The great asymmetric divide: An empirical investigation of the link between indigenous and non‐indigenous economic systems in Northern Australia |
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Authors: | Natalie Stoeckl Michelle Esparon Marina Farr Aurélie Delisle Owen Stanley |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Business, James Cook University, , Townsville, QLD, 4814 Australia;2. School of Earth & Environmental Sciences/ School of Business, James Cook University, , Townsville, QLD, 4814 Australia;3. Research Institute for The Environment and Livelihoods (Riel), Charles Darwin University Darwin, , Northern Territory, 0909 Australia |
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Abstract: | This empirical study explores financial links between indigenous and non‐indigenous economic systems in a remote river catchment in Northern Australia (the Mitchell). It finds evidence of a profound and asymmetric ‘disconnect’ between these economies: an exogenous increase in indigenous incomes raises the incomes of non‐indigenous people, but the reverse is not true. Evidently, those seeking to improve the incomes of indigenous people in Northern Australia cannot simply seek to (i) increase payments to indigenous people, or (ii) expand the non‐indigenous sector hoping that some benefits will ‘trickle down’. Instead, structural change is required. |
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Keywords: | O180 O21 R51 Northern Australia inequality indigenous economic development input‐output multipliers |
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