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Robert V. Breunig

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

Professor of Economics

7 Liversidge Street

Lennox Crossing

Canberra, ACT 0200

Australia

http://https://crawford.anu.edu.au/crawford_people/content/staff/rbreunig.php

Tax and Transfer Policy Institute (Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU)

Canberra

Australia

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240

Bonn, D-53072

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

  • Tax and Transfer Policy Institute (Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU)

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1.

Gender Norms and Domestic Abuse: Evidence From Australia

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Gender Norms and Domestic Abuse: Evidence From Australia

Tax and Transfer Policy Institute - working paper 5/2021
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Apr 2021
Yinjunjie (Jacquelyn) Zhang and Robert V. Breunig
Curtin University - Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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domestic violence, gender identity norm, relative income

Gender Norms and Domestic Abuse: Evidence from Australia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14225
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 27 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Yinjunjie (Jacquelyn) Zhang and Robert V. Breunig
Curtin University - Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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domestic violence, gender identity norm, relative income

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Modelling Australian Public Service Careers

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Modelling Australian Public Service Careers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16549
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 25 Oct 2023
Robert V. Breunig, David Hansell and Nu Nu Win
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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public sector employment, affirmative action policies, equal opportunity employment

Modelling Australian Public Service Careers

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 29 Nov 2023
Robert V. Breunig, David Hansell and Nu Nu Win
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Australian Public Service, promotion, equal opportunity

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The Australian Tax Planning Playbook: Volume 1

Tax and Transfer Policy Institute - Working paper 1/2020
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Apr 2020
Robert V. Breunig and Tristram Sainsbury
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Tax minimization, tax system design, fairness

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Australian Social Policy 2005

Number of pages: 165 Posted: 23 Dec 2010
Peter Butterworth, Timothy Crosier, Robert V. Breunig, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Nancy Marshall, Peter Murphy, Ian Burnley, Graeme Hugo, Habtemariam Tesfaghiorghis, Anne Davies, Carolynne Taylor and Bob Griffiths
Australian National University (ANU) - Centre for Mental Health Research, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Strategic Policy and Analysis Branch, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, School of Economics, University of Sydney, University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of Adelaide, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Research and Analysis Branch, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Early Childhood and Communities Branch, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Early Childhood and Communities Branch and Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Youth Bureau Branch
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Financial Constraints and Small and Medium Enterprises: A Review

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12936
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Sasan Bakhtiari, Robert V. Breunig, Lisa Magnani and Yinjunjie (Jacquelyn) Zhang
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Macquarie University, Macquarie Business School and Curtin University - Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre
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small and medium enterprises (SME), firm financial constraints, government business assistance, employment, wages, productivity, innovation

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COVID-19 Private Pension Withdrawals and Unemployment Tenures

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COVID-19 Private Pension Withdrawals and Unemployment Tenures

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 17 Mar 2023
Tristram Sainsbury, Timothy Watson and Robert V. Breunig
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, ANU and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Unemployment, crisis management, fiscal policy, government expenditure, unemployment benefits, welfare programs, private pensions

Covid-19 Private Pension Withdrawals and Unemployment Tenures

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15399
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 07 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2022
Tristram Sainsbury, Robert V. Breunig and Timothy Watson
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, ANU
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unemployment, crisis management, fiscal policy, government expenditure, unemployment benefits, welfare programs, private pensions

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COVID-19 Has Exposed the Weaknesses in the Australian Tax System: Tax Reform Will Be Required for Recovery

Tax and Transfer Policy Institute - Working paper 10/2020
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 06 Aug 2020
Tristram Sainsbury and Robert V. Breunig
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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COVID-19; Tax reform

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How Responsive is Female Labour Supply to Child Care Costs: New Australian Estimates

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5119
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 24 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Xiaodong Gong, Robert V. Breunig and Anthony King
Australian National University (ANU) - School of Economics, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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labour supply, child care demand, child care price, elasticity

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The Immigrant Wage Gap and Assimilation in Australia: Does Unobserved Heterogeneity Matter?

