List of all projects (chronological)

Projects commenced in 2013

• Income Support and In-payment Incentives to Work Project Description
• Outcomes of Jobs Education Training (JET) Child Care Fee Assistance Recipients Project Description
• Labour Force Potential of Disability Support Pension Recipients Project Description
• Outcomes from Incentivising Education among Early School Leavers Project Description
• Is there a VET Completion Gap for Students from Disadvantaged Groups and, if so, why? Project Description
• Synthesis Report: The Impact of Education and Training on Reducing Disadvantage Description

Projects commenced in 2012

• Does VET in Schools Help or Hinder Access to Higher Education? Project Description
• Early Impacts of the Victorian VET Reforms on Enrolments and Graduate Outcomes Project Description
• Graduate Employment Outcomes for International Students Project Description
• Early Impacts on Course Choice and Completion of Moving to Student Demand-driven VET in Victoria Project Description
• The Outcomes of Early School Leaving for Disadvantaged Students: The Role of Non-cognitive Skills Project Description
• Outcomes for Teenage Mothers in the First Years after Birth Project Description
• Update of the Synthesis of Melbourne Research under the SPRS Contract 2005-2009 with 2010 Projects Synthesis
• The Labour Force Participation and Income Support Duration of People with Disability with Partial Capacity to Work Project Description
• The Impact of Paid Maternity Leave on Labour Market Outcomes Working Paper

Projects commcenced in 2011

• The Impact of Education and Training on a Multidimensional Measure of Social Exclusion Project Description
• What Determines Mature Age Entry in Education and Training and what are its Impacts? Project Description
• Work-related Training, Non-standard Jobs and Socio-economic Disadvantage Project Description
• The Effects of Schools in Retaining Disadvantaged Youth in Education Final Report
• The Role of VET in Schools in School Completion and Post-school Outcomes Final Report
• Synthesis of Melbourne Institute Research under the SPRS Contract 2005-2009 Information Sheets
• Decomposing Differences in Labour Force Status between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians Final Report
• Longitudinal Analysis of Employment Outcomes for Vulnerable and other Migrants Project Description
• How does "Poor" Middle-years Experience Impact on Youth Outcomes? Project Description

Projects commenced in 2010

• The Effects of Childcare on Child Development Final Report
• Second Chance Education: Re-engagement in Education of Early School Leavers Final Report
• Activation and Welfare Dependency Final Report
• Employment Retention in an Economic Downturn Final Report
• Dynamics of Future Mature Age Workforce Participation Final Report
• The Effect of VET No-Completion on Wages Final Report
• To gain, retain and retrain: the role of post-school education for people with a disability Final Report

Projects commenced in 2009

• The Role of VET in Preventing the Scarring Effect of Youth Joblessness Final Report
• Measuring the quality of vocational education and training using the Student Outcomes Survey Final Report
• Outcomes from combining work and tertiary study Final Report
• Transitions of Income Support Recipients with Incapacity Exemptions Final Report
• Impact of Education and Training on Income Support Recipients Final Report
• Successful and Unsuccessful Pathways to Employment Final Report
• The Re-engagement in Education of Early School Leavers Final Report
• Effects on Labour Supply, Savings and Welfare of the 2007 Policy Change to Superannuation and Age Pensions Project Description

Projects commenced in 2008

• The education and employment outcomes of youth in school-to-work transition Final Report
• Wage transitions of apprentices Final Report
• Location economics of income support recipients - extension project Final report
• Combining income support and earnings Final Report
• Mental health of the Australian working population Final Report
• Experience of income support recipients with a mental illness Final report
• Dynamics of household joblessness in Australia 2001-2007 Final report
• Analysis of Private Returns to VET Working Paper
• The Incidence and Wage Effects of Overskilling amoung Employed VET Graduates Report
• Labour Market Dynamics: The Role of VET Report
• The Role of Education in Labour Market Outcomes of People with Disabilities Report
• Improving Employment Outcomes in Early Psychosis: Social and Economic Benefits of Early Intervention Project Description

Projects commenced in 2007

• Incidence of work related injury and illness and outcomes for specific groups of workers Final Report
• Intergenerational correlation of labour market outcomes Final Report
• The factors that influence wage progression Final Report
• What determines how long women spend out of the labour force after the birth of a child Final Report
• Full time work and sole parents Final Report
• Teenage mothers' income support, education and paid work Final Report
• Human Capital and the Patterns of Employment and Welfare Receipt Final Report
• Pathways to higher pay Final Report
• Understanding the Saving Behaviour of Australian Households: Private Retirement Provision and the Policy of Forced Saving Project Description
• The Effects of the Tax and Social Security System on Labour Supply and Social Welfare Project Description
• Job Retention and Advancement of Disadvantaged Jobseekers Project Description
• The Changing Socio-demographic Composition of Poverty in Australia: 1982 to 2004 Working Paper

