Details about Andrew Leigh

Access statistics for papers by Andrew Leigh.

Last updated 2021-12-06. Update your information in the RePEc Author Service.

Short-id: ple119

Working Papers

2021

1. "Beauty Too Rich for Use": Billionaires' Assets and Attractiveness
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2021)
2. Common Ownership of Competing Firms: Evidence from Australia
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2021)
   See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2021)

2020

3. Estimating Long-Run Incarceration Rates for Australia, Canada, England & Wales, New Zealand and the United States
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   Also in CEH Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2020)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020)
4. Frontiers of Mobility: Was Australia 1870-2017 a more Socially Mobile Society than England?
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2020)
5. The Second Convict Age: Explaining the Return of Mass Imprisonment in Australia
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2020) View citations (3)
   CEH Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2020) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2020)

2018

6. Do School Principals Respond to Increased Public Scrutiny? New Survey Evidence from Australia
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2018)
7. Inequality and Market Concentration, When Shareholding Is More Skewed Than Consumption
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2018) View citations (2)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (2)
   CAMA Working Papers, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University (2018) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in Oxford Review of Economic Policy (2019)
8. The Misaddressed Letter Experiment
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   See also Journal Article in Applied Economics Letters (2018)

2017

9. Immobile Australia: Surnames Show Strong Status Persistence, 1870-2017
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017) View citations (1)
   CEH Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2017) View citations (1)

2014

10. Crime and Mental Wellbeing
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2011) View citations (14)
    CentrePiece - The Magazine for Economic Performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2012)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2014)

2013

11. How Do Stamp Duties Affect the Housing Market?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (31)
    See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2013)
12. Long Run Trends in Australian Executive Remuneration: BHP 1887-2012
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    Also in CEH Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2013)
    See also Journal Article in Australian Economic History Review (2016)
13. The Predictive Power of Political Pundits: Prescient or Pitiful?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2011

14. Bargaining Over Labor: Do Patients Have Any Power?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2006) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2012)
15. How Partisan is the Press? Multiple Measures of Media Slant
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2012)

2010

16. Do Employers Discriminate by Gender? A Field Experiment in Female-Dominated Occupations
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (49)
    Also in Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2010) View citations (48)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (49)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2010) View citations (57)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2010)
17. Do Gun Buybacks Save Lives? Evidence from Panel Data
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
18. Do Output Contractions Trigger Democratic Change?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (93)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2010) View citations (73)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (2010)
19. Do Rising Top Incomes Lift All Boats?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (2)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (6)
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2009) View citations (4)
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2009) View citations (5)
    CAMA Working Papers, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University (2009) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2011)
20. Does Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Vary Across Minority Groups? Evidence From a Field Experiment
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (5)
21. Intergenerational Income Mobility in Urban China
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Income and Wealth (2012)
22. The Distribution of Top Incomes in Five Anglo-Saxon Countries over the Twentieth Century
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (19)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2010) View citations (9)
23. Who Benefits from the Earned Income Tax Credit? Incidence among Recipients, Coworkers and Firms
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (37)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2005) View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2010)

2009

24. Are State Elections Affected by the National Economy? Evidence from Australia
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2009)
25. Beautiful Politicians
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article in Kyklos (2009)
26. Bias at the Ballot Box? Testing Whether Candidates' Gender Affects Their Vote
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
    See also Journal Article in Social Science Quarterly (2010)
27. Estimating Teacher Effectiveness From Two-Year Changes in Students’ Test Scores
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
    See also Journal Article in Economics of Education Review (2010)
28. How Much Did the 2009 Fiscal Stimulus Boost Spending? Evidence from a Household Survey
    CAMA Working Papers, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (2012)
29. Long-Run Trends in School Productivity: Evidence From Australia
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
    See also Journal Article in Education Finance and Policy (2011)
30. Long-Term Unemployment in the ACT
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
31. Permanent Income Inequality: Australia, Britain, Germany, and the United States Compared
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (8)
32. Precipitation, Profits, and Pile-Ups
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (2)
33. Working Credits: A Low-Cost Alternative to Earned Income Tax Credits?
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (1)

