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17 December 2012

HILDA Survey Research Conference 2013

Thursday 3 and Friday 4 October 2013 at the University of Melbourne

Overview

The 2013 HILDA Survey Research Conference is being held on Thursday 3rd to Friday 4th October 2013, at the University of Melbourne. The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for the discussion of research based on the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. Attendance at the conference is open to all, but should be of special interest to both users of the HILDA Survey data and persons with an interest in the outcomes from longitudinal survey research in the broad fields of economic and social policy.

Submissions of papers and poster are now being sought.

Contributors can submit: (i) full papers, which will be subject to an external refereeing process; (ii) extended abstracts; or (iii) brief abstracts for a poster presentation.

All papers presented will also be assigned to a discussant.

Travel subsidies

Contributions towards the travel and accommodation costs of paper presenters (but not poster presenters) will be available. As in past years we will cover the cost of an economy airfare and two night’s accommodation for all Australian-based presenters (but limited to one person per paper). Conference registration fees will also be waived. Part subsidies will also be available for a limited number of overseas-based speakers.

Selection guidelines

Paper numbers are deliberately restricted to maximise room for discussion. Paper selection is thus competitive. Priority will be given to papers that exploit the longitudinal nature of the data. Papers on panel survey methods and that provide cross-national comparisons are also very welcome.
Presenters of papers that are not selected will be offered the opportunity to make a poster presentation.
Submissions will only normally be accepted from registered users of the HILDA Survey data. If you have an idea that you think would be of interest to participants but does not use the HILDA Survey unit record data you should first contact the head of the organising committee, Professor Mark Wooden, to discuss.

Submission deadline: All papers and abstracts need to be received by: 31 MAY 2013.

How to submit: Send your abstract or full paper by email to: [email protected]

Submission guidelines

Extended Abstracts: Should be between one and two pages in length and should make clear what the purposes of the proposed paper are, how the HILDA data will be used and which data waves will be drawn on.
Since papers need to be circulated to a discussant prior to the conference, authors of selected abstracts will need to submit a complete paper by 2 September 2013.

Full papers: Papers need to be complete and should be in a format similar to that expected for submission to an academic journal.

Brief Abstracts (for poster session): Should be around 200 words and should make clear what the research question is and how the HILDA data will be used.

Presenter details: When making your submission, please nominate the person who will be the main presenter (in the case of multi-authored papers) and include a very short biography briefly summarising your current position, affiliations, and research experience. (This will be the person to whom the travel subsidy will be paid).

Please ensure that your full contact details are included so we can keep you updated regarding your submission.

Registration fees: (inclusive of GST)
Early Bird: $225 (before or by 16 August 2013)
Standard: $290 (after 16 August 2013)
Student Rate: $120 (must register by Early Bird date)

Further information

Further details about the conference will be posted on the Melbourne Institute website shortly and will be updated regularly in the lead up to the conference.

Please contact Ms Penny Hope at [email protected] or 03 8344 2151 for any enquiries regarding the conference or submission process.

  • HILDA Survey

    • 6 November 2012

    Release 11 pre-order forms are available

    Release 11 of the HILDA data (which includes waves 1 to 11) is now available for pre-order.

    If you are a Data Manager and have not yet obtained the Release 11 Organisational Licence forms, please contact FaHCSIA.

    For individuals whose organisation has an Organisational Licence, please contact your Data Manager to obtain the Release 11 forms.

    If you have been approved access to Release 11 by FaHCSIA, and would like to pre-order, please pay the required cost and the datasets and other relevant information including password emails, invoices / receipts, will be forwarded to you from 4 December 2012.

    For Melbourne Institute and University of Melbourne staff, please wait until you receive the password email before collecting your dataset.

    23 October 2012

    HILDA Survey Paper Published in Longitudinal and Life Course Studies

    A short paper summarising the development and progress of the HILDA Survey has been published in the latest issue of Longitudinal and Life Course Studies. The paper provides an overview of the origins of the HILDA Survey, its design, the survey content, data collection (including response rates), weighting and imputation, and data access and use.

