Publications (with links where available)

Book chapters

McVicar, Duncan, Roger Wilkins and Nicholas Ziebarth (2022) ‘Five Decades of Disability Benefit Policies in Five OECD Countries’ in Douglas J. Besharov and Douglas M. Call (eds) Work and the Social Safety Net: Labor Activation in Europe and the United States, Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190241599.001.0001. 

Stewart, Miranda, Sarah Voitchovsky and Roger Wilkins (2017) ‘Women and top incomes in Australia’, in Miranda Stewart (ed.) Tax, Social Policy and Gender: Rethinking Equality and Efficiency, ANU Press, Canberra. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/TSPG.11.2017.

Wilkins, Roger and Mark Wooden (2014) ‘The Changing Australian Labour Market at the Start of the 21st Century’, in Katherine Barnes and Peter Spearitt (eds), Drivers of Change for the Australian Labour Market to 2030: Proceedings of an Expert Scenario Forum, The Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, Canberra.

Wilkins, Roger and Mark Wooden (2011) ‘Economic Approaches to Studying Underemployment’ in Feldman, D. and Maynard, D. (eds), Underemployment: Psychological, Economic, and Social Challenges, Springer, New York.

Borland, Jeff, Yi-Ping Tseng, and Roger Wilkins (2005) ‘Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Methods of Microeconomic Program and Policy Evaluation,’ in Quantitative Tools for Microeconomic Policy Analysis. Productivity Commission: Melbourne.

Journal articles

Chan, Marc, Nicolas Hérault, Ha Vu and Roger Wilkins (forthcoming, 2024) ‘The Effects of Job Search Requirements on Family Welfare Receipt’, Journal of Labor Economics. DOI: 10.1086/724157.

Hérault, Nicolas, Dean Hyslop, Stephen P. Jenkins and Roger Wilkins (forthcoming) ‘Rising top-income persistence in Australia: Evidence from income tax data’, Review of Income and Wealth. DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12628.

Burkhauser, Richard, Nicolas Hérault, Stephen Jenkins and Roger Wilkins (2023) ‘What accounts for the rising share of women in the top 1%?’, Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 69, No. 1, pp. 1-33. DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12548.

Botha, Ferdi, Peter Butterworth and Roger Wilkins (2022) ‘Protecting mental health during periods of financial stress: Evidence from the Australian Coronavirus Supplement income support payment’, Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 36, August 2022, 115158. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115158.

Botha, Ferdi, Peter Butterworth and Roger Wilkins (2022) ‘Evaluating How Mental Health Changed in Australia through the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from the ‘Taking the Pulse of the Nation’ (TTPN) Survey’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 19, No. 1. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010558.

Wilkins, Roger (2021) ‘What the HILDA Survey Tells Us After 21 Years: Economic Wellbeing’, Australian Economic Review, DOI: 10.1111/1467-8462.12436.

Polidano, Cain, Andrew Carter, Marc Chan, Abraham Chigavazira, Hang To, Son Nguyen, Ha Vu and Roger Wilkins (2020) ‘The ATO Longitudinal Information Files (ALife): A New Resource for Retirement Policy Research’, Australian Economic Review, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 429-49. DOI: 10.1111/1467-8462.12388.

Burkhauser, Richard V., Markus H. Hahn and Roger Wilkins (2018) ‘Transitioning from an Historical to a Contemporary Use of Tax Record Data for Measuring Top Incomes in Australia’, Economic Papers, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 113-145. DOI: 10.1111/1759-3441.12209. 

Burkhauser, Richard V., Nicolas Hérault, Stephen Jenkins and Roger Wilkins (2018) ‘Top incomes and inequality in the UK: reconciling estimates from household survey and tax return data’, Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 70, No. 2, pp. 301–326. DOI:  10.1093/oep/gpx041 (open access).

Burkhauser, Richard V., Nicolas Hérault, Stephen Jenkins and Roger Wilkins (2018) ‘Survey under-coverage of top incomes and estimation of inequality levels and trends: what is the role of the UK’s SPI adjustment?’, Fiscal Studies, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 213-240 . DOI: 10.1111/1475-5890.12158 (open access). 

