Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series: 2013

WP No. AUTHOR(S) TITLE MONTH OF PUBLICATION
44/13 Mark Wooden The Measurement of Cognitive Ability in Wave 12 of the HILDA Survey (PDF 460KB) December 2013
43/13 Moshe Justman and Anna Krush Less Equal and Less Mobile: Evidence of a Decline in Intergenerational Income Mobility in the United States (PDF 515KB) December 2013
42/13 Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sonja C. Kassenboehmer and Mathias G. Sinning Locus of Control and Savings (PDF 790KB) December 2013
41/13 Diana Warren Retirement Decisions of Couples: The Impact of Spousal Characteristics and Preferences on the Timing of Retirement (PDF 394KB) December 2013
40/13 Terence Chai Cheng, Guyonne Kalb and Anthony Scott Public, Private or Both? Analysing Factors Influencing the Labour Supply of Medical Specialists (PDF 433KB) November 2013
39/13 Nikhil Jha and Cain Polidano Long-Run Effects of Catholic Schooling on Wages (PDF 506KB) November 2013
38/13 Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sonja C. Kassenboehmer, Trinh Le, Duncan McVicar and Rong Zhang "High"-School: The Relationship between Early Marijuana Use and Educational Outcomes (PDF 448KB) October 2013
37/13 Christine Greenhalgh Science, Technology, Innovation and IP in India: New Directions and Prospects (PDF 486KB) October 2013
36/13 Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sonja C. Kassenboehmer, Trinh Le, Duncan McVicar and Rong Zhang Is There an Educational Penalty for Being Suspended from School? (PDF 399KB) October 2013
35/13 Trinh Le Does Participation in Extracurricular Activities Reduce Engagement in Risky Behaviours? (PDF 445KB) October 2013
34/13 Diana Warren and John P. Haisken-DeNew Early Bird Catches the Worm: The Causal Impact of Pre-school Participation and Teacher Qualifications on Year 3 National NAPLAN Cognitive Tests (PDF 1.38MB) October 2013
33/13 Nicolas Herault and Francisco Azpitarte Understanding Changes in Progressivity and Redistributive Effects: The Role of Tax-Transfer Policies and Labour Supply Decisions (PDF 539KB) October 2013
32/13 Yin King Fok, Rosanna Scutella and Roger Wilkins

The Low-Pay No-Pay Cycle: Are There Systematic Differences across Demographic Groups? (PDF 559KB)

 October 2013
31/13 Cain Polidano and Domenico Tabasso

Making It Real: The Benefits of Workplace Learning in Upper-Secondary VET Courses (PDF 407KB)

 September 2013
30/13 John Freebairn and Max Corden

Vision Versus Prudence: Government Debt Financing of Investment (PDF 717KB)

 September 2013
29/13 Hielke Buddelmeyer, Duncan McVicar and Mark Wooden

Non-Standard 'Contingent' Employment and Job Satisfaction: A Panel Data Analysis (PDF 414KB)

 August 2013
28/13 Moshe Justman and Karine van der Beek

Market Forces Shaping Human Capital in Eighteenth Century London (PDF 643KB)

 August 2013
27/13 Deborah A. Cobb-Clark and Nikhil Jha

Educational Achievement and the Allocation of School Resources (PDF 1.3MB)

 August 2013
26/13 Roger Wilkins

Evaluating the Evidence on Income Inequality in Australia in the 2000s (PDF 1.54MB)

 July 2013
25/13 Philipp Schautschick and Christine Greenhalgh

Empirical Studies of Trade Marks: The Existing Economic Literature (PDF 421KB)

 July 2013
24/13 Richard V. Burkhauser, Markus H. Hahn and Roger Wilkins

Measuring Top Incomes Using Tax Record Data: A Cautionary Tale from Australia (PDF 1.11MB)

 June 2013
23/13 Hugh Gravelle, Anthony Scott, Peter Sivey and Jongsay Yong

Competition, Prices and Quality in the Market for Physician Consultations (PDF 623KB)