    A link to the table of contents follows:
    http://www.llcsjournal.org/index.php/llcs/issue/view/21

    The full bibliographic details are:
    Watson, Nicole and Wooden, Mark Peter. 2012. “The HILDA Survey: A Case Study in the Design and Development of a Successful Household Panel Survey.” Longitudinal and Life Course Studies 3(3): 369-381.

    18 October 2012

    Suggested background reading for the 1 day Dynamic Modelling course

    The following references have been suggested by Steve Pudney.

    To give general background:
    Cameron, A. C. and Trivedi, P. K. (2005). Microeconometrics. Methods and Applications. Cambridge.  [Primarily Chapters 21, 22, 23]

    Examples using Stata:
    Cameron, A. C. and Trivedi, P. K. (2010). Microeconometrics using Stata, Revised Edition. Stata Press.  [Primarily Chapters 8, 9, 18]

    Non-economists might want to begin with this one:
    Chatfield, C. (2003). The Analysis of Time Series: An Introduction (6th edition). Chapman & Hall CRC. [Sections 1, 2, 3]

    25 September 2012

    Call for all HILDA Publications for 2012 Annual Report

    We are soon to begin preparation of the 2012 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey Annual Report.  As is usual practice, we would like to include details of all publications that make use of the HILDA Survey data. We therefore request that you send details of any publications or papers that use the HILDA Survey that are not already included in the HILDA Survey bibliography on our web site.

    The bibliography can be accessed on our webpage: http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/biblio/ It includes:

    Could you please forward any information regarding any of your publications for inclusion in the Annual Report.

    Please include:

    Finally, a reminder to all data users that a requirement for using the HILDA data is the inclusion of the appropriate acknowledgement and disclaimer in any publications that cite / use the HILDA data, as indicated in Clause 6f, pg 20 of the Manual for Access and Use of FaHCSIA Longitudinal Survey Datasets.

    17 September 2012

    Professor Steve Pudney from the University of Essex will be presenting two panel data training courses in late November 2012 in Melbourne:

    The fee for attendance is $740 (incl. GST). Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided.

    Places are limited to 38, so please register by visiting the Training Opportunities page on our website.

    The fee for attendance is $220 (incl. GST). Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided.

    Places are limited to 70, so please register by visiting the Training Opportunities page on our website.

    19 July 2012

    Getting started: Analysing HILDA with STATA

    This course will be presented by Professor Robert Breunig at Australian National University, Canberra on Monday 10 to Wednesday 12 September.

    The fee for attendance is $730 (incl. GST). Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided.

    Places are limited to 28, so please register by visiting the Training Opportunities page on our website.

    10 July 2012

    2012 Statistical Report Volume 7

    The HILDA Survey Statistical Report for 2012 is now available, and can be downloaded from:
    http://melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/Reports/statreport.html

    If you would like a printed copy you should contact Victoria Lane (HILDA Survey Administration Assistant): [email protected]

    29 June 2012

    HILDA SURVEY NEWS, JUNE 2012

    Waves 13 to 16

    I am delighted to inform you that the University of Melbourne and the Australian Government (through FaHCSIA) have recently signed a contract that ensures the Melbourne Institute will continue managing the HILDA Survey project for waves 13 to 16. We, in turn, are negotiating a sub-contract with our fieldwork provider – Roy Morgan Research – which we expect will be finalised in the near future.

    2011 Annual Report

    The HILDA Survey Annual Report for 2011 is now available, and can be downloaded from:
    http://melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/Reports/annual_report.html

    If you would like a printed copy you should contact Victoria Lane (HILDA Survey Administration Assistant): [email protected]

    Wave 11

    Response outcomes from wave 11 (fieldwork for which was completed in February this year) have now been finalised.

