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Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

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What do Financial Markets Think of War in Iraq? | View 2 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|
- NBER Working Paper No. w9587
- Stanford GSB Research Paper No. 1785

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Wolfers, Justin

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics

Zitzewitz, Eric

Dartmouth College

Posted:
28 Mar 03
Last Revised:
01 Dec 11

951
(10,004)

Do Rising Top Incomes Lift All Boats? | View 2 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|
- IZA Discussion Paper No. 4920
- HKS Working Paper No. RWP09_18

Andrews, Dan

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

Jencks, Christopher

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:
24 Dec 07
Last Revised:
10 May 10

923
(10,545)

Three Tools for Forecasting Federal Elections: Lessons from 2001 | Show Abstract | Download |
Stanford GSB Research Paper No. 1723
Working Paper Series

Wolfers, Justin

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

01 Apr 02

545
(22,662)

Happiness and the Human Development Index: Australia is Not a Paradox | View 4 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Wolfers, Justin

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics

Posted:
25 Jan 06
Last Revised:
01 Dec 11

251
(58,897)

Who Benefits from the Earned Income Tax Credit? Incidence Among Recipients, Coworkers and Firms | View 2 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|
- IZA Discussion Paper No. 4960
- Working Paper

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:
02 Dec 03
Last Revised:
29 Jun 10

236
(62,884)

Does Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Vary Across Minority Groups? Evidence from a Field Experiment | View 3 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|

Booth, Alison L.

Australian National University (ANU) - Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS)

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Varganova, Elena

Australian National University

Posted:
14 Dec 09
Last Revised:
19 Jul 10

230
(64,694)

Competing Approaches to Forecasting Elections: Economic Models, Opinion Polling and Prediction Markets | View 4 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Wolfers, Justin

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics

Posted:
16 Nov 05
Last Revised:
01 Dec 11

228
(65,238)

Trust, Inequality and Ethnic Heterogeneity | View 2 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|
- Economic Record, Vol. 82, No. 258, pp. 268-280, September 2006
- Working Paper

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:
04 May 04
Last Revised:
21 Dec 06

146
(100,129)

More Inequality, Less Social Mobility | Show Abstract | Download |
Working Paper Series

Andrews, Dan

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

11 Sep 07

144
(101,366)

10.

Does Raising the Minimum Wage Help the Poor? | View 2 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|
- Economic Record, Vol. 83, Issue 263, pp. 432-445, December 2007
- ANU Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Papers No. 501

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:
16 Nov 05
Last Revised:
03 Apr 08

132
(109,096)

11.

Can Redistributive State Taxes Reduce Inequality? | Show Abstract | Download |
Australian National University CEPR Working Paper No. 490
Working Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

15 Jun 05

132
(109,096)

12.

Inequality and Mortality: Long-Run Evidence from a Panel of Countries | Show Abstract | Download |
KSG Working Paper No. RWP06-032
Working Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Jencks, Christopher

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

Posted:

09 Aug 06

130
(110,480)

13.

Bargaining Over Labor: Do Patients Have Any Power? | View 2 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|
- IZA Discussion Paper No. 6165
- Working Paper

Gans, Joshua S.

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:
13 Jun 06
Last Revised:
12 Dec 11

129
(111,181)

14.

Born on the First of July: An (Un)natural Experiment in Birth Timing | Show Abstract | Download |
Working Paper Series

Gans, Joshua S.

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

20 Jun 06

127
(112,580)

15.

The Distribution of Top Incomes in Five Anglo-Saxon Countries Over the Twentieth Century | Show Abstract | Download |
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4937
Working Paper Series

Atkinson, Anthony B.

University of Oxford - Department of Economics

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

29 Jun 10

124
(114,816)

16.

Optimal Design of Earned Income Tax Credits: Evidence from a British Natural Experiment | Show Abstract | Download |
Working Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

18 May 04

124
(114,816)

17.

The Distribution of Top Incomes in Australia | View 2 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|
- Economic Record, Vol. 83, No. 262, pp. 247-261, September 2007
- Australian National University Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper No. 514

Atkinson, Anthony B.

University of Oxford - Department of Economics

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:
26 Mar 06
Last Revised:
25 Oct 07

119
(118,648)

18.

Top Incomes in Indonesia, 1920-2004 | Show Abstract | Download |
Working Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

van der Eng, Pierre

Australian National University - College of Business & Economics

Posted:

20 Feb 07

114
(122,727)

19.

How and Why Has Teacher Quality Changed in Australia? | View 2 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|
- Australian Economic Review, Vol. 41, Issue 2, pp. 141-159, June 2008
- Centre for Economic Policy Research Paper No. 534

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Ryan, Chris

Australian National University (ANU) - Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS)

Posted:
06 Feb 07
Last Revised:
22 Jun 08

111
(125,249)

20.

What Evidence should Social Policymakers Use? | Show Abstract | Download |
Australian Treasury Economic Roundup, Vol. 1, pp. 27-43, 2009
Working Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

09 Jun 09

109
(126,985)

21.

