Academic publications

Journal Articles Refereed

2011

Black D, Tseng, Y & Wilkins R. 2011. Do changes in demographic characteristics explain declining male employment rates? Examination of the Australian case using a propensity score re-weighting decomposition approach. Applied Economics. 43 (28): 4215-4226.

Borland J & Tseng Y. 2011. Does 'Work for the Dole' work?: an Australian perspective on work experience programmes. Applied Economics. 43 (28): 4353-4368.

Buddelmeyer H & Wooden M. 2011. Transitions Out of Casual Employment: The Australian Experience. Industrial Relations. 50 (1): 109-130.

Cai L & Liu A. 2011. Public-Private Sector Wage Gap in Australia: Variation along the Distribution. British Journal of Industrial Relations. 49 (2): 362-390.

Cai L & Waddoups C.J. 2011. Union Wage Effects in Australia: Evidence from Panel Data. British Journal of Industrial Relations. 49 (s2): s279-s305.

Cobb-Clark D., Bauer V., Hildebrand V. & Sinning M. A Comparative Analysis of the Nativity Wealth Gap, Economic Inquiry, forthcoming.

Drago R, Sawyer K, Shreffler KM, Warren D & Wooden M. 2011. Did Australia's Baby Bonus Increase Fertility Intentions and Births? Population Research and Policy Review. 30 (3): 381-397.

Jeon S, Kalb G & Ha V. 2011. The Dynamics of Welfare Participation among Women Who Experienced Teenage Motherhood in Australia. Economic Record. 87 (277): 235-251.

Joyce CM, Schurer S, Scott A, Humphreys J & Kalb G. 2011. Australian doctors satisfaction with their work: results from the MABEL longitudinal survey of doctors. The Medical Journal of Australia. 194 (1): 30-33.

Polanski, A. and McVicar, D. (2010). 'Recovering social networks from individual attributes.' Journal of Mathematical Sociology (forthcoming).

Polidano C & Mavromaras K. 2011. Participation in and Completion of Vocational Education and Training for People with a Disability. The Australian Economic Review. 44 (2): 137-152.

Scutella R & Wilkins R. 2010. ‘Measuring Social Exclusion in Australia: Assessing Existing Data Sources’. Australian Economic Review. 43 (4): 449-63.

Watson N & Wooden M. 2010. ‘The HILDA Survey: Progress and Future Developments’. Australian Economic Review. 43 (3): 326-36.

2010

Alan S, Atalay K, Crossley T & Jeon S. 2010. ‘New Evidence on Taxes and Portfolio Choice’. Journal of Public Economics. 94 (11-12): 813-23.

Antecol H & Cobb-Clark D. 2010. ‘The Effect of Community-Level Socio-Economic Conditions on Threatening Racial Encounters’. Regional Science and Urban Economics. 40 (6): 517-29.

Baron J & Cobb-Clark D. 2010. Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap in Private- and Public-Sector Employment: A Distributional Analysis. The Economic Record. 86 (273) : 227-246.

Bell D & McVicar D. 2010. ‘Disability Welfare Systems and the Labour Force Participation of Older Workers in Europe’. Contemporary Social Science: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences. 5 (3): 261-77.

Black D, Tseng Y & Wilkins R. 2010. The Decline in Male Employment in Australia: A Cohort Analysis. Australian Economic Papers. 49 (3) : 180-199.

Buddelmeyer H, Jensen P & Webster E. 2010. Innovation and the determinants of company survival. Oxford Economic Papers. 62 (2) : 261-285.

Buddelmeyer H, Lee W & Wooden M. 2010. Low-Paid Employment and Unemployment Dynamics in Australia. The Economic Record. 86 (272) : 28-48.

Cai L. 2010. The Relationship between Health and Labour Force Participation: Evidence from a Panel Data Simultaneous Equation Model. Labour Economics. 17 (1) : 77-90.

Cobb-Clark D. 2010. Disadvantage across the Generations: What Do We Know about Social and Economic Mobility in Australia? The Economic Record. 86 (Supplement s1) : 13-17.

Gregg P, Scutella R & Wadsworth J. 2010. Reconciling Workless Measures at the Individual and Household Level. Theory and Evidence from the United States, Britain, Germany, Spain and Australia. Journal of Population Economics. 23 (1) : 139-167.

Hrault, N. 2010, Sequential Linking of Computable General Equilibrium and Microsimulation Models: A Comparison of Behavioural and Reweighting Techniques, International Journal of Microsimulation, vol. 3(1), pp. 35-42.

Jeon, S. and J. Hurley, 2010,Physician resource planning in Canada: the need for a stronger behavioural foundation, Canadian Public Policy, 36(3), pp.359-375.

Joyce CM, Scott A, Jeon S, Humphreys J, Kalb G, Witt J & Leahy A. 2010. The "Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL)" longitudinal survey - Protocol and baseline data for a prospective cohort study of Australian doctors' workforce participation. BMC Health Services Research. 10 (50).

Kalb, G., 2010, Important Considerations for Policies on Retirement Issues, Australian
Economic Review 43(3), pp. 28992.

Kalb G & Thoresen, T. 2010. A comparison of family policy designs of Australia and Norway using microsimulation models. Review of Economics of the Household. 8(2) : 255-287.

Lee, W. and S. Suardi, 2010, The Australian Firearms Buyback and Its Effect on Gun Deaths, forthcoming in Contemporary Economic Policy 28(1), pp 65-79.

Mavromaras K, McGuinness S, O'Leary N, Sloane P & Fok YK. 2010. The Problem of Overskilling in Australia and Britain. Manchester School. 78 (3) : 219-241.

McGrail M, Humphreys J, Scott A, Joyce C & Kalb, G. 2010. Professional satisfaction and general practice: Does it vary by size of community? Medical Journal of Australia. 193(2) : 94-98.

Renzaho A, Wooden M, & Houng B. 2010. Associations between Body Mass Index and Health-related Quality of Life among Australian Adults. Quality of Life Research 19 (4) : 515-520.

Watson N & Wooden M. 2010. The HILDA Survey: Progress and Future Developments.
Australian Economic Review 43(3), 326-336.

Wooden, M., Buddelmeyer, H., Jensen, P., Kalb, G., Lim, G., Scott, A., Scutella, R., Webster, E. and Wilkins, R. (2010) 'The road to recovery: Restoring prosperity after the crisis', Insights, 7 April, 25-29.

Wooden M. 2010. An Unfair Safety Net? Australian Bulletin of Labour 36(3), 321-326.

2009

Cai L. 2009. Be Wealthy to Stay Healthy: An Analysis of Older Australians Using the HILDA Survey. Journal of Sociology. 45 (1): 55-70.

Cai L. 2009. Effects of Health on Wages of Australian Men. The Economic Record. 85 (270): 290-306.

Cai L. 2009. Estimation of Simultaneous Equation Models with Latent Dependent Variables: A Monte Carlo Evaluation. Applied Economics Letters. 16 (11): 1107-1112.

Cai L. 2009. Is Self-reported Disability Status Endogenous to Labour Force Status? Applied Economics Letters. 16 (5): 459-464.

Cai L & Cong C. 2009. Effects of Health and Chronic Diseases on Older Working-age Australians. Australian Economic Papers. 48 (2): 166-182.

Cardak B & Wilkins R. 2009. The Determinants of Household Risky Asset Holdings: Australian Evidence on Background Risk and Other Factors. Journal of Banking & Finance. 3 (5): 850-860.

Coelli M & Wilkins R. 2009. Credential Changes and Education Earnings Premia in Australia. The Economic Record. 85 (270): 239-259.

Creedy J, Herault N & Kalb G. 2009. Abolishing the Tax-free Threshold in Australia: Simulating Alternative Reforms. Fiscal Studies. 30 (2): 219-246.

Crossley T, Hurley J & Jeon S. 2009. Physician Labour Supply in Canada: A Cohort Analysis. Health Economics. 18 (4): 437-456.

Drago R, Wooden M & Black D. 2009. Long Work Hours: Volunteers and Conscripts. British Journal of Industrial Relations. 47 (3): 571-600.

Drago R, Wooden M & Black D. 2009. Who Wants Flexibility? Changing Work Hours Preferences and Life Events. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 62 (3): 394-414.

Frick J & Headey B. 2009. Living Standards in Retirement: Accepted International Comparisons are Misleading. Schmollers Jahrbuch. 129 (2): 309-19.

Harris M, Kostenko W, Matyas L & Timol I. 2009. The Robustness of Estimators for Dynamic Panel Data Models to Misspecification. Singapore Economic Review. 54 (3): 399-426.

Herault N. 2009. Les Apports de la Micro-simulation Aux Modles Dquilibre Gnral: Application au cas de Afrique du Sud. Economie et Prevision. 187 (1): 123-135.

Johnston D & Lee W. 2009. Retiring to the Good Life? The Short-Term Effects of Retirement on Health. Economics Letters. 103 (1): 8-11.

Kalb G. 2009. Children, Labour Supply and Childcare: Challenges for Empirical Analysis. Australian Economic Review. 42 (3): 276-299.

Marks G. 2009. Accounting for School Sector Differences in University Entrance Performance. Australian Journal of Education. 53 (1): 19-38.

Marks G. 2009. Modernisation Theory and Changes Over-Time in the Reproduction of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Australia. Social Forces. 88 (2): 917-944.

Marks G. 2009. Social Consequences of the Australian Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS). Higher Education. 57 (1): 71-84.

