Life Course Centre: Recent submissions
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Parenting Style as an Investment in Human Development
Published 2019We propose a household production function approach to human development that explicitly considers the role of parenting style in child rearing. Specifically, parenting style is modelled as an investment that depends not ...Open AccessArticle -
The Impact of Paid Parental Leave on Fertility Intentions
Published 2020Paid parental leave is an important part of family policy in OECD countries. Australia's Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme was introduced in 2011 and provides 18 weeks of leave paid at the full time minimum wage for the ...Open AccessArticle -
The reciprocal relationship between depressive symptoms and employment status
Published 2019This paper analyzes the reciprocal lagged relationship between depressive symptoms and employment status. We find that severe depressive symptoms contribute to a 25.6% increase in subsequent non-employment rates, a 20.7% ...Open AccessArticle -
Locus of control and internal migration
Published 2019We model migration across domestic labor markets (internal migration) as the outcome of a job search process in which job seekers form subjective beliefs about the return search effort that are related to their locus of ...Open AccessArticle -
Mental health and productivity at work: Does what you do matter?
Published 2017Much of the economic cost of mental illness stems from workers’ reduced productivity. Using nationally representative panel data we analyze the links between mental health and two alternative workplace productivity measures ...Open AccessArticle