This paper analyses the role of the elderly couples’ past marital history in determining their current wealth holdings … the life cycle. While the net cost of divorce in terms of household wealth accumulation is higher for men than it is for … couples’ marital history plays a minor role in explaining the dispersion in their wealth holdings near the end of the life …

levels, single immigrants have a wealth advantage of almost $185,000 relative to single native-born individuals. Although the … wealth gap between mixed and native-born couples is not statistically significant, immigrant-only couples have approximately … $150,000 less wealth on average than native-born couples. Relative to equally wealthy native-born couples, immigrant …

countries – Australia, Britain, Germany and the United States – and estimate measures of permanent income inequality that are … annual post-government income inequality across countries, the ranking was the US, Australia, Britain, Germany; (3) comparing … recent year was the US, Australia, Germany, Britain; (4) in the most recent year, the most mobile country was Australia …

From marginal relevance, the trade and business relations between Australia and Latin America have grown during the …. Differences in the business environments of Australia and Latin America remain that are obstacles to further expansion of these … relations. The ultimate reason for the growth and diversification of these relations is that Australia and its key business …

. Using a GARCH model, we find that Australia experienced more volatility than many commodity exporting poor countries between …

are not mobile between countries is relaxed, it is observed that the commodities boom which under-pinned Australia's rapid … phase for commodities with a structural shift towards other sectors, even if it meant Australia shifted from leading to …

labour markets. Immigrants to Australia are selected on observable characteristics. They may also differ from natives on … from non-English speaking backgrounds. All immigrants experience wage assimilation as time spent in Australia increases. …

and land conflict on the frontiers of Australia, the U.S. and Brazil. We are particularly interested in examining the … emergence of demand driven de facto property rights arrangements was relatively peaceful in Australia and the U.S. where …

This study examines changes in earnings inequality for full-time employees in Australia between 1982 and 1994-95 using …

skilled immigration visas to Australia. …