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Gender and Corruption: Insights from an Experimental Analysis

Alatas, Vivi; Cameron, Lisa; Chaudhuri, Ananish; Erkal, … - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 2006

of corruption than men in Australia, there are no significant gender differences in attitudes towards corruption in India … men and women in various contexts. This paper contributes to this literature by investigating gender differences in … attitudes towards corruption. It departs from the previous literature on gender and corruption by using experimental methodology …

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Education Expenditure Responses to Crop Loss in Indonesia: A Gender Bias

Cameron, L.; Worswick, C. - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 1998

This paper studies the impact of crop loss on the level of educational expenditure of Indonesian households using data from the 1993 Indonesian Family Life Survey. The data are unique in that they contain self-reported information on crop loss and on household responses to crop loss. Thirty-four...

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Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness: The Part-time Work Puzzle

Booth, Alison L.; Ours, Jan C. van - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 2007

Using fixed effects ordered logit estimation, we investigate the relationship between part-time work and working hours satisfaction; job satisfaction; and life satisfaction. We account for interdependence within the family using data on partnered men and women from the British Household Panel...

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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

There is evidence that investors value environmental performance disclosure by companies. This paper attempts to determine whether this environmental performance information affects share price. An index of environmental performance is constructed from a survey of the commitment of corporations...

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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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