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The Scarring Effects of Unemployment, Low Pay and Skills Under-utilisation in Australia Compared

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Sloane, Peter J.; Wei, Zhang - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Australia, focussing on differences by gender and educational pathways. It shows that skills under-utilisation also exhibits …

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Intergenerational Transmission of Healthy Eating Behaviour and the Role of Household Income

Goode, Alison; Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Smith, Murray - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper investigates the possibility of intergenerational transmission of unhealthy eating habits from parents to … adult children. It uses the 2003 Scottish Health Survey and estimates the association between the present healthy eating … behaviour of adult children and the past parental death from cardiovascular disease (CVD). It uses parental CVD death as an …

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Student Scores in Public and Private Schools: Evidence from PISA 2009

Mahuteau, Stéphane; Mavromaras, Kostas G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper examines critically the presumption that, other things equal, private schooling offers higher quality education than public schooling. We apply multilevel regression on the 2009 PISA to estimate the differential effect of public and private schooling on student scores in Australia. We...

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An Analysis of the Impact of Socioeconomic Disadvantage and School Quality on the Probability of School Dropout

Mahuteau, Stéphane; Mavromaras, Kostas G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

PISA scores are an internationally established indicator of student and school performance. This paper builds on the evidence that better PISA scores are known to be associated with better later life outcomes. It uses the Australian PISA micro-level data in combination with its longitudinal...

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The Effect of Overskilling Dynamics on Wages

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Mahuteau, Stéphane; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We use a random effects dynamic probit model to estimate the effect of overskilling dynamics on wages. We find that overskilling mismatch is common and more likely among those who have been overskilled in the past. It is also highly persistent, in a manner that is inversely related to...

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Job Mismatches and Labour Market Outcomes: Panel Evidence on Australian University Graduates

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Seamus; O'Leary, Nigel C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

previous cross-section results and suggesting the presence of considerable unobserved heterogeneity which varies by gender. …

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Overskilling Dynamics and Education Pathways

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Seamus; Fok, Yin King - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper uses panel data and econometric methods to estimate the incidence and the dynamic properties of overskilling among employed individuals. The paper begins by asking whether there is extensive overskilling in the labour market, and whether overskilling differs by education pathway. The...

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Disability and Job Mismatches in the Australian Labour Market

Jones, Melanie K.; Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We examine the relationship between disability, job mismatch, earnings and job satisfaction, using panel estimation on …

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Adjusting to Skill Shortages: Complexity and Consequences

Healy, Joshua; Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Skill shortages are often portrayed as a major problem for the economies of many countries including the Australian economy. Yet, there is surprisingly little evidence about their prevalence, causes and consequences. This paper attempts to improve our understanding about these issues by using...

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