Conference program

09:00 - 09:30

Conference opening

Copland Theatre, Basement, The Spot, 198 Berkeley Street, Carlton

Welcome to country
Opening remarks: Professor A. Abigail Payne
Opening speaker: Professor Mark Hargreaves
Pre-recorded welcome address: The Hon. Amanda Rishworth MP, Minister for Social Services

09:30 - 10:30

Keynote address

Copland Theatre, Basement, The Spot, 198 Berkeley Street, Carlton

The promise, pitfalls, and products of cross-national research
Presenter: Professor Dean Lillard (Ohio State University)

11:00 - 12:30

Childcare and female labour supply

Room 4007, Level 4, The Spot

Impacts of formal childcare price and informal childcare provision on mother's labour supply in Australia
Presenter: Mr Yuyang Chen (University of Canberra)

The relationship between female labour supply and child care availability, quality and affordability in Australia
Presenter: Professor Robert Breunig (Australian National University)

Discussant: Dr Barbara Broadway (University of Melbourne)
Chair: Professor Mark Wooden (University of Melbourne)

11:00 - 12:30

Income and wealth inequality

Room 4012, Level 4, The Spot

Decomposing wealth inequality in Australia and the role of changing demographics
Presenter: Dr Melek Cigdem-Bayram (Jesuit Social Services)

The Australian Dream revisited: The dynamics of inequality of opportunity for lifetime income
Presenter: Ms Annaelena Valentini (University of Siena) 

Discussant: Associate Professor Nicholas Rohde (Griffith University)
Chair: Professor Roger Wilkins (University of Melbourne)

11:00 - 12:30

Female labour and drought impacts

Room 4014, Level 4, The Spot

What works for working mothers? A regular schedule lowers the child penalty
Presenter: Dr Martina Uccioli (IZA and University of Nottingham)

Preparing for the next drought: Insights from HILDA panel data on drought impacts
Presenter: Dr Lavinia Poruschi (CSIRO)

Discussant: Professor Russell Smyth (Monash University)
Chair: Associate Professor Nicole Watson (University of Melbourne)

13:15 - 14:00

Poster session

Level 1, The Spot, 198 Berkeley Street, Carlton

14:00 - 15:30

Women in the labour market

Room 4007, Level 4, The Spot

The contented Australian female worker: Paradox lost, paradox found
Presenter: Professor Mike Dockery (Curtin University)

Australian parental leave policy and the motherhood wage penalty 2001-2019
Presenter: Dr DongJu Lee (University of Melbourne)

Discussant: Dr Nicolás Salamanca (University of Melbourne)
Chair: Ms Michelle Summerfield (University of Melbourne)

14:00 - 15:30

Household borrowing and finances

Room 4012, Level 4, The Spot

Do Australian households borrow to keep up with the Joneses?
Presenter: Dr Kim Nguyen (Reserve Bank of Australia)

Life-cycle effects of Australian student loans with income-contingent repayments
Presenter: Dr Yue Hua (University of New South Wales)

Discussant: Professor Garry Barrett (University of Sydney)
Chair: Professor Guay Lim (University of Melbourne)

14:00 - 15:30

The labour market and mental health

Room 4014, Level 4, The Spot

Working from home and mental health: Before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Presenter: Dr Anam Bilgrami (Macquarie University)

The role of paid and unpaid work in explaining gender differences in mothers’ and fathers’ mental health
Presenter: Dr Nataliya Ilyushina (RMIT University)

Discussant: Professor Stefanie Schurer (University of Sydney)
Chair: Professor Yuting Zhang (University of Melbourne)

16:00 - 17:30

Household production and the division of labour

Room 4007, Level 4, The Spot

Gender gaps in unpaid domestic and care work: Putting the pandemic in (a life course) perspective
Presenter: Professor Janeen Baxter (University of Queensland)

Using HILDA to examine the division of household labor and fertility outcomes among dual-income Australian couples
Presenter: Associate Professor Kristin Snopkowski (Boise State University) 

Discussant: Professor Lyn Craig (The University of Melbourne) 
Chair: Ms Gemma Van Halderen (Department of Social Services)

16:00 - 17:30

Housing

Room 4012, Level 4, The Spot

Impacts of housing costs on health and satisfaction with life circumstances
Presenter: Ms Ashani Abayasekara (Monash University)

Intergenerational transfers and transitioning the housing ladder
Presenter: Mr Ryan Brierty (Curtin University) 

Discussant: Professor Stephen Whelan (The University of Sydney)
Chair: Ms Sharon Stuart (Department of Social Services)

16:00 - 17:30

Substance use

Room 4014, Level 4, The Spot

The causal impact of mental illness on tobacco and alcohol consumption - an instrumental variables approach
Presenter: Associate Professor Francis Mitrou (Telethon Kids Institute)

Robust estimates of intergenerational transmission of drinking
Presenter: Dr Sergey Alexeev (The University of Sydney) 

