Life Course Centre: Recent submissions
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Reducing Internet Gambling Harms Using Behavioral Science: A Stakeholder Framework
Published 2020Internet gambling provides a unique environment with design mechanics and data-driven opportunities that can impact gambling-related harms. Some elements of Internet gambling including isolation, lack of interruption, and ...Article -
Young adults gamble less when observed by peers
Published 2018The impact of peer presence on the choices made by young people is yet to be fully understood. Using an incentive compatible experiment, we investigate whether: (1) young people’s willingness to accept known and unknown ...Open AccessArticle -
Economic Rationality in Youth With Emerging Mood Disorders
Published 2020Cognitive difficulties are common in persons experiencing anxiety or mood disorders. In this article, we explore the economic concept of rational decision-making in young people with emerging mood disorders by using ...Open AccessArticle -
The Effect of Quarantining Welfare on School Attendance in Indigenous Communities
Published 2021We identify the causal impact of quarantining welfare payments on Aboriginal children’s school attendance by exploiting exogenous variation in its rollout across communities. We find that income quarantining reduced ...Article -
Recurring pain, mental health problems and sick leave in Australia
Published 2021A substantial proportion of Australians report recurring pain and mental health problems, but their separate and joint contributions to sick leave use has not been examined. This study examines the interaction of pain and ...Article