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2014n18: Monetary Policy Indeterminacy and Identification Failures in the U.S.: Results from a Robust Test

Efrem Castelnuovo and Luca Fanelli

2014n17: Quantifying Informational Linkages in a Global Model of Currency Spot Markets

Matthew Greenwood-Nimmo, Viet Hoang Nguyen and Yongcheol Shin

2014n16: Estimating the Expected Duration of the Zero Lower Bound in DSGE Models with Forward Guidance

Mariano Kulish, James Morley and Tim Robinson

2014n15: Harmonising and Matching IPR Holders at IP Australia

T’Mir D. Julius and Gaétan de Rassenfosse

2014n14: Attrition Bias in Panel Data: A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing? A Case Study Based on the MABEL Survey

Terence Cheng and Pravin Trivedi

2014n13: The Effect of Shocks to Labour Market Flows on Unemployment and Participation Rates

Robert Dixon, Guay Lim and Jan van Ours

2014n12: Uncertainty Shocks and Unemployment Dynamics in U.S. Recessions

Giovanni Caggiano, Efrem Castelnuovo and Nicolas Groshenny

2014n11: Re-employment Expectations and the Eye of Providence

Sonja C. Kassenboehmer and Sonja G. Schatz

2014n10: Late Start with Extra Schooling: The Effect of School Entry-Age Increase and the Introduction of Preparatory Year*

Nikhil Jha

2014n09: What Can Life Satisfaction Data Tell Us about Discrimination against Sexual Minorities? A Structural Equation Model for Australia and the United Kingdom*

Nattavudh Powdthavee and Mark Wooden

2014n08: An Introduction to the Patstat Database with Example Queries

Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Hélène Dernis and Geert Boedt

2014n07: Income Inequality, Trade and Financial Openness

Guay Lim and Paul McNelis

2014n06: Outcomes for Teenage Mothers in the First Years after Birth*

Guyonne Kalb, Trinh Le and Felix Leung

2014n05: Measuring Adequacy of Retirement Savings

John Burnett, Kevin Davis, Carsten Murawski, Roger Wilkins and Nicholas Wilkinson

2014n04: Multidimensionality of Longitudinal Data: Unlocking the Age-Happiness Puzzle

Ning Li

2014n03: Identifying Tax Implicit Equivalence Scales

Justin van de Ven, Nicolas Hérault and Francisco Azpitarte

2014n02: Recent Trends in Income Redistribution in Australia: Can Changes in the Tax-Transfer System Account for the Decline in Redistribution?*

Nicolas Hérault and Francisco Azpitarte

2013n44: The Measurement of Cognitive Ability in Wave 12 of the HILDA Survey

Mark Wooden

2013n43: Less Equal and Less Mobile: Evidence of a Decline in Intergenerational Income Mobility in the United States

Moshe Justman and Anna Krush

2013n42: Locus of Control and Savings

Deborah Cobb-Clark, Sonja C. Kassenboehmer and Mathias Sinning

2013n41: Retirement Decisions of Couples: The Impact of Spousal Characteristics and Preferences on the Timing of Retirement

Diana Warren

2013n40: Public, Private or Both? Analysing Factors Influencing the Labour Supply of Medical Specialists

Terence Cheng, Guyonne Kalb and Anthony Scott

2013n39: Long-Run Effects of Catholic Schooling on Wages

Nikhil Jha and Cain Polidano

2013n38: "High"-School: The Relationship between Early Marijuana Use and Educational Outcomes

Deborah Cobb-Clark, Sonja C. Kassenboehmer, Trinh Le, Duncan McVicar and Rong Zhang

2013n37: Science, Technology, Innovation and IP in India: New Directions and Prospects

Christine Greenhalgh

2013n36: Is There an Educational Penalty for Being Suspended from School?

Deborah Cobb-Clark, Sonja C. Kassenboehmer, Trinh Le, Duncan McVicar and Rong Zhang

2013n35: Does Participation in Extracurricular Activities Reduce Engagement in Risky Behaviours?

Trinh Le

2013n34: Early Bird Catches the Worm: The Causal Impact of Pre-school Participation and Teacher Qualifications on Year 3 National NAPLAN Cognitive Tests

Diana Warren and John P. Haisken-DeNew

2013n33: Understanding Changes in Progressivity and Redistributive Effects: The Role of Tax-Transfer Policies and Labour Supply Decisions

Nicolas Hérault and Francisco Azpitarte

2013n32: The Low-Pay No-Pay Cycle: Are There Systematic Differences across Demographic Groups?

King Fok, Rosanna Scutella and Roger Wilkins

2013n31: Making It Real: The Benefits of Workplace Learning in Upper-Secondary VET Courses

Cain Polidano and Domenico Tabasso

2013n30: Vision Versus Prudence: Government Debt Financing of Investment

John Freebairn and Warner Corden

2013n29: Non-Standard 'Contingent' Employment and Job Satisfaction: A Panel Data Analysis

Hielke Buddelmeyer, Duncan McVicar and Mark Wooden

2013n28: Market Forces Shaping Human Capital in Eighteenth Century London

Moshe Justman and Karine van der Beek

2013n27: Educational Achievement and the Allocation of School Resources

Deborah Cobb-Clark and Nikhil Jha

2013n26: Evaluating the Evidence on Income Inequality in Australia in the 2000s

Roger Wilkins

2013n25: Empirical Studies of Trade Marks: The Existing Economic Literature

Philipp Schautschick and Christine Greenhalgh

2013n24: Measuring Top Incomes Using Tax Record Data: A Cautionary Tale from Australia

Richard Burkhauser, Markus Hahn and Roger Wilkins

2013n23: Competition, Prices and Quality in the Market for Physician Consultations

Hugh Gravelle, Anthony Scott, Peter Sivey and Jongsay Yong

2013n22: Right Peer, Right Now? Endogenous Peer Effects and Achievement in Victorian Primary Schools

Duncan McVicar, Julie Moschion and Christopher Ryan

2013n21: Empirical Analysis of Household Savings Decisions in Context of Uncertainty: A Cross-Sectional Approach

Justin van de Ven and Paolo Lucchino

2013n20: Modelling the Dynamic Effects of Transfer Policy: The LINDA Policy Analysis Tool

Justin van de Ven and Paolo Lucchino

2013n19: The Influence of Decision Costs on Investments in Indivudual Savings Accounts

Justin van de Ven

2013n18: The Effectiveness of R&D Tax Credits: Cross-Industry Evidence

Russell Thomson

2013n17: Reading to Young Children: A Head-Start in Life?

Guyonne Kalb and Jan van Ours

2013n16: The Marginal Income Effect of Education on Happiness: Estimating the Direct and Indirect Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Well-Being in Australia

Nattavudh Powdthavee, Warn Nuarpear Lekfuangfu and Mark Wooden

2013n15: On the Origins of the Worldwide Surge in Patenting: An Industry Perspective on the R&D-Patent Relationship

Jérôme Danguy, Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie

2013n14: The Imprinting of Founders' Human Capital on Entrepreneurial Venture Growth: Evidence from New Technology-Based Firms

Luca Grilli, Paul Jensen and Samuele Murtinu

2013n13: The Casual Effect of Family Income on Child Health: A Re-examination Using an Instrumental Variables Approach

Daniel Kuehnle

2013n12: Does Coordination of Welfare Services' Delivery Make a Difference for Extremely Disadvantaged Jobseekers? Evidence from the 'YP4' Trial

Jeff Borland, Yi-Ping Tseng and Roger Wilkins