Category Archives: Economics of Education

Education and income inequality in Australia

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

Human capitalism and trends in US income inequality I would be the first to admit that I have an absolutely fantastic job. Sure, it is cathartic and sometimes strategic to complain about university bureaucracy and the endless search for funding. … Continue reading →

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Attacking educational disadvantage through school funding (co-authored with Timothy Cameron)

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

“…all students must have access to an acceptable international standard of education, regardless of where they live or the school they attend. …[equity means] differences in educational outcomes are not the result of differences in wealth, income, power or possessions” … Continue reading →

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Poor (Indigenous) Economics – Part I

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

Last Tuesday (January 29th) I was lucky enough to have scored an invite to a conference organised by the US Studies Centre (out of Sydney Uni) and Harvard University titled ‘Evidence‐Based Policymaking: Best Practices for Policy Design and Evaluation.’ While … Continue reading →

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The income premium for high school completers – Variation across time, place, sex and race (I)

Posted on August 26, 2012 by

Academics are supposed to take their time and come to well-reasoned and well-thought out conclusions. Cloistered in our ivory towers, we should be thinking long and hard about the big issues and universal truths. Not for us the 24-hour news … Continue reading →

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It is a tough job, but somebody has to (want to) do it

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Both my parents were teachers (one in the social sciences, the other in maths). This has no doubt contributed to my interest in education research and policy. However, I have never seriously considered becoming a teacher either as an adult … Continue reading →

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If you’re happy and you know it stay in school – Part II

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

In the previous post, I looked at the relationship between a student’s self reported wellbeing and their probability of dropping out of school: http://thenumbercruncher.org/2012/03/30/if-youre-happy-and-you-know-it-stay-in-school-part-i/ What I showed was that being relatively happy at school (at the aged of 15) was … Continue reading →

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If you’re happy and you know it stay in school – Part I

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

At the workshop that I mentioned in my previous post, there was a fair bit of discussion on how to improve Indigenous education outcomes. One of the obvious points made was that if kids don’t want to be there, there … Continue reading →

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