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I Was Only Nineteen, 45 Years Ago: What Can We Learn From Australia's Conscription Lotteries?, Peter Siminski, Simon Ville
I Was Only Nineteen, 45 Years Ago: What Can We Learn From Australia's Conscription Lotteries?, Peter Siminski, Simon Ville
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The Australian conscription lotteries of 1965-1972 are a unique and underutilised resource for studying the effects of army service and veterans’ programs. Drawing on many data sources and 25 years of related US literature, we present a comprehensive analysis of this natural experiment, examining indicators of health, personal economic outcomes, family outcomes and educational attainment. We discuss the numerous potential mechanisms involved and the limitations of available data.
The Preponderant Causes Of The Usa Banking Crisis 2007-08, Eduardo Pol
The Preponderant Causes Of The Usa Banking Crisis 2007-08, Eduardo Pol
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Scientific research on the banking crisis 2007-08 has answered many important questions according to generally accepted methodological standards. However, there remains at least one outstanding question that has not been answered with methodological accuracy: What caused the severe USA banking crisis 2007-08? To address this question the paper uses a counterfactual definition of 'cause,' distinguishes between separable and non-separable causes, and employs a well-posed methodology for the causation analysis of singular events. In addition, first causes and preponderant causes are distinguished. The main result of this paper is that the preponderant causes of the banking crisis 2007-08 were securitization and …
Are Big-Time Sports A Threat To Student Achievement?, Jason M. Lindo, Isaac D. Swensen, Glen R. Waddell
Are Big-Time Sports A Threat To Student Achievement?, Jason M. Lindo, Isaac D. Swensen, Glen R. Waddell
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
We consider the relationship between collegiate football success and non-athlete student performance. We find that the team's success significantly reduces male grades relative to female grades, and only in fall quarters, which coincides with the football season. Using survey data, we find that males are more likely than females to increase alcohol consumption, decrease studying, and increase partying in response to the success of the team. Yet, females also report that their behavior is affected by athletic success, suggesting that their performance is likely impaired but that this effect is masked by the practice of grade curving.
The Impact Of Husband’S Job Loss On Partners’ Mental Health, Silvia Mendolia
The Impact Of Husband’S Job Loss On Partners’ Mental Health, Silvia Mendolia
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of job loss on family mental well-being. The negative income shock can affect the mental health status of the individual who directly experiences such displacement, as well as the psychological well-being of his partner; also, job loss may have a significantly detrimental effect on life satisfaction, self-esteem and on the individual’s perceived role in society. This analysis is based on a sample of married and cohabitating couples from the first 14 waves of the British Household Panel Survey. In order to correct for the possible endogeneity of job loss, data …
Dispossession, Human Security, And Undocumented Migration: Narrative Accounts Of Afghani And Sri Lankan Tamil Asylum Seekers, Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase, Lynnaire Sheridan
Dispossession, Human Security, And Undocumented Migration: Narrative Accounts Of Afghani And Sri Lankan Tamil Asylum Seekers, Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase, Lynnaire Sheridan
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
In the globalised world of the twenty-first century, material and symbolic goods travel relatively freely across national borders. At the same time, movements of people, or at least particular categories of people, are becoming increasingly understood as a problem in need of control (Briskman and Cemlyn 2005; de Haas 2007; Turner 2010). Migration has become 'one of the most controversial areas of policy and practice facing virtually all countries' (Crawley 2006: 25). Perceptions of porous boundaries and unlimited opportunities coexist in the public imaginary with hardened attitudes towards desperate humans who seek to cross-national borders without authorisation by receiving states. …
Living Arrangements And Income Poverty, Joan R. Rodgers
Living Arrangements And Income Poverty, Joan R. Rodgers
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
Australians' living arrangements have changed over the last several decades. Greater proportions of households contain only one person, a couple or a single-parent family. Such demographic trends have implications for poverty, which is identified at the household level. This paper explores the relationship between the depth of poverty and household type using longitudinal, unit-record data. Lone persons and single parents are the poorest. Poverty increases significantly at the beginning of a spell of living alone regardless of previous living arrangements but especially for people leaving the household of their parent(s). Except for the elderly, poverty decreases significantly at the end …