Burnett, John, Kevin Davis, Carsten Murawski, Roger Wilkins and Nicholas Wilkinson (2018) ‘Measuring Retirement Savings Adequacy’, Review of Income and Wealth,  Vol. 64, No. 4, pp. 900-927. DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12307.

Burkhauser, Richard, Markus Hahn, Dean Lillard and Roger Wilkins (2016) ‘Does Income Inequality in Early Childhood Predict Self-Reported Health In Adulthood? A Cross-National Comparison of the United States and Great Britain’, Research in Labor Economics, Volume 43 - Inequality: Causes and Consequences, edited by Lorenzo Cappellari, Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Tatsiramos.

Watson, Nicole and Roger Wilkins (2015) ‘Design Matters: The Impact of Computer-Assisted Interviewing on Interview Length’, Field Methods, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 244-64. DOI: 10.1177/1525822X15584538.

Fok, Yin King, Rosanna Scutella and Roger Wilkins (2015) ‘The low-pay no-pay cycle in Australia: Are There Systematic Differences across Demographic Groups?’, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 77, No. 6, pp. 87296. DOI: 10.1111/obes.12084.

Lillard, Dean, Richard Burkhauser, Markus Hahn and Roger Wilkins (2015) ‘Does Early-Life Income Inequality Predict Self-Reported Health In Later Life? Evidence From the United States’, Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 128, March 2015, pp. 347-55.  DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.12.026.

Burkhauser, Richard, Markus Hahn and Roger Wilkins (2015) ‘Measuring Top Incomes Using Tax Record Data: A Cautionary Tale from Australia’, Journal of Economic Inequality, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 181-205. DOI: 10.1007/s10888-014-9281-z.

Wilkins, Roger (2015) ‘Measuring Income Inequality in Australia’, Australian Economic Review, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 93-102. DOI: 10.1111/1467-8462.12098.

Burkhauser, Richard V., Mary C. Daly, Duncan McVicar and Roger Wilkins (2014) ‘Disability Benefit Growth and Disability Reform in the U.S.: Lessons from Other OECD Nations’ IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 3:4, DOI: 10.1186/2193-9004-3-4.

Wilkins, Roger (2014) ‘Evaluating the Evidence on Income Inequality in Australia in the 2000s’, The Economic Record, Vol. 90, No. 288, pp. 63-89..

Wilkins, Roger and Mark Wooden (2014) ‘Two Decades of Change: The Australian Labour Market since1993, Australian Economic Review, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 417-431. DOI: 10.1111/1467-8462.12085.

Scutella, Rosanna, Roger Wilkins and Weiping Kostenko (2013) ‘Intensity and Persistence of Individuals’ Social Exclusion in Australia,’ Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 273-98.

Burnett, John, Kevin Davis, Carsten Murawski, Roger Wilkins and Nicholas Wilkinson (2013) ‘Measuring Retirement Savings Adequacy in Australia’, JASSA: The Finsia Journal of Applied Finance, Issue 4, 2013, pp. 28-35.

Borland, Jeff, Yi-Ping Tseng and Roger Wilkins (2013) ‘Does Coordination of Welfare Services Delivery Make a Difference for Extremely Disadvantaged Jobseekers? Evidence from the ‘YP4’ Trial’, The Economic Record, Vol. 89, 287, pp. 469-89.

McVicar, Duncan and Roger Wilkins (2013) ‘Explaining the Growth in the Number of Recipients of the Disability Support Pension in Australia’, Australian Economic Review, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 345-56.

Hahn, Markus and Roger Wilkins (2013) ‘Perceived job discrimination in Australia: Its correlates and consequences’, Australian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 43-64.

Wilkins, Roger and Mark Wooden (2013) ‘Gender differences in involuntary job loss: Why are men more likely to lose their jobs?’ Industrial Relations, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 582-608.

Fok, Yin King, Sung-Hee Jeon and Roger Wilkins (2013) ‘Does part-time employment help or hinder Australian single mothers’ movements into full-time employment?’ Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 523-47.

Wilkins, Roger and Andrew Leigh (2012) ‘Effects of temporary in-work benefits for welfare recipients: Examination of the Australian Working Credit Programme’, Fiscal Studies, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 335–69.

