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PROF JOHN W FREEBAIRN



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Organization: Economics
Position: CHAIR - ECONOMICS
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Homepage: http://www.economics.unimelb.edu.au/SITE/staffprofile/jfreebairn.shtml
Work: 8344 6414
Fax: 8344 6899
Room: 634
Level: 06
Building: Economics And Commerce
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Applied Microeconomics and Policy Analysis Taxation, Labour Markets & Natural Resources Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States Pennsylvania State University Research
United States University of California - Davis Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Agricultural Economics New England 31-Dec-1965
Masters of Agricultural Economics New England 31-Dec-1969
Doctor of Philosophy University of California - Davis 31-Dec-1972

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member American Economics Association 01-Jan-1972
Member Economics Association of Australia 01-Jan-1966
Member American Agricultural Economics Association 01-Jan-1972
Member Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 01-Jan-1963

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA) 31-Dec-1991

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Medal Centenary Medal 01-Jan-2001
Other (Award) Outstanding Journal Article, Economic Record 31-Dec-1989
Other (Award) American Agricultural Economics Association Outstanding Journal Article Award 31-Dec-1985
Medal University of New England 31-Dec-1965
Other (Award) American Agricultural Economics Association Outstanding PhD Thesis 31-Dec-1973

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
Worker flows and Labour market policy in Australia Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2004
Effects of Private Health Insurance on Health Care Usage and Health Outcomes in Australia Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2008

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
DTF STRATEGIC RESEARCH PANEL CONTRACT - AGREEMENT FOR STANDING OFFER FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - TO PROVIDE STRATEGIC RESEARCH SERVICES RELATING TO ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES. Chief Investigator DEPT OF TREASURY & FINANCE 17/10/2005
CHARACTERISTICS OF EMPLOYERS OF THE LOW PAID Chief Investigator AUST FAIR PAY COMMISSION 01/06/2006
COVERAGE OF THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE Chief Investigator AUST FAIR PAY COMMISSION

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 2007

Journal Articles

  • A Package of Less Special Deductions and Exemptions and Low Tax Rates


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Tax Forum
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 65-82
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  • Changing the Tax Mix
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 194-199
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  • Economic Issues with Climate Change
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 402-409
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  • Economic Policy Issues for Climate Change
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Insights: Melbourne Economics and Commerce
    Volume: 2/November 2007
    Page numbers: 9-14
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  • Introduction
    Year: 2007
    Journal: CEDA Growth Series
    Volume: 59
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 10-15
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  • Making the Boom Pay
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Insights: Melbourne Economics and Commerce
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 20-25
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  • The Next Wave of Tax Reform: Introduction
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 182-185
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  • Who are the Low Paid?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Labour Economics
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 17-38
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Reports

  • Hours of Work: A Demand Perspective
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 1022
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Trends in regional specialisation in Australia
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 1017
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Some Economics of Floods
    Year: 2006
    Book: Floods in an Arid Continent
    Publisher: Academic Press(California)
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Journal Articles

  • Evaluation of Policy Options to Encourage Welfare to Work
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 273-292
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  • How Big Was the Effect of Budget Consolidation on the Australian Economy in the 1990s?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 35-46
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  • Investment and Savings Drive Deficits and Debts
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Mercer - Melbourne Institute Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends
    Volume: 2.06
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 20-23
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  • Water rights for variable supplies
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 295-312
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Case study two - labour market reform: discussant
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Productive reform in a federal system
    Conference Publication: Productive reform in a federal system: roundtable proceedings
    Page numbers: 239 - 244
    Publisher: Productivity Commission(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • Characteristics of minimum wage employees
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Australain Fair Pay Commission
    Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia(Canberra)
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  • Evaluation of Policy Options to Encourage Welfare to Work
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 09/06
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Income tax reform
    Year: 2005
    Book: Sustaining prosperity
    Publisher: Melbourne University Press(Carlton)
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  • Principles and issues for effective Australian water markets
    Year: 2005
    Book: The evolution of markets for water
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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Journal Articles

  • An employment equation for Australia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Economic Record
    Volume: 81
    Issue: 254
    Page numbers: 204-214
    Publisher: Economic Society of Australia(Burwood)
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  • An examination of net flows in the Australian labour market
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Labour Economics
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 25-42
    Publisher: Murdoch University(Perth)
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  • Government policy and school performance: intorduction and overview
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 119-120
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Asia
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  • Policies to reduce unemployment: simulations with treasury macroeconomic model
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Economic Record
    Volume: 81
    Issue: 255
    Page numbers: 351-366
    Publisher: Economic Society of Australia(Burwood)
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  • The Melbourne Institute analysis of the 2005 federal budget
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Mercer - Melbourne Institute Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends
    Volume: 2005
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 19-21
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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  • When can generic advertising program increase farmer returns?
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australasian Agribusiness Review
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 20
    Page numbers: 1-25
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Case Study Two - Labour Market Reform: Discussant


    Year: 2005
    Event name: Productive Reform in a Federal System
    Conference Publication: Productive Reform in a Federal System: Roundtable Proceedings
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 239-244
    Publisher: Productivity Commission(Melbourne)
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  • Reforming industrial relations and social equity
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Australian conference of economists 05
    Conference Publication: Australian conference of economists
    Page numbers: 1-18
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • A comparison of alternative tax bases
    Year: 2005
    Report No:: 11/2005
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Health policy
    Year: 2004
    Book: Reforming Australia. New policies for a new generation
    Publisher: Melbourne University Press(Carlton)
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  • The benefits of social science research
    Year: 2004
    Book: What's economics worth? Valuing policy research
    Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press(Baltimore)
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Journal Articles

  • Bracket creep, effective marginal tax rates and alternative tax packages
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Mercer - Melbourne Institute Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends
    Volume: 1
    Issue: .04
    Page numbers: 17-28
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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