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Journal articles
2020, 'Flexibility in individual funding schemes: How well did Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme support remote learning for students with disability during COVID-19?', Social Policy & Administration, 55, pp. 906 - 920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12670
,2020, 'Occupational licensing and the skills mismatch of highly educated migrants', British Journal of Industrial Relations, 59, pp. 730 - 756, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12574
,2019, 'Does it pay to graduate from an 'elite' university in Australia?', Economic Record, 95, pp. 343 - 357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12492
,2018, 'Migration policy and immigrants’ labour market performance', International Migration Review, 54, pp. 35 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0197918318815608
,2017, 'Business visits, knowledge diffusion and productivity', Journal of Population Economics, 31, pp. 1321 - 1338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00148-017-0679-3
,2017, 'Local signals and the returns to foreign education', Economics of Education Review, 61, pp. 174 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2017.07.006
,2016, 'Risk attitudes and migration', China Economic Review (Amsterdam), 37, pp. 166 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2015.12.004
,2016, 'Hukou changes and social well-being in China', Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement, 132, pp. 47 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1247-z
,2015, 'Wage Differentials and Employment Choice of Chinese Rural-Migrant and Urban-Resident Workers', Australian Economic Review, 48, pp. 382 - 399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12129
,2015, 'Skilled immigrants' contribution to productive efficiency', Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 20, pp. 594 - 612, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13547860.2015.1045325
,2015, 'Job search as a determinant of graduate over-education: evidence from Australia', Education Economics, 23, pp. 631 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2014.908164
,2015, 'Risk attitudes and migration', China Economic Review, 37, pp. 166 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2015.12.004
,2015, 'Employment choice and ownership structure in transitional China', The Singapore Economic Review, 62, pp. 1550088 - 1550088, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0217590815500885
,2014, 'Special Issue The Globally Mobile Skilled Labour Force: Policy Challenges and Economic Opportunities', INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, 52, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12137
,2014, 'Size matters: capital market size and risk-return profiles', Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, 6, pp. 101 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19390459.2013.864155
,2014, 'Engaging or training sessional staff Evidence from an Australian case of enhanced engagement and motivation in teaching delivery', AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES REVIEW, 56, pp. 13 - 21, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213396400003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2014, 'Business visits and the quest for external knowledge', Research in Labor Economics
,2014, 'Engaging or training sessional staff: evidence from an Australian case', Australian Universities' Review
,2014, 'Flows of People and Knowledge between Italy and Australia', International Migration, 52, pp. 112 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12150
,2014, 'Selection policy and entrepreneurship', International Migration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12072
,2014, 'Social capital and immigrants' labour market performance', Papers in Regional Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12117
,2014, 'The determinants of rural migrants’ employment choice in China: results from joint estimation', Applied Economics Research Bulletin
,2014, 'Using a point system for selecting immigrants', IZA World of Labor, http://dx.doi.org/10.15185/izawol.24
,2013, 'The Wage Premium of Foreign Education: New Evidence from Australia', AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, 46, pp. 395 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12024
,2013, 'Over-education of recent higher education graduates: New Australian panel evidence', ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW, 32, pp. 207 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.10.002
,2013, 'Labour market under-utilisation of recent higher education graduates: new Australian panel evidence', Economics of Education Review
,2012, 'Immigrant over- and under-education: the role of home country labour market experience', IZA JOURNAL OF MIGRATION, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-9039-1-3
,2012, 'Does immigration policy affects the education-occupation mismatch? Evidence from Australia', Australian Bulletin of Labour
,2011, 'International business visits and the technology frontier', ECONOMICS LETTERS, 110, pp. 209 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.11.023
,2010, 'Introduction: New Developments in Australia's Skilled Migration Flows', ASIAN AND PACIFIC MIGRATION JOURNAL, 19, pp. 1 - 3, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000277167000001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2010, 'International labour visits and knowledge transfers', Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
,2009, 'LAW STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TO EDUCATION: POINTERS TO DEPRESSION IN THE LEGAL ACADEMY AND THE PROFESSION?', LEGAL EDUCATION REVIEW, 19, pp. 3 - 39, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213409400002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2009, 'Motivation, study habits, and expectations of medical students in Singapore', MEDICAL TEACHER, 31, pp. E560 - E569, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01421590903193554
,2009, 'Law Student's Attitudes to Education: Pointers to Depression in the Legal Academy and the Profession?', Legal Education Review, 19, pp. 3 - 40
,2009, 'The impact of culture on learning: exploring student perceptions', Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 3, pp. 182 - 195
,2008, 'Raising the in-class participation of Asian students through a writing tool', HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, 27, pp. 345 - 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07294360802406817
,2008, 'Short-term skilled labour movements and economic growth', INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, 46, pp. 161 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00465.x
,2007, 'International business visits', Agenda: a journal of policy analysis and reform
,2007, 'What medical students value from their teachers', Australian Health Review, 31, pp. 358 - 361
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2006, 'Dynamic Asset Allocation Using Systematic Sector Rotation', Journal of Wealth Management, 8, pp. 59 - 70
,2006, 'International Business Visits', Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, 13, pp. 323 - 337
,2005, 'Defense Expenditure, Spill-ins and Threats in Asia-Pacific 1985-2001', Defense and Security Analysis, 21, pp. 243 - 265
,2005, 'Immigration and Inter-regional Mobility in the UK, 1982-2000', The Economic Journal, 115, pp. 342 - 358
,2005, 'On the Motivations of Business Travel: Evidence from an Australian Survey', Asia Pacific Migration Journal, 14, pp. 419 - 440
,2003, 'Do Foreigners Cusion Native Jobs? The Case of European Regions in the 1990s', Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 17, pp. 459 - 487
,2003, 'Have Europeans become more mobile? A note on regional evolutions in the EU: 1988-1997', Economics Letters, 80, pp. 23 - 30
,2003, 'International Business Travel and Australia`s Skill Endowment', Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, 10, pp. 245 - 258
,Conference Papers
2013, 'Monte Carlo methods in spatio-temporal regression modeling of migration in the EU', in PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2013 IEEE CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR FINANCIAL ENGINEERING & ECONOMICS (CIFER), IEEE, Singapore, SINGAPORE, pp. 128 - 134, presented at IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics (CIFEr), Singapore, SINGAPORE, 16 April 2013 - 19 April 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27956
,2012, 'The determinants of employment choice of rural migrant workers in China: SOEs and non-SOEs', in Tsounis N; Vlahvei A (ed.), INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLIED ECONOMICS (ICOAE), ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, SWEDEN, Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Econ, Uppsala, pp. 98 - 107, presented at International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE), SWEDEN, Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Econ, Uppsala, 28 June 2012 - 30 June 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(12)00013-5
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