 June 2013
22/13 Duncan McVicar, Julie Moschion and Chris Ryan

Right Peer, Right Now? Endogenous Peer Effects and Achievement in Victorian Primary Schools (PDF 434KB)

 June 2013
21/13 Paolo Lucchino and Justin van de Ven

Empirical Analysis of Household Savings Decisions in Context of Uncertainty: A Cross-Sectional Approach (PDF 717KB)

 June 2013
20/13 Paolo Lucchino and Justin van de Ven

Modelling the Dynamic Effects of Transfer Policy: The LINDA Policy Analysis Tool (PDF 419KB)

 June 2013
19/13 Justin van de Ven

The Effectiveness of Design Costs on Investments in Individual Savings Accounts (PDF 1010KB)

 June 2013
18/13 Russell Thomson

The Effectiveness of R&D Tax Credits: Cross-Industry Evidence (PDF 319KB)

 May 2013
17/13 Guyonne Kalb and Jan C. van Ours

Reading to Young Children: A Head-Start in Life? (PDF 563KB)

 May 2013
16/13 Nattavudh Powdthavee, Warn N. Lekfuangfu and Mark Wooden

The Marginal Income Effect of Education on Happiness: Estimating the Direct and Indirect Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Well-Being in Australia (PDF 532KB)

 April 2013
15/13 Jérôme Danguy, Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie

On the Origins of the Worldwide Surge in Patenting: An Industry Perspective on the R&D-Patent Relationship (PDF 433KB)

 April 2013
14/13 Luca Grilli, Paul H. Jensen and Samuele Murtinu

The Imprinting of Founders' Human Capital on Entrepreneurial Venture Growth: Evidence from New Technology-Based Firms (PDF 398KB)

 April 2013
13/13 Daniel Kuehnle

The Causal Effect of Family Income on Child Health: A Re-examination Using an Instrumental Variables Approach (PDF 3.01MB)

 April 2013
12/13 Jeff Borland, Yi-Ping Tseng and Roger Wilkins

Does Coordination of Welfare Services' Delivery Make a Difference for Extremely Disadvantaged Jobseekers? Evidence from the ‘YP4’ Trial (PDF 493KB)

 March 2013
11/13 Paul Contoyannis and Jinhu Li

Family Socio-Economic Status, Childhood Life-Events and the Dynamics of Depression from Adolescence to Early Adulthood (PDF 734KB)

 March 2013
10/13 David C. Ribar

Is Leaving Home a Hardship? (PDF 346KB)

 March 2013
09/13 Markus Hahn and Roger Wilkins

Perceived Job Discrimination in Australia: Its Correlates and Consequences (PDF 183KB)

 March 2013
08/13 Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Anja Schoen and Annelies Wastyn

Selection Bias in Innovation Studies: A Simple Test (PDF 415KB)

 March 2013
07/13 Brendan Houng and Moshe Justman

Comparing Least-Squares Value-Added Analysis and Student Growth Percentile Analysis for Evaluating Student Progress and Estimating School Effects (PDF 1.71MB)

 March 2013
06/13 Gaétan de Rassenfosse

Do Firms Face a Trade-Off between the Quantity and the Quality of Their Inventions? (PDF 352KB)

 February 2013
05/13 Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Alfons Palangkaraya and Elizabeth Webster

Do Patents Shield Disclosure or Assure Exclusivity When Transacting Technology? (PDF 332KB)

 February 2013
04/13 Alfons Palangkaraya

On the Relationship between Innovation and Export: The Case of Australian SMEs (PDF 316KB)

 February 2013
03/13 Paul H. Jensen, Alfons Palangkaraya and Elizabeth Webster

Trust, Incomplete Contracts and the Market for Technology (PDF 544KB)

 February 2013
02/13 Julie Moschion and Domenico Tabasso

Trust of Second Generation Immigrants: Intergenerational Transmission or Cultural Assimilation? (PDF 485KB)

 February 2013
01/13 Hielke Buddelmeyer and Kyle Peyton

How Windfall Income Increases Gambling at Poker Machines (PDF 730KB)

 February 2013