Discussant: Professor David Johnston (Monash University) 
Chair: Dr Karinna Saxby (University of Melbourne)

09:00 - 10:30

Poverty and income inequality

Room 4007, Level 4, The Spot

Household income and the risk of poverty around the time of childbirth
Presenter: Dr Ana Gamarra Rondinel (University of Melbourne)

Mental health effects on income and income inequality
Presenter: Professor Satya Paul (Australian National University)

Discussant: Professor Robert Breunig (Australian National University)
Chair: Professor Roger Wilkins (University of Melbourne)

09:00 - 10:30

Gender and labour market outcomes

Room 4012, Level 4, The Spot

Inequality resulting from mismatch between mothers’ actual and desired labour supply
Presenter: Miss Jane Wakeford (Australian National University)

Peer gender norms and gaps in the Australian labour market
Presenter: Mr Josiah Hickson (Australian National University)

Discussant: Dr Leonora Risse (RMIT University)
Chair: Professor Mark Wooden (University of Melbourne)

09:00 - 10:30

Disability and obesity

Room 4014, Level 4, The Spot

An investigation of the effect of disability types and socioeconomic factors on the longitudinal trajectory patterns of health-related quality of life among people with disabilities
Presenter: Dr Rubayyat Hashmi (University of Adelaide)

The longer you stay, the bigger you get? Evidence from an Australian longitudinal study
Presenter: Associate Professor Santosh Jatrana (James Cook University)

Discussant: Dr Ang Li (University of Melbourne)
Chair: Associate Professor Nicole Watson (University of Melbourne)

11:00 - 12:30

Working from home

Room 4007, Level 4, The Spot

Differences in teleworking engagement between digital immigrants and digital natives
Presenter: Dr Patricia S. Lavieri (University of Melbourne)

Working from home and work‐family conflict revisited
Presenter: Dr Inga Lass (Federal Institute for Population Research)

Discussant: Associate Professor Sherry Bawa (Curtin University)
Chair: Dr Sarah C. Dahmann (University of Melbourne)

11:00 - 12:30

Income support and underemployment

Room 4012, Level 4, The Spot

Is our unemployment benefit system targeted effectively or are some people missing out?
Presenter: Ms Erin Clarke (e61 Institute)

Analyzing the patterns and drivers of underemployment among young adults
Presenter:  Mr Thomas Hendry (Griffith University)

Discussant: Associate Professor Julie Moschion (University of Queensland)
Chair: Dr Federico Zilio (University of Melbourne)

11:00 - 12:30

Mental health

Room 4014, Level 4, The Spot

Horizontal inequity in the use of mental health specialists in Australia
Presenter: Professor David Johnston (Monash University)

Psychological distress and productivity loss amongst working Australians
Presenter: Dr Syed Afroz Keramat (University of Queensland)

Discussant: Professor Peter Butterworth (Deakin)
Chair: Associate Professor Jongsay Yong (University of Melbourne)

13:30 - 15:00

Labour market dynamics

Room 4007, Level 4, The Spot

Working from home and the consequences for labour mobility and career progression
Presenter: Professor Irma Mooi-Reci (University of Melbourne)

Death of a salesperson: The decline in entrepreneurship in the 21^st century
Presenter: Dr Gianni La Cava (e61 Institute) 

Discussant: Associate Professor Michael Coelli (University of Melbourne)
Chair: Associate Professor Yi-Ping Tseng (University of Melbourne)

13:30 - 15:00

Internal mobility

Room 4012, Level 4, The Spot

Retirement, housing mobility, downsizing and neighbourhood quality
Presenter: Dr Ha Trong Nguyen (Telethon Kids Institute)

The gendered effects of children on household relocation decisions and outcomes
Presenter: Ms Jiwon Lee (New York University)

Discussant: Professor Rachel Ong ViforJ (Curtin University)
Chair: Mr Eric Morris (Department of Social Services)

13:30 - 15:00

Mental health in early and later life

Room 4014, Level 4, The Spot

The kids are not alright: Differential trends in mental ill-health in Australia
Presenter: Dr Richard Morris (University of Sydney)

The effect of retirement on loneliness: A longitudinal comparative analysis across Australia, China and the United States
Presenter: Ms Neta HaGani (University of Sydney)

Discussant: Professor Belinda Hewitt (University of Melbourne)
Chair: Lance Nelson (Roy Morgan)

15:30 - 16:30

Panel session

Prest Theatre, Ground Floor, FBE Building, 111 Barry Street, Carlton

The future of the HILDA Survey: Opportunities and challenges
Panellists:
Professor Dean Lillard (Ohio State University)
Ms Gemma Van Halderen (Department of Social Services)
Associate Professor Nicole Watson (University of Melbourne)
Professor Mark Western (University of Queensland)

Moderator:
Professor Roger Wilkins (University of Melbourne)