Topics

  • Examining the Ripple Effects from Health Shocks - 2 August 2021
    Monday 2nd August 2021, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm AEST (time zone converter)

    Uptake of Home-based Work Following a Health Shock: Evidence from Australia
    Mr Shuye Yu – University of Groningen

    Health Shocks and Household Allocation of Time and Spending
    Dr Federico Zilio – Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, the University of Melbourne

    How much of the effect of disability acquisition on mental health is mediated through employment and income? A causal mediation analysis quantifying interventional indirect effects
    Dr Zoe Atiken – Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, the University of Melbourne

    Presentation summaries and speaker biographies

  • Wealth and Home Ownership - 9 August 2021
      Monday 9th August 2021, 11:00 am to 12:45 pm AEST (time zone converter)

      Housing and economic inequality in the long-run: a cross-country investigation
      Professor Rachel Ong Viforj - Curtin University

      Parental transfers and the transition to homeownership
      Professor William Clark - University of California Los Angeles

      Rich and Selfish? Income and Attitudes Towards Minimum Living Standards
      Professor David Johnson - Monash University

      Presentation summaries and speaker biographies

  • The Next Generation: Education and Youth Transitions - 16 August 2021
    Monday 16th August 2021, 11:00 am to 12:45 pm AEST (time zone converter)

    Age at school transition and children’s cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes
    Ms Thea Green – The University of Western Australia

    School-to-work transition and subjective well-being in Australia
    Dr Hans Dietrich - Institute for Employment Research (IAB)

    Work and family life transitions and trajectories for young Australians: Insights from the children of HILDA
    Professor Belinda Hewitt – The University of Melbourne

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  • Building and Maintaining Happy Families - 23 August 2021
    Monday 23rd August 2021, 11:00 am to 12:45 pm AEST (time zone converter)

    A dyadic approach to the study of perceived infertility and contraceptive use
    Ms Ester Lazzari – School of Demography, The Australian National University

    Trying again: reconciling after cohabitation and marital separation
    Professor Edith Gray – School of Demography, The Australian National University

    Life-partners as career-allies? Exploring the wage effects of same-occupation couples. Evidence from Australia
    Mr Filippos Maraziotis – University of York

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  • Health, Work and their Relationships - 30 August 2021
    Monday 30th August 2021, 11:00 am to 12:45 pm AEST (time zone converter)

    Whose mental health declines during economic downturns?
    Associate Professor Nicole Black – Centre for Health Economics, Monash University

    Changes in job control and perceptions of general health: A longitudinal analysis of Australian workers, 2005-2017
    Dr Yamna Taouk – Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne

    Jobless parents, unhealthy children? How past exposure to parental joblessness relates to children’s future health
    Associate Professor Irma Mooi-Reci – School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne

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  • Happiness and its Cost - 6 September 2021
    Monday 6th September 2021, 11:00 am to 12:45 pm AEST (time zone converter)

    The increasing cost of happiness in Australia 2001-2019
    Dr Richard Morris - Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney

    Heterogeneity in the Subjective Well-being Impact of Access to Green Space
    Ms Farahnaz Sharifi – Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology

    Loss Aversion, Permanent Income and Subjective Well-Being
    Mr Adam Rowe – The University of Sheffield

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