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Why the Henry Review Fails on Family Tax Reform

Apps, Patricia - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2010

While acknowledging the importance of fairness and the need to avoid creating disincentives in the design of tax reform, the Henry Review recommends a simplified Personal Income Tax and child payments withdrawn on a single family income test. This paper shows that the proposed reforms would...

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Tax Reform, Targeting and the Tax Burden on Women

Apps, Patricia - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009

In the early 1980’s Australia had a highly progressive, individual based income tax and families received support for dependent children in the form of universal family allowances. The introduction of income tests for child support payments based on family income (now in the form of Family Tax...

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The Worldwide Market for Skilled Migrants: Can Australia Compete?

Cobb-Clark, D.A.; Connolly, M.D. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1996

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relative importance of internal and external factors on the demand for skilled immigration visas to Australia.

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An Empirical Analysis of the Time Allocation of Italian Couples: Are Italian Men Irresponsive?

Bloemen, Hans G.; Pasqua, Silvia; Stancanelli, Elena G.F. - Tinbergen Institute - 2008

equations. To estimate the model we use data drawn from the 2002-03 Italian Time Use Survey, combined with earnings information …

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Rural Labour Markets in Australia. A Review

Borland, J. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1998

This paper reviews recent developments in rural labour markets in Australia. It examines trends in employment and unemployment in labour markets in capital city and non-capital city areas, and employment trends in the agriculture industry in Australia.

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Intra-Household Work Timing: The Effect on Joint Activities and the Demand for Child Care

Klaveren, Chris van; Brink, Henriette Maassen van den; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

This study examines if couples time their work hours and how this work timing influences child care demand and the time that spouses jointly spend on leisure, household chores and child care. By using a innovative matching strategy, this studies identifies the timing of work hours that cannot be...

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Empirical Estimation Results of a Collective Household Time Allocation Model

Klaveren, Chris van; Praag, Bernard M.S. van; Brink, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2005

In this paper an empirical model is developed where the collective household model is used as a basic framework to describe the time allocation problem. The collective model views household behavior as the outcome of maximizing a household utility function which is a weighted sum of the utility...

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Earnings Inequality in Australia.

Borland, J.; Kennedy, S. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1998

This study examines changes in earnings inequality for full-time employees in Australia between 1982 and 1994-95 using … individual-level data from the ABS Income Distribution Survey. It present measures of changes in earnings inequality for … disaggregated workforce groups. It also provides assessment of causes of changes in earnings inequality. …

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