2008

34. Bringing Home the Bacon: An empirical analysis of the extent and effects of pork-barreling in Australian politics
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article in Public Choice (2008)
35. Estimating Cognitive Gaps Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Education Economics (2009)
36. Is Voting Skin-Deep? Estimating the Effect of Candidate Ballot Photographs on Election Outcomes
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Psychology (2009)
37. More Inequality, Less Social Mobility
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Applied Economics Letters (2009)
38. Top Incomes and National Savings
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Income and Wealth (2009)

2007

39. Estimating the Impact of Gubernatorial Partisanship on Policy Settings and Economic Outcomes: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
    See also Journal Article in European Journal of Political Economy (2008)
40. How Closely Do Top Income Shares Track Other Measures of Inequality?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (131)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2007)
41. How Much Do Public Schools Really Cost? Estimating the Relationship Between House Prices and School Quality
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2008)
42. Immigrants Assimilate as Communities, Not Just as Individuals
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2007)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (2011)
43. Minding the Shop: The Case of Obstetrics Conferences
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Social Science & Medicine (2007)
44. Returns to Education in Australia
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
    See also Journal Article in Economic Papers (2008)
45. Top Incomes in Indonesia, 1920-2004
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2009)
46. Weak Tests and Strong Conclusions: A Re-Analysis of Gun Deaths and the Australian Firearms Buyback
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (1)

2006

47. Born on the First of July: An (Un)natural Experiment in Birth Timing
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2009)
48. Competing Approaches to Forecasting Elections: Economic Models, Opinion Polling and Prediction Markets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2005) View citations (2)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (28)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2006)
49. Did the Death of Australian Inheritance Taxes Affect Deaths?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2006)
50. Do Very High Tax Rates Induce Bunching? Implications for the Design of Income-Contingent Loan Schemes
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2009)
51. Does Child Gender Affect Marital Status?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (2009)
52. Does Equality Lead to Fraternity?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2006)
53. Does the Lunar Cycle Affect Birth and Deaths?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
54. Happiness and the Human Development Index: Australia Is Not a Paradox
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (34)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2005)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (29)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (29)
55. How Do Unionists Vote? Estimating the Causal Impact of Union Membership on Voting Behaviour from 1966 to 2004
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (2)
56. How and Why has Teacher Quality Changed in Australia?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (6)
57. Inequality and Mortality: Long-Run Evidence from a Panel of Countries
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2006) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2007)
58. The Distribution of Top Incomes in Australia
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2007)
59. The Millennium Bub
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
    See also Journal Article in Applied Economics Letters (2009)
60. Trust, Inequality, and Ethnic Heterogeneity
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (78)
    See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2006)

2005

61. Can Redistributive State Taxes Reduce Inequality?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (12)
62. Does Raising the Minimum Wage Help the Poor?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2007)
63. Economic Voting and Electoral Behaviour: How do Individual, Local and National Factors Affect the Partisan Choice?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article in Economics and Politics (2005)
64. Estimating Returns to Education: Three Natural Experiment Techniques Compared
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in Economics of Education Review (2008)
65. Materialism on the March: From Conspicuous Leisure to Conspicuous Consumption?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics) (2008)
66. Optimal Design of Earned Income Tax Credits: Evidence from a British Natural Experiment
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (12)
67. The Distribution of Top Incomes in New Zealand
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (20)
68. What’s the Difference Between a Donkey and an Elephant? Using Panel Data from US States to Estimate the Impact of Partisanship on Policy Settings and Economic Outcomes
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University

2004

69. Deriving Long-Run Inequality Series from Tax Data
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2005)
70. Does the World Economy Swing National Elections?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2009)

