Professor Mark Wooden

Tel. +61 3 8344 2089
Fax. +61 3 8344 2111
Email. m.wooden@unimelb.edu.au

• CV (PDF 166KB)

• Conference/Working Papers since 2003

• The HILDA Survey

Mark Wooden commenced an appointment as a Professorial Fellow with the Melbourne Institute in March 2000. He was previously Professor and Acting Director at the National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University of South Australia, where he was employed for 19 years. In that time he developed a reputation as one of Australia's leading commentators on contemporary developments in the labour market.

He is currently the Director of the HILDA Project, Australia's first large-scale household panel survey. Mark's current research interests are primarily in the areas of:

• applied labour economics; the changing nature of work; employee relations; and
• survey methodology.

However, he has also undertaken research in other related fields, including immigration, education and training, human resource management and public health.

Conference/Working Papers since 2003

Tracking Sample Members Over Time: The HILDA Survey Experience. Presentation at the EUCCONET Workshop, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, London, 1–2 July 2010.

Mixed and Multiple Collection Modes: The HILDA Survey Experience. Presentation at the 25th International Methodology Symposium, Longitudinal Surveys: from Design to Analysis, Gatineau, Canada, 27–30 October 2009.

Household Debt in Australia: The Looming Crisis that Isn’t. Presentation at the Melbourne Institute Public Economics Forum, Canberra, 10 June 2009 (with Roger Wilkins).

Low-paid Employment and Unemployment Dynamics in Australia. Presentation at the HILDA Survey Research Conference 2009, University of Melbourne, 16–17 July 2009.

Low-Paid Employment and Unemployment Dynamics in Australia. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 6/09, March 2009 (with Hielke Buddelmeyer and Wang-Shang Lee).

Use of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale in the HILDA Survey. HILDA Discussion Paper Series No. 2/09, February 2009.

Measuring Trade Union Membership Status in the HILDA Survey. HILDA Discussion Paper Series No. 1/09, January 2009.

Did Australia’s Baby Bonus Increase the Fertility Rate? Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 1/09, January 2009 (with Robert Drago, Katina Sawyer, Karina Sheffler and Diana Warren).

Assessing the Quality of the Height and Weight Data in the HILDA Survey. HILDA Technical Paper Series No. 1/08, February 2008 (with Nicole Watson, Paul Agius and Simon Freidin).

Transitions from Casual Employment in Australia. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 7/08, May 2008 (with Hielke Buddelmeyer).

The HILDA Survey and its Contribution to Economic and Social Research. Presentation at the Seminar at School of Economics, The Australian National University, 29 March 2007.

The Changing Distribution of Working Hours in Australia. Paper presented at the Australian and Japanese Labour Markets Compared, The Australian National University, 6 June 2007.

The Future of the HILDA Survey: Opportunities and Challenges. Presentation at the HILDA Survey Research Conference, University of Melbourne, 19–20 July 2007.

Long Work Hours: Volunteers and Conscripts. Paper presented at HILDA Survey Research Conference 2007 (with Bob Drago and David Black).

Transitions from Casual Employment in Australia. Paper presented at HILDA Survey Research Conference 2007 (with Hielke Buddelmeyer).

Overskilling, Job Insecurity and Career Mobility. IZA Discussion Paper No. 2938, July 2007 (with Seamus McGuinness).

Overskilling, Job Insecurity and Career Mobility: Evidence from Australia. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper No. 9/07 (with Seamus McGuinness).

Long Work Weeks in Australia. Paper presented at the Labour Law Seminar, Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, University of Melbourne, 22 June 2007 and Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, 16 August 2007.

Low Pay Dynamics. Paper presented at the Labour Market Dynamics Social Policy Research Workshop, Changing Nature of Work and Welfare, Canberra, 20–21 September 2007.

The HILDA Survey: An Overview. Presentation at CNEF Workshop, Cornell University, 8 September 2007.

Working Time Mismatch and Subjective Wellbeing. Melbourne Institute Workshop Series, 16 October 2007.

Working Time Mismatch and Subjective Well-Being. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper No. 29/07 (with Diana Warren and Robert Drago).

Paid Annual Leave and Working Hours. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 20/07 (with Diana Warren).

The Changing Distribution of Working Hours in Australia. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 19/07 (with Bob Drago).

Identifying Factors Affecting Longitudinal Survey Response. Paper presented at the Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys Conference 2006, University of Essex, Colchester, UK (with Nicole Watson).

Identifying Factors Affecting Longitudinal Survey Response in Peter Lynn (ed.), Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, forthcoming (with Nicole Watson).

Work Hours Mismatch in the U.S. and Australia. Paper presented at the 'Why Workplace Flexibility Matters: A Global Perspective' Conference, Sloan Center on Parents, Children and Work, University of Chicago, 18 May 2006 (with Robert Drago).

Effects of Household Joblessness on Subjective Wellbeing. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 10/06.

The Australian Industrial Relations Reform Agenda. Paper presented at the 34th Australian Conference of Economists, University of Melbourne, 26-28 September 2005. [In Proceedings of the Conference: ISBN 07340 26080.]

The Existence and Persistence of Long Work Hours. Paper presented at HILDA Survey Research Conference 2005.

The HILDA Survey: Progress and Future Developments. Paper presented at HILDA Survey Research Conference 2005.

Australia’s Industrial Relations Reform Agenda. Paper presented at the 34th Conference of Economists, 26-28 September 2005, University of Melbourne.

The HILDA Survey: An Overview. Paper presented at HILDA Survey Research Conference 2003.

Investigating the Role of Neighbourhood Characteristics in Determining Life Satisfaction. Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series No. 24/03, September 2003.

The Characteristics of Jobless Households in Australia: Evidence from Wave 1 of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. Paper for the Australian Social Policy Conference held 9 - 11 July 2003 at the University of New South Wales.

The Characteristics of Casual and Fixed-term Employment: Evidence from the HILDA Survey'. Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series No. 15/03, May 2003.

Marriage, Children and Subjective Well-being. Paper presented at the Eighth Australian Institute of Family Conference - "Step Forward for Families: Research, Practice and Melbourne Exhibition Centre, 12-14 February 2003.

The HILDA Survey and Research on Families. Paper presented at the Eighth Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference "Step Forward for Families: Research, Practice and Policy". Melbourne Exhibition Centre, 12-14 February 2003.

The HILDA Survey

In August 2000 the Melbourne Institute in Association with the Australian Council for Education Research and the Australian Institute of Family Studies were successful in securing a contract awarded by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) to design and manage a large-scale household panel study.

The HILDA Survey has obtained additional funding from the Australian Government until at least wave 12 or until the end of 2012.