Buddelmeyer, Hielke and Roger Wilkins (2011) ‘Effects of Tightening Smoking Regulations on Take-up and Cessation of Smoking’, Australian Economic Review, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 167-81.

Black, David, Yi-Ping Tseng and Roger Wilkins (2011) ‘Do Changes in Demographic Characteristics Explain Declining Male Employment Rates? Examination of the Australian Case using a Propensity Score Re-Weighting Decomposition Approach’, Applied Economics, Vol. 43, No. 28, pp. 4215-26.

Scutella, Rosanna and Roger Wilkins (2010) ‘Measuring Social Exclusion in Australia: Assessing Existing Data Sources’, Australian Economic Review, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 449–63.

Black, David, Yi-Ping Tseng and Roger Wilkins (2010) ‘The Decline in Male Employment in Australia: A Cohort Analysis’, Australian Economic Papers, vol. 49, No.3, pp.180-199.

Wilkins, Roger and Mark Wooden (2009) ‘Household Debt in Australia: The Looming Crisis that Isn’t’, Australian Economic Review, vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 358–366.

Coelli, Michael and Roger Wilkins (2009) ‘Credential Changes and Education Earnings Premia in Australia’, The Economic Record, Vol. 85, No. 270, pp. 239-259.

Cardak, Buly and Roger Wilkins (2009) ‘The determinants of household risky asset holdings: Australian evidence on background risk and other factors’, Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 850-860.

Coelli, Michael and Roger Wilkins (2008) ‘Are Skill Shortages a Constraint on Increasing Employment in Australia?’ Australian Economic Review, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 310-322.

Cai, Lixin, Ha Vu and Roger Wilkins (2008) ‘The extent and nature of exits from the Disability Support Pension’, Australian Bulletin of Labour, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 1-27.

Tseng, Yi-Ping, Ha Vu and Roger Wilkins (2008) ‘Dynamic Properties of Income Support Receipt in Australia’, Australian Economic Review, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 32-55.

Wooden, Mark, Roger Wilkins and Seamus McGuinness (2007) ‘Minimum Wages and the ‘Working Poor’’, Economic Papers, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 295-307.

Wilkins, Roger (2007) ‘The Changing Socio-Demographic Composition of Poverty in Australia: 1982 to 2004’, Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 481-501.

Cai, Lixin, Ha Vu and Roger Wilkins (2007) ‘Disability Support Pension Recipients: Who Gets Off (and Stays Off) Payments?’ Australian Economic Review, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 37-61.

Wilkins, Roger (2007) ‘The Consequences of Underemployment for the Underemployed’, The Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 247-76.

Wilkins, Roger (2006) ‘Personal and Job Characteristics Associated with Underemployment’, Australian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 371-93.

Johnson, David and Roger Wilkins (2006) ‘The Causes of Changes in the Distribution of Income in Australia: 1982 to 1997-98,’ Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Social Policy Research Paper No. 27.

Wilkins, Roger (2005) ‘Do Longer Working Hours Lead to More Workplace Injuries? Evidence from Australian Industry-Level Panel Data’, Australian Bulletin of Labour, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 155-170.

Wilkins, Roger (2004) ‘The Effects of Disability on Labour Force Status in Australia’, Australian Economic Review, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 359-82.

Johnson, David and Roger Wilkins (2004) ‘The Effects of Changes in Family Composition and Employment Patterns on the Distribution of Income in Australia: 1982 to 1997-8’, The Economic Record, Vol. 80, No. 249, pp. 219-38.

Wilkins, Roger (2003) ‘Immigrant Earnings Adjustment: The Impact of Age at Migration’, Australian Economic Papers, Vol. 43, No.3, pp. 292-315.

Tseng, Yi-Ping and Roger Wilkins (2003) ‘Reliance on Income Support in Australia: Prevalence and Persistence’, The Economic Record, Vol. 79, No. 245, pp. 196-217.

Wilkins, Roger (2003) ‘Immigrant and Native-Born Earnings Distributions in Australia: 1982-1996’, Australian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 83-116.