Crawford School SPI Working Paper 02/2013
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Oct 2013
Robert V. Breunig, Syed Abul Hasan and Mosfegus Salehin
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Massey University and Australian National University (ANU)
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immigrants, wage gap, assimilation, Australia, cohort effects

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Parametric Vs. Semi-Parametric Estimation of the Male-Female Wage Gap: An Application to France

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Nov 2005
Robert V. Breunig and Sandrine Rospabe
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and University of Rennes
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Gender pay gap, sticky floors, glass ceilings, semi-parametric estimation

11.

Inequality or Poverty: Which is Bad for Growth?

CAMA Working Paper No. 43/2016
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Jul 2016
Robert V. Breunig and Omer Majeed
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Inequality, Economic Growth, Poverty, Cross-Country Regressions

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Should Single-Equation Dynamic Gasoline Demand Models Include Moving Average Terms?

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 04 Jun 2008
Robert V. Breunig
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Single-equation demand analysis, lagged adjustment, habit formation, gasoline elasticity

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Individuals' Responsiveness to Marginal Tax Rates: Evidence from Bunching in the Australian Personal Income Tax

TTPI - Working Paper 11/2023
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 09 Aug 2023
Shane Johnson, Robert V. Breunig, Miguel Olivo-Villabrille and Arezou Zaresani
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and The University of Sydney
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Elasticity of Taxable Income (ETI), bunching, marginal tax rates; taxpayer responsiveness

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The Accuracy of Predicted Wages of the Non-Employed And Implications for Policy Simulations From Structural Labour Supply Models

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Nov 2009
Robert V. Breunig and Joseph Mercante
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian Treasury
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labour supply, selection bias, wage predictions

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Price Regulation in Australia: How Consistent Has it Been?

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 23 Aug 2005
Robert V. Breunig, Jeremy Hornby, Scott Stacey and Flavio M. Menezes
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Charles River Associates, Incorporated, Charles River Associates, Incorporated and University of Queensland - School of Economics
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Price regulation, energy, water, consistency

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Risk Aversion Among Australian Households

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Risk Aversion Among Australian Households

CAMA Working Paper No. 27/2019
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 Mar 2019
Robert V. Breunig and Owen Freestone
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU)
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risk aversion, intertemporal consumption choice, Euler equation, measurement error, GMM, instrumental variables

Risk Aversion Among Australian Households

Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Working paper 2/2019
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Apr 2019
Robert V. Breunig and Owen Freestone
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU)
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Measurement Error, Intertemporal Consumption Choice, Euler Equations, Risk Aversion, GMM, Instrumental Variables

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Determinants of innovation novelty: Evidence from Australian administrative data

Tax and Transfer Policy Institute - working paper 15/2021
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 07 Sep 2021
Omer Majeed and Robert V. Breunig
Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Innovation novelty, productivity, panel data, innovation policy, industry policy

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Outsourcing and Innovation: An Empirical Study of Causes and Effects

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 14(1), 395-418
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 06 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2015
Sasan Bakhtiari and Robert V. Breunig
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Outsourcing, Innovation, Firm Performance, Business Strategy

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Tax Sheltering Cost Among High-Income Taxpayers: Evidence From an Australian Tax Policy Change

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Tax Sheltering Cost Among High-Income Taxpayers: Evidence From an Australian Tax Policy Change

TTPI - Working Paper 3/2024
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 17 Apr 2024
Arezou Zaresani, Miguel Olivo-Villabrille and Robert V. Breunig
The University of Sydney, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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taxation and incentives, progressive income tax, high-income taxpayers, tax sheltering

Tax Sheltering Cost Among High-Income Taxpayers: Evidence from an Australian Tax Policy Change

Number of pages: 97 Posted: 05 Jun 2024
Arezou Zaresani, Miguel Olivo-Villabrille and Robert V. Breunig
The University of Sydney, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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taxation and incentives, progressive income tax, high-income taxpayers, tax sheltering, elasticity of taxable Income (ETI), bunching, kink.

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An Improved Productivity Decomposition Approach to Understand Firm Dynamics and Aggregate Growth

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 24 Jun 2008
Robert V. Breunig and Marn-Heong Wong
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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productivity measurement, productivity growth, industry dynamics, firm entry and exit

21.

