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Book Chapters
, 2005, 'Pension reform in China: Imperative, constraints and outcomes', in Smyth R; Kit Tam O; Warner M; Jiuhua Zhu C (ed.), China`s Business Reforms: institutional challenges in a globalized economy, Routledge Curzon, New York, pp. 157 - 176
, 2005, 'Reviewing recent trends in wage income inequality in Australia', in Lanbury R; Isaacs J (ed.), Labour Market Deregulation: Rewriting the rules, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 68 - 88
, 2005, 'Social exclusion as a new framework for measuring poverty', in Smyth P; Reddel T; Jones A (ed.), Community and Local Governance in Australia, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 245 - 261
, 2005, 'Welfare to Work in Practice: Introduction and overview', in Saunders P (ed.), Welfare to Work in Practice: Social Security and Participation in Economic and Social Life, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 1 - 7
, 2004, 'Pension reform in China: Imperatives, constraints and outcomes', in China's Business Reforms: Institutional Challenges in a Globalised Economy, pp. 146 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203537039
, 2004, 'The welfare reform agenda', in Boreham P; Stokes G; Hall R (ed.), The Politics of Australian Society: Political Issues for the New Century, Longmanns, pp. 319 - 337
, 2003, 'Income distribution and redistribution', in McAlister I; Dorwick S; Hassan R (ed.), The Cambridge handbook of the Social Sciences, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 118 - 137
, 2002, 'Changes across Australian generations', in ABS (ed.), Australian Social Trends, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra
, 2002, 'Introduction: The Reality and costs of unemployment', in The Price of Prosperity: The Economic and Social Costs of Unemployment, University of New South Wales, Sydney, pp. 1 - 12
, 2002, 'The impact of unemployment on poverty, inequality and social Exclusion', in The Price of Prosperity: The Economic and Social Costs of Unemployment, University of New South Wales, Sydney, pp. 175 - 193
, 2001, 'Economic Growth and Social Security: Aspects of Recent Asian Experience', in Hoskins DD; Dobbernack D; Kuptsch C (ed.), Social Security at the Dawn of the 21st Century, Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey, pp. 69 - 97
, 2001, 'Popularity and Participation: Social Security Reform in Australia', in Erik Schokkaert (ed.), Ethics and Social Security Reform, Ashgate Publishing Limited, Aldershot, UK, pp. 143 - 163
, 2001, 'The Complex Contexts of Australian Inequality', in Fincher R; Saunders P (ed.), Creating Unequal Futures?, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, pp. 1 - 37
, 1999, 'How do the elderly in Taiwan fare cross-nationally? Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) project', in Emerging social economic welfare programs for aging in Taiwan in a world context, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, pp. 205 - 237
, 1998, 'Setting the poverty agenda: the origins and impact of the Henderson Report', in Australia poverty: then and now, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, pp. 52 - 70
, 1998, 'The distribution of welfare:inequality, earnings capacity and household production in a comparative perspective', in The distribution of welfare and household production, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 75 - 110
, 1998, 'The distribution of work and the distribution of income', in Divided work, divided society: employment, unemployment and income distribution in 1990s Australia, Research Institute for Humanities and Social Scien, Sydney, pp. 117 - 130
, 1998, 'The role of indicators of income poverty in the measurement of national progress', in Measuring Progress: Is Life Getting Better?, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Vic, pp. 223 - 238
, 1997, 'Economic adjustment and distributional change: income inequality and poverty in Australia in the 1980s', in Changing patterns in the distribution of economic welfare: an international perspective, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 60 - 83
, 1997, 'Income distribution and inequality', in The Australian economy (2nd Ed), Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, pp. 184 - 205
, 1996, 'Poverty in the 1990`s: achallenge to work and welfare', in Dialogues on Australia`s Future - in Honour of the Late Professor Ronald Henderson, Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne, pp. 325 - 350
, 1993, 'Non-cash Income, Living Standards and Inequality: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study', in Economics in a Changing World, Macmillan Education UK, pp. 198 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22988-8_11
, 1985, 'Space, the City and Urban Sociology', in Social Relations and Spatial Structures, Macmillan Education UK, pp. 67 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27935-7_5
Journal articles
, 2022, 'The crumbling pillar: Assessing the impact of housing costs on recent trends in poverty and deprivation in Australia', International Journal of Social Welfare, 31, pp. 421 - 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12549
, 2022, 'Are recent trends in poverty and deprivation in Australia consistent with trickle-down effects?', Economic and Labour Relations Review, 33, pp. 566 - 585, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10353046221112715