Johnson, David and Roger Wilkins (2003) ‘The Net Benefit to Government of Higher Education: A Balance Sheet Approach’, Economic Papers, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 1-20.

Borland, Jeff and Roger Wilkins (1997) ‘The Age-Earnings Structure in Australia’, Australian Economic Papers, Vol. 36, No.68, pp. 69-84.

Borland, Jeff and Roger Wilkins (1996) ‘Earnings Inequality in Australia’, The Economic Record, Vol. 72, No. 216, pp. 7-23.

Research papers (not otherwise published)

Botha, Ferdi, Kabátek, Jan, Meekes, Jordy and Wilkins, Roger (2023) ‘The Effects of Commuting and Working from Home Arrangements on Mental Health’, Melbourne Institute Working Paper 15/23.

Matthew Fisher-Post, Nicolas Herault and Roger Wilkins (2022) ‘Distributional National Accounts for Australia: 1991 to 2018’, Melbourne Institute Working Paper 16/22.

Chan, Marc, Cain Polidano, Ha Vu, Roger Wilkins, Andrew Carter and Hang To (2020) ‘How Effective are Matching Schemes in Enticing Low-income Earners to Save More for Retirement? Evidence from a National Scheme’, Melbourne Institute Working Paper 27/20. 

Wilkins, Roger (2014) ‘Derived Income Variables in the HILDA Survey Data: The HILDA Survey ‘Income Model’’, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, HILDA Project Technical Paper No. 1/14.

Kecmanovic, Milica and Roger Wilkins (2011) ‘Accounting for Salary Sacrificed Components of Wage and Salary Income’, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, HILDA Discussion Paper No. 3/11.

Watson, Nicole and Roger Wilkins (2011) ‘Experimental Change from Paper-Based Interviewing to Computer-Assisted Interviewing in the HILDA Survey’, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, HILDA Discussion Paper No. 2/11.

Wilkins, Roger and Mark Wooden (2011) ‘Measuring Minimum Award Wage Reliance in Australia: The HILDA Survey Experience,’ Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, Working Paper No. 11/2011.

Wilkins, Roger and Claire Sun (2010) ‘Assessing the Quality of the Expenditure Data Collected in the Self-Completion Questionnaire’, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, HILDA Discussion Paper No. 1/10.

Wilkins, Roger (2009) ‘Updates and Revisions to Estimates of Income Tax and Government Benefits’, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, HILDA Technical Paper No. 1/09.

Scutella, Rosanna, Roger Wilkins and Michael Horn (2009) ‘Measuring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Australia: A Proposed Multidimensional Framework for Identifying Socio-Economic Disadvantage’, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, Working Paper No. 4/2009.

Borland, Jeff and Roger Wilkins (2003) ‘Effects of Activity Test Arrangements on Exit from Payments: The 9-Month Intensive Review’, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, Working Paper No. 25/2003.

Wilkins, Roger (2003) ‘Labour Market Outcomes and Welfare Dependence of Persons with Disabilities in Australia’, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, Working Paper No. 2/2003.

Wilkins, Roger (1998) ‘Implicit Labour Contracts and Firm-Specific Human Capital’, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne, Research Paper No. 618.

Commissioned Reports

Wilkins, Roger, Ferdi Botha and Esperanza Vera-Toscano (2024) The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey: Selected Findings from Waves 1 to 21. Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Ananyev, Maxim, A. Abigail Payne, Roger Wilkins and Federico Zilio (2023) Individual Earnings Changes and The Business Cycle: An Analysis of Australian Longitudinal Tax Data, Report commissioned by the Paul Ramsay Foundation.

Ananyev, Maxim, A. Abigail Payne, Roger Wilkins and Federico Zilio (2023) Prevalence and Recovery from Negative Earnings Shocks: Evidence from Three Decades of Longitudinal Tax Data, Report commissioned by the Paul Ramsay Foundation.

Wilkins, Roger, Esperanza Vera-Toscano, Ferdi Botha, Mark Wooden and Trong-Anh Trinh (2022) The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey: Selected Findings from Waves 1 to 20. Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Vera-Toscano, Esperanza and Roger Wilkins (2022) The Dynamics of Income Poverty in Australia: Evidence from the HILDA Survey, 2001 to 2019, Report commissioned by the Paul Ramsay Foundation.

