Policy papers

The papers in this section focus on one or more specific policies. The emphasis of these papers is thus on the outcomes of modelling, in contrast to the technical papers that focus on the modelling itself.

2006 Projects

• Microsimulation Policy Modelling (Care Costs)

2005 Projects

• Childcare demand and household labour supply after 2000.
• Social Policy Research at the Melbourne Institute, 2000-2005.

2004 Projects

• Behavioural Microsimulation Modelling With the Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator (MITTS): Uses and Extensions
• The Melbourne Institute Analysis of the Australian Labor Party's Tax and Family Benefit Package
• Melbourne Institute Report on the 2004 Federal Budget
• Bracket Creep, Effective Marginal Tax Rates and Alternative Tax Packages
• Incentives of the Current System for single and married mothers

2002 Projects

• The effect of childcare costs on labour supply: an analysis using ABS data and MITTS
• The Estimation of a New Zealand wage equation and Labour Supply Model

2001 Projects

• A Policy Simulation of aspects of the tax system using the Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator
• A Policy Simulation of aspects of the tax system using MITTS: Interim project
• Effects of the Working Nation social security reforms in July 1995: A policy simulation using the Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator

Projects commenced in 2000 and earlier

• Modelling the Labour Supply Effects of a Negative Income Tax for Australia, and its Equity and Efficiency Implications
• Unemployment: Economic Analysis and Policy Modelling