    Wave 11 Main (ongoing) sample

    Wave 11 Top-Up Sample

     Wave 12

    HILDA Survey Research Conference 2013

    A tentative date has been set for the next HILDA Survey Research Conference – 3-4 October 2013 – so pencil those days in your diary now. More details will follow later this year.

    2 March 2012

    Wave 11 Response Rates

    Fieldwork for wave 11 was completed in February, and we can again report that our annual retention rate is in excess of 96%. The figures are still preliminary, but it looks like the proportion of wave 10 respondents who also participated in wave 11 will be 96.4%.

    Wave 11 also saw the introduction of a new top-up sample, and we are very pleased to report that preliminary indications are that the household response rate for this new sample is between 69 and 70%. This is considerably higher than what was achieved in wave 1 (in 2001) – just 65.7%.

    Marked Up Questionnaires

    We have a new function available on our website – a searchable version of all marked up questionnaires up to and including Wave 11 can be found at: http://melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/doc/doc_issues.html

    FLoSse

    This is a reminder of your obligation under your agreement for access to upload bibliographic details of all your published research using the dataset to FLoSse which can be found at http://flosse.fahcsia.gov.au/

    More information about FLoSse can be found in the latest Manual on either of the following websites:

    http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/downloads/hilda/Deeds/ Manual_for_the_Access_to_and_Use_of_FaHCSIA_Longitudinal_Survey_Datasets_Nov_2011_R10.pdf

    OR

    http://www.aifs.gov.au/growingup/data/docs/DataManagersManual.pdf

    To upload your details go to "deposit research details" and follow the prompts. If you have not previously done so, you will need to register. This is for administrative purposes only as the system will automatically generate emails informing you once the details you have entered have been accepted onto the site. By registering, you can also choose to be automatically informed about new research available on the site.

    FLoSse contains around 1,100 articles and is becoming a more valuable resource with every new article added. It has been created with the primary intention of bringing relevant research to the attention of policy makers. However, for academic users it is also a useful tool for literature reviews.

    When searching FLoSse please bear in mind that the site only contains the bibliographic details and not the actual publication. Also, not all articles deposited in FLoSse have a direct external link available. The "FLoSse DOI" link is an internal link and will only return the bibliographic details. A link to the full document can be found next to the label "External URL". If this label does not appear in the entry, there is no direct link and you will need to use the other bibliographic information to locate a copy of the article, for example the journal in which it appears. In a small number of cases you may need to contact the author directly.

    If you have any queries regarding FLoSse please contact us on [email protected]

    Discussion Paper Series

    Our most recent discussion papers are available from our website. Among other things, they provide a comparative analysis of response rates to the BHPS, GSOEP and HILDA Survey. The publication details are:

    28 February 2012

    Getting started: Analysing HILDA with STATA

    A hands-on introductory HILDA Survey training course will be held on Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 April 2012 at the Australian National University.

    Course information

    This 2-day training course is designed for people who are interested in using the HILDA Survey data but have not yet done so. It will take a descriptive research problem such as "What happens to single mothers who receive Parenting Payment Single (PPS)? Do they stay on the program from one year to the next? Do they move to another income support program? Do they leave income support?" and go through all the steps necessary to answer this question. We begin with the HILDA DVD and assume participants have relatively little experience in working with large data sets. The training will then cover the following topics:

    There will be scope within the course to deal with individual questions which participants might have about data extraction and structure in panel data contexts.

    Course instructor

    Professor Robert Breunig is a member of the Economics Program in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. His primary applied research interests are in analysing individual and firm behaviour, evaluating government tax and transfer programs and analysing large data sets.

    Course details

    Location: Australian National University (lab location TBA)
    Date: Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 April, 2012
    Time: 9.15am – 4pm
    Catering: Morning & afternoon tea and lunch will be provided
    Fees:

    $690.00 (inc. GST)
    Registration: Places are limited to 27. Please register via the following link:

    Online Registration