Subjective wellbeing is an indicator of how satisfied a person is with their life. It is becoming accepted as an indicator of happiness and overall wellbeing. This paper uses spatial microsimulation methods to estimate small area subjective wellbeing (SWB) in Australia. The procedure uses the...

Previous research has suggested that women who have a baby before age 25 are more likely to drop out of the labour force than women who have a baby after turning 25. In addition, the research found younger mothers stay out of work for longer. This paper will use data from the six waves of HILDA...

This paper shows how a microsimulation model has been used in Australia to identify how different clients are affected by regulatory and/or concessional pricing. The regulatory and concessional pricing is in the areas of Electricity, Gas and Water utilities provision. The model is based on...

Although better income, wealth and health outcomes have been predicted by human capital theory for better educated people, increasingly international and Australian empirical evidence has found a negative relationship between higher education and subjective wellbeing instead, particularly for...