Melbourne Institute Research Publications - 2009

Authored Research Books

Garnaut R. 2009. The Great Crash of 2008. Carlton, Australia: Melbourne University Press.

Research Book Chapters

Herault N. 2009. Labour Supply Modelling in Sequential Computable General Equilibrium-Microsimulation Models. Emerging Topics in Macroeconomics. New York, United States: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 3-11.

Kalb G & Thoresen T. 2009. Behavioural Microsimulation: Labour Supply and Childcare Use Responses in Australia and Norway. New Frontiers in Microsimulation Modelling. United Kingdom: Ashgate, pp. 231-261.

Marks G. 2009. The Influence of Cultural Capital on Educational and early Labour Market Outcomes of Young People in Australia. Quantifying Theory: Bourdieu. Netherlands: Springer, pp. 89-103.

McClelland A & Scutella R. 2009. Taxation: Paying for Policy. Social Policy in Australia: Understanding for Action. South Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press, pp. 250-265.

Watson N & Wooden M. 2009. Identifying Factors Affecting Longitudinal Survey Response. Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys. Chichester, United Kingdom: Wiley - John Wiley & Sons, pp. 157-181.

Williams R. 2009. Trends and Cycles: 1925-2008. Balanced Growth A History of the Department of Economics, University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing, pp. 5-23.

Wooden M & Drago R. 2009. The Changing Distribution of Working Hours in Australia. Laggards and Leaders in Labour Market Reform: Comparing Japan and Australia. Abingdon, United Kingdom: RoutledgeFalmer, pp. 67-81.

Refereed Journal Articles

Cai L. 2009. Be Wealthy to Stay Healthy: An Analysis of Older Australians Using the HILDA Survey. Journal of Sociology. 45 (1): 55-70.

Cai L. 2009. Effects of Health on Wages of Australian Men. The Economic Record. 85 (270): 290-306.

Cai L. 2009. Estimation of Simultaneous Equation Models with Latent Dependent Variables: A Monte Carlo Evaluation. Applied Economics Letters. 16 (11): 1107-1112.

Cai L. 2009. Is Self-reported Disability Status Endogenous to Labour Force Status? Applied Economics Letters. 16 (5): 459-464.

Cai L & Cong C. 2009. Effects of Health and Chronic Diseases on Older Working-age Australians. Australian Economic Papers. 48 (2): 166-182.

Cardak B & Wilkins R. 2009. The Determinants of Household Risky Asset Holdings: Australian Evidence on Background Risk and Other Factors. Journal of Banking & Finance. 3 (5): 850-860.

Chua M & Tsiaplias S. 2009. Can Consumer Sentiment and its Components Forecast Australian GDP and Consumption? Journal of Forecasting. 28 (8): 698-711.

Coelli M & Wilkins R. 2009. Credential Changes and Education Earnings Premia in Australia. The Economic Record. 85 (270): 239-259.

Creedy J, Herault N & Kalb G. 2009. Abolishing the Tax-free Threshold in Australia: Simulating Alternative Reforms. Fiscal Studies. 30 (2): 219-246.

Crossley T, Hurley J & Jeon S. 2009. Physician Labour Supply in Canada: A Cohort Analysis. Health Economics. 18 (4): 437-456.

Drago R, Wooden M & Black D. 2009. Long Work Hours: Volunteers and Conscripts. British Journal of Industrial Relations. 47 (3): 571-600.

Drago R, Wooden M & Black D. 2009. Who Wants Flexibility? Changing Work Hours Preferences and Life Events. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 62 (3): 394-414.

Farrar S, Yi D, Sutton M, Chalkley M, Sussex J & Scott A. 2009. Has Payment by Results Affected the way that English hospitals Provide Care? Difference-in-differences Analysis. British Medical Journal. 339 (272): b3047.

Frick J & Headey B. 2009. Living Standards in Retirement: Accepted International Comparisons are Misleading. Schmollers Jahrbuch. 129 (2): 309-19.

Harris M, Kostenko W, Matyas L & Timol I. 2009. The Robustness of Estimators for Dynamic Panel Data Models to Misspecification. Singapore Economic Review. 54 (3): 399-426.

