Life Course Centre: Recent submissions
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Childhood homelessness and adult employment: the role of education, incarceration, and welfare receipt
Published 2017This paper examines the long-run employment consequences of experiencing homelessness in childhood rather than later in life. We use novel panel data that link survey and administrative data for a sample of disadvantaged ...Open AccessArticle -
Lives saved during economic downturns: Evidence from Australia
Published 2021Worldwide, countries have been restricting work and social activities to counter the emerging public health crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic. These measures have caused dramatic increases in unemployment. Some ...Article -
Do personality traits affect productivity? Evidence from the lab
Published 2016While survey data supports a strong relationship between personality and labour market outcomes, the exact mechanisms behind this association remain unexplored. We take advantage of a controlled laboratory set‐up to explore ...Open AccessArticle -
Risk preference dynamics around life events
Published 2019Using a panel of Australians I estimate the dynamic relationship between common life events and risk preferences. Changes in financial circumstances, parenthood and family loss predict changes in risk preferences. Importantly ...Open AccessArticle -
Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste: Opportunities to Reduce Social Disadvantage from COVID-19
Published 2021This paper identifies and examines a range of policy reform opportunities in Australia arising from COVID-19. The authors demonstrate how COVID-19 presents unique opportunities for rethinking and redesigning long-standing ...Open AccessArticle