Wilkins, Roger, Esperanza Vera-Toscano, Ferdi Botha and Sarah C. Dahmann (2021) The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey: Selected Findings from Waves 1 to 19. Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Wilkins, Roger, Ferdi Botha, Esperanza Vera-Toscano and Mark Wooden (2020) The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey: Selected Findings from Waves 1 to 18. Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Vera-Toscano, Esperanza and Roger Wilkins (2020) Does poverty in childhood beget poverty in adulthood in Australia?, Report commissioned by the Paul Ramsay Foundation.

Deasy, Patricia, Roger Wilkins and Federico Zilio (2020) External review of recruiting women to the Australian Defence Force. Report commissioned by the Australian Defence Force.

Wilkins, Roger and Federico Zilio (2020) Prevalence and persistence of low-paid award-reliant employment, Research Report 1/2020, Fair Work Commission. Report commissioned by the Fair Work Commission.

Wilkins, Roger, Inga Lass, Peter Butterworth and Esperanza Vera-Toscana (2019) The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey: Selected Findings from Waves 1 to 17. Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Wilkins, Roger and Inga Lass (2018) The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey: Selected Findings from Waves 1 to 16. Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Wilkins, Roger (2017) The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey: Selected Findings from Waves 1 to 15. Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Wilkins, Roger (2016) The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey: Selected Findings from Waves 1 to 14. Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Broadway, Barbara and Roger Wilkins (2015) Low-Paid Women’s Workforce Participation Decisions and Pay Equity, Report commissioned by the Fair Work Commission.

Wilkins, Roger (2015) The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey: Selected Findings from Waves 1 to 12. Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Wilkins, Roger (2014) Families, Incomes and Jobs,Volume 9: A Statistical Report on Waves 1 to 11 of the HILDA Survey. Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Bertelsmann Stiftung (2014, 2011, 2009) Sustainable Governance Indicators, Issues 1, 2 and 3, Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gutersloh, Germany. (Australian contributor.)

Wilkins, Roger (2013) Families, Incomes and Jobs, Volume 8: A Statistical Report on Waves 1 to 10 of the HILDA Survey. Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing,Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Melbourne:Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Wilkins, Roger and Diana Warren (2012) Families, Incomes and Jobs, Volume 7: A Statistical Report on Waves 1 to 9 of the HILDA Survey. Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Wilkins, Roger, Diana Warren, Markus Hahn and Brendan Houng (2011) Families,Incomes and Jobs, Volume 6: A Statistical Report on Waves 1 to 8 of the HILDA Survey. Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Wilkins, Roger, Diana Warren, Markus Hahn and Brendan Houng (2010) Families,Incomes and Jobs, Volume 5: A Statistical Report on Waves 1 to 7 of the HILDA Survey. Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Bertelsmann Stiftung (2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005) International Reform Monitor, Issues 10 to 14, Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gutersloh, Germany. (Australian contributor.)

Wilkins, Roger, Diana Warren and Markus Hahn (2009) Families, Incomes and Jobs,Volume 4: A Statistical Report on Waves 1 to 6 of the HILDA Survey. Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Wilkins, Roger and Markus Hahn (2009) A multidimensional approach to investigation of living standards of the low-paid: Income, wealth, financial stress and consumption expenditure. Report commissioned by the Australian Fair Pay Commission, Research Report No. 4/09.

Jeon, Sung-Hee, Roger Wilkins and Yin King Fok (2008) Full-time work and single mothers. Report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Research Project 6/2007.

Wilkins, Roger (2008) 'Household incomes of immigrants’ and ‘Immigrant labour market outcomes,’ in Families, Incomes and Jobs, Volume 3: A Statistical Report on Waves 1 to 5 of the HILDA Survey, Bruce Headey and Diana Warren (eds). Report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 2008.

Leigh, Andrew, Roger Wilkins and Mark van Zijll de Jong (2007) Working Credits – A low cost alternative to universal earned income tax credits? Report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Research Project 7/2006.

