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MS Nicole Watson

Positions

Academic, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research

Survey methodology, sampling, weighting, imputation, household surveys, longitudinal surveys

Overview

Has subject area

For 2008 6 Digit Code
- Applied Statistics
Seo 2008 6 Digit Code
- Expanding Knowledge in the Mathematical Sciences

Publications

Selected publications

2018
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - The Impact of Measurement Error on Wage Decompositions: Evidence From the British Household Panel Survey and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. Sociological Methods & Research. Forthcoming. 2018
2017
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - The Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset: using record linkage to create a longitudinal sample from a series of cross-sections. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics. 59. 2017
- Major Reports and Working Papers
  - HILDA User Manual – Release 16 2017
2016
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Australia Farewell: Predictors of Emigration in the 2000s. Population Research and Policy Review. 35. 2016
  - Dead or Alive? Dealing with Unknown Eligibility in Longitudinal Surveys. Journal of Official Statistics: an international quarterly. 32. 2016
- Major Reports and Working Papers
2015
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Design Matters: The Impact of CAPI on Interview Length. Field Methods. 27. 2015
- Major Reports and Working Papers
  - Factors Affecting Response to the HILDA Survey Self-completion Questionnaire 2015
  - HILDA User Manual – Release 14 2015
2014
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Evaluation of weighting methods to integrate a top-up sample with an ongoing longitudinal sample. Survey Research Methods. 8. 2014
  - Re-engaging with survey non-respondents: Evidence from three household panels. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series A: Statistics in Society. 177. 2014
  - The Symbol Digit Modalities Test: Normative Data from a Large Nationally Representative Sample of Australians. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 29. 2014
- Major Reports and Working Papers
2013
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Adding a top-up sample to the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey. Australian Economic Review. 46. 2013
  - The implementation of cross-sectional weights in household panel surveys. Statistics Surveys. 7. 2013
- Major Reference Works
  - HILDA user manual - release 12. Edition. 12 2013
- Major Reports and Working Papers
  - Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey – Release 12.0 2013
  - If at first you don't succeed? Fieldwork effort, panel attrition, and health-employment inferences in BHPS and HILDA 2013
2012
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Introducing 'Journeys Home'. Australian Economic Review. 45. 2012
  - The HILDA Survey: A Case Study in the Design and Development of a Successful Household Panel Study. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies. 3. 2012
- Major Reference Works
  - HILDA User Manual - Release 11. Edition. 11 2012
- Minor Reports and Working Papers
  - Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Weighting Methodology for the HILDA Survey 2012
  - The Impact of Computer-Assisted Interviewing on Interview Length 2012
2011
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Evaluation of Alternative Income Imputation Methods for a Longitudinal Study. Journal of Official Statistics: an international quarterly. 27. 2011
  - Household survey panel: How much do following rules affect sample size?. Survey Research Methods. 5. 2011
  - Household survey panels: how much do following rules affect sample size?. Survey Research Methods. 5. 2011
- Major Reference Works
  - HILDA User Manual - Release 10. Edition. 10 2011
- Major Reports and Working Papers
  - Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey – Release 10.0 2011
- Minor Reports and Working Papers
2010
- Major Reference Works
  - HILDA User Manual - Release 8. Edition. 8 2010
- Major Reports and Working Papers
  - Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey - Release 8.0 2010
  - Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey - Release 9.0 2010
- Minor Reports and Working Papers
  - Household survey panels: how much do following rules affect sample size? 2010
  - The impact of the transition to CAPI and a new fieldwork provider on the HILDA Survey 2010
2009
- Research Book Chapters
  - Identifying factors affecting longitudinal survey response. Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys. Wiley - John Wiley & Sons. 2009
- Major Reference Works
  - HILDA User Manual - Release 7 2009
- Conference Papers Unrefereed
  - Disentangling overlapping seams: The experience of the HILDA Survey 2009
- Major Reports and Working Papers
  - HILDA User Manual – Release 7 2009
  - Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey – Release 7.0 2009
- Minor Reports and Working Papers
2008
- Major Reference Works
  - HILDA User Manual - Release 6. Edition. 6 2008
- Major Reports and Working Papers
  - Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey - Release 6.0 2008
- Minor Reports and Working Papers
  - Assessing the Quality of the Height and Weight Data in the HILDA Survey 2008
2007
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - The HILDA Survey and its Contribution to Economic and Social Research (So Far). The Economic Record. 83. 2007
  - Using Imputed Data: Examples from the HILDA Survey. Australian Economic Review. 40. 2007
- Major Reference Works
  - HILDA User Manual - Release 5. Edition. 1 2007
- Conference Papers Unrefereed
  - Evaluation of Alternative Income Imputation Methods for the HILDA Survey 2007
- Major Reports and Working Papers
  - Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey -- Release 5.0 2007
- Minor Reports and Working Papers
  - Evaluation of Alternative Income Imputation Methods for the HILDA Survey 2007
2006
- Major Reference Works
  - HILDA User Manual - Release 4.0. Edition. 1 2006
- Conference Papers Refereed
  - Modelling Longitudinal Survey Response: The Experience of the HILDA Survey 2006
- Conference Papers Unrefereed
  - Options for a Top-up Sample to the HILDA Survey 2006
- Major Reports and Working Papers
2004
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Sample attrition in the HILDA survey. Australian Journal of Labour Economics. 7. 2004
- Journal Articles Unrefereed
  - The HILDA survey fours years on. Australian Economic Review. 37. 2004
- Minor Reports and Working Papers
  - Wave 2 survey methodology 2004
2002
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Enhancing the evidence base for economic and social policy in Australia: the household, income and labour dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey.. Mercer - Melbourne Institute Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends. 92:348-355. 2002
  - The HILDA survey: What's in it for Economists?. Australian Journal of Labour Economics. 14. 2002
- Journal Articles Unrefereed
  - The household, income and labour dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey: an introduction.. Australian Social Policy Journal. 2001-02. 2002
  - The household, income and labour dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey: wave 1.. Australian Economic Review. 35. 2002
- Major Reports and Working Papers
2001
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - The Rising Prevalence of Asthma in Young Melbourne Adults is Associated with Improvement in Treatment.. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. 87. 2001
  - The burden of mental disorders in Victoria, 1996. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 36. 2001

