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The relationship between mining and socio-economic well being in Australia's regions

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2011

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Hajkowicz, S.A., Heyenga, S., and Moffat, K., 2011, The relationship between mining and socio-economic well being in Australia's regions: Resources Policy, v. 36, iss. 1, p. 30-38.

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This paper examines the relationship between quality of life indicators and the gross value of minerals production from Australian regions. We used quality of life indicators, aggregated for 71 local government areas containing mining activities, of household income, housing affordability, access to communication services, educational attainment, life expectancy, and unemployment. We find no evidence of systematic negative associations between quality of life and the gross value of minerals production. Instead, mining activity has a positive impact on incomes, housing affordability, communication access, education and employment across regional and remote Australia. Whilst we do not establish causality between mining activity and quality [...]

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