Australian Economic Review

1968 - 2025

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Volume 36, issue 4, 2003

Employment Effects of Minimum Wages: Evidence from a Quasi‐Experiment pp. 361-373

Andrew Leigh

The Labour Market and Inequality pp. 374-396

Michael Keating

The Australian Growth Experience, 1960–2000: Human Capital, R&D or Steady‐State Growth? pp. 397-414

Yuan K. Chou

Contestability, Complementary Inputs and Contracting: The Case of Harbour Towage pp. 415-427

Joshua Gans and Stephen King

Longitudinal Studies of Australian Youth pp. 428-434

Gary N. Marks and Sheldon Rothman

Rare Book Auction Data in Australia pp. 435-441

Stuart Kells

Demographic Change and the Japanese Recession pp. 442-458

Ian McDonald

Volume 36, issue 3, 2003

Innovation and Performance: Benchmarking Australian Firms pp. 253-264

Simon Feeny and Mark Rogers

Wage Effects of Drinking in Australia pp. 265-282

Yew Liang Lee

Inflation Expectations, Interest Rates and Arbitrary Income Transfers pp. 283-290

Anthony Makin

Inflation Targeting as a Framework for Monetary Policy: A Cross‐Country Analysis pp. 291-299

William Seyfried and Dale Bremmer

Executive Compensation: Understanding the Issues pp. 300-305

Vivek Chaudhri

Executive Stock Options: Back to Basics pp. 306-315

Mark Cassano

Executive Compensation: Balancing Competing Priorities pp. 316-323

Michelle Brown and Danny Samson

Executive Compensation: Getting the Mix Right pp. 324-332

Paul Kerin

Reviewing the Intertemporal Consistency of ABS Household Income Data through Comparisons with External Aggregates pp. 333-349

Peter Siminski, Peter Saunders and Bruce Bradbury

Can an Intertemporal Model Explain Australia's Current Account Deficit? pp. 350-359

Glenn Otto

Volume 36, issue 2, 2003

Analysing the Performance of Firms Using a Decomposable Ideal Index Number to Link Profit, Prices and Productivity pp. 143-155

John Salerian

Flattening the Effective Marginal Tax Rate Structure in Australia: Policy Simulations Using the Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator pp. 156-172

John Creedy, Guyonne Kalb and Hsein Kew

Protecting Employee Entitlements pp. 173-180

Kevin Davis and Geoff Burrows

Unemployment Hysteresis in Australian States and Territories: Evidence from Panel Data Unit Root Tests pp. 181-192

Russell Smyth

Water Policy: Setting the Scene pp. 193-202

Geoff Edwards

Principles for the Allocation of Scarce Water pp. 203-212

John Freebairn

Approaches to Increasing River Flows pp. 213-224

Alistair Watson

Robust Reform: The Case for a New Water Entitlement System for Australia pp. 225-234

Michael Young and J. C. McColl

Demographic Data in Australia pp. 235-244

Edith Gray, Peter McDonald and Ann Evans

Lessons from Economies in Transition from Central Planning pp. 245-252

Richard Pomfret

Volume 36, issue 1, 2003

Editors' Report 2002 pp. 1-2

David Johnson

Globalisation, Poverty and Inequality: Friends, Foes or Strangers? pp. 3-21

Ken Henry and Terry O'Brien

A New Specification of Labour Supply in the MONASH Model with an Illustrative Application pp. 22-40

Peter Dixon and Maureen Rimmer

Bundling in the Australian Telecommunications Industry pp. 41-54

Franco Papandrea, Natalie Stoeckl and Anne Daly

Choice of School in Australia: Determinants and Consequences pp. 55-78

Anh Le and Paul Miller

Is Superannuation Safe? The Background and the Issues pp. 79-88

Jon Stanford

Inadequacies and Inconsistencies in Superannuation Fund Financial Disclosure: The Need for a Principles‐Based Approach pp. 89-97

Gerry Gallery and Natalie Gallery

Principal and Agent Problems in Superannuation Funds pp. 98-107

Michael Drew and Jon Stanford

Is Superannuation Safe? pp. 108-117

Tom Valentine

Regulation of Australian Superannuation pp. 118-127

Hazel Bateman

Datastream pp. 128-133

Peter Summers

The Effects of Wages on Aggregate Employment: A Brief Summary of Empirical Studies pp. 134-142

Elizabeth Webster

Volume 35, issue 4, 2002

The Lifetime Distributional Impact of Government Health Outlays pp. 363-379

Ann Harding, Richard Percival, Deborah Schofield and Agnes Walker

The GST and Vertical, Horizontal and Reranking Effects of Indirect Taxation in Australia pp. 380-390

John Creedy

A Cohort Analysis of the Determinants of Employment and Labour Force Participation: Indigenous and Non‐Indigenous Australians, 1981 to 1996 pp. 391-404

