Seminar Series 2009

Peter Sivey is the program coordinator of these seminars. A time table for forthcoming seminars is presented below. If you would like to subscribe to the Melbourne Institute seminar electronic mailing list please email Peter Sivey.

SPEAKER TOPIC LOCATION DATE
Professor Dean Hyslop, Victoria University of Wellington

Returning to Work from Injury: Longitudinal Evidence on Employment and Earnings - (pdf 282k)

Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 3rd December, 11am
Professor Philip O'Connell, Economic and Social Research Institute The Impact of Wage Bargaining Regime on Firm-Level Competitiveness and Wage Inequality: The Case of Ireland (page not found) Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 26th November, 11am
Associate Professor Buly Cardak, LaTrobe University Why do education vouchers fail? - (pdf 351k) Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 22nd October 2009, 11am
Associate Professor Lei Delsen, Radboud University Nijmegen Time sovereignty and work-life balance over the life cycle - (pdf 10.6k) Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 15th October 2009, 11am
Associate Professor Elizabeth Savage, University of Technology Sydney Advantageous Selection in Private Health Insurance: The Case of Australia - (Word Doc 368k) Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 17th September 2009, 11am
Professor Peter Zweifel, University of Zurich Ageing and Health Care Expenditure: A New View - (pdf 6.9k) Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Friday 21st August 2009, 11am
Professor Pravin Trivedi, Indiana University Dynamic Cost-offsets of Prescription Drug Expenditures: Panel Data Analysis Using a Copula-based Hurdle Model - (pdf 1.4MB) Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Friday 24th July 2009, 10am
Associate Professor Andrew Leigh, Australian National University Do Gun Buybacks Save Lives? Evidence from Panel Data - (pdf 10.4MB) Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Friday 8th May 2009, 11am
Professor Kenneth Troske, University of Kentucky New Estimates of Public Employment and Training Program Net Impacts: A Nonexperimental Evaluation of the Workforce Investment Act Program - (pdf 7.9k) Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 23rd April 2009, 11am
Professor John O. Fox, Mount Holyoke College Peculiarities of the U.S. Individual Income Tax: What President Obama Might Do About Them - (pdf 12.9k) Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 26th March 2009, 11am
Professor Hideo Owan, Aoyama Gakuin University and Hitotsubashi University Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation for Inventors - (pdf 232k) Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 12th March 2009, 11am (joint Melb. Inst. and IPRIA Seminar)
Professsor Bronwyn Hall, University of California, Berkeley Innovation and Productivity in SMEs. Empirical Evidence for Italy - (pdf 252k) Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 26th February 2009, 11am (joint Melb. Inst. and IPRIA Seminar)
Professor Hugh Gravelle, Centre for Health Economics, University of York Quality of GP Diabetes Care and Hospital Admissions Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 19th February 2009, 11am
Professor Colm Harmon, Director, Geary Institute, University College Dublin Measurement and Anchoring Vignettes in Social Science Studies Melbourne Institute Seminar Room** Thursday 29th January, 2.30pm

** Melbourne Institute Seminar Room is located on the 6th Floor, Alan Gilbert Building (Building A), 161 Barry Street, Carlton (enter via 7th floor reception).