - Reform Project (Pathways Project) (Stage 1)	The Pathways for the Future project will use MADIP data to look at education-to-work pathways for young people (mainly aged 15-24) in NSW over the period 1996-2016. The Project's findings will provide young people with information about the outcomes of different educational pathways, enabling them to make more informed and individualised choices about their pattern of study and pathway into meaningful work. The research findings will also inform government policies and programs that help young people transition through the education system and find meaningful employment.	NSW Department of Education	CLOSED	PLIDA
Using whole-of-population linked data to strengthen evidence for improving health and health care in Australia: Secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary care	This project aims to identify factors associated with variation in secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) care in primary care. This will provide information to practitioners and policy makers to improve CVD management and potentially reduce the incidence of secondary CVD events in Australia.	Australian National University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Reducing life lost in heatwaves	This project will help vulnerable Australians survive future heatwaves. It will combine government data on the weather, population and health and identify which people are most at risk. The results will support the development of better government services to prevent deaths from heatwaves and other natural hazards that are expected to increase as the climate changes.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Socioeconomic barriers to labour force participation	This project will use MADIP to investigate the socioeconomic barriers to labour force participation and provide a basis for quantitative analysis of target population groups that face disadvantages in the labour market. The project will provide an evidence base that will identify socioeconomic barriers that unemployed people or people not in the labour force experience when seeking to engage in training/education or employment (e.g. level of education, carer responsibilities and health concerns). This analysis will also help to gain insights into some of the key determinants of long term unemployment in South Australia and whether there are any patterns evident in the data for those who find employment (e.g. completion of a qualification, decrease in use of health care, etc.) relative to those who find it difficult to gain employment. The data gained through this exploratory project will be used to construct a consistent process for integrating social aspects into the Department's skills investment planning.	Department for State Development	CLOSED	PLIDA, Standard
Using linked data to inform breast and cervical cancer screening participation	The purpose of this project is to gain insights into screening participation for breast and cervical screening programs in New South Wales, and characteristics of people in New South Wales who have been diagnosed with cancer. This project will be undertaken by the ABS Health and Education Data Design and Analysis Hub, with full funding from the Department of Health.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
The Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) Impact Evaluation Project	The Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) Impact Evaluation Project seeks to better understand the broader impacts of the AMEP on migrant outcomes. The findings of the project will be used by Home Affairs to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the AMEP program, in order to increase learner engagement and therefore improve migrant outcomes.	Department of Home Affairs	OPEN	PLIDA
Out-of-pocket payments for health care	This project examines the financial burden of out-of-pocket health expenditure for Australians. Specifically, the project focuses on the distribution and level of out-of-pocket expenditure including proportion of post-tax income spent on out-of-pocket health costs by demographic groups: gender, age, income group, chronic conditions, disability, remoteness area and state.	Grattan Institute	CLOSED	PLIDA, Standard
Innovation and productivity in the Australian economy: A sectoral analysis	The proposed study aims to investigate the innovation processes across different industry sectors of the Australian economy.	Victoria University	CLOSED	BLADE, Standard
How and under what circumstances digital change facilitates innovation and firm performance in organisations	Over the last few decades, enterprises are increasingly transitioning and adapting to technological advancements and the digitally disruptive environment, which has been accelerated by COVID-19. The purpose of this project is to examine how and under what circumstances digital change facilitates innovation and firm performance in organisations.	University of Adelaide	CLOSED	BLADE
Identifying and mapping vulnerable supply chains	The newly-formed Office of Supply Chain Resilience in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is researching the indications of vulnerable supply chains, mapping the supply chains that support critical national systems, assessing market resilience to disruption and identifying potential strategies to mitigate risks.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	OPEN	BLADE
The characteristics of financially weak firms and implications for government program eligibility criteria	Using BLADE data, this project will examine financially weak firms in Australia, with a focus on their participation in DIIS programs. Broadly defined, financially weak firms are indebted firms that are consistently unable to cover their interest expenses with profits. To survive, these firms need ongoing external capital injections. Some researchers argue that these weak firms should be allowed to fail, especially if they have bleak growth prospects, so that limited capital resources can be directed to more productive uses. Given these implications for efficiency in resource allocation, this project aims to document the extent to which financially weak firms are serviced by DIIS programs and whether program eligibility criteria could be further optimised. This research will attempt to uncover predictors of financial weakness, as well as situations in which financially weak firms have stronger recovery prospects. These findings will assist both the design and implementation stages of policy.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE
Using linked data for efficient sample design for ABS household surveys	The ABS will assess potential benefits (reduced sample size, lower respondent burden, maintained accuracy of statistics) of creating survey design strata at the area and household level based on MADIP datasets. This assessment is in line with the ABS response to Linkage of ABS Address Register with Census Data and/or Contact Data, Privacy Impact Assessment, June 2018.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Effects of welfare programs in Australia on health, health care utilisation and economic well-being	This project investigates the impact of major Australian welfare programs on individuals' health, health care and economic outcomes. We will use quasi-experimental techniques to find the causal effects of these policies by comparing groups of people who have been differentially affected by the program(s) based on geographic, temporal, nationality, and age groups.	University of Sydney	OPEN	PLIDA
Private health insurance enrolments and health care use of Australians	This project will use MADIP data to explore factors driving the demand for private health insurance in Australia. It also aims to examine the impact of having private health insurance on health care use and health outcomes of Australians. Anticipated outcomes from this project include providing a robust evidence base for ongoing policy discussions related to private health insurance enrolments, health care use and the health of Australians.	University of Western Australia	OPEN	PLIDA
Impact of smoking reduction on life expectancy	This project aims to examine whether the population-based tobacco control intervention is more effective in increasing average life expectancy among Australians compared to a high risk tobacco control intervention or a combination of the two when smoking prevalence is reduced to 10% and 0% respectively.	Western Sydney University	CLOSED	PLIDA, Standard
Sociodemographic factors associated with lung cancer	This project will explore a data integration analytical file produced from MADIP to understand the relationship between sociodemographic factors and the prevalence of lung cancer. The information will be used to inform an Australian Government Lung Cancer screening policy and associated guidelines for screening participants. There is potential to establish a 'risk score' to better target the screening population.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Correction for linking bias in Data Integration Partnership Program (DIPA) data sets	The purpose of this project is to develop and adapt methods to address possible linking errors within integrated DIPA datasets to enable valid statistical inferences. The anticipated outcome is a generic method that can be applied to ABS integrated data sets to adjust for statistical bias due to false negatives or false positives. A particular focus will be on the linkage of survey to administrative data as this will enable the research work to draw reliable conclusions on methods for accounting for statistical bias when linking survey to administrative data.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Defence Industry Data Analytics	This project will use BLADE data to form an assessment of the health of firms underpinning Defence's Sovereign Industrial Capability Priorities (SICP). It will also serve as a proof of concept for a larger initiative to use BLADE data to support policymaking at Defence.	Department of Defence	CLOSED	BLADE
Examining ecological risk factors associated with spatial disparities in cancer burden in Australia	There is clear evidence that a high level of spatial variation in the burden of cancer exists across Australia. However, it is not clear why these observed patterns exist. To help address this gap in knowledge, the proposed study aims to investigate the association between the spatial patterns in known cancer risk factors and the spatial patterns in cancer-related indicators by small geographical area level. Results will be incorporated into future extensions of the Australian Cancer Atlas. Findings from this study will inform the design and targeting of future interventions aimed at reducing cancer burden in Australia.	Queensland University of Technology	OPEN	PLIDA, Standard
Fatal Burden of Disease (FBOD) 2016	This project aims to investigate health and health care in Australia by examining the variation in fatal burden of disease.	Australian National University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Health and Economic Impacts of Major Adverse Events	This project will quantify the impacts of major adverse events in Australia on health and economic outcomes of individuals and their families, and identify the population subgroups for which the negative impacts are largest.	Monash University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Study of Income Inequality	This project will exploit MADIP to learn more about income inequality in Australia. MADIP has several characteristics which enable different aspects of income inequality in Australia to be probed for the first time (relative to what is already known from data sources like Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, ABS Survey of Income and Housing, the Census and the ATO Personal Income Tax sample file). The anticipated outcomes of the project will be an improved understanding of income inequality in Australia. In particular, the research team aims to learn more about the income dynamics of the top 1% of households, and the geographic causes and consequences of income inequality.	Australian National University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Trademarks and exporting: evidence from Australian microdata	The purpose of this project is to investigate how trademark use impacts the export behaviour and performance of Australian businesses. It also aims to profile: (i) how the characteristics of trademark-using businesses/exporters differ from non-trademark-using businesses/exporters (in terms of the level of employment, turnover, productivity, investment, etc.); (ii) whether trademark use impacts business survival probability; and (iii) which industries and geographic locations have a higher/lower than average concentration of trademarks and what factors could explain such differences. Its findings will inform export promotion policies and programs.	IP Australia	OPEN	BLADE
Productivity impact from improvements in broadband	The project will analyse the productivity and economic benefits of broadband in Australia by drawing on various established methodologies to assess how improved broadband speeds and coverage have impacted on productivity and economic indicators for Australia. This will include examining firm-level business performance based on broadband use.	The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts	CLOSED	BLADE
Cultural industries business characteristics and employment in Australia	This project seeks to describe and analyse the business characteristics and employment aggregates for the cultural industries of Australia to 4-digit ANZSIC level. Specifically, the data will be used to examine the size and scope of the Australian cultural industries to 4-digit ANZSIC level. Establishing a better quantitative understanding of the size and scope of these industries will allow the construction of a baseline against which can be measured the scale of the COVID-associated activity downturn on 2020. Related policy implications include the analysis of the output impact of Commonwealth and state COVID stimulus and emergency funding packages to the arts and cultural industries in 2020.	Monash University	CLOSED	BLADE
Estimating productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment	Economic benefits of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to Australia stem from the fact that foreign owned firms exhibit productivity advantages compared to domestic firms as a consequence of their proprietary technology and know-how and access to markets. These spillovers are typically contingent on geographic and industrial proximity. Capturing the productivity benefits is crucial to estimating the overall benefit of FDI. In the absence of these, FDI and domestic investment would be mere substitutes.	Swinburne University of Technology	CLOSED	BLADE
Productivity Commission research and reporting	This project supports the Productivity Commission's research and reporting functions, including inquiries. MADIP and BLADE are assisting the Productivity Commission to dig deeper into specific industries for bespoke productivity and performance analysis across a range of publications.	Productivity Commission	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
Firm level drivers of price and wage inflation	This project examines the firm-level drivers of price and wage inflation with two separate approaches. The first uses the microdata to construct a measure of input costs to assess the effects of marginal costs on output prices. The second uses the microdata to assess the effects of firm profits and labour productivity on real wages. The outcomes will illustrate the role of firm cost structure in the New Keynesian Phillips curve and whether structural factors have placed downward pressure on wage growth.	University of New England	OPEN	BLADE