Matthew Gray and Boyd Hunter

Opportunities to Reform State Taxes pp. 405-422

John Freebairn

Reviewing the Trade Practices Act: The Dawson Committee Inquiry pp. 423-429

Stephen King

The Role of the ACCC in Australian Competition Policy pp. 430-437

Ross Jones

A Critique of the Role, Powers and Activities of the ACCC: The Business View pp. 438-445

Steven Kates

Possible Implications of the Dawson Inquiry for the ACCC pp. 446-454

Rhonda L. Smith

European Economic and Monetary Integration and the Euro pp. 455-462

Tom van Veen

Volume 35, issue 3, 2002

Equity and Australian Development: Lessons from the First Century pp. 227-243

Ross Garnaut

Total Factor Productivity and Efficiency of Australian Airports pp. 244-260

Malcolm Abbott and Su Wu

Surveying Mobile Populations: Lessons from Recent Longitudinal Surveys of Indigenous Australians pp. 261-275

Boyd Hunter and D. E. Smith

The Effects of Inflation and the Business Cycle on Revisions of Macroeconomic Data pp. 276-286

Chris Bajada

Introduction to the Policy Forum on Commonwealth–State Funding Arrangements pp. 287-289

David Johnson

Issues in Commonwealth–State Funding pp. 290-300

Ross Garnaut and Vince FitzGerald

Comments on ‘Issues in Commonwealth–State Funding’ by Ross Garnaut and Vince FitzGerald pp. 301-303

J. C. Bannon

Efficiency Effects of Inter–Government Financial Transfers in Australia pp. 304-315

Peter Dixon, Mark Picton and Maureen Rimmer

Flypaper Unstuck: Comment on Dixon, Picton and Rimmer pp. 316-317

Jonathan Pincus

The Commonwealth Grants Commission and Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation pp. 318-324

Alan Morris

The Distributional Impact of Selected Commonwealth Outlays and Taxes and Alternative Commonwealth Grant Allocation Mechanisms pp. 325-334

Ann Harding, Neil Warren, Gillian Beer, Ben Phillips and Kwabena Osei

The Distributional Impact of Selected Commonwealth Outlays and Taxes and Alternative Commonwealth Grant Allocation Mechanisms: Comment pp. 335-338

Jim Hancock

The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA)Survey: Wave 1 pp. 339-348

Mark Wooden, Simon Freidin and Nicole Watson

The Public Accounts and Fiscal Policy pp. 349-361

Anthony Makin

Volume 35, issue 2, 2002

The Enlargement Challenge: Can Monetary Union Be Made to Work in an EU of 25 Members? pp. 113-121

Barry Eichengreen

Assessing the Impact of Changes in Petroleum Prices on Inflation and Household Expenditures in Australia pp. 122-132

Abbas Valadkhani and William F. Mitchell

The Growth of Jobless Households in Australia pp. 133-154

Peter Dawkins, Paul Gregg and Rosanna Scutella

The Influence of Diversification and Market Structure on the R&D Intensity of Large Australian Firms pp. 155-172

Mark Rogers

Childcare Policy: An Introduction and Overview pp. 173-179

Mark Wooden

Childcare Policy to Promote Child Wellbeing pp. 180-187

Sarah Wise, Judy Ungerer and Ann Sanson

Attitudes towards Childcare in Australia pp. 188-196

M. D. R. Evans and Jonathan Kelley

Issues in Childcare Policy in Australia pp. 197-203

Peter McDonald

Demand for Childcare Services and Labour Supply in Australian Families pp. 204-213

Denise Doiron and Guyonne Kalb

Childcare and the ‘Care Gap’ in the United States and Australia pp. 214-220

Robert Drago

Convergence: Do Poor Countries Tend to Catch Up with the Rich? pp. 221-226

Yuan K. Chou

Volume 35, issue 1, 2002

Editors' Report 2001 pp. 1-2

David Johnson

Can Supply‐Side Policies Reduce Unemployment? Lessons from North America pp. 3-28

Gary Burtless

Would a Decrease in Fertility Be a Threat to Living Standards in Australia? pp. 29-44

Ross S. Ross S. and Ian McDonald

Optimal Commodity Taxes in Australia pp. 45-54

Paul Blacklow and Ranjan Ray

A Data Envelopment Analysis of the Efficiency of Victorian TAFE Institutes pp. 55-69

Malcolm Abbott and Chris Doucouliagos

The Determinants of Relative Wage Change in Australia pp. 70-84

Elizabeth Webster and Yi-Ping Tseng

The OECD Review of Innovations in Labour Market Policies: The Australian Way pp. 85-91

Peter Dawkins

The OECD Review of Australia's Labour Market Policies pp. 92-96

Peter Shergold

Innovations in Labour Market Policies: The Australian Way Comments on an OECD Report pp. 97-103

Gary Burtless

Population Ageing and the Role of Immigration pp. 104-112

Glenn Withers