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Bruce Chapman

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Reforming youth allowance: the "independent-at-home" category

The paper examines the policy and statistical basis for claims that many students are able to qualify for so-called financial support even though they may be living in circumstances of relative economic advantage

What's love got to do with it? Homogamy and dyadic approaches to understanding marital instability

This paper investigates individual and couple characteristics associated with marital instability and finds that characteristics of men and women can have quite different impacts on marital stability

Income contingent loans for drought relief: delivering better outcomes for farmers and taxpayers

While the underlying principles of Australia's National Drought Policy seem to be sound, two decades of implementation and incremental changes have resulted in the loss of the risk management message, ongoing use of the exceptional circumstances provisions and growing inequities between farmers, and between farmers and non-farmers

Income contingent loans for paid parental leave

A case for government subsidy of paid parental leave can be made on the basis that the social benefits exceed the advantages accruing directly to families

An analysis of Australian labour market programs

This paper outlines Australia's experience with labour market programs since 1973 and uses existing information to assess the effectiveness of the programs, especially those which are designed to assist the unemployed, wage subsidies and direct job creation

International dimensions in the financing of higher education

This paper compares and contrasts international experience with respect to higher education
financing

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Do very high tax rates induce bunching? Implications for the design of income-contingent loan schemes

Bruce Chapman and Andrew Leigh test whether very high marginal tax rates affect taxpayer behaviour, using the Higher Education Contribution Scheme as a case study

Income contingent loans for higher education: international reform

Since the late 1980s income contingent loans have been adopted in, or recommended for, a significant and growing number of countries

HECS system changes: impact on students

Gilian Beer and Bruce Chapman examine the impact of changes to Australia's student financing system on various hypothetical students who choose the government's proposed deferred payment options, HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP

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Rethinking the Rules Governing Australia
16 March 2010

Australian citizens are being asked to provide input into a nation-wide
discussion about how to improve the rules governing our country.

Rethink Australia spokesperson Rodger Hills, says the time has come to
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plan for a brighter future and a more enlightened democratic process than
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Secrecy law reforms strike a blow to old culture of government secrecy
12 March 2010

The Australian Law Reform Commission report into Commonwealth secrecy laws, Secrecy Laws and Open Government in Australia (ALRC Report 112) is the result of a 15 -month inquiry which identified 506 secrecy provisions in 176 pieces of Commonwealth legislation, including 358 criminal secrecy offences.

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16 February 2010

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