2003

71. What Do Financial Markets Think of War in Iraq?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (32)
    Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2003) View citations (34)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Australian Mobility Report Cards: Which Universities Admit the Most Disadvantaged Students?
   Australian Economic Review, 2021, 54, (3), 331-342
2. Common Ownership of Competing Firms: Evidence from Australia
   The Economic Record, 2021, 97, (318), 333-349
   See also Working Paper (2021)
3. Putting the Australian Economy on the Scales
   Australian Economic Review, 2021, 54, (1), 19-35

2020

4. Estimating Long‐Run Incarceration Rates for Australia, Canada, England and Wales, New Zealand, and the United States
   Australian Economic History Review, 2020, 60, (2), 148-185
5. Frontiers of mobility: Was Australia 1870–2017 a more socially mobile society than England?
   Explorations in Economic History, 2020, 76, (C)
   See also Working Paper (2020)
6. Measuring Poverty Around the World
   The Economic Record, 2020, 96, (312), 114-116
7. The Second Convict Age: Explaining the Return of Mass Imprisonment in Australia
   The Economic Record, 2020, 96, (313), 187-208 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2020)

2019

8. Inequality and market concentration, when shareholding is more skewed than consumption
   Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2019, 35, (3), 550-563 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2018)

2018

9. Do School Principals Respond to Increased Public Scrutiny? New Survey Evidence from Australia
   The Economic Record, 2018, 94, (S1), 73-101
   See also Working Paper (2018)
10. Do firms that pay less company tax create more jobs?
    Economic Analysis and Policy, 2018, 59, (C), 25-28 View citations (2)
11. Reply: Do firms that pay less company tax create more jobs?
    Economic Analysis and Policy, 2018, 59, (C), 113-115 View citations (1)
12. Sir Tony Atkinson – Egalitarian
    The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2018, 29, (1), 52-54
13. The Misaddressed Letter Experiment
    Applied Economics Letters, 2018, 25, (21), 1527-1530
    See also Working Paper (2018)

2016

14. Long-Run Trends in Australian Executive Remuneration: BHP, 1887–2012
    Australian Economic History Review, 2016, 56, (1), 2-20 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
15. Markets, Monopolies and Moguls: The Relationship between Inequality and Competition
    Australian Economic Review, 2016, 49, (4), 389-412 View citations (3)
16. Top Wealth Shares in Australia 1915–2012
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2016, 62, (2), 209-222 View citations (12)

2015

17. How behavioural economics does and can shape public policy
    The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2015, 26, (2), 339-346 View citations (1)

2014

18. Crime and Mental Well-Being
    Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49, (1), 110-140 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper (2014)
19. Unpacking the Beauty Premium: What Channels Does It Operate Through, and Has It Changed Over Time?
    The Economic Record, 2014, 90, (288), 17-32 View citations (15)

2013

20. How Do Stamp Duties Affect the Housing Market?
    The Economic Record, 2013, 89, (286), 396-410 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
21. Revenge of the Nerds: The Economics of Education Reform
    Australian Economic Review, 2013, 46, (2), 227-233
22. The Distribution of Top Incomes in Five Anglo-Saxon Countries Over the Long Run
    The Economic Record, 2013, 89, 31-47 View citations (21)
23. The Economics and Politics of Teacher Merit Pay
    CESifo Economic Studies, 2013, 59, (1), 1-33 View citations (6)

