Margaret J. Giles

Edith Cowan University

Adjunct Associate Professor

100 Joondalup Drive

Joondalup, WA 6027, WA 6027

Australia

Curtin University

Kent Street

Bentley

Perth, WA WA 6102

Australia

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

5

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848

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Ideas:
“  I am currently working on rates of return - based on reduced re-incarceration - to education and training in adult prisons in Western Australia. I apply sample bias correction techniques such as Heckman's two stage least squares technique and the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition methodology. I also use meta-regression analysis to review international studies of the effects on re-incarceration of specific education and training programs in adult prisons.  ”

Scholarly Papers (5)

1.

Heckman's Methodology for Correcting Selectivity Bias: An Application to Road Crash Costs

Edith Cowan University Working Paper No. 01.11
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Oct 2001
Margaret J. Giles
Edith Cowan University
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selectivity bias, Heckman, regression analysis, road crash costs

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Human Capital Theory: An Australian Road Crash Costing Review

Edith Cowan University School of Finance and Business Economics Working Paper No. 99.8
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 07 Aug 2000
Margaret J. Giles
Edith Cowan University
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Investment in Human Capital During Incarceration and Employment Prospects of Prisoners

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4582
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Dec 2009
Margaret J. Giles and Anh T. Le
Edith Cowan University and The University of Western Australia - Department of Economics
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prisoners, education, training, employment

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Building Design and the Lived Experience of People with Neurodegenerative Disorders in Western Australia

Architectural Science Review, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 223-230, 2008
Posted: 23 Sep 2009
Elizabeth Karol and Margaret J. Giles
Curtin University and Edith Cowan University

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Environmental gerontology, Frail aged, Home modifications, Housing, Neurodegenerative disorders, Universal design

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School Cost Functions: A Meta-Regression Analysis

Economics of Education Review, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 688-696, 2008
Posted: 23 Sep 2009
Andrew D. Colegrave and Margaret J. Giles
Edith Cowan University and Edith Cowan University

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Costs, Economies of scale, Efficiency, Expenditures