Projects commenced in 2006

• Disability and employment in the Australian labour market Final Report
• Mature age employment and workplace strategy Final Report
• Location economics of income support recipients Final Report
• Skill shortages and the absence of wage pressures Final Report
• Working credits - a low cost alternative to universal income tax credits? Final Report
• Link between changes in employment and changes in income support Final Report
• Experimental Evaluation of YP4 - Is 'Joining Up' Services for Homeless and Jobless People a Net Benefit to Society?
• Economic Modelling of the Nurses' Labour Market in Australia
• Labour Market Transitions and Dynamics in Australia: An Analysis of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey
• Microsimulation Policy Modelling (Care Costs)
• Low Pay Dynamics: Do Low Paid Jobs Lead to Increased Earnings and Lower Welfare Dependency Over Time?
• Use of informal childcare and decisions on work by income support recipients Final Report

Projects commenced in 2005

• Income support reliance in Australia Final Report
• Previous income support experience of people granted DSP Final Report
• An examination of welfare transitions using the first three waves of the HILDA Survey Final Report
• The dynamics of jobless households: using waves 1-3 to assess causes and consequences of persistent joblessness Final Report
• Labour force outcomes for the mature age population Final Report
• Income support spells initiated by unemployment: Commonalities and heterogeneities across population groups in duration and determination of duration Final Report
• The Long-Term Impact of Informal Care Giving on Carers
• The dynamics of income support receipt among new' income support customers Final Report
• Childcare demand and household labour supply after 2000.
• Transitions from casual employment in Australia Final Report
• Synthesis of Melbourne Institute Research, 2000 to 2005 Final Report
• The Dynamics and Persistence of Income Poverty in Australia

Projects commenced in 2004

• Experiences of the unemployed
• The causes of long-term unemployment
• Explaining the decline in the male employment-population ratio in Australia between 1971 and 2001
• 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
• The consequences of long working hours
• Working hours and labour market transitions
• Family structure and work
• Who uses child care, for what purpose, and what is their experience of balancing work and family life? Final report
• Dimensions of Poverty, Disadvantage and Low Capabilities
• The Structure and Distribution of Household Wealth
• Cohort and Distributional Analysis of the Wealth of Australians Final report
• Financial Stress, Wealth, Poverty and Indebtedness Final report
• The effects of smoking ban regulations on smoking behaviour

Projects commenced in 2003

• Underemployment in Australia: Evidence from the HILDA Survey
• Job search of the unemployed - Description and determinants Final report
• Understanding the nature of and factors behind exits from the Disability Support Pension
• Dynamic properties of income support receipt in Australia
• Non-standard employment and job satisfaction
• Transitions to retirement - A review
• Money and subjective well-being
• Income Poverty in Australia
• Health Status and Labour Force Participation

Projects commenced in 2002

• The effect of childcare costs on labour supply
• What happens to the human capital of the unemployed over time? An analysis of changes in marginal productivity and job-finding abilities
• Labour market outcomes and welfare participation of persons with disabilities in Australia
• The Estimation of a New Zealand wage equation and Labour Supply Model
• Working time preferences in couple households (HILDA)
• International comparison of trends in the polarisation of employment
• The Characteristics of Casual and Fixed-term Employment: Evidence from the HILDA Survey
• Effect of family composition and worklessness on the distribution of income and expenditure
• Understanding and improving data quality relating to low income households
• Effects of education, fertility and divorce on married women's employment: Patterns past, present and future

Projects commenced in 2001

• Effect of changes to activity test arrangements on exit from payments - A: Mutual Obligation
• Effect of changes to activity test arrangements on exit from payments - B: Intensive Review
• Effect of changes to activity test arrangements on exit from payments - C: Job seeker diary
• Effect of changes to activity test arrangements on exit from payments - D: Work for the dole
• Analysis of incidence and trends in jobless families in Australia Final report
• Workless Families in Australia
• Reliance on income support
• The impact of social policy initiatives on labour supply incentives: A review of the literature
• Movement between payment types
• A Policy Simulation of aspects of the Australian new 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
• The Polarisation of Work and Poverty Across Australian Households: An Empirical Study Report Working paper
• Work and family directions in the US and Australia
• Neighbourhood and family effects on employment and employment aspirations Final report

Projects commenced in 2000 and earlier

• Microeconomics of Wage Flexibility and Price Expectations in Australia