Dean Lillard

The Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey generates data that are useful not only for understanding Australians well-being but also the well-being of a broader international community.

Each year, the HILDA Survey contributes data as part of an international family of ten household-based panel studies called the Cross-National Equivalent Files, with HILDA serving to represent Australian households. Cross-national studies using HILDA data allow researchers and policy makers to identify important similarities and differences in what improves people’s lives (or harms them) across countries and over time.

For example, HILDA is part of a large eleven country study funded by the United States National Institutes of Health that will explore the economic and social effects of COVID-mitigation policies and COVIDi nduced changes to social support policies in Australia, Canada,China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia,South Korea, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA.

By shedding light on the dynamic evolution of how Australians live and work, your ongoing participation and contributions to the HILDA Survey improve policy and knowledge far beyond Australia’s shores.