This paper derives and estimates an econometric model of labour supply among sole parents in Australia, using modelling techniques which treat the labour supply decision as a utility maximising choice between a given number of discrete states. The model is then used to look at the likely effects...

This research is the final report of the AHURI Inquiry into ‘Pathways to Housing Tax Reform in Australia'. It features real-world modelling and implementation time frames to steer tax settings that progress the efficiency, equity and sustainability of housing tax policy, and also presents...

Using data from Australia during the commodity cycle 2001 to 2015 as a quasi-natural experiment, we explore a mutual relationship between employer-sponsored (permanent) and points-based immigration. We find that the commodity boom triggered significant wage growth in commodity-rich states,...