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ItemHealth status and labour force participation: evidence from AustraliaCai, LX ; Kalb, G (JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD, 2006-03)This paper examines the effect of health on labour force participation using the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The potential endogeneity of health, especially self-assessed health, in the labour force participation equation is addressed by estimating the health equation and the labour force participation equation simultaneously. Taking into account the correlation between the error terms in the two equations, the estimation is conducted separately for males aged 15-49, males aged 50-64, females aged 15-49 and females aged 50-60. The results indicate that better health increases the probability of labour force participation for all four groups. However, the effect is larger for the older groups and for women. As for the feedback effect, it is found that labour force participation has a significant positive impact on older females' health, and a significant negative effect on younger males' health. For younger females and older males, the impact of labour force participation on health is not significant. The null-hypothesis of exogeneity of health to labour force participation is rejected for all groups.
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ItemThe Effect of Financial Incentives on Labour Supply: Evidence for Lone Parents from Microsimulation and Quasi-Experimental EvaluationCAI, L ; KALB, G ; TSENG, Y ; VU, THH (Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2008-06)The aim of this paper is to analyse the work incentive effects of a change in the Australian tax and transfer system on lone parents in July 2000. To evaluate the effect of the total change only, microsimulation can be used; but for a subgroup of lone parents, a few components of this policy change can be analysed through two alternative approaches - microsimulation and quasi-experimental evaluation. Both approaches examine the effects on the probability of employment and on average working hours. The results from microsimulation show that the combined changes introduced in July 2000 - involving reduced withdrawal rates, changed family payments and lower income tax rates - have increased labour supply for lone parents to a moderate extent. The estimated effect on average working hours when using microsimulation is very close to the effect estimated in a quasi-experimental approach using matching techniques to control for alternative influences.
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ItemThe Social Multiplier and Labor Market Participation of MothersMaurin, E ; MOSCHION, J (American Economic Association, 2009)In France, as in the US, a mother's labor market participation is influenced by the sex composition of her two eldest siblings. This paper shows that it is also affected by the sex composition of the eldest siblings of the other mothers living in the same close neighborhood. Using the sex composition of neighbors' eldest siblings as an instrumental variable, we identify a significant elasticity of own labor market participation to neighbors' participation. We present supportive evidence by comparing the estimates under two regimes for family benefits (pre-and post-1994 reform) and using quarter of birth as an alternative instrument.
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ItemThe Changing Distribution of Working Hours in AustraliaWOODEN, M ; Drago, R (RoutledgeFalmer, 2009)
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ItemComputational Macroeconomics for the Open EconomyLim, GC ; McNelis, PD (MIT PRESS, 2008)
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ItemEmployee turnover: Less is not necessarily more?Harris, MN ; Tang, KK ; Tseng, Y-P ; Baltagi, BH (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2006)
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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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ItemEXAMINING THE PREFERENCES OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS An application to hospital consultantsScott, A ; Ubach, C ; French, F ; Needham, G ; Ryan, M ; Gerard, K ; AmayaAmaya, M (SPRINGER, 2008)
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ItemThe Retirement Expectations of Middle‐aged Australians*COBB‐CLARK, DA ; STILLMAN, S (Wiley, 2009-06)We use HILDA data to examine the retirement plans of middle‐aged Australians. We find that approximately two‐thirds of men and more than half of women report a numeric expected retirement age which we refer to as having a standard retirement plan. Still, one in five individuals seem to have delayed their retirement planning and approximately 1 in 11 either does not know when he or she expects to retire or expects to never retire. Retirement plans are closely related to current labour market position, with workers in jobs with well‐defined superannuation benefits more likely to report numeric expected retirement ages.