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Working Papers

2023

1. Go Your Own WA: Recovery and regeneration for the tourism industry in Western Australia
   Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
2. Housing Affordability in Western Australia 2023: Building for the future
   Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
3. Trading Up: International trade futures and the Western Australian economy
   Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School

2022

4. Behind the Line: Poverty and disadvantage in Australia 2022
   Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
5. Gender Equity Insights 2022: The state of inequality in Australia
   Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School

2021

6. Back in Business? WA Small Businesses and the Impact of COVID-19
   Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (1)
7. Creativity at the Crossroads? The creative industries in Western Australia
   Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
8. Gender Equity Insights 2021: Making it a Priority
   Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (2)
9. Housing Affordability in WA: A tale of two tenures
   Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (1)
10. Stronger Together: Loneliness and social connectedness in Australia
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School

2020

11. Gender Equity Insights 2020: Delivering the Business Outcomes
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (1)
12. Green Shoots: Opportunities to grow a sustainable WA economy
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
13. Job Keepers and Job Seekers: How many workers will lose and how many will gain?
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (5)
14. Potential Job Losses in the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (4)
15. The Early Years: Investing in our Future
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (1)

2019

16. Finding a Place to Call Home: Immigration in Australia
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
17. Future-Proofing the WA Economy: A roadmap to industrial diversification and regional growth
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (4)
18. Gender equity insights 2019: Breaking through the glass ceiling
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
19. Getting our house in order? BCEC Housing Affordability Report 2019
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School

2018

20. Falling Through the Net: The Digital Divide in Western Australia
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (1)
21. Future of Work in Australia: Preparing for tomorrow’s world
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (8)
22. Gender equity insights 2018: Inside Australia’s gender pay gap
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (2)
23. Pathways to housing tax reform
    SocArXiv, Center for Open Science View citations (1)
24. To Health and Happiness: WA’s Health Industry Future
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
25. Where do immigrants settle? Assessing the role of immigration policies
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School

2017

26. Educate Australia Fair? Education inequality in Australia
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (2)
27. Gender equity insights 2017: Inside Australia’s gender pay gap
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
28. Power to the people: WA's energy future
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (1)
29. The Price is Right? An Examination of the Cost of Living in Western Australia
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
30. The engine room for growth? The role, performance and future prospects of small business in Western Australia
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School

2016

31. A Gendered Analysis of Age Discrimination among Older Jobseekers in Australia
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
32. Back to the future: Western Australia’s economic future after the boom
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
33. From Paddock to plate: WA’s potential in agriculture and agribusiness
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (1)
34. Gender equity insights 2016: Inside Australia’s gender pay gap
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (1)
35. Keeping a roof over our heads: BCEC housing affordability report 2016
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (3)
36. Macroeconomic fluctuations in home countries and immigrants’ well-being: New evidence from Down Under
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
    Also in Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School (2015) View citations (2)
37. Positioned for an ideas boom? Productivity and innovation in Australia
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (1)
38. Self-assessed versus statistical evidence of labour market discrimination
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
39. Self-assessed versus statistical evidence of labour market discrimination: The case of indigenous Australians
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

2015

40. Beyond our means? Household savings and debt in Australia
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (1)
41. Beyond the bottom line: Government debt in Australia
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
42. Exchange Rate Fluctuations and Immigrants' Labour Market Outcomes: New Evidence from Australian Household Panel Data
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Exchange rate fluctuations and immigrants' labour market outcomes: New evidence from Australian household panel data, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (12) (2017)
43. Securing our future: Meeting the challenges of WA's ageing population
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
44. The cost of doing business in WA: Pressures and barriers to industry performance
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
45. Tiger, tiger, burning bright? Western Australia's trade and economic development with Asia
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School

2014

46. A Zero Inflated Regression Model for Grouped Data
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article A Zero-Inflated Regression Model for Grouped Data, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2015) View citations (3) (2015)
47. A regional framework for analysing the Western Australian economy
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
48. Falling through the cracks: poverty and disadvantage in Australia
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (2)
49. Housing affordability: The real costs of housing in WA
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (3)
50. Sharing the boom: the distribution of income and wealth in Western Australia
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (1)
51. Workforce and skills: Western Australian labour markets in transition
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (3)