Establishment of data infrastructure for research and administration	The public value of the project is the unique opportunity to enrich existing cancer data with that from MADIP, in particular Census data. The resulting research will allow data gaps to be filled and provide a greater understanding of the importance of demographic and socioeconomic factors in all stages of the cancer journey, including survivorship.	Cancer Institute NSW	OPEN	PLIDA
Business resilience to interest rate shocks	Using BLADE, this project will assess the strength of the relationship between debt servicing, and business performance and survival, to facilitate effective monetary and regulatory responses.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Trade Performance Analysis	The Trade Performance Analysis Project (TPAP) will use international merchandise trade and business characteristics data from BLADE to produce relevant, timely information about the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on Australia's trade position. The specific outputs for publication are yet to be determined. For example, the ABS may initially release separate graph visualisations to illustrate the novelty of the proposed method over a selection of industry sectors which are representative of those affected and unaffected by COVID-19, and then later publish more complete results in a published article outlining key findings for all industry sectors.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE
Coronavirus' impact on Australia's International Trade in Goods and Service	DFAT are closely monitoring the impact of the Coronavirus on Australia's International Trade in Goods and Services (ITGS) to be able to understand which industries, businesses and regions are affected. The ability to access early release of export and import data will help inform DFAT's ability to contribute to the Government's response to the Coronavirus and the Coronavirus Economic Stimulus plan.	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	CLOSED	BLADE
Tracking Labour Market Spare Capacity in Real Time	In this project, the Reserve Bank of Australia will use the jobs related data (as first used by the Treasury on the Real Time Labour Market Tracker project) to monitor and research developments in the labour market. The project will provide insights on labour market transitions at a high frequency and in (almost) real time, and examine how these transitions are influenced by economic policies. In turn, this will improve the Bank's ability to assess and forecast the degree of spare capacity in the labour market as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 shock, informing monetary policy and economic policy more broadly.	Reserve Bank of Australia	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
Survey of Income and Housing Linkage Project	This project will involve production of high quality data from the Survey of Income and Housing (SIH) using integrated data to supplement or substitute reported data.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Wages and hours in the Australian labour market	This project will investigate structural drivers of employment outcomes and firm performance, to inform advice about the medium-term outlook and new policy proposals. In particular, Treasury analysts will analyse the relationships between employment outcomes and characteristics, such as hours worked, wages paid and methods of setting pay and, with these data linked to BLADE, business characteristics, such as industry of origin, productivity, rent-sharing and the like.	The Treasury	CLOSED	BLADE
From Macro to Micro: The drivers of multi-factor productivity (MFP) growth in Australia	This project will use firm-level data from BLADE to better understand the micro-drivers of aggregate MFP growth in Australia. Productivity growth is one of the key drivers of future living standards, and this analysis can help to enhance government services by identifying structural reform opportunities.	The Treasury	CLOSED	BLADE
COVID Companies receiving JobKeeper payments	This project will be aimed at better understanding the take-up and functioning of the Government's JobKeeper policy, by allowing for analysis of the nature of firms that do and do not take up the policy.	The Treasury	CLOSED	BLADE
Product and Labour Market Concentration: implications for the Australian economy	This project will use microdata to explore trends in labour and product market concentration in Australia. The analysis will help policy makers to better understand trends in labour and product market concentration, which has implications for wage and productivity growth, and will help inform policy making.	The Treasury	CLOSED	BLADE
Australian Life Tables: Retirement Income Sub Tables - Australian Government Actuary	This project is focused on analysing and evaluating sub-group mortality rates for all Australians aged over 65. It seeks to identify more meaningful predictors of mortality, which will then inform the compilation of more robust and accurate Life Tables. This information will support Governments in the development of retirement or social welfare policy, and the insurance and superannuation industries to create more relevant retirement income products, which could improve the financial wellbeing of older Australians.	Australian Government Actuary	OPEN	PLIDA, Standard
Community and Industry Vulnerability to COVID-19	This project will explore community and industry vulnerability to COVID-19 with a focus on which and to what extent different communities and industry sectors are affected by the ensuing economic downturn.	Griffith University	CLOSED	BLADE
Assessing the quality: PITMID to MADIP	This project aims to assess the statistical impact of creating the Personal Income of Migrants Integrated Dataset (PITMID) (2016-2017) from the MADIP asset. The assessment will compare the number and quality of links by visa and State/Territory.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA, Standard
The characteristics of Victorian businesses	This project will use BLADE to create detailed industry profiles for future use, perform empirical analysis on how changes in the economy affect businesses, and simulate the effect of possible changes.	Vic Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions	OPEN	BLADE
Sociodemographic factors associated with pancreatic cancer	This project will explore integrated data produced from the MADIP to understand the relationship between sociodemographic factors and the prevalence of pancreatic cancer. The information will be used to inform a National Pancreatic Cancer Roadmap.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
What are the business characteristics of VET providers?	This project will provide insight into the business characteristics of Vocational Education and Training providers who delivered more than 2000 qualifications in 2019.	National Skills Commission	CLOSED	BLADE
From Micro to Macro: Understanding how microeconomic shocks cause aggregate macroeconomic fluctuations	This project uses integrated data from MADIP and BLADE to investigate how microeconomic shocks affect the macroeconomy. The analysis measures the extent to which shocks to important sectors propagate and amplify via other sectors of the Australian economy that are dependent on one another. Quantifying the aggregate impact of sectoral interdependence is important for both microeconomic and macroeconomic policy.	University of Western Australia	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Identifying the impact of COVID-19 on Australian trade volumes	Analysis of more timely non-integrated disaggregated Merchandise Trade data to analyse possible disruptions due to COVID-19 to global value chains.	The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts	CLOSED	BLADE
Firm dynamics and hiring practices	The project will explore the relationship between firm performance and employment decisions.	University of New South Wales	CLOSED	BLADE
Understanding Small Business Success and Viability in Australia	This project, in collaboration with the Australian Tax Office (ATO), aims to conduct research in the engagement of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's) with the ATO and how to improve on these practices in order to increase the survival rate of SME's.	Queensland University of Technology	CLOSED	BLADE
Financial constraints and process innovation: Evidence from Australian firms	Improvements in a firm's operational processes, known as process innovation, is a silent driver of economic growth. This project explores the impact of financial constraints on process innovation in Australian businesses. The results from this research will help increase the evidence base needed to inform innovation policy.	James Cook University	CLOSED	BLADE
Economic impact of exports for the Gold Coast	The project aims to measure the contribution of international exports to the Gold Coast economy and further understand the characteristics of exporting businesses. The outcomes will inform improved decision making for the delivery of economic development initiatives that will support and develop exporting businesses across sectors.	Gold Coast City Council	CLOSED	BLADE
Australian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and Intellectual Property (IP) rights	This research proposes to investigate whether intellectual property rights (IPRs) have a positive impact on Australian small and medium enterprise (SMEs) in terms of their performance in employment, turnover and productivity growth. In addition, the research aims to determine whether SMEs IP activities can be used as an indicator to assess their growth potential. IP rights such as patents, trademarks and industrial designs allow SMEs to appropriate the results of their creativity, inventiveness and R&D investment and create an incentive for further investment in innovation. However, IPRs can also be a costly venture, especially for SMEs that have relatively less resources to obtain and maintain IPRs compared with large enterprise. Therefore, research is needed to determine whether SMEs can leverage their IP rights to grow and perform better.	IP Australia	CLOSED	BLADE
Industrial Energy Productivity	This project seeks to understand business energy decisions by investigating micro-level energy productivity, and the extent to which there is an energy productivity gap.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
User collaboration in business-to-business firms	This project aims to describe business-to-business (B2B) firms' interactions with users via social media for innovation purposes. The goal is to identify best user collaborative innovation strategies and the level of active vs. passive user activity that is required to develop new products and services using social media. In addition, the project aims to describe the contingencies such as firm size, firms' absorptive capacity, number of users and market uncertainty that explain the innovation output of these interactions.	Australian National University	CLOSED	BLADE
Benchmarking Riverland Viticultural Businesses in Australia	This project is part of a wider project towards the development of a Digital Vineyard Guidance System that will help growers optimise production processes, manage risks and drive continual improvements in vineyard profitability and sustainability. The guidance system represents a technology 'platform' that can provide real-time information on current and projected future status across a vineyard-at high spatial and temporal resolutions and across a broader variety of variables of interest-as well and will provide the basis for optimising farm management decisions.	University of Adelaide	CLOSED	BLADE
Trade Tensions and Firm Performance	This project is intended to help to us to understand the impacts external shocks have on the Australian economy in a broad sense, but also more directly on firms, industries and regions. To do so, the project will try to examine a number of aspects of trade, including: the geographic concentration of firm exports; the ability for firms to change export markets; the geographic concentration of certain export industries within Australia; and the effect of foreign shocks, such as demand shocks, exchange rate shocks, and tariff changes, on firms performance and productivity.	The Treasury	CLOSED	BLADE
Small Business White Paper 2021: Post COVID Policy Options for Australia	The IPA-Deakin SME Research Centre, Deakin University, is proposing to release a "Small Business White Paper 2021: Post-COVID Policy Options for Australia" in April 2021. The proposed Small Business White Paper 2021 (SBWP-2021) project will build on and update some of the content and recommendations provided in the White Papers released in 2015 and 2018.	Deakin University	CLOSED	BLADE
Innovation Quality and Tax Incentives	This project examines whether R&D tax incentives schemes are effective at promoting greater corporate innovation activities, as measured by their patenting and trademarking output. The project will inform policy makers on the effectiveness of existing schemes aimed at incentivising private sector innovation.	Deakin University	CLOSED	BLADE
Skin Cancer Overdiagnosis Project	This research will involve the analysis of data in MADIP for a project aimed at investigating and quantifying the extent of overdiagnosis of melanoma and keratinocyte cancer in Australia.	QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute	CLOSED	PLIDA
Individual and firm-level effects of natural disasters	Natural disasters such as bushfires, floods and cyclones can have a powerful impact on the economic wellbeing of individuals and firms. In recent years, the literature on disaster preparedness and the effects of natural disasters has expanded rapidly. This project will expand this literature by estimating the effects of natural disasters on firm performance, and individual economic wellbeing. This will estimate both the short-term effects of natural disasters on labour market dynamics, as well as the medium-term scarring on key economic outcomes such as productivity, and firm innovation and digitisation. Where possible, research will also test whether certain population subgroups are more vulnerable following disaster.	Australian National University	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Proof of Concept for National Crime and Justice Data Linkage Project - Justice and Tax Linkage	This exploratory work extends Proof of Concept for National Crime and Justice Data Linkage Project activities by testing the feasibility of linkage between selected criminal justice sector datasets with national Personal Income Tax datasets.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Adding homelessness flag to MADIP 2016 Census dataset	This project aims to check the feasibility of adding a homelessness flag to the Census dataset of MADIP for 2016 (and 2011 at a later stage). Such a flag on the MADIP would allow targeted analyses of the homeless cohort (and those at risk) to determine their social, economic and health trajectories.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Improving the effectiveness of Indigenous Preferential Procurement Programs	This is the first stage of a project that aims to build data infrastructure to estimate the impacts that Indigenous Preferential Procurement Policies are having on Indigenous businesses and indigenous communities, including the barriers to, and catalysts for, success.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Job creation in Australia: The role of Small Businesses	This research project aims to investigate the distribution of employment in small firms across industries and whether or not having a large fraction of small businesses in an industry can predict the degree of job creation or destruction within that industry.	University of Queensland	OPEN	BLADE
