Working Papers
"Disability, Labour Productivity and Lifetime Earnings: New Evidence from Australia" (with Iris Chio) [Paper, Slides]
"On the Complementarity of Public and Private Pensions: Equity, Efficiency, and Optimal Design" (with George Kudrna) [Paper, Slides]
"Health Heterogeneity, Portfolio Choice and Wealth Inequality" (with Juergen Jung) [Paper: Main & Technical Appendix, Slides_NBER-SI-24]
“Child-Related Transfers, Means Testing and Welfare” (with Darapheak Tin) [Paper, Slides_DEWR-24]
"Progressive Pension and Optimal Tax Progressivity" (with Nabeeh Zakariyya) [Paper, Slides]
"On the Limits of Fiscal Financing in Australia" (with Nabeeh Zakariyya) [Paper, Slides]
"Dividend Imputation, Investment and Capital Accumulation in Open Economies" (with Sebastian Wende) [Paper, Slides]
"Incidence of Capital Income Taxation in a Lifecycle Economy with Firm Heterogeneity" (with Sebastian Wende) [Paper, Slides]
"Optimal Size and Composition of Government Spending in Small Open Economies" (with Qingyuan Du, Pedro Gomis-Porqueras, Solmaz Moslehi) [Paper, Slides]
Refereed Articles
"Uninterrupted Growth, Redistribution and Inequality: The Australian Case 1991-2020” (with Nabeeh Zakariyya)
Journal of Macroeconomics, in press 2026
Paper, Slides
"The Evolution of the Earnings Distribution in a Sustained Growth Economy: Evidence from Australia" (with Darapheak Tin and Nabeeh Zakariyya)
Economic Record, in press 2026
Paper, Slides, Technical Appendix, 2025 Budget Forum
"Health Risk, Insurance and Optimal Progressive Income Taxation" (with Juergen Jung)
Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 21, October 2023
“Lifecycle Earnings Risk and Insurance: New Evidence from Australia” (with Darapheak Tin)
"Social Health Insurance: A Quantitative Exploration" (with Juergen Jung)
"Sustainable and Equitable Pension with Means-Testing in Aging Economies" (with George Kudrna and Alan Woodland)
"On the Marginal Excess Burden of Taxation in an Overlapping Generations Economy" (with Sebastian Wende)
"Tax Progressivity in Australia: Facts, Measurements and Estimates" (with Nabeeh Zakariyya)
"Facing Demographic Challenges: Pension Cuts or Tax Hikes" (with George Kudrna and Alan Woodland)
"Temptation and Taxation with Elastic Labor"
Economic Modelling, Vol. 70, April 2018
Paper, Slides
"Comparing Budget Repair Measures in a Small Open Economy with Growing Debt" (with George Kudrna)
"Fiscal Austerity Measures: Spending Cuts vs. Tax Increases" (with Gerhard Glomm and Juergen Jung)
"Aging and Health Financing in the US: A General Equilibrium Analysis" (with Juergen Jung and Matt Chambers)
European Economic Review, Vol. 100, November 2017
"Market Inefficiency, Insurance Mandate and Welfare: U.S Health Care Reform 2010" (with Juergen Jung)
"The Dynamic Fiscal Effects of Demographic Shift: The Case of Australia" (with George Kudrna and Alan Woodland)
Economic Modelling, Vol. 50, November 2015
"Trade-Offs in Means-Tested Pension Design" (with Alan Woodland )
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 47, October 2014
"Medical Consumption over the Life Cycle: Facts from a U.S. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey" (with Juergen Jung)
"Temptation and Social Security in a Dynastic Framework" (with Cagri Kumru)
European Economic Review, Vol. 56 (7), October 2012
Paper, Slides
"The Extension of Social Security Coverage in Developing Countries" (with Juergen Jung)
"Public Pension Policies and Capital Accumulation in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Brazil" (with Gerhard Glomm, Juergen Jung and Changmin Lee)
The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 10 (1), Article 15, May 2010
Paper, Slides, EL Blog
"Macroeconomic Implications of Early Retirements in the Public Sector: The Case of Brazil" (with Gerhard Glomm and Juergen Jung)
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 33 (4), April 2009
Paper, Slides