2013

52. Implementing Income Verification in Australia
    NATSEM Working Paper Series, University of Canberra, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling
53. The Influence of Psychological Well-being, Ill Health and Health Shocks on Single Parents' Labour Supply
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
54. Trends in Poverty and Inequality in Decentralising Indonesia
    OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, OECD Publishing View citations (8)
55. Underemployment among Mature Aged Workers in Australia
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Underemployment among Mature-Age Workers in Australia, The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia (2015) View citations (6) (2015)

2011

56. Modelling the Health System in an Ageing Australia, Using A Dynamic Microsimulation Model
    NATSEM Working Paper Series, University of Canberra, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling View citations (1)
57. Moving Beyond Comparative Validation: Predictive Abilities of APPSIM's Health Module
    NATSEM Working Paper Series, University of Canberra, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling

2004

58. Institutional Constraints and Random Heterogeneity in Structural Discrete Choice Models of Household Labour Supply
    Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society
59. The Internationalisation of Public Welfare Policy
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2004) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Internationalisation of Public Welfare Policy, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2005) View citations (18) (2005)

2002

60. Intransigencies in the Labour Supply Choice
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (17)

2001

61. AGGREGATING LABOUR SUPPLY AND FEEDBACK EFFECTS IN MICROSIMULATION
    Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, The University of Melbourne View citations (11)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2001) View citations (8)
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne (2001) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Aggregating Labour Supply and Feedback Effects in Microsimulation, Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School (2005) View citations (39) (2005)
62. Mothers' employment and the use of childcare in the UK
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (20)
63. Price and quality in the UK childcare market
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (10)
64. Simulating the Behavioural Effects of Welfare Reforms among Sole Parents in Australia
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article Simulating the Behavioural Effects of Welfare Reforms Among Sole Parents in Australia, The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia (2002) View citations (30) (2002)

2000

65. A recursive algorithm to generate piecewise linear budget contraints
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (2)
66. Evaluating In-Work Benefit Reform: The Working Families Tax Credit in the U.K
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations (39)
67. Wage Function: Australian Estimates Using the Income Distribution Survey
    Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, The University of Melbourne View citations (3)

1999

68. Welfare, Non-Linear Busget Constraints and Behavioural Microsimulation
    Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, The University of Melbourne View citations (4)

1997

69. The labour market effects of VAT harmonisation in a multicountry AGE model
    Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics View citations (1)

1995

70. Benefit reforms and labour supply incentives in the UK: the family credit
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (1)
71. Estimating labour supply responses using tax reforms
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (83)
    See also Journal Article Estimating Labor Supply Responses Using Tax Reforms, Econometrica, Econometric Society (1998) View citations (454) (1998)
72. Hypothecated Health Taxes: An evaluation of recent proposals
    Monograph, Office of Health Economics View citations (2)

1994

73. A comparison of the properties of non-parametric estimates of the generalised entropy class of inequality indices
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies
74. On the specification of labour supply models: a non-parametric evaluation
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (2)

1991

75. A microsimulation model of labour supply for UK tax reform
    Discussion Papers, Series II, University of Konstanz, Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 178 "Internationalization of the Economy"

Undated

76. Non-Nested Models of Labour Supply with Discrete Choices
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York View citations (2)
77. On the Specification of Labour Supply Functions: A Nonparametric Evaluation
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York
78. Small Sample Bias in NonParametric Estimates of the Generalised Entropy Class of Inequality Indices
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York

Journal Articles

2020

1. JobKeeper: The efficacy of Australia’s first short-time wage subsidy
   Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2020, 23, (2), 99-128 View citations (7)
2. Migration flows in commodity cycles: Assessing the role of migration policies
   European Economic Review, 2020, 127, (C)

2019

3. Self-assessed vs. statistical evidence of racial discrimination: the case of indigenous Australians
   Applied Economics, 2019, 51, (12), 1232-1247 View citations (1)

2017

4. Exchange rate fluctuations and immigrants' labour market outcomes: New evidence from Australian household panel data
   Journal of International Economics, 2017, 105, (C), 174-186 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Exchange Rate Fluctuations and Immigrants' Labour Market Outcomes: New Evidence from Australian Household Panel Data, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series (2015) View citations (2) (2015)

2016

5. Gendered Ageism in Australia: Changing Perceptions of Age Discrimination among Older Men and Women
   Economic Papers, 2016, 35, (4), 375-388 View citations (6)

2015

6. A Zero-Inflated Regression Model for Grouped Data
   Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 77, (6), 822-831 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper A Zero Inflated Regression Model for Grouped Data, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series (2014) View citations (2) (2014)
7. Russian language skills and employment in the Former Soviet Union
   The Economics of Transition, 2015, 23, (3), 625-656 View citations (18)
8. Underemployment among Mature-Age Workers in Australia
   The Economic Record, 2015, 91, (295), 438-462 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Underemployment among Mature Aged Workers in Australia, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series (2013) View citations (3) (2013)

2014

9. Revisiting the Impact of Consumption Growth and Inequality on Poverty in Indonesia during Decentralisation
   Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2014, 50, (3), 461-482 View citations (1)

2008

10. The Economics of Wine - Introduction
    Economic Journal, 2008, 118, (529), F137-F141 View citations (1)
    Also in Economic Journal, 2008, 118, (529), F137-F141 (2008)

2006

11. Did working families' tax credit work? The impact of in-work support on labour supply in Great Britain
    Labour Economics, 2006, 13, (6), 699-720 View citations (207)

2005

12. Aggregating Labour Supply and Feedback Effects in Microsimulation
    Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2005, 8, (3), 277-290 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper AGGREGATING LABOUR SUPPLY AND FEEDBACK EFFECTS IN MICROSIMULATION, Department of Economics - Working Papers Series (2001) View citations (11) (2001)
13. The Internationalisation of Public Welfare Policy
    Economic Journal, 2005, 115, (502), C62-C81 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper The Internationalisation of Public Welfare Policy, CEP Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (1) (2004)

2002

14. Behavioural Microsimulation with Labour Supply Responses
    Journal of Economic Surveys, 2002, 16, (1), 1-39 View citations (98)
15. Simulating the Behavioural Effects of Welfare Reforms Among Sole Parents in Australia
    The Economic Record, 2002, 78, (242), 264-276 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper Simulating the Behavioural Effects of Welfare Reforms among Sole Parents in Australia, Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series (2001) View citations (26) (2001)

2000

16. The labour market impact of the working families’ tax credit
    Fiscal Studies, 2000, 21, (1), 75-103 View citations (437)
17. Wage Functions for Demographic Groups in Australia
    Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2000, 4, (4), 296-316 View citations (7)

1998

18. Estimating Labor Supply Responses Using Tax Reforms
    Econometrica, 1998, 66, (4), 827-862 View citations (454)
    See also Working Paper Estimating labour supply responses using tax reforms, IFS Working Papers (1995) View citations (83) (1995)
19. Kernel Regression in Empirical Microeconomics
    Journal of Human Resources, 1998, 33, (1), 62-87 View citations (93)
20. Semiparametric estimation and consumer demand
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1998, 13, (5), 435-461 View citations (163)

1997

21. Behavioural tax microsimulation with finite hours choices
    European Economic Review, 1997, 41, (3-5), 619-626 View citations (19)

1996

22. Labour Supply Incentives and Recent Family Credit Reforms
    Economic Journal, 1996, 106, (434), 142-55 View citations (61)
23. Should we subsidise childcare, and if so, how?
    Fiscal Studies, 1996, 17, (3), 39-62 View citations (15)

1995

24. Modelling local government budgetary choices under expenditure limitation
    Fiscal Studies, 1995, 16, (4), 95-110 View citations (6)

1992

25. Lone mothers, family credit and paid work
    Fiscal Studies, 1992, 13, (1), 1-21 View citations (16)
26. Taxation in Empirical Labour Supply Models: Lone Mothers in the UK
    Economic Journal, 1992, 102, (411), 265-78 View citations (41)
27. Thinking about labour supply
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 1992, 13, (4), 687-713 View citations (1)

Books

2002

1. Microsimulation Modelling of Taxation and the Labour Market
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (95)

Chapters

2004

1. Tax Credits and Welfare for Working Families: A Case Study of Policy Transfer
   A chapter in The Political Economy of Policy Reform: Essays in Honor of J. Michael Finger, 2004, pp 195-217

1996

2. On the Use of Statistical Techniques to Infer Territorial Spending Needs
   Chapter 2 in Developments in Local Government Finance, 1996, pp 24-39

Editor

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   Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School
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   Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School