Mavromaras K, Fok YK & McGuinness S. 2009. Assessing the Incidence and Wage Effects of Overskilling in the Australian Labour Market. The Economic Record. 85 (268): 60-72.

McGuinness S & Wooden M. 2009. Overskilling, Job Insecurity and Career Mobility: Evidence from Australia. Industrial Relations. 48 (2): 265-286.

Shields M, Wheatley Price S & Wooden M. 2009. Life Satisfaction and the Economic and Social Characteristics of Neighbourhoods. Journal of Population Economics. 22 (2): 421-443.

Wilkins R & Wooden M. 2009. Household Debt in Australia: The Looming Crisis that Isnt. Australian Economic Review. 42 (3): 358-366.

Wooden M, Warren D & Drago R. 2009. Working Time Mismatch and Subjective Well-being. British Journal of Industrial Relations. 47 (1): 147-179.

2008

Barrett G & Tseng Y. 2008. Retirement Saving in Australia. Canadian Public Policy. 34 (s1): 177-193.

Buddelmeyer H & Verick S. 2008. Understanding the Drivers of Poverty Dynamics in Australian Households. Economic Record. 84 (266): 310-321.

Cai L, Kalb G, Tseng Y & Vu H. 2008. The Effect of Financial Incentives on Labour Supply: Evidence forLone Parents from Microsimulation and Quasi-Experimental Evaluation. Fiscal Studies. 29 (2): 285-325.

Cai L & Liu A. 2008. Union Wage Effects in Australia: Are There Variations along the Distribution? Economic Record. 84 (267): 496-510.

Cai L, Vu H & Wilkins R. 2008. The Extent and Nature of Exits from the Disability Support Pension. Australian Bulletin of Labour. 34 (1): 1-27.

Coelli M & Wilkins R. 2008. Are Skills Shortages a Constraint on Increasing Employment in Australia? Australian Economic Review. 41 (3): 310-322.

Headey B. 2008. Life goals matter to happiness: A revision of set-point theory. Social Indicators Research. 86 (2): 213-231.

Headey B. 2008. Poverty is low consumption and low wealth, not just low income. Social Indicators Research. 89 (1): 23-39.

Headey B. 2008. The set-point theory of well-being: Negative results and consequent revisions. Social Indicators Research. 85 (3): 389-403.

Headey B & Muffels R. 2008. Do generous welfare states generate efficiency gains which counterbalance short run losses? Testing downside risk theory with economic panel data for the U.S., Germany and The Netherlands. Social Indicators Research. 86 (2): 337-354.

Headey B, Muffels R & Wooden M. 2008. Money Doesn't Buy Happiness: Or Does It? A Reconsideration Based on the Combined Effects of Wealth, Income and Consumption. Social Indicators Research. 87 (1): 65-82.

Headey B, Na F & Zheng R. 2008. Pet dogs benefit owners' health: A 'natural experiment' in China. Social Indicators Research. 87 (3): 481-493.

Headey B, Warren D & Wooden M. 2008. The Structure and Distribution of Household Wealth in Australia: Cohort Differences and Retirement Issues. Policy Research Paper Series. 33 (March 2008): 1-48.

Herault N. 2008. Limpact de la libralisation commerciale sur la pauvret et les ingalits dans les provinces sud-africaines. Economie Appliquee. 3 (3): 132-156.

Jensen P, Webster E & Buddelmeyer H. 2008. Innovation, technological conditions and new firm survival. Economic Record. 84 (267): 434-448.

Jeon S. 2008. The impact of lifecycle events on womens labour force transition: a panel analysis. Economic Record. 84 (S1): S83-S98.

Kalb G & Lee W. 2008. Childcare Use and Parents' Labour Supply in Australia. Australian Economic Papers. 47 (3): 272-295.

Marks G. 2008. Are Father's or Mother's Socioeconomic Characteristics More Important Influences on Student Performance? Recent International Evidence. Social Indicators Research. 85 (2): 293-309.

Marks G. 2008. Gender Differences in the Effects of Socioeconomic Background: Recent Cross-National Evidence. International Sociology. 23 (6): 845-863.

Scutella R & Perkins D. 2008. Improving Employment Retention and Advancement of Low-Paid Workers. Australian Journal of Labour Economics. 11 (1): 97-114.

Scutella R & Wooden M. 2008. The Effects of Household Joblessness on Mental Health. Social Science & Medicine. 67 (1): 88-100.

Tseng Y, Vu THH & Wilkins R. 2008. Dynamic Properties of Income Support Receipt in Australia. Australian Economic Review. 41 (1): 32-55.

Wooden M & Warren D. 2008. Paid Annual Leave and Working Hours: Evidence from the HILDA Survey. Journal of Industrial Relations. 50 (4): 664-670.