NSW Employment Dynamics	This project is the exploratory phase of an ongoing data analytics project to better understand firm level job creation and destruction in NSW (and Australia).	NSW Treasury	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
Drivers of Poor Learning	This project will identify opportunities to lift the learning trajectories of students by exploring the influence and prevalence of out-of-school factors on academic progress. For the first time, student level data from the National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) will be linked to MADIP data to create a longitudinal de-identified student-level dataset. The research will establish a baseline for student learning progress that can be compared with later trajectories to inform on the effectiveness of reforms in the health, social services and education portfolios.	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	CLOSED	PLIDA
R&D spillovers - determinants and impacts	This project aims to investigate the impacts and determinants of spillover effects of R&D conducted by Australian firms.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Taxonomy of digital intensity	This project will primarily create scores to understand digital intensity in Australia. The paper also aims to provide evidence on the relationship between use of digital technologies and firm performance to help inform policies aimed at building digital capability and diffusion of digital technologies.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Firm Dynamics and Entrepreneurship in Australia	Firm dynamism and entrepreneurship in Australia has gone through ups and downs. This project will conduct a series of studies to better understand and document firm dynamism using various performance indicators and will analyse factors that might be affecting (improving or hindering) dynamism and entrepreneurship.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Determinants of innovation by type	This project aims to understand the key drivers of innovation according to type, e.g.; new goods or services and processes.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Trade costs, value chains and Australian firms' performance	Trade policy reforms affect trade costs. This project will study how firms' performance, as well as their participation in international markets and in value chains, change because of changes in trade policy and associated changes in trade costs. By studying how firms respond to policy changes and by exploring mechanisms that affect the relationship between the change in trade costs and firm performance, the project will inform policy-makers and the Australian community of the consequences of trade policy for businesses.	University of Adelaide	CLOSED	BLADE
Trade analysis and its impact on the Australian economy	This project will provide evidence for policies that are important for Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian government. The analysis will examine: drivers and bottlenecks for trading firms; the resilience of trading firms to external shocks; the impact of trade on Australian firms (growth, productivity, innovation and employment); and provide analysis to support future trade negotiations. This analysis will be used to examine what policy tools can be used to help Australian firms increase trade, improve resilience, and diversify exports.	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	OPEN	BLADE
Personal Income Tax and Migrants Integrated Dataset 2017-18 Production Project	This project combines the settlement records of migrants (granted a permanent visa since 2000) with personal income generated from employment and/or from Government benefits, to produce the Personal Income of Migrants Integrated Dataset (PIMID). The project outcome (PIMID) is an official ABS statistic, presented as data cubes and will be available to ABS stakeholders and the public. PIMID offers unique information on migrant incomes not available from any other Government data source, and is valued by policy makers and researchers.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
The Nature of Firm Growth in Australia: The Role of Ex-Ante vs Ex-Post Factors	In Australia and in the rest of the world, a large number of start-up businesses fail early and those that survive grow at very different speeds. These differences in business exit and growth can be attributed to either ex-ante heterogeneity (e.g., differences in the qualities of business ideas) or ex-post factors (e.g., shocks to demand or productivity). Using microdata in BLADE, this project aims to measure the importance of ex-ante and ex-post factors in explaining firm dynamics in Australia by extending the methodology in Pugsley et al. (2020). These findings will allow us to: (1) shed light on the sources of decline in Australia's business dynamism over the last two decades, and (2) inform ongoing debates on business tax reform.	University of Queensland	OPEN	BLADE
Non-Financial Performance Measurement and Organisational Outcomes	This project explores the effects of non-financial performance measurement on organisational outcomes by using state of the art causal inference methods. The purpose is to understand if and how non-financial performance measurement is able to assist SMEs to improve their financial and non-financial performance.	Bond University Ltd	CLOSED	BLADE
Industry and Employment Dynamics in South Australia	This project aims to inform economic development policy, and program evaluation will enhance well-being for South Australians through effective government programs.	SA Department of the Premier and Cabinet	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Non-technological Vs Technological Innovation Performance -A Longitudinal and Comparative Perspective	Innovation is a key driver of productivity and economic growth. Innovation in firms can be categorised as technological innovation including product and process and non-technological innovation such as organisational and marketing. Via quantitative analysis of secondary data (i.e. ABS Business Characteristics Surveys and European Community Innovation Surveys data), this research aims to address the following innovation research gaps: limited research on non-technological innovation, lack of innovation studies on Australian firms especially from a longitudinal perspective, and lack of comparisons between different economies.	University of Western Australia	CLOSED	BLADE
NDDA - Education to Employment pathways for people with disability: a SA linkage study	The project will aim to explore the barriers to employment, identify background and pathway factors that explain variations in outcome, identify supports which help to close the gap between people with disabilities and the general population, and describe the pathways into employment or further education for young adults with disabilities.	SA Department of Human Services	CLOSED	PLIDA
R&D's impact on innovation output	This project will estimate the influence of R&D on the propensity of firms to introduce innovation, and whether this has changed over time.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
COVID-19 Aggregate and modelled outputs	This project supports rapid response to government agencies for urgent requests for confidentialised aggregate and modelled statistical outputs or estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic. This project makes use of integrated data from the MADIP and BLADE data assets.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Feasibility of Simulating MADIP and BLADE Data	This project assesses the feasibility of creating simulated microdata that preserves key relationships between variables in MADIP and BLADE while maintaining data confidentiality.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Program Analytics Tool (PAT) - annual update	This project aims to improve the targeting and efficacy of government support for businesses by developing a user-friendly Program Analytics Tool (PAT) that enables internal users to explore key attributes and performance measures of cohorts of firms that participate in Department of Industry, Science and Resources programs.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Taxation, Employment, and the Performance of Australian Businesses in the Age of Pandemic	This project will investigate the potential change in the responding pattern of Australian businesses to taxation policies and more flexible employment schemes during the COVID-19 pandemic.	Australian National University	CLOSED	BLADE
Examining the competitive structure of Australia's food value chain	This research aims to explore the competitive structure of Australia's food value chain, with a specific focus on comparing fresh food and processed food pathways. Observed differences in the two pathways within Australia's food value chain will be discussed in relation to how they could enable or impede the promotion of healthier food value chains and food environments in Australia.	Deakin University	CLOSED	BLADE
Investment Characteristics of Successful Innovative Businesses	This project analyses whether businesses' investments in intangible assets leads to improved business performance and growth. We expect that intangible investments vis-a-vis tangible investment will perform differently as they: can be non-rivalrous (i.e. scalable such as brands, software); can deliver market power (e.g. intellectual property); are heterogeneous (e.g. know-how); but are more uncertain and non-mortgageable.	Swinburne University of Technology	CLOSED	BLADE
Direct Measure of Capacity to Contribute ('CtC') for Non-Government School Funding Model	This project builds upon research led by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment, providing a direct measure of income as an input into the annual capacity to contribute assessment, which informs the amount of base recurrent funding for non-government schools. Under previous arrangements capacity to contribute was calculated using information on the socio-economic status of the area(s) where the students resided. Integrated data enables the use of a more direct measure of a school community's capacity to contribute, as well as further research to refine and improve the methods.	Department of Education	OPEN	PLIDA
Disability and the social determinants of health in Australia	This project will explore the health-effects of social and economic disadvantage experienced by people with disabilities in Australia.	University of Melbourne	CLOSED	PLIDA
Water and Society Extension Project	The Water and society project uses MADIP and BLADE data to explore the relationship between water conditions (flow, volume, connectivity and allocations) and regional socio-economic and human health outcomes.	Murray Darling Basin Authority	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
Drivers of innovation, dynamics of innovation persistence and performance	This project investigates the dynamic relationships among the key drivers of innovation, innovation persistence and business performance within food industry businesses in Australia.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE
Innovation in the Manufactured Food Sector	Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), is collaborating with Swinburne University to better understand the importance of product innovation to achieving an efficient, internationally competitive food industry and how this further supports Australian and New Zealand exports.	Swinburne University of Technology	CLOSED	BLADE
Design Rights / Economic effect of Design Rights on design-intensive firms	This project will analyse the economic effect of Design Rights on design-intensive firms. Specifically: (1) Change in the term of protection for designs under the Designs Act 2003. (2) Changes to firm performance of Design Right holders following the change in jurisdiction to the Federal Magistrates Court/Federal Circuit Court in 2013. (3) The (un) availability of unregistered protection for designs in the form of copyright post 2004 for industries which used copyright to protect designs.	Swinburne University of Technology	OPEN	BLADE
R & D Spillovers	The project aims to provide an improved understanding of spillover effects and social benefits from research and development, particularly what type of research produces higher level of spillovers.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	OPEN	BLADE
Evaluate the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage program	The project aims to evaluate the effect of the ARC Linkage program on the performance of partnering businesses and to estimate the effect the program has on related businesses (competitors, suppliers and customers).	Swinburne University of Technology	OPEN	BLADE
Firm Level Productivity and its drivers	This project is intended to be an empirical analysis to understand the productivity and competitiveness of firms, industries and regions in NSW, as well as their drivers. In particular it focuses on the role location plays in firm level productivity. This work can help the NSW Government formulate targeted interventions to create economic conditions favourable to increasing firm productivity and competitiveness.	NSW Department of Enterprise Investment and Trade	CLOSED	BLADE
Parametric and non-parametric techniques (with University of New South Wales)	This project determines the feasibility of measuring firm level productivity using the experimental firm level capital input measures developed in the below project (Scoping/feasibility study to include capital input measures for firm level productivity). Specifically, it will test the applications of parametric and non-parametric statistical tools with the aim of coming up with experimental firm level productivity measures which can be used by BLADE users in micro-modelling and analysis.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE
Assessing the impact of structural adjustment funds on participant firms' performance	This project will extend previous work on the impacts associated with firm participation in the Innovation and Investment Funds (IIF) by assessing the performance of IIF participants in Tasmania.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE
Patterns and determinants of innovation by novelty	This project aims to improve our understanding of the drivers of business innovation by novelty (novelty = new to world, new to Australia, new to market, new to industry and new to firm) by examining the determinants of each type of innovation. The analysis will identify and assess recent innovation dynamics in Australia that can inform policy makers in adapting and refining policies designed to encourage innovation in the Australian economy.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
The prevalence and impact of mental health disorders on income support and student outcomes	Mental health disorders are the leading cause of non-fatal disease burden in Australia and worldwide. This project will use linked data to investigate the elevated levels of mental health disorders reported in recipients of income support and students to gain policy insights.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Why has youth income slowed?	Thanks to rising productivity and real wages growth, each new generation has earned more income than the last at a given age and reached the same level of income earlier in life. However, incomes have grown slowly since the global financial crisis, and income growth has been particularly weak for young people. The purpose of this project is to analyse recent trends in youth income growth and what is contributing to these trends.	Productivity Commission	CLOSED	PLIDA
Identification of people with disability in linked administrative data for service use and outcomes reporting	This project aims to test the capacity of the National Disability Data Asset (NDDA) to create an indicator for people with disability based on existing administrative data, and to test the NDDA's suitability for reporting against the future National Disability Strategy (NDS) Outcomes Framework.	Department of Social Services	CLOSED	PLIDA