2012

24. Bargaining Over Labour: Do Patients Have Any Power?
    The Economic Record, 2012, 88, (281), 182-194 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
25. Does Ethnic Discrimination Vary Across Minority Groups? Evidence from a Field Experiment
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 74, (4), 547-573 View citations (63)
26. Effects of Temporary In‐Work Benefits for Welfare Recipients: Examination of the Australian Working Credit Programme
    Fiscal Studies, 2012, 33, (3), 335-369 View citations (1)
27. How Much Did the 2009 Australian Fiscal Stimulus Boost Demand? Evidence from Household-Reported Spending Effects
    The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2012, 12, (1), 1-24 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
28. How Partisan is the Press? Multiple Measures of Media Slant
    The Economic Record, 2012, 88, (280), 127-147 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
29. INTERGENERATIONAL INCOME MOBILITY IN URBAN CHINA
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58, (3), 481-503 View citations (54)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
30. Teacher pay and teacher aptitude
    Economics of Education Review, 2012, 31, (3), 41-53 View citations (9)

2011

31. Can national infrastructure spending reduce local unemployment? Evidence from an Australian roads program
    Economics Letters, 2011, 113, (2), 150-153 View citations (17)
32. Death, Dollars and Degrees: Socio‐economic Status and Longevity in Australia
    Economic Papers, 2011, 30, (3), 348-355 View citations (5)
33. Do Rising Top Incomes Lift All Boats?
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2011, 11, (1), 1-45 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
34. Immigrants assimilate as communities, not just as individuals
    Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24, (2), 389-419 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
35. Long-Run Trends in School Productivity: Evidence from Australia
    Education Finance and Policy, 2011, 6, (1), 105-135 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
36. Which children benefit from non-parental care?
    Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30, (6), 1468-1490 View citations (2)

2010

37. Bias at the Ballot Box? Testing Whether Candidates' Gender Affects Their Vote*
    Social Science Quarterly, 2010, 91, (2), 324-343
    See also Working Paper (2009)
38. Do Output Contractions Trigger Democratic Change?
    American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2010, 2, (4), 124-57 View citations (88)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
39. Do employers discriminate by gender? A field experiment in female-dominated occupations
    Economics Letters, 2010, 107, (2), 236-238 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
40. Does Maternal Age Affect Children's Test Scores?
    Australian Economic Review, 2010, 43, (1), 12-27 View citations (5)
41. Does Size Matter in Australia?
    The Economic Record, 2010, 86, (272), 71-83 View citations (23)
42. Estimating teacher effectiveness from two-year changes in students' test scores
    Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29, (3), 480-488 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
43. Informal care and labor market participation
    Labour Economics, 2010, 17, (1), 140-149 View citations (51)
44. Who Benefits from the Earned Income Tax Credit? Incidence among Recipients, Coworkers and Firms
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2010, 10, (1), 1-43 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

2009

45. Are Ballot Order Effects Heterogeneous?*
    Social Science Quarterly, 2009, 90, (1), 71-87 View citations (9)
46. Are State Elections Affected by the National Economy? Evidence from Australia
    The Economic Record, 2009, 85, (269), 210-222 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
47. Beautiful Politicians
    Kyklos, 2009, 62, (4), 579-593 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
48. Born on the first of July: An (un)natural experiment in birth timing
    Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, (1-2), 246-263 View citations (78)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
49. Do Very High Tax Rates Induce Bunching? Implications for the Design of Income Contingent Loan Schemes
    The Economic Record, 2009, 85, (270), 276-289 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
50. Does child gender affect marital status? Evidence from Australia
    Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22, (2), 351-366 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
51. Does the World Economy Swing National Elections?*
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 71, (2), 163-181 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
52. Estimating cognitive gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
    Education Economics, 2009, 17, (2), 239-261 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
53. Inequality in Indonesia: What can we learn from top incomes?
    Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, (1-2), 209-212 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
54. Is voting skin-deep? Estimating the effect of candidate ballot photographs on election outcomes
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2009, 30, (1), 61-70 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
55. More inequality, less social mobility
    Applied Economics Letters, 2009, 16, (15), 1489-1492 View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
56. Social Capital: An International Research Program ‐ Edited by Nan Lin & Bonnie H. Erickson
    The Economic Record, 2009, 85, (268), 109-110
57. TOP INCOMES AND NATIONAL SAVINGS
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55, (1), 57-74 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
58. The millennium bub
    Applied Economics Letters, 2009, 16, (14), 1467-1470 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
59. What evidence should social policymakers use?
    Economic Roundup, 2009, (1), 27-43 View citations (3)