How Much Did the 2009 Fiscal Stimulus Boost Spending? Evidence from a Household Survey | Show Abstract | Download |
Working Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

19 Oct 09

108
(127,843)

22.

Beautiful Politicians | Show Abstract | Download |
Working Paper Series

King, Amy

University of South Australia

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

05 Feb 07

106
(129,554)

23.

Teacher Pay and Teacher Aptitude | Show Abstract | Download |
Working Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

06 Feb 07

105
(130,456)

24.

How Much Do Public Schools Really Cost? Estimating the Relationship between House Prices and School Quality | View 2 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|
- Economic Record, Vol. 84, Issue 265, pp. 193-206, June 2008
- Australian National University Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper No. 588

Davidoff, Ian

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:
09 Sep 07
Last Revised:
06 Aug 08

104
(131,392)

25.

Did the Death of Australian Inheritance Taxes Affect Deaths? | Show Abstract | Download |
Working Paper Series

Gans, Joshua S.

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:
08 Jun 06
Last Revised:
10 Oct 12

93
(141,835)

26.

How Partisan is the Press? Multiple Measures of Media Slant | View 2 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|
- IZA Discussion Paper No. 6156
- Working Paper

Gans, Joshua S.

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:
14 Dec 09
Last Revised:
24 Jan 12

87
(148,195)

27.

The Distribution of Top Incomes in New Zealand | Show Abstract | Download |
ANU Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper No. 503
Working Paper Series

Atkinson, Anthony B.

University of Oxford - Department of Economics

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

16 Nov 05

86
(149,262)

28.

Economic Voting and Electoral Behaviour: How do Individual, Local and National Factors Affect the Partisan Choice? | Show Abstract | Download |
Center for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper No. 489
Working Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

08 Nov 04

65
(176,039)

29.

Does Fiscal Policy Reduce Unemployment? Evidence from Pork-Barrel Spending | Show Abstract | Download |
Working Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Neill, Christine

Wilfrid Laurier University

Posted:

08 Jun 09

64
(177,525)

30.

Weak Tests and Strong Conclusions: A Re-Analysis of Gun Deaths and the Australian Firearms Buyback | Show Abstract | Download |
Working Paper Series

Neill, Christine

Wilfrid Laurier University

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

05 Sep 07

62
(180,470)

31.

What's the Difference Between a Donkey and an Elephant? Using Panel Data from US States to Estimate the Impact of Partisanship on Policy Settings and Economic Outcomes | Show Abstract | Download |
The Australian National University Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper No. 504
Working Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

16 Jul 05

60
(183,567)

32.

Deriving Long-Run Inequality Series from Tax Data | View 2 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|
- Economic Record, Vol. 81, No. S1, pp. S58-S70, August 2005
- Working Paper

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:
04 May 04
Last Revised:
03 Sep 05

60
(183,567)

33.

Immigrants Assimilate as Communities, Not Just as Individuals | Show Abstract | Download |
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2538
Working Paper Series

Hatton, Timothy J.

Australian National University (ANU) - School of Economics

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

17 Jan 07

59
(185,110)

34.

Does the World Economy Swing National Elections? | View 2 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|
- Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 71, Issue 2, pp. 163-181, April 2009
- Working Paper

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:
08 Nov 04
Last Revised:
05 Jun 09

51
(198,399)

35.

Intergenerational Income Mobility in Urban China | Show Abstract | Download |
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4811
Working Paper Series

Gong, Cathy Honge

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Meng, Xin

Australian National University

Posted:

15 Mar 10

43
(213,451)

36.

The Millennium Bub | Show Abstract | Download |
Working Paper Series

Gans, Joshua S.

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

25 May 06

35
(230,523)

37.

How Do Unionists Vote? Estimating the Causal Impact of Union Membership on Voting Behaviour from 1966 to 2004 | Show Abstract | Download |
Australian National University Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper No. 516
Working Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

26 Mar 06

33
(235,231)

38.

Minding the Shop: The Case of Obstetrics Conferences | Show Abstract | Download |
Australian National University Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper No. 551
Working Paper Series

Gans, Joshua S.

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Varganova, Elena

Australian National University

Posted:

04 Dec 06

30
(242,945)

39.

Do Output Contractions Trigger Democratic Change? | Show Abstract | Download |
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4808
Working Paper Series

Burke, Paul J.

Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

15 Mar 10

29
(245,677)

40.

Do Gun Buybacks Save Lives? Evidence from Panel Data | Show Abstract | Download |
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4995
Working Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Neill, Christine

Wilfrid Laurier University

Posted:

29 Jun 10

28
(248,576)

41.

The Impact of the Tax-Transfer System on Education and Skills in Australia | Show Abstract | Download |
Working Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

14 Dec 09

27
(251,568)

42.

Employment Effects of Minimum Wages: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment - Erratum | Show Abstract | Download |
Australian Economic Review, Vol. 37, pp. 102-105, March 2004
Accepted Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

30 Mar 04

26
(254,665)

43.

