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New estimates of intergenerational mobility in Australia

Mendolia, Silvia; Siminski, Peter - 2015

We present new estimates of intergenerational earnings elasticity for Australia. We closely follow the methodology used …, intergenerational mobility in Australia is not particularly high, and is consistent with its relatively high level of cross …

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Does the military train men to be violent criminals? : new evidence from Australia's conscription lotteries

Siminski, Peter; Ville, Simon P.; Paull, Alexander - 2013

prepares people for violent warfare, are hypothesized to link service to violent crime. Using Australia's Vietnam …-era conscription lotteries for identification and criminal court data from Australia's three largest states, we seek to estimate the … crime ; military service ; natural experiment ; Australia …

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Breaking the link between legal access to alcohol and motor vehicle accidents : evidence from New South Wales

Lindo, Jason M.; Siminski, Peter; Yerokhin, Oleg - 2014

the causal effects of the minimum legal drinking age in New South Wales, Australia provides a particularly informative …

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Long-term health effects of Vietnam-Era military service : a quasi-experiment using Australian conscription lotteries

Johnston, David; Shields, Michael; Siminski, Peter - 2015

This paper estimates the long-term health effects of Vietnam-Era military service using Australia's National …

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The effect of supplemental instruction on academic performance : an encouragement design experiment

Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Rogan, Sally; Siminski, Peter - 2016

While randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the "gold standard" for impact evaluation, they face numerous practical barriers to implementation. In some circumstances, a randomized-encouragement design (RED) is a viable alternative, but applications are surprisingly rare. We discuss the...

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The causal effects of World War II military service

Cousley, Alex; Siminski, Peter; Ville, Simon P. - 2016

The effects of military service have been studied for decades, but surprisingly few studies have estimated the effects of World War II (WW2) service, where the focus has been on the impact of this 'total war' on the broader civilian population. Over 90% of Australian males born in the early...

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Are we richer than our parents were? : absolute income mobility in Australia

Kennedy, Tomas; Siminski, Peter - 2021

We conduct the first dedicated study of absolute income mobility in Australia, for 1950-2019. About two-thirds of 30 …

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The correlation of wealth between parents and children in Australia

Siminski, Peter; Yu, Sin Hung - 2021

We present the first estimates of intergenerational wealth correlation for Australia, using HILDA. The rank correlation …

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Direct measures of intergenerational income mobility for Australia

Murray, Chelsea; Clark, Robert; Mendolia, Silvia; … - 2017

Australia survey, the estimated intergenerational income elasticity is 0.28. Correcting for attenuation bias raises this to 0 ….41. We estimate the rank correlation to be 0.27. We show that Australia has greater mobility than the US and this is not …

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Upside-down down-under: cold temperatures reduce learning in Australia

Johnston, David; Knott, Rachel; Mendolia, Silvia; … - 2021

Understanding how variation in weather and climate conditions impact productivity, performance and learning is of crucial economic importance. Recently, studies have established that high temperatures negatively impact cognition and educational outcomes in several countries around the world. We...

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