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    Moves to a basic income-flat tax system in Australia: implications for the distribution of income and supply of labour
    SCUTELLA, R (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 2004)
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    Effects of the Australian new tax system on government expenditure with and without behavioural changes
    Kalb, G. R. ; Kew, H. ; Scutella, R. ( 2003-04)
    This paper uses the Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator to examine the effects of the New Tax System introduced in Australia in July 2000. First the whole set of changes is studied and then some of its components are discussed separately. From the results it is clear that the change in income tax rates and thresholds had the largest effect, because it affected a large proportion of the population whereas the changes to the benefit system are only relevant to smaller groups. Families with children benefited on average most from the changes, firstly through the changes in income taxes and secondly through the changes in Family Payments. However, families with children were also more likely to experience a loss indicating a wider range of positive and negative outcomes for this group.
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    Estimation of wage equations in Australia: allowing for censored observations of labour supply
    Kalb, G. R. ; Scutella, R. ( 2002-05)
    This paper presents results for five separately estimated sets of participation and wage equations. The Australian working-age population is divided into sole parents, single men, single women, married men and married women. The approach in this paper takes the censoring of labour supply observations at 50 hours per week into account. The results for the wage equations are as anticipated with education, work experience and age increasing the expected wage. As expected, allowing for the censoring of labour supply reduces the predicted wage levels, particularly for married men who are most likely to work 50 hours or more.