Dr Wang-Sheng Lee

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Currently working in the Labour Economics and Social Policy Research Program, Wang is involved with projects researching low-pay dynamics, welfare transitions, returns to education, child care benefits and microsimulation of labour supply. His current research interests also include program evaluation techniques, happiness economics and obesity.

Publications

Johnston, DW and W. Lee. "Retiring to the Good Life? The Short-Term Effects of Retirement on Health," Economics Letters, forthcoming.

Lee, W. and S. Suardi. "The Australian Firearms Buyback and Its Effect on Gun Deaths," Contemporary Economic Policy, forthcoming.

Kalb, G. and W. Lee. (2008). "Childcare Demand and Household Labour Supply in Australia: an Update," Australian Economic Papers, 47, pp. 272-295. (working paper version)

Kalb, G. and W. Lee. (2007). "The Effect of an Alternative Childcare Subsidy on Labour Supply: a Policy Simulation," Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 10, pp. 39-57. (working paper version)

Lee, W. and U. Oguzoglu. (2007) "Income Support and Stigma Effects for Young Australians," Australian Economic Review, 40, pp. 369-384. (working paper version under previous title "Are Youths on Income Support Less Happy? Evidence from Australia.")

Lee, W., E. Beecroft, and M. Shroder. (2005). "The Impacts of Welfare Reform on Recipients of Housing Assistance," Housing Policy Debate, 16 (3-4), pp. 433-468.

Fein, D. and W. Lee. (2003). "The Impacts of Welfare Reform on Child Maltreatment in Delaware," Children and Youth Services Review, 25 (1-2), pp. 83-111.

Recent Conference/Seminar Activities

Lee, W. (2008). "Minimum Wages and Employment: Reconsidering the Use of a Time-Series Approach as an Evaluation Tool." 3rd International Symposium on Labor Economics, WISE, Xiamen (China), December 11-12.

Lee, W. (2007). "On Assessing the Specification of Propensity Score Models," 3rd Annual IZA Conference on the Evaluation of Labor Market Programs, Bonn (Germany), 19-20 October, at the Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Wellington (New Zealand), July 9-11, 2008, and at the Far Eastern Meeting of the Econometric Society, Singapore, July 16-18, 2008.

Lee, W. (2007). Discussant of "Do Short-term Training Programmes Activate Means-tested Unemployment Benefit Recipients in Germany?" by Wolff, J. and E. Jozwiak, 3rd Annual IZA Conference on the Evaluation of Labor Market Programs, Bonn (Germany), 19-20 October. (presentation)

Lee, W. (2007). "Evaluating the Effects of a Mandatory Government Program using Matched Groups
within a Similar Geographic Location," 2007 Conference for the European Association of Labour Economists, Oslo (Norway), 20-22 September. (presentation)

Lee, W. (2006). "Propensity Score Matching and Variations on the Balancing Test," 3rd Conference on Policy Evaluation, ZEW, Mannheim (Germany), 27-28 October. (presentation) (comments)

Lee, W. (2006). Discussant of "How Do Employment Effects of Job Creation Schemes Differ with Respect to the Foregoing Unemployment Duration?" by Hujer, R. and S. Thomsen, 3rd Conference on Policy Evaluation, ZEW, Mannheim (Germany), 27-28 October. (presentation)

Some Past Contract Work

Lee, W., E. Beecroft, J. Khadurri, and R. Patterson. (2003). Impacts of Welfare Reform on Recipients of Housing Assistance: Evidence from Indiana and Delaware, Abt Associates Inc., Bethesda MD. (pdf)

Beecroft, E., W. Lee, D. Long, P. Holcomb, T. Thompson, N. Pindus, C. O’Brien, and J. Bernstein. (2003). The Indiana Welfare Reform Evaluation: Five-Year Impacts, Implementation, Costs and Benefits. Abt Associates Inc., Bethesda MD. (pdf)