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The Impact of Paid Maternity Leave on Labour Market Outcomes

Hanel, Barbara - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2012

I estimate the effect of paid maternity leave on mothers probability of employment after birth, how this effect varies with the age of the child, and the effect on wages when the child is about four years old. A statistical matching approach is applied. The matching procedure controls for an...

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What Factors Affect Doctors’ Hours Decisions: Comparing Structural Discrete Choice and Reduced-Form Approaches

Kalb, Guyonne; Kuehnle, Daniel; Scott, Anthony; Cheng, … - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2015

Few papers examine the pecuniary and non-pecuniary determinants of doctors’ labour supply despite substantial predicted shortages in many OECD countries. We contribute to the literature by applying both a structural discrete choice and a reduced-form approach. Using detailed survey data for...

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Parents' Economic Support of Young-Adult Children: Do Socioeconomic Circumstances Matter?

Cobb-Clark, Deborah; Gørgens, Tue - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2012

This paper assesses how the economic support provided by parents to young adults as they complete their education and enter the labor market is related to the family’s socioeconomic circumstances. We address this issue using detailed survey data on intergenerational coresidence and financial...

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The Impact of Fertility on Mothers' Labour Supply in Australia: Evidence from Exogenous Variation in Family Size

Moschion, Julie - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2011

This paper estimates the impact of fertility on mothers’ labour supply in Australia, using exogenous variation in family size generated by twin births and the gender mix of siblings. Results show that having more than one child decreases labour market participation by 15.5 percentage points...

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Earnings Mobility and Inequality: An Integrated Framework

Gregg, Paul; Scutella, Rosanna; Vittori, Claudia - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2012

In this paper we propose an integrated framework for the analysis of earnings inequality and mobility, which enables … Australian HILDA survey we find evidence of a sizable degree of earnings mobility in Australia over the years 2001/2 to 2008 … identified mobility is simply driven by age-earnings growth that sees more rapid wage increases for younger workers and wage …

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What Factors Influence the Earnings of GPs and Medical Specialists in Australia? Evidence from the MABEL Survey

Cheng, Terence Chai; Scott, Anthony; Jeon, Sung-Hee; … - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2010

To date, there has been little data or empirical research on the determinants of doctors' earnings despite earnings … paper examines the determinants of annual earnings of general practitioners and specialists using the first wave of the … and specialists, earnings are higher for men, for those who are self-employed, who do after hours or on-call work, and who …

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Attrition Bias in Panel Data: A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing? A Case Study Based on the MABEL Survey

Cheng, Terence C.; Trivedi, Pravin K. - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2014

market outcomes using the estimation of physician earnings equations as a case study. We compare the econometric estimates … location are more likely to drop out. Our analysis suggests that the impact of attrition on inference about earnings of General …

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The Effect of Shocks to Labour Market Flows on Unemployment and Participation Rates

Dixon, Robert; Lim, Guay C.; Ours, Jan C. van - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2014

This paper presents an analysis of labour market dynamics, in particular of flows in the labour market and how they interact and affect the evolution of unemployment rates and participation rates, the two main indicators of labour market performance. Our analysis has two special features. First,...

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Unexpected Victims: How Parents' Unemployment Affects Their Children's Life Satisfaction

Kind, Michael; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2012

The effects of unemployment on the subjective wellbeing (SWB) of the unemployed on the unemployed are well documented. Using data from the German SOEP for 17-25 year olds living with their parents, this paper examines the additional indirect effects of parents’ unemployment on their...

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With or Without You: Hazard of Divorce and Intra-household Allocation of Time

Tabasso, Domenico - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2011

This paper investigates the relationship between the probability of divorce and marriage specific investments. As these investments in terms of childcare and household activities are likely to increase the marital surplus, they are consequently likely to decrease the risk of divorce. All such...

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