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DR YI-PING TSENG



Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Position: SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
Email:
Homepage: http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/people/yiping/home.html
Work: +61 3 8344 2132
Fax: +61 3 8344 2111
Room: 618
Level: 06
Building: Alan Gilbert Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Labour Economics, Applied Microeconometrics, program evaluation, welfare receipt, savings, retirement, superannuation, aging Australia, Taiwan

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Canada McMaster University Research
United Kingdom University of Cambridge Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Economics National Taiwan University
Doctor of Philosophy The Australian National University 31-Dec-2000

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
UNDERSTANDING THE SAVING BEHAVIOUR OF AUSTRALIAN HOUSEHOLDS: PRIVATE RETIREMENT PROVISION AND THE POLICY OF FORCED SAVING Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF NSW Discovery Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2007
Improving Employment Outcomes in Early Psychosis: Social and Economic Benefits of Early Intervention. Chief Investigator ORYGEN RESEARCH CENTRE,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL		 Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2008
International comparisons of retirement decisions and well-being of mature age populations: applied micro-economic analyses Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF J2SI PROGRAM Chief Investigator SACRED HEART MISSION 27/08/2009

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

  • 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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  • Retirement Saving in Australia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Canadian Public Policy
    Volume: 34
    Issue: s1
    Page numbers: 177-193
    Author(s):
    URL - open access http://economics.ca/cpp/en/special2008.php
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  • The Effect of Financial Incentives on Labour Supply: Evidence for Lone Parents from Microsimulation and Quasi-Experimental Evaluation
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Fiscal Studies
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 285-325
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Reports

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

Conference Publications/Papers

Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Employee Turnover: Less is Not Necessarily More?
    Year: 2006
    Book: Panel Data Econometrics: Theoretical Contributions and Empirical Applications
    Publisher: Elsevier(Oxford)
    Authors(s):

Reports

  • Dynamic Properties of Income Support Receipt in Australia
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 23/06
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Usual and preferred working hours in couple households
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Family Studies
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 46-61
    Publisher: La Trobe University Press
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Does 'work for the dole' work?
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Australian conference of economists 2005
    Conference Publication: Australian conference of economists
    Page numbers: 1-45
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • 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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  • The effect of financial incentives on labour suply: evidence for sole parents from microsimulation and Quasi-Experimental evaluation
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Australian conference of Economists 2005
    Conference Publication: Australian conference of Economists 2005
    Volume: 2005
    Issue: 2005
    Page numbers: 43
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(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)
    Authors:
  • Preferred vs actural working hours in couple households
    Year: 2005
    Report No:: 7/05
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Constructing a measure of industry-specific human capital using Tobin's q theory.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Economics Bulletin
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-7
    Publisher: Economics Bulletin
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  • Industry-sepcific human capital, knowledge labour, and industry wage structure in Taiwan.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Applied Economics
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 155-164
    Publisher: Routledge(Hants)
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Reports

  • Does 'Work for the dole' work?
    Year: 2004
    Report No:: 14/04
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
    Authors:
    URL - open access http://eprints.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000576/
  • Family structure, usual and preferred working hours, and egalitarianism in Australia
    Year: 2004
    Report No:: 1/04
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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    URL - open access http://eprints.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000579/
  • Financial incentives for mothers to enter paid work: the current tax and transfer system
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Reort for the department of family and community services
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Enterprise bargaining and productivity in Australia: what do we know?
    Year: 2003
    Journal: The Economic Record
    Volume: 79
    Issue: 245 (June)
    Page numbers: 245-258
    Publisher: Economic Society of Australia(Burwood)
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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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Reports

Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Pet ownership is good for your health and saves public expenditure too: Australian and German longitudinal evidence.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Social Monitor
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 93-99
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  • The determinants of relative wage changes in Australia.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 70-84
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Reports

Publications in 2001

Reports

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