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Stefanie Schurer
Working paper
Gender differences in the lifecycle benefits of compulsory schooling policies
This study analyses the wider consequences to society of increasing the minimum school leaving age (MSLA) using high quality nationally representative survey data – the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey.
Working paper
Cognitive and non-cognitive abilities of immigrants: new perspectives on migrant quality from a selective immigration country
This study sheds light on migrant quality in Australia using nationally representative survey data.
Report
Discrete heterogeneity in the impact of health shocks on labour market outcomes
Empirical evidence from the psychology literature suggests that reactions towards health shocks depend strongly on the personality trait of locus of control, which is usually unobservable to the analyst. In this paper, the role of this discrete heterogeneity in shaping the effects of health shocks...
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The effect of financial incentives on quality of care: the case of diabetes
Australia introduced an incentive payment scheme for general practitioners to ensure systematic and high quality care in chronic disease management. There is little empirical evidence and ambiguous theoretical guidance on which effects to expect on the quality of care. This paper evaluates the impact of...