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Financial Literacy and Remittance Behavior of Skilled and Unskilled Immigrant Groups in Australia

Karunarathne, Wasana; Gibson, John - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 2013

remitting immigrant groups in Australia – Sri Lankans and Samoans – using surveys designed and supervised by the authors. Paying …

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Credential Changes and Education Earnings Premia in Australia

Coelli, Michael; Wilkins, Roger - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 2008

Australia. This stability is in sharp contrast to the rising college premium observed in the US. The observed stability in … Australia may in part be due to changes in the credentials earned by individuals entering certain professional occupations …-occupation credential changes on estimates of education earnings premia in Australia over time. Our focus is on credential changes within …

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'Riding on the Sheep's Back': Examining Australia's Dependence on Wool Exports

Cashin, P.; McDermott, C. J. - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 1997

This paper extends the staple theory literature by examining the influence of wool, Australia's dominant primary …

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Environmental Performance and Share Price: an Empirical Study for Australian Industrial Corporations

Alden, D. M.; Saleeba, J. - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 1997

determine whether this environmental performance information affects share price. An index of environmental performance is … improves the explanatory power of most version of a Constant Growth Model used to estimate the determinants of share price of a … sample of Australian industrial companies. However, the results also indicate that share price is not significantly affected …

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Common Cycles in Labour Market Separation Rates for Australian States

Dixon, Robert - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 2007

leaving employment and moving to unemployment in the six states of Australia. It is concluded that there is a common cyclical …. These findings strengthen the case for regional labour market policy in Australia. …

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The Cyclical Dynamics and Volatility of Australian Output and Employment

Dixon, Robert; Shepherd, David - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 2006

In this paper we examine the volatility of aggregate output and employment in Australia with the aid of a frequency … to output volatility in Australia which holds that there was a once and for all sustained reduction in output volatility …

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A DISCUSSION OF THE APPROPRIATE METHOD FOR DECOMPOSING CHANGES OVERTIME IN A WEIGHTED AGGREGATE INTO ITS PROXIMATE DETERMINANTS AND AN APPLICATION TO MALE PARTICIPATION RATE CHANGE...

Dixon, Robert - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 2002

in Australia over the period 1978 - 2001. The main findings are: First, that changes in the age composition are the main …

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Participation Profiles of Australian Women. Summary Charactiristics by Occupation

Atkinson, M.E.; Cornish, R. - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 1998

This paper present a summary analysis of unpublished longitudinal data on the workforce participation profiles of a group of Australian women, according to their occupational group. The information is rich in detail concerning the timing, frequency and duration of breaks from work life, and the...

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The Fiscal Consequences of Privatisation: Australian Evidence.

Harris, M.; Lye, J. - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 1998

privatisations by public share float in Australia during the period 1989 to 1997. The costs associated with these privatisations is …

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Computer Knowledge and Earnings : Evidence for Australia.

Borland, J; Hirschberg, J; Lye, J - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 1997

The finding from recent analysis in the United States that computer users earn a wage premium of 10 to 15 percent - together with increased usage of computers by high skill workers - has been interpreted as evidence of the role of technological change in generating widening earings differentials...

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