Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series: 2004

WP No. AUTHOR(S) TITLE MONTH OF PUBLICATION
33/2004 Alfons Palangkaraya and Jongsay Yong How Effective is Lifetime Health Cover in Raising Private Health Insurance Coverage in Australia? An Assessment Using Regression Discontinuity.
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December 2004
32/2004 John Creedy, Guyonne Kalb and Hsein Kew Confidence Intervals for Policy Reforms in Behavioural Tax Microsimulation Modelling.
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December 2004
31/2004 Paul H. Jensen and Elizabeth Webster Factors Affecting the Power of Patent Rights.
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November 2004
30/2004 Lei Lei Song and John Freebairn How Big Was the Effect of Budget Consolidation on the Australian Economy in the 1990s?
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November 2004
29/2004 Paul H. Jensen and Robin E. Stonecash The Efficiency of Public Sector Outsourcing Contracts: A Literature Review.
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October 2004
28/2004 Elizabeth Webster, Mark Wooden and Gary Marks Reforming the Labour Market for Australian Teachers.
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October 2004
27/2004 William Griffiths and Elizabeth Webster The Determinants of Research and Development and Intellectual Property Usage among Australian Companies, 1989 to 2002.
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September 2004
26/2004 Lixin Cai, John Creedy and Guyonne Kalb Accounting for Population Ageing in Tax Microsimulation Modelling by Survey Reweighting.
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September 2004
25/2004 M. D. R. Evans and Jonathan Kelley Effects of Family of Origin on Womens and Mens Workforce Involvement.
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September 2004
24/2004 M. D. R. Evans and Jonathan Kelley Effect of Family Structure on Life Satisfaction: Australian Evidence.
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September 2004
23/2004 M. D. R. Evans and Jonathan Kelley Trends in Women's Labour Force Participation in Australia: 1984 - 2002.
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September 2004
22/2004 M. D. R. Evans and Jonathan Kelley Parental Divorce in Australia, Cohorts Born 1900 - 1975.
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September 2004
21/2004 M. D. R. Evans and Jonathan Kelley Assessing Age Pension Options: Public Opinion in Australia 1994 - 2001 with Comparisons to Finland and Poland.
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September 2004
20/2004 Alfons Palangkaraya and Jongsay Yong Effects of Recent Carrot-and-Stick Policy Initiatives on Private Health Insurance Coverage in Australia.
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August 2004
19/2004 Robert Drago, David Black and Mark Wooden Female Breadwinner Families: Their Existence, Persistence and Sources.
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August 2004
18/2004 Bee Yan Aw and Alfons Palangkaraya Local Knowledge Spillovers in the Indonesian Manufacturing Industry.
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August 2004
17/2004 Paul H. Jensen and Elizabeth Webster SMEs and Their Use of Intellectual Property Rights in Australia.
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August 2004
16/2004 Roger Wilkins The Extent and Consequences of Underemployment in Australia.
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August 2004
15/2004 Bruce Headey, Ruud Muffels and Mark Wooden Money Doesn't Buy Happiness or Does It? A Reconsideration Based on the Combined Effects of Wealth, Income and Consumption.
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July 2004
14/2004 Jeff Borland and Yi-Ping Tseng Does 'Work for the Dole' Work?.
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July 2004
13/2004 Deborah Cobb-Clark, Paul Frijters and Guyonne Kalb Job Search Success: Comparing Job Offer Rates In and Out of Employment.
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July 2004
12/2004 Bruce Headey, Gary Marks and Mark Wooden The Structure and Distribution of Household Wealth in Australia.
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July 2004
11/2004 Robert Drago, David Black and Mark Wooden Gender and Work Hours Transitions in Australia: Drop Ceilings and Trap-Door Floors.
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July 2004
10/2004 Paul H. Jensen and Elizabeth Webster Examining Biases in Measures of Firm Innovation.
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May 2004
09/2004 Penelope A. Smith and Peter M. Summers How Well Do Markov Switching Models Describe Actual Business Cycles? The Case of Synchronization.
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May 2004
08/2004 Lixin Cai An Analysis of Durations on the Disability Support Pension (DSP) Program.
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May 2004
07/2004 Roger Wilkins Do Longer Working Hours Lead to More Workplace Injuries? Evidence from Australian Industry-Level Panel Data.
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May 2004
06/2004 Denise Doiron and Guyonne Kalb Demands for Childcare and Household Labour Supply in Australia.
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April 2004
05/2004 Rosanna Scutella Moves to a Basic Income-Flat Tax System in Australia: Implications for the Distribution of Income and Supply of Labour.
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April 2004
04/2004 Lixin Cai and Guyonne Kalb Health Status and Labour Force Participation: Evidence from the HILDA Data.
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March 2004
03/2004 Bruce Headey and Mark Wooden The Effects of Wealth and Income on Subjective Well-Being and Ill-Being.
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March 2004
02/2004 Paul H. Jensen and Elizabeth Webster Patterns of Trademarking Activity in Australia.
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February 2004
01/2004 Robert Drago, Yi-Ping Tseng and Mark Wooden Family Structure, Usual and Preferred Working Hours, and Egalitarianism in Australia.
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February 2004