Improving the Modeling of Couples' Labour Supply

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1773
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Robert V. Breunig, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark and Xiaodong Gong
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, School of Economics, University of Sydney and Australian National University (ANU) - School of Economics
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discretized structural model, family labour supply, Australia, simulated maximum likelihood

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Assisting the Long-Term Unemployed: Results from a Randomized Trial

IZA Discussion Paper No. 628
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Dec 2002 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Robert V. Breunig, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Yvonne Dunlop and Marion Terrill
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, School of Economics, University of Sydney, Australian National University (ANU) - Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) and Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Department of Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
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propensity score matching, active labor market programs, counseling and monitoring, long-term unemployment, welfare reform

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Paying Back Australia's Covid-19 Debt

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Mar 2023
Trevor Rose and Robert V. Breunig
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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COVID-19 debt, fiscal sustainability, tax system design, land tax

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The Dynamics of Satisfaction with Working Hours in Australia: The Usefulness of Panel Data in Evaluating the Case for Policy Intervention

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies (APPS), 2014
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 Jan 2015
Robert V. Breunig, Xiaodong Gong and Gordon Leslie
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU) - School of Economics and Monash University - Department of Economics
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labour supply; work satisfaction; public policy; panel data

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An Exploration of Australian Petrol Demand: Lagged Adjustment, Unobservable Habits, Irreversibility, and Some Updated Estimates

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Jun 2008
Robert V. Breunig and Carolyn Murphy
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Single-equation demand analysis, lagged adjustment, habit formation, price irreversibility, petrol elasticity

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Sovereign Ratings and Oil-Producing Countries: Have Sovereign Ratings Run Ahead of Fundamentals?

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Jun 2008
Robert V. Breunig and Tse Chern Chia
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) - Economics Program
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Oil-producing countries, sovereign ratings, panel data

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Does the Effect of Incentive Payments on Survey Response Rates Differ by Income Support History?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3473
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 May 2008 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Juan D. Baron, Robert V. Breunig, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, No Name and Anastasia Sartbayeva
Central Bank of Colombia (Banco de la República), Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, School of Economics, University of Sydney, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Australian National University - SPEAR
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survey response, incentive payments, income support

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Disagreement in Partners' Reports of Financial Difficulty

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1624
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 Jun 2005 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Robert V. Breunig, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Xiaodong Gong and Daniella Venn
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, School of Economics, University of Sydney, Australian National University (ANU) - School of Economics and Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)
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household finances, survey methodology, material hardship

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A Couples-Based Approach to the Problem of Workless Families

IZA Discussion Paper No. 864
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Sep 2003 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Chris Ryan and Robert V. Breunig
School of Economics, University of Sydney, University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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treatment effects, income-support policy, randomized experiment

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Female Board Representation and Corporate Performance: A Review and New Estimates for Australia

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 30 Jun 2023
Nicholas Bayly, Robert V. Breunig and Chris Wokker
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU)
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firm performance, board of directors, gender representation, female directors

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Does the Effect of Incentives on Survey Response Rates Differ by Income Support History?

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 24 Apr 2008
Juan David Barón, Robert V. Breunig, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, No Name and Anastasia Sartbayeva
Central Bank of Colombia, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, School of Economics, University of Sydney, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Australian National University - SPEAR
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survey response, incentive payments, income support

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Tax Bunching of Very High Earners. Evidence from Australia's Division 293 Tax

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 28 Apr 2023
Andrew Carter and Robert V. Breunig
Australian National University (ANU) and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Retirement saving, Division 293 tax, Tax planning

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Do Earned Income Tax Credits for Older Workers Prolong Labor Market Participation and Boost Earned Income? Evidence from Australia's Mature Age Worker Tax Offset

Tax and Transfer Policy Institute - Working paper 15/2018
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 31 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2018
Robert V. Breunig and Andrew Carter
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU)
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Labor Supply, Impact Evaluation, Tax Offsets, Mature Age Workers, Earned Income Tax Credits, Australian Tax Policy

34.

New Outsourcing, Demand Uncertainty and Labor Usage

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2015
Sasan Bakhtiari and Robert V. Breunig
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Outsourcing, Demand Uncertainty, Labor Adjustment, Firm-Level Data

35.

