Based on labour supply parameter estimates and childcare demand parameters for the Australian population in 2002, this paper illustrates how an extended childcare subsidy proposed by the Taskforce on Care Costs in October 2006 can be evaluated using a microsimulation model. First, the cost to...

This paper provides an assessment of the nature of attrition in the HILDA Survey sample between wave 1 and wave 2. More specifically, the paper presents summary statistics on the levels of response achieved in wave 2, reports on observable differences between wave 1 respondents who did not...

In 2001 the first wave of the HILDA Survey, Australia’s first ever large-scale household panel survey, was conducted. This article presents an introduction to this survey. It provides a summary of the design and the process by which the sample was selected, the type of information being...