We investigate whether being female, from a non-English speaking background (NESB) or having a disability affects career advancement in the Australian Public Service. Over the past twenty years, women have become more likely to get promoted at senior ranks than similar men and just as likely at...

Despite a conventional wisdom that female board members positively impact firm performance, a thorough examination of the research to date reveals no consensus that female board members have either a positive or negative effect on firm performance. We build the largest dataset of Australian...

Australian taxpayers display reference-dependent preferences when filing their tax returns - theybunch at positive and salient thresholds. We develop a model of taxpayer behavior to show thatbunching heterogeneity reflects both differences in preferences and the rate at which the marginalcost of...