Browsing Research Publications and Outputs by subject "1402 Applied Economics"
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Covid-19, gender and work, October 2021
Published 2021-10-15This Insights paper written for the Gender Equality in Working Life Research Initiative provides a high level summary of the evolving impact of the 2021 lockdowns on workforce gender inequality, based on ABS Labour force ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Defaults, disclosures, advice and calculators: One size does not fit all
Published 2022The effect of regulatory standards regarding the presentation of investment products on financial behavior is poorly understood. In two incentivized online experiments (N = 2,221) we examine the impact of information-based ...Open AccessArticle -
Determinants of Early-Access to Retirement Savings: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Published 2023Australian regulations strictly limit early withdrawals from retirement plan accounts. However, in 2020, the Government made otherwise illiquid plan balances temporarily liquid, offering emergency relief during the pandemic. ...Open AccessPreprint -
Investment Decisions When Utility Depends on Wealth and Other Attributes
Published 2019The problem of optimal investment under a multivariate utility function allows for an investor to obtain utility not only from wealth, but other (possibly correlated) attributes. In this paper we implement multivariate ...Open AccessArticle