By Professor Gigi Foster

Journal articles

Foster G, 2020, 'The Behavioural Economics of Government Responses to COVID-19', Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, Covid-19 Special Issue 3, pp. 11 - 43

Foster G, 2019, 'A portrait of a scientist as a young mind', Journal of Mind and Behavior, 40, pp. 83 - 94

Foster G; Stratton LS, 2019, 'What women want (their men to do): Housework and Satisfaction in Australian Households', Feminist Economics, 25, pp. 23 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2019.1609692

Foster G, 2019, 'Hybrid Public Policy Innovations: Contemporary Policy Beyond Ideology, by Mark Fabian and Robert Breunig (eds.) (Taylor and Francis, New York, NY, 2018), pp. 289.', Economic Record, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12463

Foster G; Pingle M; Yang J, 2019, 'Are we addicted to love? A parsimonious economic model of love', Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 165, pp. 70 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.07.009

Foster G; Frijters P; Schaffner M; Torgler B, 2018, 'Expectation formation in an evolving game of uncertainty: New experimental evidence', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 154, pp. 379 - 405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2018.07.013

Foster G, 2018, 'Education Policy Reforms to Boost Productivity in Australia', Australian Economic Review, 51, pp. 253 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12271

Foster G; Stratton LS, 2018, 'Do significant labor market events change who does the chores? Paid work, housework, and power in mixed-gender Australian households', Journal of Population Economics, 31, pp. 483 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00148-017-0667-7

Ko CC; Frijters P; Foster G, 2018, 'A tale of cyclones, exports and surplus forgone in Australia’s protected banana industry', Economic Record, 94, pp. 276 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12414

Foster G, 2018, 'Ethics in Economics', AGENDA-A JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND REFORM, 25, pp. 61 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/AG.25.01.2018.04

Foster G, 2018, 'Towards a living theoretical spine for (behavioural) economics', Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, 2, pp. 75 - 81

Foster G, 2017, 'Why Gender Matters in Economics', ECONOMIC RECORD, 93, pp. 509 - 511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12364

Kalenkoski CM; Foster G, 2015, 'Measuring the relative productivity of multitasking to sole-tasking in household production: experimental evidence', Applied Economics, 47, pp. 1847 - 1862, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2014.1000526

Foster G, 2015, 'Book review: Geoffrey M Hodgson, From Pleasure Machines to Moral Communities: An Evolutionary Economics without Homo Economicus', The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 26, pp. 175 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1035304614566353

Frijters P; Foster G, 2015, 'Rising Inequality: A Benign Outgrowth of Markets or a Symptom of Cancerous Political Favours?', Australian Economic Review, 48, pp. 67 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12096

Foster G; Frijters P, 2014, 'The Why Axis: Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life', JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY, 44, pp. 50 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2014.06.004

Greenglass E; Antonides G; Christandl F; Foster G; Katter JKQ; Kaufman BE; Lea SEG, 2014, 'The financial crisis and its effects: Perspectives from economics and psychology', Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 50, pp. 10 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2014.01.004

Pugh K; Foster G, 2014, 'Australia's National School Data and the ‘Big Data’ Revolution in Education Economics', Australian Economic Review, 47, pp. 258 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12065

Foster G; Frijters P, 2014, 'The formation of expectations: Competing theories and new evidence', Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 53, pp. 66 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2014.08.001

Foster G; Kalenkoski CM, 2013, 'Tobit or OLS? An empirical evaluation under different diary window lengths', Applied Economics, 45, pp. 2994 - 3010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2012.690852

Arcidiacono P; Foster G; Goodpaster N; Kinsler J, 2012, 'Estimating Spillovers using Panel Data, with an Application to the Classroom', Quantitative Economics, 3, pp. 421 - 470, http://qeconomics.org/ojs/index.php/qe/article/view/41

Foster G, 2012, 'The impact of international students on measured learning and standards in Australian higher education', Economics of Education Review, 31, pp. 587 - 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.03.003

Foster G; Frijters P; Johnston D, 2012, 'The triumph of hope over disappointment: A note on the utility value of good health expectations', Journal of Economic Psychology, 33, pp. 208 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2011.09.010

Foster G, 2011, 'Academics as Educators in Australian Universities: Power, Perceptions, and Institutions', Economic Papers, 30, pp. 568 - 575

