Mr Markus Hahn
Senior Research Support Officer (HILDA Survey)
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Location
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Level 5, Faculty of Business and Economics Building, 111 Barry Street,
The University of Melbourne
Biography
Markus Hahn joined the Melbourne Institute as a Research Officer for the HILDA Survey in May 2008. His duties are to contribute to the annual HILDA Statistical Report and to conduct research with the HILDA Survey.
Prior to joining the Melbourne Institute, Markus worked for 3 years as a research assistant at the RWI Essen (Germany).
Markus has a German Diplom (Master's equivalent) in Economics from the Ruhr-University Bochum. Since July 2010, he is in enrolled in the PhD program at the Melbourne Institute. His PhD thesis is titled 'Income Inequality and Income Mobility in Germany: Does the Choice of the Income Measure Matter?'.
Research Interests / Current Projects
Economics of Poverty and Well-Being; Labour Economics; Applied Microeconometrics
Selected Publications / Papers
Burkhauser, R. V., Hahn, M. H. and Wilkins, R. (in press), 'Measuring Top Incomes Using Tax Record Data: A Cautionary Tale from Australia', Journal of Economic Inequality.
Lillard, D. R., Burkhauser, R. V., Hahn, M. H. and Wilkins, R. (2015)., 'Does Early-Life Income Inequality Predict Self-Reported Health in Later Life? Evidence from the United States', Social Science & Medicine, vol. 128, pp. 347–355.
McGuinness, S., Wooden, M. and Hahn, M. (2014), 'The Perceived Probability of Job Loss and Future Labour Market Outcomes', Industrial Relations Journal, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 329–347.