The government's Homebuilder program is designed to help the construction sector, but construction is not labour intensive and it's dominated by blokes, when we know women are bearing the brunt of this recession. So this week Follow The Money talks to senior economist at the Australia Institute Matt Grudnoff, who explains why we could get better bang for our stimulus buck by targeting industries that employ more people overall, particularly women.
Visit tai.org.au/pandemic_economics for all our latest research and analysis.
Host: Ebony Bennett, deputy director of the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett
Guests: Matt Grudnoff, senior economist of the Australia Institute // @MattGrudnoff
Producer: Jennifer Macey with help from Grace Crivellaro
Theme music: Jonathan McFeat from Pulse and Thrum.

<div>The government's Homebuilder program is designed to help the construction sector, but construction is not labour intensive and it's dominated by blokes, when we know women are bearing the brunt of this recession. So this week Follow The Money talks to senior economist at the Australia Institute Matt Grudnoff, who explains why we could get better bang for our stimulus buck by targeting industries that employ more people overall, particularly women.</div><div><br></div><div>Visit <a href="https://nb.tai.org.au/pandemic_economics" target="_blank">tai.org.au/pandemic_economics</a> for all our latest research and analysis.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Host:</b> Ebony Bennett, deputy director of the Australia Institute // <a href="http://twitter.com/ebony_bennett" target="_blank">@ebony_bennett</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Guests: </b>Matt Grudnoff, senior economist of the Australia Institute // <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MattGrudnoff" target="_blank">@MattGrudnoff</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Producer:</b> Jennifer Macey with help from Grace Crivellaro</div><div><br></div><div><b>Theme music:</b> Jonathan McFeat from Pulse and Thrum.</div>

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