Australian Panel Data Users Network

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Recent years have seen increased concern about how economic, social and technological changes interact with experiences occurring within families, workplaces and communities. Understanding these forces, however, requires panel data that track agents over time. Australia has only recently begun investing heavily in such data, raising concerns about our capacity to capitalize on this investment. The aims of this network therefore include: · enhancing the capacity of researchers to undertake panel data research; · promoting cross-disciplinary research using panel databases; · facilitating opportunities for contact between panel data researchers; and · promoting the use of appropriate methods for analysing panel data. It is expected that large benefits will flow to the community, especially through improved and better informed public debate and government policy-making.