Herault N. 2009. Les Apports de la Micro-simulation Aux Modles Dquilibre Gnral: Application au cas de Afrique du Sud. Economie et Prevision. 187 (1): 123-135.

Jensen P & Stonecash R. 2009. Contract type and the Cost of Provision: Evidence from Maintenance Services Contracts. Fiscal Studies. 30 (2): 279-296.

Jensen P & Webster E. 2009. Another Look at the Relationship Between Innovation Proxies. Australian Economic Papers. 48 (3): 252-269.

Jensen P & Webster E. 2009. Knowledge Management: Does Capture Impede Creation? Industrial and Corporate Change. 18 (4): 701-727.

Jensen P, Webster E & Witt J. 2009. Hospital Type and Patient Outcomes: An Empirical Examination using AMI Re-admission and Mortality Records. Health Economics. 18 (12): 1440-1460.

Johnston D & Lee W. 2009. Retiring to the Good Life? The Short-Term Effects of Retirement on Health. Economics Letters. 103 (1): 8-11.

Kalb G. 2009. Children, Labour Supply and Childcare: Challenges for Empirical Analysis. Australian Economic Review. 42 (3): 276-299.

Lim G, Chua M, Claus E & Tsiaplias S. 2009. Review of the Australian Economy 2008-09: Recessions, Retrenchments and Risks. Australian Economic Review. 42 (1): 1-11.

Lim G, Dixon R & Tsiaplias S. 2009. Phillips Curve and the Equilibrium Unemployment Rate. The Economic Record. 85 (4): 371-382.

Marks G. 2009. Accounting for School Sector Differences in University Entrance Performance. Australian Journal of Education. 53 (1): 19-38.

Marks G. 2009. Modernisation Theory and Changes Over-Time in the Reproduction of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Australia. Social Forces. 88 (2): 917-944.

Marks G. 2009. Social Consequences of the Australian Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS). Higher Education. 57 (1): 71-84.

Mavromaras K, Fok YK & McGuinness S. 2009. Assessing the Incidence and Wage Effects of Overskilling in the Australian Labour Market. The Economic Record. 85 (268): 60-72.

McGuinness S & Wooden M. 2009. Overskilling, Job Insecurity and Career Mobility: Evidence from Australia. Industrial Relations. 48 (2): 265-286.

Palangkaraya A & Yong J. 2009. Parallel Imports, Market Size and Investment Incentive. Singapore Economic Review. 54 (2): 167-181.

Palangkaraya A & Yong J. 2009. Population Ageing and its Implications on Aggregate Health Care Demand: Empirical Evidence from 22 OECD Countries. International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics. 9 (4): 391-402.

Palangkaraya A, Yong J, Webster E & Dawkins P. 2009. The Income Distributive Implications of Recent Private Health Insurance Policy Reforms in Australia. European Journal of Health Economics. 10 (2): 135-148.

Scott A, Schurer S, Jensen P & Sivey P. 2009. The Effects of an Incentive Program on Quality of Care in Diabetes Management. Health Economics. 18 (9): 1091-1108.

Shields M, Wheatley Price S & Wooden M. 2009. Life Satisfaction and the Economic and Social Characteristics of Neighbourhoods. Journal of Population Economics. 22 (2): 421-443.

Stierwald A, Palangkaraya A & Yong J. 2009. Is Firm Productivity Related to Size and Age? The Case of Large Australian Firms. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade: from theory to policy. 9 (2): 167-195.

Wilkins R & Wooden M. 2009. Household Debt in Australia: The Looming Crisis that Isnt. Australian Economic Review. 42 (3): 358-366.

Witt J, Scott A & Osborne R. 2009. Designing Choice Experiments with Many Attributes. An Application to Setting Priorities for Orthopaedic Waiting Lists. Health Economics. 18 (6): 681-696.

Wooden M, Warren D & Drago R. 2009. Working Time Mismatch and Subjective Well-being. British Journal of Industrial Relations. 47 (1): 147-179.