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Working Papers

2023

1. Transitions into home ownership: a quantitative assessment
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science View citations (1)

2019

2. Ageing and Skills: The Case of Literacy Skills
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)

2016

3. Ageing and Literacy Skills: Evidence from IALS, ALL And PIAAC
   OECD Education Working Papers, OECD Publishing View citations (10)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (10)
4. Household Indebtedness and Housing Prices in Australia
   Working Papers, University of Sydney, School of Economics
5. Labor Supply Elasticities: Overcoming Nonclassical Measurement Error Using More Accurate Hours Data
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Labor Supply Elasticities: Overcoming Nonclassical Measurement Error Using More Accurate Hours Data, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2019) View citations (12) (2019)
6. Pension Incentives and the Retirement Decisions of Couples
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)

2015

7. Consistent Tests for Poverty Dominance Relations
   IEAS Working Paper : academic research, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
   See also Journal Article Consistent tests for poverty dominance relations, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (2016) View citations (9) (2016)

2013

8. A Comparison of Micro and Macro Expenditure Measures Across Countries Using Differing Survey Methods
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Chapter A Comparison of Micro and Macro Expenditure Measures across Countries Using Differing Survey Methods, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (28) (2014)

2012

9. Changes in Subjective Well-being with Retirement: Assessing Savings Adequacy in Australia
   Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University
10. The Impact of Age Pension Eligibility Age on Retirement and Program Dependence: Evidence from an Australian Experiment
    Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The Impact of Age Pension Eligibility Age on Retirement and Program Dependence: Evidence from an Australian Experiment, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2015) View citations (127) (2015)

2010

11. Involuntary Retirement and the Resolution of the Retirement-Consumption Puzzle: Evidence from Australia
    Working Papers, University of Sydney, School of Economics View citations (3)
    Also in Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University (2010) View citations (3)

2007

12. Retirement Saving in Australia
    Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University
    See also Journal Article Retirement Saving in Australia, Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press (2008) View citations (9) (2008)

2004

13. Consistent Nonparametric Tests for Lorenz Dominance
    Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Consistent Nonparametric Tests for Lorenz Dominance, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2014) View citations (25) (2014)

1999

14. Consumption and Income Inequality in Australia
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Consumption and Income Inequality in Australia, The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia (2000) View citations (39) (2000)
15. Demographic Trends and Consumption Inequality in Australia 1975-1993
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (1)
16. Sole Parents, Income Support and Family Wellbeing
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University

Journal Articles

2022

1. Retirement routes and the well-being of retirees
   Empirical Economics, 2022, 63, (5), 2751-2784 View citations (4)

2020

2. House Price Shocks, Credit Constraints and Household Indebtedness
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2020, 72, (3), 780-803 View citations (7)
3. The effect of retirement on home production: evidence from Australia
   Review of Economics of the Household, 2020, 18, (1), 117-139 View citations (19)

2019

4. Labor Supply Elasticities: Overcoming Nonclassical Measurement Error Using More Accurate Hours Data
   Journal of Human Resources, 2019, 54, (1), 255-265 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Labor Supply Elasticities: Overcoming Nonclassical Measurement Error Using More Accurate Hours Data, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (4) (2016)
5. Pension incentives and the joint retirement of couples: evidence from two natural experiments
   Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32, (3), 735-767 View citations (27)
6. The effect of retirement on elderly cognitive functioning
   Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 66, (C), 37-53 View citations (38)

2018

7. Insights in the Economics of Aging
   The Economic Record, 2018, 94, (306), 329-330
8. The labor market in Australia, 2000–2016
   IZA World of Labor, 2018, 1-11 View citations (1)

2016

9. Consistent tests for poverty dominance relations
   Journal of Econometrics, 2016, 191, (2), 360-373 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Consistent Tests for Poverty Dominance Relations, IEAS Working Paper : academic research (2015) (2015)

2015

10. The Impact of Age Pension Eligibility Age on Retirement and Program Dependence: Evidence from an Australian Experiment
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 97, (1), 71-87 View citations (127)
    See also Working Paper The Impact of Age Pension Eligibility Age on Retirement and Program Dependence: Evidence from an Australian Experiment, Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers (2012) View citations (3) (2012)

2014

11. Consistent Nonparametric Tests for Lorenz Dominance
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2014, 32, (1), 1-13 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper Consistent Nonparametric Tests for Lorenz Dominance, Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings (2004) View citations (8) (2004)
12. The causal effect of retirement on health: New evidence from Australian pension reform
    Economics Letters, 2014, 125, (3), 392-395 View citations (58)

2013

13. Changes in subjective well-being with retirement: assessing savings adequacy
    Applied Economics, 2013, 45, (35), 4883-4893 View citations (12)

2012

14. Do Excellent Research Environments Produce Better Learning and Teaching Outcomes?
    The Economic Record, 2012, 88, (s1), 70-77 View citations (2)
15. Explorations in the Economics of Aging
    The Economic Record, 2012, 88, (281), 290-292
16. Food Expenditure and Involuntary Retirement: Resolving the Retirement-Consumption Puzzle
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2012, 94, (4), 945-955 View citations (14)
17. Incorporating covariates in the measurement of welfare and inequality: methods and applications
    Econometrics Journal, 2012, 15, (1), C1-C30 View citations (25)
18. The Return to Cognitive Skills in the Australian Labour Market
    The Economic Record, 2012, 88, (280), 1-17 View citations (13)

2011

19. The Gender Wage Gap during Serbia's Transition
    Comparative Economic Studies, 2011, 53, (4), 695-720 View citations (7)

2010

20. Using Engel Curves to Estimate the Bias in the Australian CPI
    The Economic Record, 2010, 86, (272), 1-14 View citations (25)

2009

21. Statistical Inference with Generalized Gini Indices of Inequality, Poverty, and Welfare
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2009, 27, 1-17 View citations (26)

2008

22. Retirement Saving in Australia
    Canadian Public Policy, 2008, 34, (s1), 177-193 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Retirement Saving in Australia, Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers (2007) (2007)

2003

23. Adverse Selection and the Decline in Private Health Insurance Coverage in Australia: 1989–95
    The Economic Record, 2003, 79, (246), 279-296 View citations (21)
24. Consistent Tests for Stochastic Dominance
    Econometrica, 2003, 71, (1), 71-104 View citations (397)
25. Health Care Spending, Family Structure and Family Health
    The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2003, 14, (1), 143-152

2002

26. The Dynamics of Participation in the Sole Parent Pension
    The Economic Record, 2002, 78, (240), 1-17 View citations (15)
27. The Effect of Alcohol Consumption on Earnings
    The Economic Record, 2002, 78, (240), 79-96 View citations (40)

2001

28. Explaining the Contraction in the Market for Private Health Insurance in Australia, 1989–1995
    The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2001, 12, (2), 210-224
29. Working part time: by choice or by constraint
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2001, 34, (4), 1042-1065 View citations (19)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2001, 34, (4), 1042-1065 (2001) View citations (21)

2000

30. Consumption and Income Inequality in Australia
    The Economic Record, 2000, 76, (233), 116-138 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper Consumption and Income Inequality in Australia, CEPR Discussion Papers (1999) View citations (9) (1999)
31. The effect of educational attainment on welfare dependence: Evidence from Canada
    Journal of Public Economics, 2000, 77, (2), 209-232 View citations (25)
32. The labour market plans of parenting payment recipients: information from a randomised social experiment
    Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2000, 4, (3), 192-205 View citations (4)

1998

33. An Untold Story: The Characteristics of Welfare Use in British Columbia
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1998, 31, (1), 165-188 View citations (33)

1996

34. Inequality in Male and Female Earnings: The Role of Hours and Wages
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1996, 78, (3), 410-20 View citations (22)

1995

35. The Asymptotic Distribution of the Generalized Gini Indices of Inequality
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1995, 28, (4b), 1042-55 View citations (23)

Chapters

2014

1. A Comparison of Micro and Macro Expenditure Measures across Countries Using Differing Survey Methods
   A chapter in Improving the Measurement of Consumer Expenditures, 2014, pp 263-286 View citations (28)
   See also Working Paper A Comparison of Micro and Macro Expenditure Measures Across Countries Using Differing Survey Methods, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (2) (2013)

Software Items

2014

1. LDTEST: Stata module to compute Lorenz Dominance tests
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics