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The Contribution Of Australian Academia To The World’S Best Economics Research: 2001-2010, Joan Rodgers, Frank Neri
The Contribution Of Australian Academia To The World’S Best Economics Research: 2001-2010, Joan Rodgers, Frank Neri
Faculty of Business - Economics Working Papers
This paper investigates the output of top-tier economics research by Australian academic economists from 2001 to 2010. By constructing and analysing a unique database of all substantive publications in the world’s top 45 economics journals, we compare Australia’s output with those of over 100 other countries, determine whether Australia’s output has increased since 2001, and rank Australian universities based on their output. Our analysis suggest that Australia’s output of top-tier economics research, both in absolute and relative terms, increased over the study period and that on a per capita basis, appears to be converging to the levels of the most …
Breaking The Link Between Legal Access To Alcohol And Motor Vehicle Accidents: Evidence From New South Wales, Jason Lindo, Peter Siminski, Oleg Yerokhin
Breaking The Link Between Legal Access To Alcohol And Motor Vehicle Accidents: Evidence From New South Wales, Jason Lindo, Peter Siminski, Oleg Yerokhin
Faculty of Business - Economics Working Papers
A large literature has documented signficant public health benefits associated with the minimum legal drinking age in the United States, particularly because of the resulting effects on motor vehicle accidents. These benefits form the primary basis for continued efforts to restrict youth access to alcohol. It is important to keep in mind, though, that policymakers have a wide variety of alcohol-control options available to them, and understanding how these policies may complement or substitute for one another can improve policy making moving forward. Towards this end, we propose that investigating the causal effects of the minimum legal drinking age in …
Maternal Working Hours And The Well-Being Of Adolescent Children, Silvia Mendolia
Maternal Working Hours And The Well-Being Of Adolescent Children, Silvia Mendolia
Faculty of Business - Economics Working Papers
This study investigates how maternal working hours are related to various outcomes in children aged 11–15 using a sample of mothers and adolescents in the British Household Panel Survey. Research that examines the effects of maternal employment on children has been motivated by the rapid increase of female participation rates in the labour market and increased shares of children living in female-headed or single-mother households. The existing literature on this issue is very limited, mostly based on American data, and provides conflicting results. Fixed effects have been used in the present analysis to control for characteristics of children and families …