Individualized Disability Support Schemes and Their Impact on Autism Diagnoses

TTPI -Working Paper 6/2025 April 2025
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 02 May 2025
Maathumai Ranjan and Robert V. Breunig
Australian National University (ANU) and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Autism, ASD, autism spectrum disorder, disability, diagnoses, government supports, National Disability Insurance Scheme, NDIS, neurodiversity, prevalence

36.

Female Board Representation and Corporate Performance: A Review and New Estimates for Australia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16617
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 27 Nov 2023
Nicholas Bayly, Robert V. Breunig and Chris Wokker
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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gender representation, board of directors, firm performance, female directors

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The Role of Spillovers in Research and Development Expenditure in Australian Industries

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2016
Sasan Bakhtiari and Robert V. Breunig
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Research and Development, Innovation, R&D Spillovers, Supply Chains, Industrial Clustering

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Child Care Assistance: Are Subsidies or Tax Credits Better?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6606
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 16 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Xiaodong Gong and Robert V. Breunig
Australian National University (ANU) - School of Economics and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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discrete choice model, elasticities, labor supply, child care

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Nationalism and Economic Openness: The Cross-Country Evidence Revisited

CAMA Working Paper No. 51/2017
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 24 Aug 2017
Vishesh Agarwal, Sadia Afrin, Robert V. Breunig, Samuel Weldeegzie and Tong Zhang
Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Nationalism, Economic Openness

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Hundreds and thousands: bunching at positive, salient tax balances and the cost of reducing tax liabilities

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Mar 2023
Robert V. Breunig, Nathan Deutscher and Steven Hamilton
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and George Washington University - Department of Economics
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bunching, tax refunds, taxpayer behavior, tax agent

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Financial Stress and Indigenous Australians

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11221
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Robert V. Breunig, Syed Abul Hasan and Boyd H. Hunter
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Massey University and Australian National University
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equivalence scales, cash ow, hardship, financial stress, indigenous poverty

42.

Channels of Labour Supply Responses of Lone Parents to Changed Work Incentives

Crawford School SPI Working Paper 03/2013
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Oct 2013
Xiaogong Gong and Robert V. Breunig
Australian National University (ANU) and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Channel of Labour Supply Adjustment, Lone Mothers, Job Changes, Difference in Differences

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Inflation Variability Across Australian Households: Implications for Inequality and Indexation Policy

Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Working paper 3/2020
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 May 2020
Marcel van Kints and Robert V. Breunig
Australian Bureau of Statistics and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Inflation, Household income distribution, Inequality, Consumer Price Index

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Income Pooling between Australian Young Adults and Their Parents: An Improved Parametric Model and Informal Semi-Parametric Tests

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Nov 2009
Robert V. Breunig and Rebecca J. McKibbin
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU) - Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS)
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intra-household allocation, co-resident young adults, income pooling

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Article Length and Citation Outcomes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13045
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 30 Mar 2020
Syed Abul Hasan and Robert V. Breunig
Massey University and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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article length, Google Scholar, citations, economics

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Individualized Disability Support Schemes and Their Impact on Autism Diagnoses

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 May 2025
Maathumai Ranjan and Robert V. Breunig
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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autism, ASD, autism spectrum disorder, disability, diagnoses, government supports, National Disability Insurance Scheme, NDIS, neurodiversity, prevalence

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Exploring the Links between Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements and Merchandise Trade

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 2, Issue 3, pages 467-484, September 2015, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 Aug 2017
Felix Barbalet, Jared Greenville, Wayne Crook, Paul Gretton and Robert V. Breunig
Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Canberra Office, The University of Sydney - Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Canberra Office, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Canberra Office and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Free Trade Agreements, Gravity Model, Merchandise Trade

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Exchange Rates, Remittances and Expenditure of Households with Foreign-Born Members: Evidence from Australia

Tax and Transfer Policy Institute - Working paper 10/2021
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 18 May 2021
Syed Abul Hasan, Shamim Shakur and Robert V. Breunig
Massey University, Massey University and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Exchange rate, immigrant, consumption, Australia

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Resource Rents, Political Rights and Civil Liberties

