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A/PROF DUNCAN IRONMONGER



Contact Details

Organization: Economics
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
Email:
Homepage: http://econ.unimelb.edu.au/SITE/staffprofile/dironmonger.shtml
Work: 8344 5604
Fax: 8344 6899
Room: 420
Level: 04
Building: Economics And Commerce
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Macroeconomic Modelling and Forecasting Australia
Household Economics Australia
Time Use Economics Australia
Household Demography Australia
Business Expectations Australia
National Accounts Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United Kingdom University of Essex Research
United States United Nations Research
Ethiopia United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Master of Commerce University of Melbourne 20-Jun-1958
Doctor of Philosophy University of Cambridge 17-Apr-1958

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Economic Society of Australia Member 01-Jan-1953
Member Statistical Society of Australia Member 01-Jan-1961
Member International Association for Research in Income and Wealth Member 01-Jan-1996
Member International Association for Time Use Research Member 01-Aug-1992
Member Australian Population Association Member 01-Jan-1991
Member Australian Institute of Family Studies Chair, Ethics Committee 01-Dec-1998
Member Review of Economics of the Household Member, Advisory Board 01-Jan-2003
Member Prometheus, The Journal of Issues in Technological Change, Innovation, Information Economics, Communications and Science Policy Member, Editorial Board 01-Jan-1996
Member Australian Journal on Volunteering Member, Editorial Advisory Board 01-Jan-2000

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA) 22-Nov-2001

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
ESTIMATE STATISTICS AND PUBLISH IN 2ND EDITION OF A SYSTEM OF TIME ACCOUNTS FOR MELBOURNE Chief Investigator DEPT OF INFRASTRUCTURE 01/03/2006
SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR SUPPLY OF A REPORT ON VOLUNTEERING IN QUEENSLAND Chief Investigator DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITIES 01/06/2006
UPDATE 2006 REPORT THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF VOLUNTEERING IN QUEENSLAND Chief Investigator DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITIES 14/01/2008
RESEARCH INTO VOLUNTEERING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA Chief Investigator DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES 01/12/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Books

  • A System of Time Accounts for Melbourne
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors(s):
  • Public Transport Statistics for Melbourne, New Estimates of Passenger Trips 1998-2001
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Department of Infrastructure(Melbourne)
    Authors(s):
  • The economic value of volunteering in Queensland, Updated report - May 2008
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Queensland Government, Department of Communities(Brisbane)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • Improvements in Transport Infrastructure are Designed to Increase Travel Speed: Comments on 'The Myth of Travel Time Saving'
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Transport Reviews
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 694 - 698
    Author(s):
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Major Reference Works

  • The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics:

    Time Use


    Year: 2008
    Reference Work Title: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan(Basingstoke)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2004

Reports

Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Married households and gross household product
    Year: 2003
    Book: Marriage and the economy. Theory and evidence from advanced industrial societies
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
    Authors(s):

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Counting and valuing household outputs: towards the development of personal consumption diaries
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Time use research, comparing time
    Conference Publication: Counting and valuing household outputs: towards the development of personal consumption diaries
    Page numbers:
    Publisher: IATUR(Hamilton)
    Author(s):
  • National time accounts: the dynamic modelling of time use using continuous time use surveys
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Time use research, comparing time
    Conference Publication: National time accounts: the dynamic modelling of time use using continuous time use surveys
    Volume:
    Page numbers:
    Publisher: IATUR(Hamilton)
    Author(s):
  • Progress in the development of the methodology of the national accounts of household production
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Integrating the value of household production into national accounts
    Conference Publication: Progress in the development of the methodology of the national accounts of household production
    Volume:
    Page numbers:
    Publisher: Korean women's development institute(Seoul)
    Author(s):
  • The market and the household economy
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Consumption and employment
    Conference Publication: The market and the household economy
    Page numbers:
    Publisher: Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies
    Author(s):
  • There are only 24 hours in a day! Solving the problematic of simultaneous time
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Time use research, comparing time
    Conference Publication: There are only 24 hours in a day! Solving the problematic of simultaneous time
    Page numbers:
    Publisher: IATUR(Hamilton)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2002

Reports

  • Calculating Australia's gross household product: measuring the economic value of the household economy 1970-2000
    Year: 2002
    Customer:
    Report No:: 833
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:
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