, 2022, 'Housing costs and poverty: analysing recent australian trends', Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 37, pp. 1073 - 1091, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10901-021-09899-w
, 2022, 'Comparing the Monetary and Living Standards Approaches to Poverty Using the Australian Experience', Social Indicators Research, 162, pp. 1365 - 1385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-022-02888-8
, 2020, 'The overlap between income poverty and material deprivation: Sensitivity evidence for Australia', Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 28, pp. 187 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/175982720X15791323755614
, 2020, 'Child Poverty, Deprivation and Well-Being: Evidence for Australia', Child Indicators Research, 13, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12187-019-09643-5
, 2020, 'Esther Dermott and Gill Main (eds) (2017), Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK, Volume 1 – The Nature and Extent of the Problem, Bristol: Policy Press, £25.99, pp. 280, pbk. - Glen Bramley and Nick Bailey (eds) (2017), Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK, Volume 2 – The Dimensions of Disadvantage, Bristol: Policy Press, £32.99, pp. 384, pbk.', Journal of Social Policy, 49, pp. 676 - 678, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047279420000173
, 2019, 'Adult and child deprivation in Hong Kong', Social Policy and Administration, 53, pp. 820 - 834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12533
, 2019, 'Poverty and social disadvantage in Hong Kong', Social Policy and Administration, 53, pp. 817 - 819, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12537
, 2019, 'Child Deprivation in Australia: A Child-focused Approach', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 54, pp. 4 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.61
, 2018, 'New minimum healthy living budget standards for low-paid and unemployed Australians', Economic and Labour Relations Review, 29, pp. 273 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1035304618781149
, 2018, 'Monitoring and addressing global poverty: A new approach and implications for Australia', Economic and Labour Relations Review, 29, pp. 9 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1035304618756208
, 2018, 'Using a budget standards approach to assess the adequacy of newstart allowance', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 53, pp. 4 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.30
, 2018, 'New estimates of the costs of children', Family Matters, pp. 19 - 27, https://aifs.gov.au/publications/issue/new-estimates-costs-children
, 2018, 'Mapping the Australian Poverty Profile: A Multidimensional Deprivation Approach', The Australian Economic Review, 51, pp. 336 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12266
, 2017, 'Housing costs, poverty and inequality in Australia', Housing Studies, 32, pp. 742 - 757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2016.1229757
, 2017, 'Social protection in East Asian Chinese societies: challenges, responses and impacts', Journal of Asian Public Policy, 10, pp. 121 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2017.1306611
, 2017, 'Understanding social security trends: an expenditure decomposition approach with application to Australia and Hong Kong', Journal of Asian Public Policy, 10, pp. 216 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2016.1195562
, 2017, 'Hartley Dean and Lucinda Platt (eds.) (2016), Social Advantage and Disadvantage, Oxford: Oxford University Press, £25.00, pp. 400, pbk.', Journal of Social Policy, 46, pp. 648 - 650, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047279417000162
, 2016, 'Poverty in Australia since the financial crisis: The role of housing costs, income growth and unemployment', Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 24, pp. 97 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/175982716X14650295704614
, 2016, 'The growing gap between rich and poor in Australia', Australian Journal of Labour Economics: a journal of labour economics and labour relations, 19, pp. 15 - 32, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=326205872042904;res=IELBUS
, 2015, 'Poverty and Housing Among Older People: Comparing Australia and Japan', Poverty and Public Policy, 7, pp. 223 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pop4.110
, 2015, 'Understanding Inequality-Comparatively', Review of Income and Wealth, 61, pp. 587 - 595, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12121
, 2015, 'Social inclusion, exclusion and well-being in Australia: Meaning and measurement', The Australian Journal of Social Issues, 50, pp. 139 - 157, https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=280411714880383;res=IELHSS
, 2015, 'Deprivation and the well-being of children and young people in Taiwan', Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 25, pp. 80 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2015.1049650
, 2015, 'Closing the gap: The growing divide between poverty research and policy in Australia', The Australian Journal of Social Issues, 50, pp. 13 - 35, https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=092051008431239;res=IELFSC
, 2015, 'Tackling poverty in Hong Kong: Measurement as a prelude to action', Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 23, pp. 43 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/175982714X14177930764683