How Australian Families are faring in the face of economic and wider-labour market changes pre and post COVID-19	There are two purposes to this project: 1. To inform research on how Australian Families are faring in the face of economic and wider-labour market changes pre and post COVID-19, and 2. To provide the department regular (monthly) analytical extracts on families on income support and/or Family Tax Benefit and Paid Parental Leave to monitor Family Tax Benefit population and to help shape future policy development and implementation.	Department of Social Services	CLOSED	PLIDA
Income inequality health and charitable giving	This project will explore the relationship between individuals' socioeconomic and health characteristics and their charitable giving. The aim is to determine whether an individual's income/socioeconomic status relative to their locality affects their charitable giving, as well as how responses vary with changes in relative income levels that may occur when individuals move to different neighbourhoods. Anticipated outcomes will be research papers that will provide a greater understanding of the determinants of charitable giving in Australia.	Monash University	OPEN	PLIDA
Using whole-of-population linked data to strengthen evidence for improving health and health care in Australia: Equity of out-of-pocket costs for Medicare services and prescription medicines	This project aims to examine socioeconomic variation in out-of-pocket costs for medical services on the Medicare Benefits Schedule and for prescriptions under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. It will describe the distribution of these out-of-pocket costs in relation to household income to assess the extent to which payments toward health care costs are related to ability to pay, and how out-of-pocket costs vary by sociodemographic characteristics and key health conditions. This will provide information regarding equity of health care financing in Australia to inform policy and practice.	Australian National University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Benefits of educational attainment	This project will use MADIP data to showcase the social, health and welfare benefits of education and training for Australians and Australian society as a whole. The project will help the department communicate the importance of education and training to the Australian public and thereby build social licence for education and training policy. This project will also contrast outcomes for different educational pathways to inform more efficient and effective policy initiatives.	Department of Education	CLOSED	PLIDA, Standard
The Fiscal Ventilator	This project will examine the short-term distributional consequences of Commonwealth actions to supplement incomes of millions of Australians who found their economic opportunities restricted while their essential costs of living piled up. It will focus on the recipients of JobKeeper, Jobseeker, related payments (such as Youth Allowance, Parenting payment and special benefit), and eligible Australians that gained early access to retirement savings held in their superannuation.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Health and welfare characteristics of current serving, ex-serving and reserve members of the ADF, and their dependents: AIHW-DVA research work program	This project involves the analysis of data to support the current AIHW-DVA research partnership. This partnership is building a comprehensive profile of the health and welfare of Australia's veteran population. Analysis will be based on the veteran-centred model (VCM) which identifies 7 domains for measuring health and welfare: housing; education and skills; employment; income and finance; health; social support; and justice and safety. The ongoing reporting of suicide rates among serving, reserve and ex-serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel is a key output of the work program.	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	OPEN	PLIDA
Veterans data linkage to MADIP (Veteran Suicide analysis)	This project involves the analysis of data to support the Independent Review of Historical Suicides for the National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicides (the Review). The Review is the first priority of the National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention (the National Commissioner) who is being established by the Australian Government to inquire into deaths by suicide of ADF members and veterans. The Review will: (1) Analyse available data and information to identify trends, systemic issues, and common risk and protective factors, including consideration of social and cultural factors; (2) Consider the possible contribution of pre-service, service, transition, and post-service issues; (3) Examine available research and data relating to suicidal ideation and incidence of suicide attempts and self-harm among ADF members and veterans; and (4) Take account of the findings and recommendations of previous relevant reports and inquiries.	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	CLOSED	PLIDA
Better understanding the impact of health and social factors on the transition from education to work	This project aims to understand the significant social and health risk factors that prevent Australians from completing their tertiary studies and transitioning from tertiary education (including Vocational Education and Training and university studies) to employment.	Department of Education	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Health and Welfare by occupation - first responders and sportspersons	The purpose of this project is to build an evidence base on health and welfare by occupation, in particular of first responders and sportspersons.	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	CLOSED	PLIDA
Australian Climate Services (ACS) Data Evaluation	There are significant data and analysis gaps in our understanding of vulnerability and resilience to natural disasters. This is due to poor access to relevant and highly granular data and the resulting inability to develop tailored metrics drawing on linked social, economic, and environmental datasets. ACS is addressing these issues in its support for the prospective National Resilience, Relief and Recovery Agency (NRRRA). MADIP, BLADE and related datasets provide rich information which can be used for in-depth and timely analysis about people and businesses in disaster-prone areas.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
DISER Program Analytics Tool (PAT)	The Program Analytics Tool (PAT) is a new web-based tool which provides valuable insights into businesses that participate in programs run by the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (DISER). The tool uses data from the Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment (BLADE) - a valuable government data asset with information on all actively trading Australian firms. The tool includes data on the characteristics and performance of DISER program participants. The development of PAT increases the transparency of government programs and helps policymakers and other stakeholder groups to take advantage of existing administrative data to understand the client profile of existing programs and inform decisions on designing future programs to assist Australian businesses. The Department plans to release an improved version of PAT in December 2020 by including more up to date data until 2018-19 financial year.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Multi-country Collaboration Projects (Business R&D structure and dynamics, and the impact of public support for business R&D)	Australia engages with international organisations and contributes to their reports on comparative studies of R&D, productivity, job creation, and innovation across countries. There are two projects that DISER is collaborating on: OECD's MicroBERD and PRN's Compnet. Both projects involve running supplied code on microdata and providing a set of aggregate data cubes, simple statistics and regression results. These data will be collated with data from other countries and used for policy and advice and also published as reports.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Their futures matter	This project uses longitudinal de-identified linked government administrative data to create a data platform that will: (1) identify groups of vulnerable children and young people within the NSW population, and highlight their poor long-term social outcomes, and the high government service and support costs required to address the needs of these groups, (2) examine the personal and family characteristics associated with poor long-term outcomes for individuals in these groups, (3) serve as an evidence-based tool to support business cases for new public policies and interventions aimed at improving the outcomes for vulnerable children, (4) support the evaluation of the effectiveness of public policies and interventions.	NSW Department of Communities and Justice	OPEN	PLIDA
Experiences of people with disability	This project will use MADIP to examine receipt of Medicare Benefits Schedule services and income support payments by people with disability and their carers. It is part of a broader project that seeks to improve the evidence base around the experiences of people with disability and their carers in key life areas, such as health, income, social support, employment, education, housing, justice, and safety.	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	CLOSED	PLIDA, Standard
Wage Agreements and Demand Shocks Employment and Output Effects Program	This project investigates the relationship between long term wage agreements and the economic performance of firms following a large negative demand shock. This does so by comparing the performance of firms that entered a long term wage agreement just prior to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) to two control groups; (1) Firms that entered long term wage agreements after the GFC, (2) Firms that did not enter into long term wage agreements. By comparing these groups, the project aims to quantify the impact on long-term wage agreements on firm level outcomes when faced with large negative demand shocks.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	BLADE
Disability and social determinants of health in Australia	This project will explore the health-effects of social and economic disadvantage experienced by people with disabilities in Australia.	University of Melbourne	OPEN	PLIDA
Impact Assessment of Austrade's services	This project assists Austrade to establish a set of consistent, objective methodologies designed to provide robust quantitative estimates of the impact of many of Austrade's services and programs aimed at promoting Australia's trade and investment. The outcomes can provide evidence for how Austrade assists in strengthening Australia's export base and investment, while shedding light on the areas requiring further attention.	Austrade	OPEN	BLADE
Vulnerable Supply Chains	The Productivity Commission is using integrated data from BLADE to research the indications of vulnerable supply chains, the impacts if one of these chains were to be broken, and the potential preventative strategies to mitigate these risks.	Productivity Commission	CLOSED	BLADE
Socioeconomic determinants of suicide	The project will investigate socioeconomic determinants of suicide. The analysis will add to a growing international literature on the importance of social determinants in suicide risk.	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	OPEN	PLIDA
Innovation in SMEs: the role of interfirm collaborations and flexible work arrangements	The aim of this project is to examine whether interfirm collaboration and flexible work arrangements lead to innovation diversity in the Australian SMEs. The project outcome will be in the form of two research publications in peer-reviewed journals.	University of New England	CLOSED	BLADE
Long-term outcomes for Indigenous Participants of Employment	This project aims to better understand the long-term pathways taken by Indigenous Australians after they cease participating in employment services programs.	National Indigenous Australians Agency	OPEN	PLIDA
Improving childcare policy modelling in the CAPITA microsimulation model	This project aims to redevelop the CAPITA microsimulation model to be able to use childcare data in the Survey of Income and Housing (SIH) Micro Unit Record File (MURF). It will assess the performance of the new model against the existing approach used by DESE and benchmark the model results against available childcare aggregates held by various Government departments. It will also make recommendations on the quality of the model for childcare policy purposes. Once the model is prepared, it will use simulation methods to analyse the distributional impact of child care policies.	Department of Education	OPEN	PLIDA, Standard
Understanding LFS transitions and gross flows	This project aims to understand LFS dynamics, characteristics (including detailed cross-sectional analyses), transitions and gross flows, to enable us to form a clearer picture of labour market dynamics and assist Government decision-making.	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	OPEN	PLIDA, Standard
The impact of company tax cuts on Australian businesses	This project uses BLADE to examine business performance and the impact of company tax changes, initially focusing on changes since July 2015 when the tax rate for Australian businesses with a turnover of less than $2 million was lowered from 30 per cent to 28.5 per cent. Outcomes from this project will contribute to understanding the impacts of favourable tax treatment on small businesses.	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	CLOSED	BLADE
Pathways for workers affected by industry downturn	This project examines the different pathways workers take when they are the subject of an industry downturn, with the aim of supporting economic structural adjustment policy measures based on the factors that limit or enable successful transitions for affected workers.	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Imputation from MADIP	This project will seek to develop and implement methods for imputing missing data, developing synthetic variables and validating the MADIP data asset against other sources. The project will make the imputed data sets available to other authorised users, provide sample code to replicate the methods, and develop academic publications presenting results and documenting the process. This project will result in improved coverage of key concepts needed to conduct analysis in the MADIP environment and contribute to the enduring asset.	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	CLOSED	PLIDA
Refresh of ABS project: Modelling labour force status for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples using MADIP	The Indigenous Affairs Group have identified a need for accurate and more readily available statistics on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander labour force status to better inform their policy work. This project will investigate the feasibility of a machine learning solution using MADIP to create more accurate labour force estimates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	CLOSED	PLIDA