Mavromaras, Kostas, Umut Oguzoglu, David Black and Roger Wilkins (2007) Disability and Employment in the Australian Labour Market. Report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Research Project 3/2006.

Cai, Lixin, Suzan Ghantous and Roger Wilkins (2006) Duration Analysis of Income Support Spells Initiated by Unemployment. Report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Research Project 8/2005.

Black, David, Umut Oguzoglu and Roger Wilkins (2006) Reliance on Income Support in Australia: A Dynamic “Income-Based” Analysis Using Payments’ Administration Data. Report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Research Project 1/2005.

Cai, Lixin, Ha Vu and Roger Wilkins (2006) Previous Income Support Receipt of Entrants to the Disability Support Pension. Report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Research Project 2/2005.

Johnson, David and Roger Wilkins (2006) ‘The Causes of Changes in the Distribution of Income in Australia: 1982 to 1997-98’, Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Social Policy Research Paper No. 27.

Wilkins, Roger (2005) Synthesis of Melbourne Institute Research, 2000-2005—Part B: Income Support Reliance and Income Support Recipients: 2000-2005. Report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Research Project 6/2005.

Black, David, Yi-Ping Tseng and Roger Wilkins (2005) The Causes of Long-Term Income Support Receipt Associated with Unemployment. Report prepared for the Australian Government Departments of Family and Community Services and Employment and Workplace Relations.

Cai, Lixin, Ha Vu and Roger Wilkins (2005) Understanding the nature of and factors behind exits from the Disability Support Pension. Report produced for the Australian Government Departments of Family and Community Services and Employment and Workplace Relations.

Wilkins, Roger (2004) Underemployment in Australia: Evidence from the HILDA Survey. Report produced for Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services.

Tseng, Yi-Ping, Ha Vu and Roger Wilkins (2004) Dynamic Properties of Income Support Receipt in Australia. Report produced for Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services.

Johnson, David and Roger Wilkins (2003) The effects of changes in family composition and employment patterns on the distribution of income in Australia. Report produced for Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services.

Borland, Jeff and Roger Wilkins (2003) Effects of activity test arrangements on exit from payments: The 9 month Intensive Review. Report produced for Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services.

Wilkins, Roger (2003) Safety outcomes in mining in Australia. Report prepared for the New South Wales Minerals Council.

Buddelmeyer, Hielke and Roger Wilkins (2003) Foreign experiences with contracting out of reintegration services – Australia. Report provided to TNO Work and Employment.

Wilkins, Roger (2003) Workplace safety and hours of work in the Australian mining industry 1991-92 to 1999-2000. Report prepared for the Minerals Council of Australia.

Wilkins, Roger (2002) Labour market outcomes and welfare dependence of persons with disabilities in Australia. Report produced for Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services.

Johnson, David and Roger Wilkins (2002) The Net Benefit to Government of Higher Education: A Balance Sheet Approach. Report produced for the Vice Chancellor’s Office, The University of Melbourne.

Tseng, Yi-Ping and Roger Wilkins (2002) Reliance on Income Support in Australia. Report produced for Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services.

Other publications

Summerfield, Michelle, Brooke Garrard, Roopa Kamath, Ninette Macalalad, Mossamet Kamrun Nesa, Nicole Watson, Roger Wilkins and Mark Wooden (2023), HILDA User Manual – Release 22, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.

Summerfield, Michelle, Brooke Garrard, Roopa Kamath, Ninette Macalalad, Mossamet Kamrun Nesa, Nicole Watson, Roger Wilkins and Mark Wooden (2022), HILDA User Manual – Release 21, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.

Chan, Mark, Cain Polidano, Ha Vu and Roger Wilkins (2022) ‘Can you really incentivise low- and middle-income earners to save more for retirement?’, Melbourne Institute Research Insights, No. 1/22, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.

Summerfield, Michelle, Brooke Garrard, Markus Hahn, Yihua Jin, Roopa Kamath, Ninette Macalalad, Nicole Watson, Roger Wilkins and Mark Wooden (2021), HILDA User Manual – Release 20, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.

Wilkins, Roger and Federico Zilio (2021) ‘How do employees feel about COVID-19 vaccination and testing mandates?’, Melbourne Institute Research Insights, No. 17/21, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.