CAMA Working Paper No. 16/2020
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Feb 2020
Robert V. Breunig, Anthony Wiskich and Chris Wokker
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, ANU and Australian National University (ANU)
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resource rents, human rights, state stability, civil liberties

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Do Financial Constraints Affect the Composition of Workers in a Firm?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12970
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 24 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Robert V. Breunig, Diana Hourani, Sasan Bakhtiari and Lisa Magnani
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and Macquarie University, Macquarie Business School
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financial constraints, firm behaviour, employment patterns, casual work, Australia

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An Empirical Investigation of the Mergers Decision Process in Australia

The Economic Record, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2012
Robert V. Breunig, Flavio M. Menezes and Kelvin Jui Keng Tan
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, University of Queensland - School of Economics and University of Queensland - Business School
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merger decisions process, Australia

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Left-Digit Bias in Tax Refunds

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Nov 2023
Robert V. Breunig, Nathan Deutscher and Steven Hamilton
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and The George Washington University
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Bunching, Tax Refunds, Taxpayer Behavior, Tax Agent Behavior, Reference-Dependent Preferences

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Do Monetary Policy and Economic Conditions Impact Innovation? Evidence from Australian Administrative Data

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Do Monetary Policy and Economic Conditions Impact Innovation? Evidence from Australian Administrative Data

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Mar 2024
Omer Majeed, Jonathan Hambur and Robert V. Breunig
Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Reserve Bank of Australia and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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innovation, Monetary Policy, firm-level data

Do Monetary Policy and Economic Conditions Impact Innovation? Evidence from Australian Administrative Data

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Feb 2025
Omer Majeed, Robert V. Breunig and Jonathan Hambur
Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Reserve Bank of Australia
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Monetary policy, innovation, firm-level data

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Cross-Country Analysis of Labor Markets during the COVID-19 Pandemic

NBER Working Paper No. w33029
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 08 Oct 2024
Robert V. Breunig, Wei Cheng, Laura Montenovo, Kyoung Hoon Lee, Bruce A. Weinberg and Yinjunjie (Jacquelyn) Zhang
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy, Ohio State University (OSU), Purdue University, KIPF (Korea Institute of Public Finance), Ohio State University (OSU) - Economics and Curtin University - Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre
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Occupational Mobility in the ALife Data: How Reliable Are Occupational Patterns From Administrative Australian Tax Records?

TTPI - Working Paper 5/2022
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 10 May 2022
Clara Hathorne and Robert V. Breunig
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Alife data, HILDA, occupational mobility

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Elasticity of Taxable Income and Adjustment Costs: High-Income Taxpayers’ Bunching Behavior

Number of pages: 105 Posted: 25 Aug 2025
Arezou Zaresani, Miguel Olivo-Villabrille and Robert V. Breunig
The University of Sydney, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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H21, H24, H26, D31

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Compatibility in personalities and non-cognitive skills, problem gambling and relationship dissolution in Australia

TTPI -Working Paper 10/2024
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Nov 2024
Xiaodong Gong, Ben Freyens and Robert V. Breunig
University of Canberra, University of Canberra and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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relationship dissolution, assortative mating, problem gambling, joint duration models, personality

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Channels of Labour Supply Responses of Lone Parents to Changed Work Incentives

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7574
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 31 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Xiaodong Gong and Robert V. Breunig
Australian National University (ANU) - School of Economics and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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channel of labour supply adjustment, lone mothers, job changes, difference-in-differences

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All in the Family: Bunching Elasticities and Intra-Family Income Shifting

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Feb 2026
Anand Bharadwaj and Robert V. Breunig
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy
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Taxation and incentives, bunching, income shifting, density estimation

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Bowling with Trump: Economic Anxiety, Racial Identification, and Well-Being in the 2016 Presidential Election

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13022
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 May 2020
Mark Fabian, Robert V. Breunig and Jan‐Emmanuel De Neve
Brookings Institution, Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and University of Oxford
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well-being, voting, racialized economics, nativism, Trump

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Empirical Approaches for Identifying Maverick Firms: An Application to Mortgage Providers in Australia

Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 811-836, 2008
Posted: 08 Oct 2008
Robert V. Breunig and Flavio M. Menezes
Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy and University of Queensland - School of Economics

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G21, L0, L4