Understanding socio-demographic cohorts in the COVID-19 Vaccines Strategy	The Department of Health is co-ordinating the COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment Strategy (henceforth 'the Strategy'). One of the goals of the Strategy is that Australians will receive safe and effective vaccines under a targeted and responsive national COVID-19 vaccination policy and immunisation program. This project will inform the Strategy by using deidentified data in MADIP linked to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) dataset to enable more granular breakdowns and analysis of selected socio-demographic cohorts in the administration COVID-19 vaccines, and allow policy interventions to be targeted accordingly.	Department of Health and Aged Care	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Impact of Victoria Trade Mission Program	This project will investigate the economic impact of Victorian Trade Missions for local firms.	Swinburne University of Technology	OPEN	BLADE
Management Capability and Firm Performance	This proposal builds on the Management Capability Survey that UTS developed partnering with DIIS and two separate DIPA analysis projects funded by DIIS namely, (1) Management capabilities SCORES (MCS) project in 2017-18; and (2) Management capability, firm performance, firm size evolution, and survival project dataset based on BLADE (based on the 2015-16 ABS Business Register Frame). As an extension of these DIPA analysis projects, UTS now wishes to extend this research agenda in new directions not covered by these earlier projects but still related and also leveraging this knowledge using the management capability scores in conjunction with ABS datasets in various forms to improve the public's understanding of the drivers of business performance on the Australian economy.	University of Technology Sydney	CLOSED	BLADE
Analysis of Early Childhood Sector and Stakeholder Vulnerability to inform the Be You Initiative	The Centre for International Research on Education Systems (CIRES) and the Mitchell Institute (MI) at Victoria University have been contracted by Early Childhood Australia (ECA) to develop an index of early childhood community vulnerability. The index will provide an estimation of children's vulnerability with respect to early years learning across Australia's local communities. This index will be used by ECA to support early childhood services through the Be You initiative (i.e. the National Mental Health in Education Initiative). The index and associated report will be submitted to ECA at the end of the project.	Victoria University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Employment effects of the JobKeeper program	The project uses integrated data from MADIP and BLADE to assess how many jobs were saved under the JobKeeper policy, controlling for other business support measures that were available contemporaneously. Over time, and in addition to this objective, the datasets requested will enable a comprehensive analysis of the business support measures initiated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Use of micro-economic measures to inform macro-economic measures: the case of using BLADE	This project investigates how derived experimental business level growth measures from the BLADE data can inform existing aggregate economic growth measures	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE
Development of an evidence-based NSW Early Childhood Education Outcomes Framework	This data linkage project aims to develop an outcomes framework that could be used to measure, monitor and track the impact that early childhood education program participation has on the developmental outcomes of children in NSW. By understanding the link between early childhood education and experience in the first few years of formal schooling, this project will provide the evidence base required to identify reliable and robust measures and indicators for inclusion in the framework. Additionally, findings from the project will help inform the development of both short-term and long-term initiatives and reporting tools to measure and support the proposed outcome indicators.	NSW Department of Education	CLOSED	PLIDA
The Relationship between Social Determinants and Health Outcomes	This project's primary aim is to gain greater insight into the extent of the relationship between social determinants of health (including income and financial wellbeing, educational attainment, workforce participation and socio-cultural status) and health outcomes. Health outcomes include health risk factors (e.g. overweight and obesity, physical inactivity, diet, excessive alcohol consumption and smoking), chronic health conditions (e.g. diabetes, arthritis, back pain, depression, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma), and health service usage.	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	OPEN	PLIDA
The First Five Years: What makes a difference?	A growing body of Australian and international research evidence indicates that what happens in the early years has consequences for children's later educational and health outcomes. This project will enhance understanding of the effects of health and socio-economic factors that drive disadvantage with respect to children's early development outcomes and identify early childhood policy interventions or protective factors that can improve these outcomes. This project will provide the foundation for an enduring integrated child dataset and will create critical child centred infrastructure that can be supplemented with additional health and welfare data for future researchers.	Department of Education	OPEN	PLIDA
Predicting the Value and Use of Urban Land	This project seeks to reduce state government revenue risks and improve resource management through accurate predictions of land values. The first phase of the project involves the analysis of MADIP and BLADE data.	University of Queensland	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
State and Territory economic trend and labour market analysis	The project will use integrated data from MADIP and BLADE to investigate employment and unemployment impacts of COVID-19 at a granular (microdata) level to help support Australia's economic recovery and improve targeting of employment and training programs at the State and Territory level.	Vic Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
The effect of COVID-19 and the introduction of temporary telehealth items on use and costs of GP services: a whole-of-population linked data study	In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, general practice in Australia has undergone a rapid transition in the way services are delivered including the introduction of temporary telehealth items (TTHI). Using Medicare Benefits Schedule data linked to Census data, compiled through MADIP, this study will examine changes over time in GP use and costs in relation to TTHI initiatives. The study will inform current and longer-term directions for widescale integration of telehealth.	Australian National University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Feasibility Study: Linkage of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) data to the MADIP	The NDIS is a national disability care and support scheme which has significantly changed the way disability support services are funded and delivered. This project involves the linkage of a selection of NDIS data with MADIP. Integration of these datasets will help to build a richer picture of Australians living with disability. Analysis will focus on participants' wellbeing and their housing and economic circumstances.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Understanding location and internal migration through administrative data	This project is a collaboration between the Centre for Population, the Australian National University, the University of Queensland, the University of Melbourne and the University of New England investigating the use of administrative data to better understand the movement of people within Australia. This project will inform the Treasury Centre for Population's Research Agenda, as well as other users of MADIP. This project will seek to answer the following research questions; (1) How is Australia's population represented in administrative data? (2) What is the location of populations in Australia? (3) What are internal migration trends in Australia? (4) What are the demographic and socioeconomic predictors of whether people relocate? (5) What are the changes in outcomes of individuals post internal migration? The outputs for this project will be used to better inform the Centre's population forecast assumptions, in particular the assumptions used to forecast interstate migration and migration between small geographic regions.	The Treasury	OPEN	PLIDA
Mental health following the 2019-20 bushfires: service use, help-seeking behaviours and barriers to access in bushfire affected communities	This project investigates changes in mental health service use, individual help-seeking behaviours and barriers to access in bushfire affected communities following the 2019-20 bushfire season. This work will inform current and future disaster recovery policy and enable the Government to effectively respond to community needs following the 2019-20 bushfires.	National Emergency Management Agency	CLOSED	PLIDA, Standard
National Disability Employment Strategy Report	The purpose of this research is to assist DSS to develop a deeper understanding of the labour market participation of working age people with a disability. The department is particularly interested in differences in the nature of labour market of people with a disability across key demographic characteristics that have been shown to impact labour force participation, as well as differences between disability type/group & severity, age when disability was acquired, and availability of supports.	University of Adelaide	CLOSED	PLIDA
VET National Data Asset (VNDA) Phase 1 - Measuring the outcomes of Vocational Education and Training (VET) students	This project uses integrated data from MADIP and BLADE to enhance the evidence base of the employment and social outcomes of VET students in Australia. VET completion and attainment data will be linked to MADIP data to create a longitudinal de-identified student-level dataset. This will support the National Skills Commissioner to provide evidence-based advice to governments on student outcomes and return on government investment. VET completion and attainment data will be linked to employment data in BLADE to obtain information on the businesses which consume VET services. This will supplement information on the employment outcomes of students, providing data on the industry of employment for students and on non-wage earnings outcomes. It will also provide insights on the link between specific qualifications and the industry of employer to ascertain the relevance of training to industry and benefits of VET training to employers.	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA

2020 Projects

2020 Projects
Project Title	Project Description	Lead Organisation	Project Status	Data Tag
Skills Tracker	This project uses integrated data from MADIP and BLADE and builds on the Treasury's Real-Time Labour Market Tracker project. The Labour Market Tracker project has created a high-quality, high-frequency data asset to monitor the labour market during the current pandemic and associated economic shock. The Skills Tracker project expands on this important resource to inform on emerging shifts in the labour market, the skills held by people without work, and the skilling and re-training needed to get people back into work.	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
PM&C Data Analysis	This proposal aims to support PM&C to quickly respond to emerging policy issues for the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) through provision of advice based on analytical data outputs. The project would provide PM&C analysts with access to high-value microdata. This would include any updates to the selected microdata including the MADIP Modular Product, BLADE and other standard microdata, to allow up-to-date analysis on emerging policy issues, including but not limited to the COVID-19 response, and the recovery of the labour market. Outputs would be used for the purpose of informing the Prime Minister, the PMO, or Cabinet.	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
Healthy Mind, Healthy Body: Physical and social impacts of poor mental health	This project aims to build knowledge and a better understanding of the association between physical health conditions and mental health conditions. It aims to identify policy opportunities to improve life expectancy and health outcomes for people with mental health diagnoses and co-morbid physical health conditions and ensure that people affected by mental health conditions are being appropriately supported by the social welfare system.	Department of Health and Aged Care	OPEN	PLIDA
Real-time Labour Market Tracker - Phase 1 and 2	As the economy recovers from the COVID-19 shock, it will be crucial to understand developments in the labour market. While numerous datasets are currently being used to monitor the labour market, high-quality high-frequency administrative datasets are not being fully exploited. The purpose of this project is to extract greater value from MADIP and BLADE by integrating them into a data asset that can be used to monitor numerous aspects of the labour market, in as close to real time as possible. This will help to inform forecasts, and policy development and assessment, by allowing an examination of how the labour market is tracking relative to what is expected.	The Treasury	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Using linked data to investigate non-response and mode choice for ABS household surveys	This project will assess the use of administrative data linked to survey frames to account for non-response and to ensure that the weighted sample is representative of the population. Analyses of response by mode (online or phone) also allows development of methods to control modal bias and to predict take-up of collection modes by different demographics.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Business Productivity, Competition and Dynamism	This project is designed to assess the causes and effects of changes in business productivity in Australia. The project is divided into separate parts that explore the nature of firm-level production functions, the underlying trends in business entry and exit, profit mark-ups and rent sharing. Each of these projects is important to analysing and forecasting the business cycle, inflation and long-run potential growth.	Reserve Bank of Australia	OPEN	BLADE
Demand and supply factors associated with healthcare use and outcomes	This project will explore the extent to which regional variation in healthcare use is driven by demand (e.g. individual need and preferences) and supply-side (e.g. density of medical services) factors.	Monash University	CLOSED	PLIDA
The role of credit constraints in the labour decisions of small and medium-sized firms	The project aims to investigate the channels through which financial shocks affect firm-level decisions about employment both on the intensive and extensive market. The intention is that the outcomes will demonstrate the value of academic research using BLADE for producing policy-relevant research.	Australian National University	OPEN	BLADE
Workplace Relations	This project is designed to support the government as it prepares for Workplace Relations reform. Initial work is designed to establish key facts and figures about the make-up of the Australian Labour Market and the conditions under which Australians are working. The project will start by performing industry/sector comparisons around how employees and contractors are paid, including their working conditions, methods of setting pay and the characteristics of these businesses and employees.	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA, Standard
