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ItemWork Hours Mismatch in the United States and AustraliaDRAGO, R ; WOODEN, M ; Schneider, B ; Christensen, K (Cornell University Press, 2010)
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ItemThe Changing Distribution of Working Hours in AustraliaWOODEN, M ; Drago, R (RoutledgeFalmer, 2009)
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ItemModelling Longitudinal Survey Response: The Experience of the HILDA SurveyWatson, N ; WOODEN, M (Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc (ACSPRI), 2006)
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ItemLow-Paid Employment and Unemployment Dynamics in AustraliaBuddelmeyer, H ; Lee, W-S ; Wooden, M (WILEY, 2010-03)This article uses longitudinal data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (or HILDA) Survey to examine the extent to which the relatively high rates of transition from low‐paid employment into unemployment are the result of disadvantageous personal characteristics or are instead a function of low‐paid work itself. Dynamic random effects probit models of the likelihood of unemployment are estimated. After controlling for unobserved heterogeneity and initial conditions, we find that, relative to high‐paid employment, low‐paid employment is associated with a higher risk of unemployment, but this effect is only significant among women. We also find only weak evidence that low‐paid employment is a conduit for repeat unemployment.
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ItemLife satisfaction and the economic and social characteristics of neighbourhoodsShields, MA ; Price, SW ; Wooden, M (SPRINGER, 2009-04)
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ItemWorking Time Mismatch and Subjective Well-beingWooden, M ; Warren, D ; Drago, R (WILEY, 2009-03)Abstract This study uses nationally representative panel survey data for Australia to identify the role played by mismatches between hours actually worked and working time preferences in contributing to reported levels of job and life satisfaction. Three main conclusions emerge. First, it is not the number of hours worked that matters for subjective well‐being, but working time mismatch. Second, overemployment is a more serious problem than is underemployment. Third, while the magnitude of the impact of overemployment may seem small in absolute terms, relative to other variables, such as disability, the effect is quite large.
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ItemLong Work Hours: Volunteers and ConscriptsDrago, R ; Wooden, M ; Black, D (WILEY, 2009-09)Abstract Using panel survey data from Australia, we divide long hours workers (persons reporting usually working 50 or more hours per week) into groups of ‘volunteers’, who prefer long hours, and ‘conscripts’, who do not. We study both the static and dynamic prevalence of the phenomenon. Norms surrounding ideal workers and consumerism play major roles in explaining conscript status, with bargaining power less important. The self‐employed often appear as volunteers or conscripts, while gender, rather than motherhood, is a strong predictor of shorter work hours. Both the demand and supply sides of the labour market play a role in explaining the prevalence of long hours conscripts.
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ItemThe effects of wealth and income on subjective well-being and ill-beingHeadey, B ; Wooden, M (WILEY, 2004-09)The accepted view among psychologists and, increasingly, economists is that household income has statistically significant but only small effects on measures of subjective well‐being. Income, however, is clearly an imperfect measure of the economic circumstances of households. Using data drawn from the 2002 wave of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, this paper demonstrates that wealth, which can be viewed as providing a degree of economic security, is at least as important to well‐being and ill‐being as income.