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DR ROGER WILKINS



Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Position: PRINCIPAL RESEARCH FELLOW
Email:
Work: +613 8344 2092
Mobile: 0425 768 807
Fax: +613 8344 2111
Room: 610
Level: 06
Building: Alan Gilbert Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Labour economics Australia
Income inequality, poverty and welfare reliance Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Germany Bertelsmann Stiftung

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Commerce (Degree with Honours) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1993
Master of Commerce with Honours University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1995
Master of Science University of Wisconsin 31-Dec-1996
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-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.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Experimental evaluation of YP4 - Is 'joining up' services for homeless and jobless people a net benefit to society? Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL,
HANOVER WELFARE SERVICES
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2006
Job retention and advancement of disadvantaged job-seekers Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/09/2007

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
DIMENSIONS OF THE SAFETY NET: INCOME, CONSUMPTION AND WEALTH PROJECT FOR THE AFPC Chief Investigator AUST FAIR PAY COMMISSION SECRETARIAT 05/06/2008

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

Journal Articles

  • Are Skills Shortages a Constraint on Increasing Employment in Australia?
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 310-322
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  • Dynamic Properties of Income Support Receipt in Australia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 32-55
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  • The Extent and Nature of Exits from the Disability Support Pension
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Bulletin of Labour
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-27
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Reports

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

Conference Publications/Papers

Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Personal and Job Characteristics Associated with Underemployment


    Year: 2006
    Event name: Australian Conference of Economists
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 35th Australian Conference of Economists
    Page numbers: 1-26
    Publisher: Curtin University of Technology(Perth)
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  • The Effect of Tightening Smoking Regulations on Individual Smoking Rates


    Year: 2006
    Event name: European Society for Population Economics Annual Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceeding of the European Society for Population Economics Annual Conference
    Page numbers: 24-25
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Reports

Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Do longer working hours lead to more workplace injuries? Evidence from Australian industry-level panel data
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Bulletin of Labour
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 155-170
    Publisher: National Institute of Labour Studies
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Experimental and quasi-experimental methods of Microeconomic program and policy evaluation
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Quantitative tools for microeconomic policy analysis
    Conference Publication: Quantitative tools for microeconomic policy analysis
    Page numbers: 83-118
    Publisher: Productivity Commission(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • Experimental and quasi-experimental methods of microeconomics program and policy evaluation
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Quantitative tools for microeconomic analysis
    Report No:: 08/2005
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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  • The effects of smoking ban regulations on individual smoking rates
    Year: 2005
    Report No:: 13
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Effects of changes in family composition and employment patterns on the distribution of income in Australia: 1981-1982 to 1997-1998
    Year: 2004
    Journal: The Economic Record
    Volume: 80
    Issue: 249
    Page numbers: 219-238
    Publisher: Economic Society of Australia(Burwood)
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  • The effects of disability on labour force status in Australia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1-24
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Reports

Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Immigrant and native-born earnings distributions in australia: 1982-1996
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Labour Economics
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 1, March 2003
    Page numbers: 83-115
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  • Immigrant earnings adjustment: the impact of age at immigration
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Economic Papers
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 3, September 2003
    Page numbers: 292-315
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
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  • Reliance on income support in australia: prevalence and persistence
    Year: 2003
    Journal: The Economic Record
    Volume: 79
    Issue: 245
    Page numbers: 196-217
    Publisher: Economic Society of Australia(Burwood)
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  • The net benefit to government of higher education: a "balance sheet" approach
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Economic Papers
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 1-20
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Underemployment in Australia: evidence from the HILDA Survey
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Path to Full Employment
    Conference Publication: The Full Employment Imperative
    Volume: n/a
    Page numbers: 1-40
    Publisher: Centre of Full Employment and Equity(Newcastle)
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Reports

Publications in 2002

Reports

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