Summerfield, Michelle, Brooke Garrard, Markus Hahn, Yihua Jin, Roopa Kamath, Ninette Macalalad, Nicole Watson, Roger Wilkins and Mark Wooden (2020), HILDA User Manual – Release 19, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.

Wilkins, Roger (2020) ‘Household Incomes: The Real Test is Yet to Come’, in Coping with Covid-19: Rethinking Australia, Barbara Broadway, A. Abigail Payne & Nicolás Salamanca (ed.), Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.

Botha, Ferdi, Peter Butterworth and Roger Wilkins (2020) ‘Mental distress in Australia over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic’, Melbourne Institute Research Insights, No. 14/20, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.

Wilkins, Roger (2020) ‘Who’s hit hardest by the economic effects of COVID-19? Evidence from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey on the characteristics of people likely to be experiencing the worst economic effects of COVID-19’, Melbourne Institute Research Insights, No. 10/20, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne..

Summerfield, Michelle, Sarah Bright, Markus Hahn, Nathan La, Ninette Macalalad, Nicole Watson, Roger Wilkins and Mark Wooden (2019), HILDA User Manual – Release 18, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.

Summerfield, Michelle, Andrew Bevitt, Yin-King Fok, Markus Hahn, Nathan La, Ninette Macalalad, Mark O’Shea, Nicole Watson, Roger Wilkins and Mark Wooden (2018), HILDA User Manual – Release 17, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.

Summerfield, Michelle, Andrew Bevitt, Simon Freidin, Markus Hahn, Nathan La, Ninette Macalalad, Mark O’Shea, Nicole Watson, Roger Wilkins and Mark Wooden (2017) HILDA User Manual – Release 16, Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Summerfield, Michelle, Simon Freidin, Markus Hahn, Mark O’Shea, Ninette Macalalad, Nicole Watson, Roger Wilkins and Mark Wooden (2016) HILDA User Manual – Release 15, Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Summerfield, Michelle, Simon Freidin, Markus Hahn, Ning Li, Ninette Macalalad, Nicole Watson, Roger Wilkins and Mark Wooden (2015) HILDA User Manual – Release 14, Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Summerfield, Michelle, Simon Freidin, Markus Hahn, Peter Ittak, Ning Li, Ninette Macalalad, Nicole Watson, Roger Wilkins and Mark Wooden (2014) HILDA User Manual – Release 13, Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Summerfield, Michelle, Simon Freidin, Markus Hahn, Peter Ittak, Ning Li, Ninette Macalalad, Nicole Watson, Roger Wilkins and Mark Wooden (2013) HILDA User Manual – Release 12, Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Summerfield, Michelle, Simon Freidin, Markus Hahn, Peter Ittak, Ning Li, Ninette Macalalad, Nicole Watson, Roger Wilkins and Mark Wooden (2012) HILDA User Manual – Release 11, Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Cobb-Clark, Deborah, Hielke Buddelmeyer, Terence Cheng, Abraham Chigavazira, Gaetan de Rassenfosse, Trinh Le, Felix Leung, Kris Li, Viet Hoang Nguyen, Alfons Palangkaraya, Peter Sivey, Domenico Tabasso, Russell Thomson and Roger Wilkins (2013) ‘Securing the Future: How Australia can Thrive in a Volatile World’, Insights: Melbourne Business and Economics, Vol. 13, pp. 21-29.

Cobb-Clark, Deborah, John P Haisken-DeNew, Paul Jensen, Guyonne Kalb, Felix Leung, Duncan McVicar, Cain Polidano, Chris Ryan, Anthony Scott, Elizabeth Webster and Roger Wilkins (2011) ‘Growth Challenge: Riding the Resources Boom to Lasting Prosperity’, Insights: Melbourne Business and Economics, Vol. 10, pp. 31-38.

Summerfield, Michelle, Ross Dunn, Simon Freidin, Markus Hahn, Peter Ittak, Milica Kecmanovic, Ning Li, Ninette Macalalad, Nicole Watson, Roger Wilkins and Mark Wooden (2011) HILDA User Manual – Release 10, Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

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