Simulating the Behavioural Effects of Welfare Reforms Among Sole Parents in Australia

Duncan, Alan; Harris, Mark

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Duncan, Alan

Harris, Mark

Date

2002

Type

Journal Article

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Duncan, A. and Harris, M.N. 2002. Simulating the Behavioural Effects of Welfare Reforms Among Sole Parents in Australia. The Economic Record. 78 (242): pp. 264-276.

Source Title

The Economic Record

DOI

10.1111/1475-4932.00056

ISSN

0013-0249

Faculty

Faculty of Business and Law

School

Bankwest-Curtin Economics Centre

School of Economics, Finance and Property

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81813

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Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

This paper derives and estimates an econometric model of labour supply among sole parents in Australia, using modelling techniques which treat the labour supply decision as a utility maximising choice between a given number of discrete states. The model is then used to look at the likely effects of actual and hypothetical welfare policy reforms. Model estimates are based upon net incomes generated by the Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator (MITTS), developed at the Melbourne Institute in collaboration with the Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS).