Labour Economics and Social Policy: Other Topics

Projects completed in 2014

• Identifying tax implicit equivalence scales

Projects completed in 2009

• Location economics of income support recipients

Projects completed in 2008

• Location economics of income support recipients: A comparison to the general population

Projects completed in 2004

• Melbourne Institute Report on the 2004 Federal Budget
• Attitudes to provision for old age (Working Paper 21/2004)
• Effects of divorce on children’s education and whether they are accounted for by moving house (Working Paper 22/2004)
• Bracket creep, effective marginal tax rates and alternative tax packages

Projects completed in 2003

• A policy simulation of aspects of the tax system using the Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator
• Effects of the Working Nation social security reforms: A policy simulation using MITTS (Working Paper)
• The importance of where people live for subjective welfare (Working Paper 24/2003)
• Economic and sociological analyses of communities: Existing research findings
• The impact of social policy initiatives on labour supply incentives: A review of the literature (Working Paper)