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]
"Dividend Imputation, Investment and Capital Accumulation in Open Economies" (with Sebastian Wende) [Paper, Slides]
"Uninterrupted Growth, Redistribution and Inequality: The Australian Case 1991-2020” (with Nabeeh Zakariyya) [Paper, Slides]
"Incidence of Capital Income Taxation in a Lifecycle Economy with Firm Heterogeneity" (with Sebastian Wende) [Paper, Slides]
"Progressive Pension and Optimal Tax Progressivity" (with Nabeeh Zakariyya) [Paper, Slides]
On the Limits of Fiscal Financing in Australia (with Nabeeh Zakariyya) [Paper, Slides]
Publications
"The Evolution of the Earnings Distribution in a Sustained Growth Economy: Evidence from Australia" (with Darapheak Tin and Nabeeh Zakariyya), Economic Record, 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 [ Paper, Slides, Appendix, NEP-DGE Blog]
“Lifecycle Earnings Risk and Insurance: New Evidence from Australia” (with Darapheak Tin), Economic Record, Vol.99, June 2023 [Paper, Slides]
"Social Health Insurance: A Quantitative Exploration" (with Juergen Jung) Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 139, June 2022 [Paper, TTPI Blog]
"Sustainable and Equitable Pension with Means-Testing in Aging Economies" (with George Kudrna and Alan Woodland) European Economic Review, Vol. 141, January 2022 [Paper, Slides, Appendix]
"On the Marginal Excess Burden of Taxation in an Overlapping Generations Economy" (with Sebastian Wende) Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 70, December 2021 [Paper, Slides, Appendix, AFR news, TTPI Blog]
"Tax Progressivity in Australia: Facts, Measurements and Estimates" (with Nabeeh Zakariyya) Economic Record, Vol. 97 (316) , March 2021 [Paper, Slides, Appendix, SMH news, TTPI Blog]
"Facing Demographic Challenges: Pension Cuts or Tax Hikes" (with George Kudrna and Alan Woodland) Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 23 (2), March 2019 [Paper, Slides, TTPI Blog]
"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) Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 55, March 2018 [Paper, Slides, TTPI Blog]
"Fiscal Austerity Measures: Spending Cuts vs. Tax Increases" (with Gerhard Glomm and Juergen Jung) Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 22 (2), March 2018 [Paper, Slides]
"Aging and Health Financing in the US: A General Equilibrium Analysis" (with Juergen Jung and Matt Chambers) European Economic Review, Vol. 100, November 2017 [Paper, Slides, NEP-DGE Blog]
"Fiscal Policy as a Temptation Control Device" Economic Modelling, Vol. 55, June 2016 [Paper, Slides]
"Market Inefficiency, Insurance Mandate and Welfare: U.S Health Care Reform 2010" (with Juergen Jung) Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 20, April 2016 [Paper, Slides, Appendix]
"The Dynamic Fiscal Effects of Demographic Shift: The Case of Australia" (with George Kudrna and Alan Woodland) Economic Modelling, Vol. 50, November 2015 [Paper, Slides, Treasury Review]
"Trade-Offs in Means-Tested Pension Design" (with Alan Woodland ) Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 47, October 2014 [Paper, Slides, Appendix, Treasury Review]
"Medical Consumption over the Life Cycle: Facts from a U.S. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey" (with Juergen Jung) Empirical Economics, Vol. 47(3), November 2014 [Paper, Slides]
"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) Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 9, November 2012 [Paper, Slides, Appendix]
"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]