Research

Investigator on

Contract
- SERVICES IN RELATION TO THE HOUSEHOLD, INCOME AND LABOUR DYNAMICS IN AUSTRALIA (HILDA) SURVEY, WAVES 13-16 AND WITH THE OPTION TO INCLUDE SERVICES FOR WAVES 17 AND/OR 18 awarded by DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES 2012 - 2021
- HILDA SURVEY - WAVES 9 TO 12 awarded by DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES 2008 - 2014
- SUB-CONTRACTOR FOR THE HILDA SURVEY, WAVES 9-12 awarded by ROY MORGAN RESEARCH PTY LTD 2008 - 2014
- HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND LABOUR DYNAMICS IN AUSTRALIA (HILDA) SURVEY WAVES 5-8 awarded by DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES 2004 - 2010
Grant
- HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND LABOUR DYNAMICS IN AUSTRALIA (Department of Family and Community Services Developing Programs) awarded by DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES 2004 - 2010

Awards

Education and training

Grad Cert, Deakin University 2013
MMedStat, The University of Newcastle 2004
Grad Dip Mgt Sc, University of Canberra 1998
BSc, The University of Western Australia 1994

Linkages

Geographic focus

Australia

Supervision

Available for supervision

Y

Contact Details
- n.watson@unimelb.edu.au
- +61 3 8344 2088
- fax: +61 3 8344 2111
- Location
  - Level: 06 Room: 646, FBE Building (Former ICT), Parkville
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