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Publication list and additional papers available for download

Current research projects include the socio-economic outcomes of young mothers, family dynamics, child poverty in Australia and other countries and trends in Australian inequality and poverty. List of current research projects

Recent Presentations and Papers

Two papers on young motherhood and socio-economic outcomes. Disadvantage among Australian Young Mothers in the Australian Journal of Labour Economics (abstract) and The impact of young motherhood on education, employment and marriage (SPRC Discussion Paper No. 148). See also the summary in the SPRC Newsletter.

Two papers on the cost of children and children's consumption. The Price, Cost, Consumption and Value of Children (SPRC Discussion Paper No. 132) and Time and the Cost of Children (revised April 2008).

Recent Books, Monographs and Journal Articles

Peter Saunders and Bruce Bradbury (2006), 'Monitoring trends in poverty and inequality: Data, methodology and measurement' The Economic Record 82(258, September): 341-364.

Bradbury, Bruce and Kate Norris (2005), "Income and Separation" Journal of Sociology 41(4):425-446 (Abstract) (Earlier conference paper version).

Bradbury, Bruce (2005), "Missing and perturbed data from the Australian Census", The Australian Economic Review, 38(1): 99-107
(Journal available at www.blackwell-synergy.com).

Bradbury, Bruce (2004) "Targeting Social Assistance" in Fiscal Studies 25(3):305-324. (Abstract and full paper if your institution has access).

Bradbury, Bruce (2004), "Consumption and the Within-Household Income Distribution: Outcomes from an Australian 'Natural Experiment" CESifo Economic Studies Vol 50 3/2004.

Bradbury, Bruce and Jenny Chalmers (2004), 'Location and Unemployment' The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 14(2):208-234.

Bradbury, Bruce (2003), "The Welfare Interpretation of Consumer Equivalence Scales" International Journal of Social Economics 30(7):770-787. (With permission of Emerald Journals).

Bradbury, Bruce (2003), Child Poverty: A Review Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services, Policy Research Paper No. 20.

Bradbury, Bruce; Stephen P. Jenkins and John Micklewright (eds, 2001) The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries CUP. (publication details)

Bradbury, Bruce and Markus Jäntti (2001) “Child Poverty Across the Industrialised World: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study” in Vleminckx, K., Smeeding, T.M. (eds.) Child Well-being, Child Poverty and Child Policy in Modern Nations, The Policy Press, Bristol.

Bradbury, Bruce (1997) ‘The Living Standards of the Low-Income Self-Employed’ Australian Economic Review 30(4):374-89.

Bradbury, Bruce (1997) ‘Measuring Poverty Changes with Bounded Equivalence Scales: Australia in the 1980s’ Economica 64:245-64.