Mental Health Pandemic Response	This project will investigate the current and future impact of COVID-19 on rates of mental illness, mental wellbeing, suicide risk, and suicide rates in the Australian population.	Department of Health and Aged Care	OPEN	PLIDA
Entrepreneurial quality index modelling	This project aims to undertake a timely and novel assessment of Australian entrepreneurial dynamism.	Queensland University of Technology	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Measuring the social return on investment from education and training	This project aims to improve tertiary education funding policy and broader social policy development. The project will identify and incorporate Australia-specific non-monetary benefits of educational attainment into an improved measure of the government's social return on investment in education and training. The project will also seek to quantify the potential savings gained in other portfolios from investment in tertiary education, for example, whether higher levels of educational attainment reduce health and welfare expenditure per annum.	Department of Education	CLOSED	PLIDA
Using whole-of-population linked data to strengthen evidence for improving health and health care in Australia: Variation in fatal burden of disease.	This project will use linked Census and mortality data within MADIP to quantify socioeconomic variation in fatal burden of major diseases in the Australian population and develop an Index of Preventive Potential to identify areas of potential health gain and prioritise clinical and public health action. The anticipated outcomes of this project include new robust evidence on variation in fatal burden of disease and an Index of Preventive Potential.	Australian National University	OPEN	PLIDA
Analysing the Industry Impact of Trade	This project will investigate the impact of trade on the dynamics and productivity of Australian industries and the position of Australia in the global value chain with an eye on policies such as business growth, trade agreement, international and domestic conditions (e.g. pandemic, carbon tariffs, bushfire etc.). It will also investigate the impacts of global trade reforms on Australian imports and exports by product and country specifications.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Victorian DHHS Community Health	This project aims to assist Victoria's government to develop better responses for Community Health clients.	Victorian Department of Health and Human Services	CLOSED	PLIDA
Expanding and improving the Program Analytics Tool (PAT)	This project will build on and improve the PAT prototype, with a view to informing the Productivity Commission's Trade and Assistance Review publication as well as provide future program data integration guidance to other State and Commonwealth agencies.	Department of Innovation, Industry and Science	CLOSED	BLADE
Exits from income support	An in depth understanding of income support payments is essential for meeting recipients' needs and ensuring the welfare system supports people in need. This project will use integrated data to better understand what happens when income support recipients leave the system, including transitions and interventions in the lead-up to an exit. Integrated data will provide insights on the influence of health, education and past work experience on the pathways to sustainable employment.	Department of Social Services	OPEN	BLADE, PLIDA
Effects of drought on Australian farms	This project aims to develop a micro-simulation model of Australian farms to predict production and financial outcomes for every farm in Australia.	Australian Bureau of Agricultural Resource Economics and Sciences	CLOSED	BLADE
Healthcare resource use patterns in marginalised groups in Australia	Understanding how marginalised groups are impacted by policy changes is a fundamental consideration for allocating government health expenditure. Utilising MADIP, this project aims to assess the use of healthcare resources in marginalised groups and, where possible, use longitudinal data to assess the impact of relevant policy changes on marginalised groups in Australia.	Monash University	OPEN	PLIDA
Business Finance and Growth	This project explores how Australian businesses manage their balance sheets and how their financial structure affects various outcomes like investment, growth and survival. The financial structure of Australian businesses is important for understanding their resilience to financial shocks and their investment behaviour. Most existing research is based on the financial structure of publicly listed companies. But less than 1 in 1000 firms is a publicly listed company, so it is unclear how applicable these results are to the broader business population. There is also limited information on the extent to which Australian firms are financially constrained. This project provides the first direct estimates of self reported constraints based on business surveys.	Reserve Bank of Australia	OPEN	BLADE
Understanding behaviour of underperforming Australian exporters	This project is intended to integrate machine learning techniques with applied behavioural science to better understand small- and medium-sized enterprise exporter behaviour. In particular, BLADE will be used to characterise under-performing SME exporters for the purpose of generating a predictive model that will identify under-performing SME exporters in the future. Follow-on work to this research will entail developing a behavioural intervention that would encourage SME exporters to adopt more competitive behaviour, e.g. engaging with extant government programs for which they are already eligible.	CSIRO	CLOSED	BLADE
Census-based estimates of population	ABS post-Censual population estimates use a dual system estimation methodology with the Census and the Post Census Review (PCR) used as data sources. This project aims to assess how the administrative data held in MADIP can be used to reduce the risk of an estimation bias in the event of reduced response rates, or other challenges such as reduced Census-PCR linkage rates.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
SA Research and Development Aggregate Data - BLADE Consultancy	The SA Office of the Productivity Commission is analysing administrative data on R& D Tax credits available in BLADE for the purpose of informing their current government inquiries on Research and Development. These inquiries are investigating R&D across South Australian businesses and government, as well as health and medical R&D.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE
Measuring IP registration and Business Innovation (MIPBI)	This project will assess the performance of innovation active-businesses with IP registrations compared to innovation-active businesses without registered IP. Such IP protection methods are used by businesses to reduce risk and maximise competitive advantage from their innovative activities. Whilst it is established that innovation has a positive impact on organisation and economy performance, this project will explore the relationship between IP registrations and business performance as well as whether IP registrations are still effective as a measure of this innovation.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE
Developing a synthetic Australian population using survey and administrative data	The research objective of this project is to create a synthetic Australian population based on information available in administrative (MADIP) and survey (NHS) data. The public benefit is that a synthetic dataset would be able to inform the development and evaluation of policy internally in the Department. This dataset could be used to assess the effectiveness of policies that have been implemented, especially health policies that are targeted at lifestyle factors.	Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care	CLOSED	PLIDA
Supporting Career Transitions	This project aims to identify potential career pathways and supporting career transitions in a rapidly changing labour market. Through analysing the Census data and Personal Income Tax data, the project will identify occupational and sector transitions. Online job ads data will also be utilised to identify what occupations have similar occupational and educational requirements. These findings will then be used to identify occupational transitions that appear feasible but are not occurring in practice.	Australian Government Department of Social Services	CLOSED	PLIDA
Characteristics of economically vulnerable persons	This project will use linked MADIP data to investigate the social and economic characteristics of people who are economically vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic.	Australian Government Department of Social Services	CLOSED	PLIDA
Research on cost factors in the communications sector	The project will research the impact of particular costs on key businesses' indicators for firms in the telecommunications sector.	Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Research Economics	CLOSED	BLADE
Innovation, collaboration, R&D and business use of digital technology - determinants and impacts	This project aims to investigate the impact of R&D on innovation and firm performance, the determinants of various types of innovation and the intensity of digital technology use by Australian firms.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Income Mobility of Australians	The project will examine how Australians of different educational backgrounds (qualification level and field of education) move across income quantiles over time.	Grattan Institute	CLOSED	PLIDA
Income of education professionals over time	This project is interested in tracking the careers of school teachers in Australia in comparison with other professions such as nursing and medicine. It will also investigate teacher welfare by understanding how often people leave teaching, and where people who depart teaching go.	Grattan Institute	CLOSED	PLIDA
Post Bushfire recovery construction capacity constraints	This project aims to understand the ability of local construction firms to deliver the anticipated program of works in their area of operations.	New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet	CLOSED	BLADE
COVID 19 recovery	The Productivity Commission is using BLADE to help guide research in COVID-19 economic recovery. As the Commission explores structural changes and economic reform, BLADE will help inform the potential effects across business and the Australian population.	Productivity Commission	CLOSED	BLADE
COVID-19 Economic Analysis	To analyse the economic impact of recent COVID-19 outbreak on Australian trade - to support policy response.	Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)	CLOSED	BLADE
Understanding business failures	This project explored the factors that influence the survival of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). This project worked to identify determinants of business failures (such as age, size and financial ratios) and quantify the marginal effect of each factor. More importantly, how these marginal effects change as macroeconomic conditions improve/deteriorate.	Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance	CLOSED	BLADE

2019 Projects

2019 Projects
Project Title	Project Description	Lead Organisation	Project Status	Data Tag
Multi Location Businesses Project	Large, complex, multi-location businesses tend to report business activity from their head office. As a result, business data is heavily biased to the location of the head office, when in reality business activity may be taking place elsewhere. There are an unknown number of business locations associated with these large, complex businesses. This project seeks to take the first steps towards potentially resolving this problem. This project is for internal research and development purposes only.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Indigenous environmental programs: social economic analysis	This project uses integrated data from MADIP and BLADE to assess, discover and synthesise new evidence in existing government datasets that highlights the return on investment from Australian Government support for Indigenous environmental programs.	Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	CLOSED	PLIDA
Socioeconomic analysis to support a healthy environment, strong economy and thriving community	This project uses integrated data from MADIP and BLADE to create standard socio-economic indicators to generate insights to improve the delivery of investments. The project will systematically access cross-portfolio data to inform how it administrates grants functions to support the Australian Government in achieving a healthy environment, strong economy and thriving community now and for the future.	Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Application of the Investment Approach to Tertiary Education	This projects aims to assess the feasibility of implementing an investment approach to tertiary education. This approach follows the view that each dollar spent by the government is an investment aimed at achieving one or more benefits. Under an investment approach, efforts are made to continuously improve a model of costs and benefits (monetary and non-monetary) within a given system so that the returns on investments are improved. Among other outcomes, this project intends to use data from MADIP to increase transparency of investment decisions, and develop a framework for the synthesis of evidence, since a conceptual understanding of relationships within the system are required prior to any quantification.	Australian Government Department of Education	CLOSED	PLIDA
Harnessing Academic Expertise End-of-Life Care	This project will use MADIP to understand Australians' use of government services at the end-of-life, including settings in which services are provided and their appropriateness. This analysis will inform targeted approaches in providing end-of-life care. The project is within the ambit of the 2019-20 project on Harnessing Academic Expertise for High-Value Data Analytics using innovative techniques and new ways of research collaboration.	Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care	CLOSED	PLIDA
Estimating the wider economic benefits of agglomeration	The wider economic benefits from transport infrastructure projects are a new concept in the practice of transport appraisal. There is currently a need to develop a more robust set of parameter value estimates with which to quantify productivity gains from greater agglomeration caused by transport infrastructure projects. This project will address this need by developing a set of parameter value estimates using the best data available, with nationwide applicability.	Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Research Economics	CLOSED	BLADE