Reviews | Show Abstract | Download |
Economic Record, Vol. 79, pp. 139-156, March 2003
Accepted Paper Series

Drakopoulos, Stavros A.

University of Athens - Faculty of the Philosophy and History of Science

Schmid, A. Allan

Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural Economics

Fisher, Timothy C. G.

Wilfrid Laurier University

Gallery, Natalie

Queensland University of Technology

Holden, Richard

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Leonard, Daniel

Flinders University - School of Business Economics

Scheuer, Steen

Copenhagen Business School

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Abelson, Peter

Macquarie University - Department of Economics

Ryan, Matthew

University of Auckland

Posted:

28 Aug 03

26
(254,665)

44.

Do Employers Discriminate by Gender? A Field Experiment in Female-Dominated Occupations | View 2 Versions | Show Abstracts | Hide Abstracts|
- IZA Discussion Paper No. 4690
- CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7638

Booth, Alison L.

Australian National University (ANU) - Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS)

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:
20 Jan 10
Last Revised:
01 Feb 10

25
(257,804)

45.

Minimum Wages and Employment: Reply | Show Abstract | Download |
Australian Economic Review, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 173-179, June 2004
Accepted Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

12 Jul 04

25
(257,804)

46.

Employment Effects of Minimum Wages: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment | Show Abstract | Download |
Australian Economic Review, Vol. 36, pp. 361-373, December 2003
Accepted Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

15 Dec 03

22
(267,936)

47.

How Closely do Top Income Shares Track Other Measures of Inequality? | Show Abstract | Download |
The Economic Journal, Vol. 117, No. 524, pp. F619-F633, November 2007
Accepted Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

27 Nov 07

17
(285,490)

48.

Economic Voting and Electoral Behavior: How do Individual, Local, and National Factors Affect the Partisan Choice? | Show Abstract | Download |
Economics & Politics, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 265-296, July 2005
Accepted Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

02 Oct 05

12
(303,279)

49.

Does Size Matter in Australia? | Show Abstract | Download |
Economic Record, Vol. 86, Issue 272, pp. 71-83, March 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Kortt, Michael A.

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

01 Mar 10

3
(330,702)

50.

Does Maternal Age Affect Children's Test Scores? | Show Abstract | Download |
Australian Economic Review, Vol. 43, Issue 1, pp. 12-27, March 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Gong, Xiaodong

Australian National University (ANU) - School of Economics

Posted:

15 Mar 10

2
(335,455)

51.

Beautiful Politicians | Show Abstract | Download |
Kyklos, Vol. 62, Issue 4, pp. 579-593, November 2009
Accepted Paper Series

King, Amy

University of Oxford

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

26 Oct 09

2
(335,455)

52.

Do Very High Tax Rates Induce Bunching? Implications for the Design of Income Contingent Loan Schemes | Show Abstract | Download |
Economic Record, Vol. 85, Issue 3, pp. 276-289, September 2009
Accepted Paper Series

Chapman, Bruce

Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) - Economics Program

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

08 Oct 09

2
(335,455)

53.

Are State Elections Affected by the National Economy? Evidence from Australia | Show Abstract | Download |
Economic Record, Vol. 85, Issue 269, pp. 210-222, June 2009
Accepted Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

MCLEISH, MARK

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Posted:

19 May 09

1
(342,889)

54.

Top Incomes and National Savings | Show Abstract | Download |
Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 55, Issue 1, pp. 57-74, March 2009
Accepted Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posso, Alberto A.

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Posted:

27 Apr 09

1
(342,889)

55.

Top Incomes in New Zealand 1921-2005: Understanding the Effects of Marginal Tax Rates, Migration Threat, and the Macroeconomy | Show Abstract | Download |
Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 54, Issue 2, pp. 149-165, June 2008
Accepted Paper Series

Atkinson, A. B.

University of Oxford - Nuffield College

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

13 May 08

1
(342,889)

56.

Intergenerational Income Mobility in Urban China | Show Abstract | Download |
Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 58, Issue 3, pp. 481-503, 2012
Accepted Paper Series

Gong, Honge Cathy

National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Meng, Xin

Australian National University

Posted:

03 Aug 12

0
(348,887)

57.

Does Ethnic Discrimination Vary Across Minority Groups? Evidence from a Field Experiment | Show Abstract | Download |
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 74, Issue 4, pp. 547-573, 2012
Accepted Paper Series

Booth, Alison L.

Australian National University (ANU) - Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS)

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Varganova, Elena

Australian National University

Posted:

05 Jul 12

0
(348,887)

58.

Bargaining Over Labour: Do Patients Have Any Power? | Show Abstract | Download |
Economic Record, Vol. 88, Issue 281, pp. 182-194, 2012
Accepted Paper Series

Gans, Joshua S.

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

08 Jun 12

0
(348,887)

59.

'Disconnected' - Book Intro | Show Abstract |
DISCONNECTED, UNSW Press, Sydney, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Leigh, Andrew

Australian National University - Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences

Posted:

02 Oct 10

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