Foster G; Frijters P, 2010, 'Students' beliefs about peer effects', Economics Letters, 108, pp. 260 - 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.05.020

Foster G, 2010, 'Teacher effects on student attrition and performance in mass-market tertiary education', Higher Education, 60, pp. 301 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-009-9301-2

Foster G, 2009, 'A Diagrammatic Exposition of Regression and Instrumental Variables for the Beginning Student', The Journal of Economic Education, 40, pp. 278 - 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.3200/jece.40.3.278-296

Foster G, 2008, 'Names will Never Hurt Me: Racially identifiable names and identity in the undergraduate classroom', Social Science Research, 37, pp. 934 - 952, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.02.004

Kalenkoski CM; Foster G, 2008, 'The quality of time spent with children in Australian households', Review of Economics of the Household, 6, pp. 243 - 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11150-008-9036-3

Leach M; Pincombe J; Foster G, 2006, 'Clinical Efficacy of Horsechestnut Seed Extract in Venous Leg Ulcer Management', Journal of Wound Care, 15, pp. 159 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/jowc.2006.15.4.26898

Foster G, 2006, 'It's not your peers, and it's not your friends: Some progress toward understanding the educational peer effect mechanism', Journal of Public Economics, 90, pp. 1455 - 1475, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2005.12.001

Shanahan M; Foster G; Erik , 2006, 'Operationalising a Threshold Concept in Economics: A Pilot Study Using Multiple Choice Questions on Opportunity Cost', International review of economics education, 5, pp. 29 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1477-3880(15)30119-5

Leach M; Pincombe J; Foster G, 2006, 'Using Horsechestnut Seed Extract in the Treatment of Venous Leg Ulcers: A cost-benefit analysis', Ostomy Wound Management, 52, pp. 68 - 78, http://www.o-wm.com/content/using-horsechestnut-seed-extract-treatment-venous-leg-ulcers-a-cost-benefit-analysis

Foster G, 2005, 'Making Friends: A nonexperimental analysis of social pair formation', Human Relations, 58, pp. 1443 - 1465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726705061313

Conference Papers

Coelli M; Foster G; Leigh A, 2018, 'Do School Principals Respond to Increased Public Scrutiny? New Survey Evidence from Australia', in Economic Record, pp. 73 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12400

Working Papers

Foster G; Stratton L, Do Significant Labour Market Events Change Who Does the Laundry? Work, chore allocation, and power in Australian households, 2017-06, http://dx.doi.org

Media

Foster G, 2020, We can't cure the virus by making the economy sick

Foster G, 2020, Correctly counting the cost shows Austrlaia's lockdown was a mistake, https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/correctly-counting-the-cost-shows-australia-s-lockdown-was-a-mistake-20200525-p54w1o

Foster G, 2018, Finland's basic income trial exposes timeless welfare reform dilemma

Foster G, 2018, Money does affect your happiness, but it's complicated, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-05/there-is-a-link-betweenmoney-and-happiness/9502044

Foster G, 2018, 15 articles written since 2011, https://theconversation.com/profiles/gigi-foster-194/articles

Foster G; Henderson T, 2017, Debate: Should we be fighting for a Universal Basic Income in Australia?, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/12/debate-shouldwe-be-fighting-for-a-universal-basic-income-in-australia

Foster G, 2016, Are Men Better at Multitasking than Women?, https://fatherhood.global/men-women-multitasking/

Foster G; Frijters P, 2015, Battlers and plutocrats: How political connections reward Australia’s super-rich, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-26/frijters-foster-battlers-and-plutocrats/6725118

Preprints

Foster G; Pingle M, 2026, The Behavioural Economics of Decision-Making in a Crisis:,Lessons from the Covid Era, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7323536

Foster G; Stratton LS, 2018, Does Female Breadwinning Make Partnerships Less Healthy or Less Stable?, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3301687

Foster G, 2011, The Impact of International and NESB Students on Measured Learning and Standards in Australian Higher Education, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1756829

Kalenkoski CM; Foster G, 2010, The Multitasking of Household Production, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1549567

Kalenkoski CM; Foster G, 2010, The Multitasking of Household Production, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1579567

Foster G; Kalenkoski CM, 2010, Tobit or OLS? An Empirical Evaluation Under Different Diary Window Lengths, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1549564

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