Next-generation Indigenous women flying employment flag

A study shows 93 per cent of Indigenous employment growth over four decades was down to women. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Rising Indigenous employment is being driven by women who are better qualified than men and more likely to attend school and avoid the justice system.

A new study undertaken by researchers from Australian National University and the University of Queensland examines nine sets of census results from 1981 to 2021.