Characteristics and performance of foreign owned businesses in Australia	This project will inform policy by investigating the impact of foreign investment by looking at the relative performance of foreign owned businesses - a key question being considered by the Department's Northern Australia and Major Projects division. The mining industry has the greatest proportion of businesses that are foreign owned (5.9 per cent). There is policy interest from the Department's Resources Division into the characteristics of foreign owned mining firms (particularly critical mineral miners), given that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows may also be driven by the desire for access to natural resources. Moreover, policy areas expressed interest in an analysis of battery minerals ownership, the coal sector, the mining sector as a whole and the Mining, Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) Industry Growth Centre sector. An improved understanding of the characteristics and performance of foreign owned companies in Australia will better inform these policy teams and associated programs.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Assessing the impact of the Industry Growth Centre (IGC) program	The project will demonstrate the value of integrated administrative data for program evaluation in the absence of natural experiments. This is an extension of a 2018 EDAN project. This new project will assess the impact of the program on the performance of businesses that interacted with IGC relative to a counterfactual. This analysis intends to utilise empirical matching techniques to assess the impact of IGC initiatives on firms' performance. Findings from this project will help improve the IGC initiative and increase its likelihood of meeting its long term objectives.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Outsourcing Practices and the New Face of SMEs	The study will investigate the outsourcing practices of firms in Australia and observe how these practices have changed over time and across different groups of firms. It contemplates two growth paths for small firms; hiring internally and growth, and contract out and grow. It will look for evidence of whether small firms are opting for the latter option in higher numbers now than the earlier years. It will also test whether contracting out has any effect on the wages paid to the internal staff (puts a downward pressure?). The results will help better define small and medium size business and tailor policies to better reflect the needs of each type of firm.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Credit Constraints and Entrepreneurship Decline	In view of the sudden decline in the number of firm entries in Australia between 2005 and 2011, this project will examine the link between entrepreneurship dynamics in Australia and measures of financing constraints. The project will test whether a deterioration in access to credit was behind the decline in entrepreneurship and the increasing risk of exit faced by them. Established methods from the finance literature will be applied to infer financing constraints from firm-level data and use this as the basis of determining key explanatory variable(s). The project aims to demonstrate the extent to which financial constraints and access to finance was driving the observed decline in entrepreneurship. The results will also provide guidance for future policies to counter another decline in firm entry.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
The impact of current trade wars on the business dynamics of Australian and New Zealand exporters	Changes to trade policy creates winners and losers, however there is little evidence on the distributional consequences of these changes at the firm level. This project will seek to understand how changing patterns of trade affect business dynamism, in the form of a research paper, using data from Australian and New Zealand firms.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Characteristics and determinants of Global Value Chains (GVCs) at the firm level	This project will look at the characteristics and determinants of GVCs at the firm level by understanding the determinants of GVCs, this project will contribute to policy work on lifting the number of Australian firms involved in supply chains, increasing exports and improving adoption of innovation.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Firms that receive multiple instances of assistance from Department of Industry Innovation and Science (DIIS) programs	DIIS administers many programs, and understanding the extent to which firms participate in more than one program, and in which programs, is important for understanding the impact of each program. The goal of this research is to update and extend work done previously on understanding firms that are participating in multiple DIIS programmes. This includes understanding participation across different time periods and across different programmes. The extension will include assessing the performance of multiple participants compared to other firms.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Migration's impact on Australian society	This project made use of integrated data from MADIP and BLADE to explore various impacts of international migration on Australia. It aimed to contribute to the evidence base for a broad range of policies, including migration program planning, migration labour market rules, and Commonwealth revenue management.	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Business use of federal government assistance	This project explores the range of the association between business characteristics (e.g. industry, state, urban/regional location, business size) and participation in a range of government assistance programs. This work will assist with understanding the service landscape and how it can be better coordinated.	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	CLOSED	BLADE
Firm-level insights into Australia's productivity performance	This study will consider patterns of business entry and exit rates, and the contribution of small and large businesses to industry productivity growth.	Productivity Commission	CLOSED	BLADE
How do businesses respond to shocks and change	This project seeks to investigate how Australian businesses and labour markets respond to macroeconomic shocks and longer-term structural change.	Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)	CLOSED	BLADE
Wage growth in Australia: lessons from longitudinal microdata	This project explores the extent to which changes in micro-mechanisms - such as the wages-productivity link and job switching patterns - can explain low aggregate wage growth. It will help policy makers better understand one of the major macro-economic challenges of our time - low wage growth, which is critical due its bearing on individual wellbeing, tax revenues and potential implications for policy making.	The Treasury	CLOSED	BLADE
Valuing social outcomes for the North-West Aboriginal Housing Fund	The North-West Aboriginal Housing Fund aims to create pathways towards social and economic independence and wellbeing for Aboriginal people in the Pilbara and Kimberley. The Fund will invest in projects that increase affordable, suitable and stable housing options, increase opportunities for educational attainment and job stability, and empower Aboriginal people and communities. Robust estimates (baseline and potential improvements) for welfare spending, income tax revenue and employment income are essential. This MADIP project will investigate the overall research question of: What is the economic value of social outcomes for people, particularly Aboriginal people, in the North-West region of Western Australia?	Western Australian Department of Communities	CLOSED	PLIDA

2018 Projects

2018 Projects
Project Title	Project Description	Lead Organisation	Project Status	Data Tag
Validating government payments benchmarks for use in the ABS Survey of Income and Housing	This project will compare government payments data from SSRI and the Survey of Income and Housing (SIH). Outputs from this analysis will be used to understand these differences to help assure the quality of SIH 2017-18 outputs. The findings of this project will be used for further development and implementation of the NSW Government's Human Services Outcomes Framework and to inform work to improve the lives of vulnerable children and their families.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	PLIDA
Scoping/feasibility study to include capital input measures for firm level productivity measurement in BLADE (with University of New South Wales)	The project aims to come up with some experimental firm level capital stock measures that can be used by BLADE users for micro-level productivity measurement and analysis.	Australian Bureau of Statistics	CLOSED	BLADE
Use of government services by older Australians	This project will test methods of engaging effectively with policy areas across portfolios for data analysis and will support discovery of analytical insights that inform policies regarding how the funding of government services for older Australians is expended. The project will identify the extent to which policies and programs are interacting with the client groups. It will identify opportunities for policy makers and program managers to work together and better deliver those services, identify duplications and gaps, and unintended outcomes when services are looked at as a whole.	Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care	CLOSED	PLIDA
Variation in opioid use	Dependence on opioid drugs is associated with a range of health and social problems that affect individual drug users, their family and friends, and the wider public. Fatal opioid overdoses have been increasing for the last decade with the vast majority now being caused by pharmaceutical opioids rather than heroin. This project will investigate the variations in prescription opioid dispensing patterns and service utilisation between different groups of patients and the factors that are likely to be best targeted through interventions.	Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care	CLOSED	PLIDA
Qualification mismatch and earnings	This project will utilise MADIP data to estimate the earning penalty associated with qualification mismatch for workers of various ethnic groups. The research team anticipate that qualification mismatch will have varying effects on earnings for workers of different ethnic groups, with the variations reflecting qualification recognition and discrimination in the labour market.	Australian National University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Understanding structural change: A statistical analysis of the accommodation sector	This research examines a range of performance metrics for accommodation providers, measuring the extent of change over time and where reliable, providing analysis at the tourism region level. Analysis topics include characteristics of businesses entering and leaving the industry, the extent of change amongst existing businesses and the survival rate of new businesses.	Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)	CLOSED	BLADE
Integrated Analysis for Sustainable Regional Development: Northern Australia with Indigenous extension	This project demonstrates the use of integrated data from the MADIP and BLADE to identify opportunities for regional economic development. The Indigenous extension pilot will seek to provide land and water policy-relevant insights for Indigenous communities and industries of the Darwin region.	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Water and society: the relationship between water conditions and regional socio-economic and human health outcomes	This project used integrated data from MADIP and BLADE to provide new insights into how water conditions impact socio-economic metrics i.e. taking into account the flow, volume, and allocation of water for a given purpose, and how access to water affects communities. It will prototype benefits through a data-driven, robust and repeatable approach to being able to assess how decisions about water sharing will impact or benefit community and change over time.	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Wage subsidies and business dynamics	This project uses integrated data from the Department of Jobs and Small Business' Employment Services System (ESS) and BLADE to identify the characteristics of businesses that have used wage subsidies provided through the Government's employment services program to investigate how utilisation of wage subsidies is linked to business dynamics.	Department of Education	CLOSED	BLADE
Characteristics of businesses placed with a job seeker under Job Services Australia	While government funded employment services help around 30 000 job seekers find jobs each month, little is known about the businesses hiring these job seekers. This project provides Government with a better picture of the characteristics of businesses which hired job seekers under the Job Services Australia model in 2014-15, informing policy development, program delivery and shaping future related research.	Department of Education	CLOSED	PLIDA
Industry dynamics and the Herfindahl index	Building on the Economic Data and Analysis Network's (EDAN) efforts in 2017-18, this project aims to improve understanding of the drivers of business performance. By using microdata, this project aims to provide new evidence on how and where key drivers of productivity improvement can be seen at work within the Australian economy. This broader project will assess the effect of increasing concentration in industries (and falling competition) and how it affects industry dynamics such as firm entry, exit, survival and job creation.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Government financial assistance as a catalyst for private financing	This project uses the Taxation Data and Business Characteristics Survey components of the BLADE to determine whether government assistance has an impact on a firm's credit worthiness, and therefore its ability to obtain external financing. The findings will shed light on the indirect benefits of government financial assistance, and provide evidence to facilitate better use of public funds, leading to more targeted policies and programs.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
The Effects of Collaboration on Firm Performance	This project will examine the impact of different types of collaboration (such as collaboration for innovation, collaboration on R&D, business-to-business collaboration and business-research collaboration) on various aspects of firm performance.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
International entrepreneurship: evidence on Australian born global firms	This research explores the characteristics of 'born global' firms, including the relationship between firm size, age, export status and growth. The results from the research can assist relevant policy areas to better target policies aimed at export promotion and entrepreneurship, potentially providing exposure for Australian firms to larger markets, innovation, technology and competition.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Drivers of the changes in Australian entrepreneurship trends	Integrated firm level data products such as BLADE offer increasing opportunities for insights into the economy, allowing analysis of elements of productivity performance such as entrepreneurship, innovation and management capability. In light of a decline in entrepreneurship, this study aims to find reasons why the number of entrepreneurs has declined and increase the evidence base needed to inform policy.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Applying machine learning to impute BLADE	Incomplete data repositories affect research and have the capacity to bias estimates. This project will develop a Python application to mitigate such bias by using machine learning to intelligently impute missing values in the Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment. Intelligent imputations can enhance the forecastability of Australian firms and their trajectories through the economy.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Program Analytics Tool (PAT)	The Department of Industry, Innovation and Science's Program Analytics Tool (PAT) allows policy makers and other users to understand the patterns of departmental assistance and the characteristics of assisted firms. This work is designed to enable refinement of current departmental programs, the design and delivery of future programs as well as increasing these programs' accessibility and transparency.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Comparing R&D data sources	This project aims to improve understanding of R&D activity in Australia using data from BLADE. The project aims to better gauge drivers of measured R&D and the characteristics of R&D-active firms.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
