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Australian Population Association

ISSN 1443-2447

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Natalie Jackson

Populations of New Zealand and Australia at the Millennium

A joint Special Issue of the Journal of Population Research and the New Zealand Population Review

Edited by Gordon A. Carmichael with A. Dharmalingam

Published September 2002
ISBN 0-9578572-1-7

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THE HIGHER EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION SCHEME – A HECS ON THE FAMILY?
Natalie Jackson, University of Tasmania

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Abstract
It is generally well accepted amongst the demographic community that policy does not have to be even remotely concerned with population for it to have important demographic outcomes. This paper argues that the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS), which has potentially strong antinatal elements, may be one such policy. Because of a lack of data, the purpose of the paper is to establish the hypothesis, rather than to test it.