Registration

Welcome

Session 1

Chair: Mr David Johnson, Director, Strategic Policy Group, Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance

Speakers and Discussants

Mr Andrew Wade, Senior Economist and David Floyd, Economist, Economic and Financial Policy, Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance

Title: Health and Employment in Australia
Paper Presentation

Discussant: Associate Professor Russell Ross, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, The University of Sydney

Mr Anthony Shomos, Research Manager, Economic and Labour Market Research Branch, Productivity Commission

Title: Possible Sources of Bias in Modelling Labour Force Participation
Paper Presentation

Discussant: Associate Professor Xueyan Zhao, Associate Professor, Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University
Presentation

Morning Tea

Session 2

Chair: Dr Matthew Gray, Deputy Director, Research, Australian Institute of Family Studies

Ms Joanne Baker, Analyst, Analytical Services Branch, Methodology Division, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Title: Do Australians Work Longer Hours than Workers in other OECD Countries? A Review of Australian Annual Hours Worked Estimates.
Paper Presentation

Discussant: Dr Roger Wilkins, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne
Presentation

Ms Weiping Wu, PhD Student, Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University

Title: Early Stage Occupational Assimilation of Immigrants in Australia
Paper Presentation

Discussant: Professor Bruce Chapman, Professor of Economics, Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University
Presentation

Lunch

Session 3

Chair: Professor Mark Wooden, Deputy Director, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne

Speakers and Discussants

Dr Lixin Cai, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne

Title: Union Wage Effects in Australia: Are there Variations in Distribution?
Paper Presentation

Discussant: Professor Jacques Poot, Professor Population Economics, Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato
Presentation

Mr Dilaka Lathapipat, PhD Student, Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University

Title: A New Decomposition of the Wage Differential Between Genders
Paper

Discussant: Professor Kostas Mavromaras, Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne
Presentation

Session 4

Chair: Professor Kostas Mavromaras, Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne

Speaker

Professor Alison Booth, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Essex and Professor of Economics, Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University

Title: The Glass Ceiling in Europe and Australia: Why are Women Doing Badly in the Labour Market
Paper Presentation

Dinner

Venue: University House at The University of Melbourne
Special Guest Speaker:

Professor Eric Hanushek, Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Staford University

Title: The Role of School Quality in Economic Development
Presentation

Day Two, Friday 9 February 2007

Session 5

Chair: Ms Sue Taylor, Acting Director, Labour Market Statistics Section, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Speakers and Discussants

Mr Nicholas Biddle, Assistant Director, Analytical Services Branch, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Title: Modelling the Labour Force Status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians Paper Presentation

Discussant: Professor Bob Gregory, Emeritus Professor, Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University

Ms Silvia Mendolia, PhD Student, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales

Title: The Impact on Job Loss on Family Dissolution Paper Presentation

Discussant: Professor Mark Wooden, Deputy Director and Director, HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne

Morning Tea

Session 6

Chair: Dr Umut Oguzoglu, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne

Speakers and Discussants

Mr Bill Cochrane, Research Fellow, Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Title: Homeownership and New Zealand Labour Market Flexibility: a Spatial Perspective
Paper Presentation

Discussant: Dr Hielke Buddelmeyer, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne Presentation

Dr Rachel Ong, Research Officer, Murdoch Business School, Murdoch University

Title: Gender Mix of Children, Housing Subsidies and Parents' Labour Supply: a Natural Experiment Using Public Housing Data Paper Presentation

Discussant: Dr Yi-Ping Tseng, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne Presentation

Lunch

Session 7

Chair: Dr Patrick Jomini, Assistant Commissioner, Productivity Commission

Speakers and Discussants

Dr Justin van de Ven, Research Fellow, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, United Kingdom

Title: The Incentive Effects of Means Tested UK Retirement Benefits - Has the Pension Credit Gone Too Far? Paper Presentation

Discussant: Professor John Freebairn, Director, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne

Dr Greg Connolly, Director, Employment Analysis and Evaluation Group, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

Title: Labour Demand and the Elasticity of Substitution between Capital and Labour in Australia. Presentation

Afternoon Tea

Session 8

Chair: Dr Louise Will, Research Manager, Economic and Labour Market Research Branch, Productivity Commission

Speakers and Discussants

Ms Michelle Tan, PhD Student, Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University

Title: Collecting Child Support through the Tax System: Does this Affect Taxpayer Behaviour?
Paper Presentation

Discussant: Dr Mike Dockery, Research Fellow, School of Economics and Finance, Curtin University of Technology

Mr Thor Thoresen, Head of Taxation, Inequality and Consumer Behaviour, Research Department, Statistics Norway, Norway

Title: Targeting Family Payments and Subsidising Non-parental Care: Labour Supply Effects of Australian and Norwegian Family Policies
Paper Presentation

Discussant: Dr Prem J. Thapa, Senior Economist, Economic Research and Analysis Department, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

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