The balance sheet health and debt servicing ability of Australian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) - Insights from administrative data	This paper uses BLADE data to assess the financial performance, balance sheet health and survivability of employing SMEs over the period 2001-02 to 2015-16. There is evidence that small firms (those with 1 to 19 employees) and persistently loss-making SMEs suffered disproportionately during the last serious period of economic turmoil (the Global Financial Crisis years of 2008-9 to 2010-11). As such they remain the most vulnerable to any future shocks, and are a potential target for future government support.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Better understanding Industry Growth Centre firms (IGCs)	This project will paint a clearer picture of the composition of IGCs' firm characteristics (employment, turnover and value-added, amongst others), and particularly their productivity dynamics and export performance to assess if publicly funded industry and business assistance measures are delivering outcomes as intended.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Examination of the gender wage gap	The purpose of this project is to examine the gender pay gap and explore if women within certain industries or with certain characteristics are more vulnerable to a wide wage gap compared to male colleagues with similar characteristics. The anticipated outcome from this project is to contribute to ongoing policy discussion related to women's economic security.	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	CLOSED	PLIDA
Characteristics and outcomes for businesses and employment in regions with early NBN rollout	This project will address the possible impact early NBN roll-out had in creating or influencing businesses and employment in regions.	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Pathways of Farmers in Drought-Declared Areas	The purpose of this analysis will be to examine how the government can better support farmers to respond to drought or, alternately, transition to new opportunities. The first phase of this project will focus on farmers and regions in long-term drought-declared regions (2013 onwards) in Queensland and which factors are correlated (positively or negatively) with successful transitions of these farmers to alternate industries or areas. Following phases will focus on farmers in different drought-declared areas across Australia and possibly also consider farmers in non-drought areas as a comparison group.	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
Supporting development of a natural disaster impact forecasting capability	This project made use of integrated microdata from MADIP and BLADE to produce a stronger evidence base for decisions about disaster mitigation and recovery investments, with the aim to reduce future disaster impacts through better informed policies. It will combine data available across Commonwealth and State Government portfolios and enable a better understanding of costs to, and services provided by, the Australian Government to communities and businesses beyond direct relief and recovery payments in disaster affected regions.	Geoscience Australia	CLOSED	BLADE, PLIDA
IP rights, business mark-ups and competition	This project, by examining the relationship between business mark-ups and IP activity, aims to shed light on how IP rights affect competition across industries. The project is aligned with the Government's response to the 2016 Productivity Commission inquiry into Australia's Intellectual Property Arrangements. It will also inform future policy responses to the Competition Policy Review (2015).	IP Australia	CLOSED	BLADE
IP rights, business profitability and competition	By studying the impact of IP rights on business performance, this research aims to understand the incentive structure faced by economic agents as they seek to secure IP rights. The research will investigate: (i) the performance characteristics (in terms of turnover, employment, investment, etc.) of businesses with IP rights; (ii) how the performance of businesses with IP rights change over time; and (iii) whether businesses with IP rights perform better than otherwise similar businesses without IP rights. Key insights from this research are summarised in Chapter 7 of the Australian Intellectual Property Report 2020	IP Australia	CLOSED	BLADE
The effects of paid parental leave take-up on income shifting, and the health and healthcare use outcomes of Australian women	This project will evaluate the impact of Paid Parental Leave on income shifting and the health and health care use outcomes of Australian women. This project will make use of MADIP and Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey data.	Macquarie University	CLOSED	PLIDA
Construction Industry Capacity Constraints	The purpose of this work is to better understand the consequences of major infrastructure spend, eg: whether it builds long term capacity in the construction industry, how the effects of capacity building are distributed geographically and regional impacts of major construction works. This work analyses the costs and benefits of major construction work in the context of construction costs as a whole.	New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet	CLOSED	BLADE
Productivity insights: firm-level performance and characteristics	This ongoing project for the NSW Innovation and Productivity Council uses BLADE to analyse firm-level performance and characteristics to better understand productivity, growth and economic outcomes of Australian firms by cohort (eg: nationally, by state and territory, sub-state region and industry). This research will address: firm-level productivity, growth and economic contribution amongst various firm cohorts and drivers of change in productivity growth. It will look at correlation between measures, shared characteristics, the impacts of structural changes and include analysis at sub-state regional and firm levels.	New South Wales Treasury	CLOSED	BLADE
Pathways to success - Understanding positive trajectories for vulnerable people	The purpose of this project is to identify and explore the factors that are consistent amongst disadvantaged and vulnerable people who go on to achieve positive outcomes. By using health and social welfare information available through the MADIP dataset we can explore what factors underlie resilience in these instances. The findings of this project will be used for support development and implementation of the NSW Government's Human Services Outcomes Framework and to assist work improving the lives of vulnerable children and their families.	New South Wales Treasury	CLOSED	PLIDA
Quantifying how economic participation & productivity vary with health status and other personal characteristics	This project will use the MADIP Basic Longitudinal Extract 2011-2016 (2011 Cohort) to develop expertise within the Productivity Commission in using MADIP data to quantify how economic participation and productivity vary with a person's health, level of housing and income support, caring responsibilities, and personal characteristics such as socioeconomic disadvantage, remoteness and whether indigenous. This will help the Productivity Commission prepare for a future project which would use the more extensive list of variables in the forthcoming 2016 Census update of MADIP. The future project would be part of an upcoming Productivity Commission inquiry on mental health, which the Australian Government is anticipated to request before the end of 2018.	Productivity Commission	CLOSED	PLIDA
The distribution of income growth in Australia	This project aims to use MADIP to better understand the dynamics of income growth and how this is associated with population characteristics. This project will provide public value by developing a greater understanding of the drivers of the distribution of income and hence the determinants of income inequality in Australia.	Reserve Bank of Australia	CLOSED	PLIDA
SA Government Data Linkage with BLADE	The overall objective of this pilot project is to understand SA industry performance and the impact of government programs and policy designed to encourage employment and economic growth in SA. It is expected that the project will enable the SA Government to: (1) Identify key trends and changes taking place in the South Australian economy at the local, regional, and industry sectoral levels. (2) Verify claims with regard to industry employment and performance, which are often tied to requests for tax relief or fiscal assistance. (3) Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve economic outcomes within the state (e.g. employment, exports, investment, and revenue. (4) Attribute positive outcomes to the interventions with the use of counter-factual evidence. (5) Forecast where employment and possibly other economic indicators could be heading. (6) Inform policy around current and future state development and industry assistance using the evidence produced.	South Australian Department of Premier and Cabinet	CLOSED	BLADE
Understanding welfare trajectories for homeless and vulnerable people	The South Australian Government is trialling a new service intervention for homeless people known as the Aspire program. In conjunction with the Aspire program, this project will utilise MADIP data to undertake analyses of disadvantaged, vulnerable and homeless population groups in South Australia, with a particular focus on their access to social security and basic medical services. This analysis will provide an important context for evaluation of the SA Aspire Program.	South Australian Department of Treasury and Finance	CLOSED	PLIDA
Exporting, productivity and offshore trademarking: new evidence from Australian firms	The project aims to improve policymakers' understanding of: (1) the potential for policy and structural factors which shape the attractiveness of exporting to impact productivity growth; and (2) the dynamics of first-time exporting and incumbent exporting firms entry into new export markets via data on foreign trademark filings.	Swinburne University	CLOSED	BLADE
Exploring the use of government funded health services	This project will use exploratory data analysis to better understand how people use government funded health services, by looking at patterns of Medicare Benefits Schedule used. Additionally, the project aims to understand which groups are using government funded health services, by looking at characteristics such as income, age, sex, geography and private health insurance coverage.	The Treasury	CLOSED	PLIDA
Firming up Productivity in Australia	This project involves policy-relevant research into the micro-drivers of labour productivity growth to provide a stronger foundation to the Australian growth narrative. A body of evidence will be produced for use by Australian economic policy makers, particularly issues relating to micro-economic policy, with the aim of boosting living standards via productivity-enhancing reforms.	The Treasury	CLOSED	BLADE
Mapping inequities for people with disability	This project aims to identify, map and analyse the distribution of social, economic and health inequities between disabled and non-disabled Australians. Using the integrated data available in MADIP the project will map and track indicators of social, economic and health outcomes of working age people with disabilities compared to people without disabilities at an aggregate level across Australia. The project also intends to identify the determinants of inequalities in social, economic and health outcomes between disabled and non-disabled Australians.	University of Sydney	CLOSED	PLIDA
Management capability, firm performance, firm size evolution and survival	This project aims to improve understanding of the drivers of business performance in the Australian economy by investigating links between management capability and firm performance variables and characteristics, such as labour productivity, turnover growth, firm size evolution and survival. It will provide insight into the relationship between management capability and firm performance, inform the role of government in improving Australia's management capability and demonstrate the utility of BLADE management capability data.	University of Technology Sydney	CLOSED	BLADE

2017 Projects

2017 Projects
Project Title	Project Description	Lead Organisation	Project Status	Data Tag
Socio-economic characteristics of school catchments - exploratory analysis	This project investigated different models for estimating the socio-economic characteristics of non-government school catchments. The work informed the National School Resourcing Board (NSRB) in their review of the national school funding model. The models developed were compared to the existing Socio-Economic Status (SES) Score index and were used to inform the new Capacity to Contribute (CtC) school funding arrangement.	Australian Government Department of Education	CLOSED	PLIDA
GP supply and demand	Microdata from MADIP will be used to support and inform health workforce planning. This data will complement other health-related data and population data to form the basis of demand estimates for a study of General Practitioner (GP) supply and demand.	Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care	CLOSED	PLIDA
Occupational characteristics of welfare	This project will help understand the characteristics of entrants into the Disability Support Pension and other forms of long-term welfare. It will be used to assess whether the number of claimants can be reduced over time by increasing the quantity and quality of early interventions. The outcomes of this project will be used to better inform early intervention strategies and support the design of better targeted and more effective policies and services relating to the provision of welfare.	Australian Government Department of Social Services	CLOSED	PLIDA
Understanding productivity	This project seeks to identify the drivers of productivity at the firm level and the interaction between public policy settings and resulting productivity outcomes across the economy.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
CompNET	CompNET is an international project initiated by the ECB to study cross country factors that affect productivity. The project includes 20 EU countries and has recently expanded into the Asia-Pacific region with Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, China, and Indonesia joining. This is an ongoing project for which codes provided by the project are run and after clearing the results through the ABS, the estimates are provided to the Productivity Research Network (PRN) which collates the data from various countries in a repository. The data is used to study at cross country differences in productivity growth, resources reallocation and the impacts on exporting, job creation and wage growth.	Department of Industry, Science and Resources	CLOSED	BLADE
Research & Development (R&D) 'Spillovers' investigation	In economic terms, 'spillovers' (also known as externalities) occur where the effects of an economic activity accrue to both those undertaking the activity, as well as to others. This project aims to estimate the value of R&D spillovers for Australian firms, focussing on sectoral differences, differences in firm size and the overall level of R&D spillovers occurring in the Australian economy.	Swinburne University	CLOSED	BLADE
Benefits of MADIP microdata for microsimulation modelling	This project will investigate the potential of microdata from the MADIP to enhance The Treasury's capability to analyse the interactions between taxes, transfers and Government services. A particular focus will be on the suitability of the MADIP data for use in microsimulation modelling of Government programs.	The Treasury	CLOSED	PLIDA

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