2008

60. Bringing home the bacon: an empirical analysis of the extent and effects of pork-barreling in Australian politics
    Public Choice, 2008, 137, (1), 279-299 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
61. Do Redistributive State Taxes Reduce Inequality?
    National Tax Journal, 2008, 61, (1), 81-104 View citations (16)
62. Estimating returns to education using different natural experiment techniques
    Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27, (2), 149-160 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
63. Estimating the impact of gubernatorial partisanship on policy settings and economic outcomes: A regression discontinuity approach
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 24, (1), 256-268 View citations (52)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
64. How Much do Public Schools Really Cost? Estimating the Relationship between House Prices and School Quality
    The Economic Record, 2008, 84, (265), 193-206 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
65. How much of the variation in literacy and numeracy can be explained by school performance?
    Economic Roundup, 2008, (3), 63-78
66. Materialism on the March: From conspicuous leisure to conspicuous consumption?
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2008, 37, (5), 1937-1945 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
67. RETURNS TO EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA
    Economic Papers, 2008, 27, (3), 233-249 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
68. TOP INCOMES IN NEW ZEALAND 1921–2005: UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF MARGINAL TAX RATES, MIGRATION THREAT, AND THE MACROECONOMY
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2008, 54, (2), 149-165 View citations (19)

2007

69. Does Raising the Minimum Wage Help the Poor?*
    The Economic Record, 2007, 83, (263), 432-445 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
70. Earned Income Tax Credits and Labor Supply: New Evidence From a British Natural Experiment
    National Tax Journal, 2007, 60, (2), 205-24 View citations (21)
71. How Closely Do Top Income Shares Track Other Measures of Inequality?
    Economic Journal, 2007, 117, (524), F619-F633 View citations (162)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
72. Inequality and mortality: Long-run evidence from a panel of countries
    Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26, (1), 1-24 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
73. Intergenerational Mobility in Australia
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2007, 7, (2), 1-28 View citations (46)
74. Minding the shop: The case of obstetrics conferences
    Social Science & Medicine, 2007, 65, (7), 1458-1465 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
75. Taxpaying Made Easy
    Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, 2007, 14, (1), 81-86 View citations (1)
76. The Distribution of Top Incomes in Australia
    The Economic Record, 2007, 83, (262), 247-261 View citations (73)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

77. Competing Approaches to Forecasting Elections: Economic Models, Opinion Polling and Prediction Markets
    The Economic Record, 2006, 82, (258), 325-340 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
78. Did the Death of Australian Inheritance Taxes Affect Deaths?
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2006, 6, (1), 1-9 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
79. Does equality lead to fraternity?
    Economics Letters, 2006, 93, (1), 121-125 View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
80. Toying with Death and Taxes: Some Lessons from Down Under
    The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (6), 1-3
81. Trust, Inequality and Ethnic Heterogeneity
    The Economic Record, 2006, 82, (258), 268-280 View citations (100)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2005

82. Deriving Long‐Run Inequality Series from Tax Data
    The Economic Record, 2005, 81, (s1), S58-S70 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
83. ECONOMIC VOTING AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR: HOW DO INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL, AND NATIONAL FACTORS AFFECT THE PARTISAN CHOICE?
    Economics and Politics, 2005, 17, (2), 265-296 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2004

84. Pulled Away or Pushed Out? Explaining the Decline of Teacher Aptitude in the United States
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (2), 236-240 View citations (70)

2003

85. Employment Effects of Minimum Wages: Evidence from a Quasi‐Experiment
    Australian Economic Review, 2003, 36, (4), 361-373 View citations (8)
86. Randomised Policy Trials
    Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, 2003, 10, (4), 341-354 View citations (3)