Beyond the corruption indices: Better tools for measurement and assessment
Seminar
In this special methods seminar, Professor Johnston will reflect on his career and use of methods in the corruption space, and pose questions on how we might generate better indicators of the effects (if any) of anti-corruption policies. Critically analysing the limitations of current corruption…
Was Military Service Really a Turning Point? The Impact of WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War on Imprisonment
Seminar
Military service, along with marriage and employment, is often cited as a positive turning point in the lives of criminal offenders. Despite the findings of studies based on WWII and Korean War veterans, the evidence that military service in other eras (e.g. the Vietnam War) has had enduring…
Key findings from the Australian Parole Project
Seminar
This paper presents the key findings from the Australian Research Council project, Parole in crisis? Public perceptions of parole and Parole Board decision-making (the Australian Parole Project). The project involved quantitative telephone interviews about attitudes to parole with 1200 Australians…
Optimal Policy Modelling and Welfare Policy Settings in Australia
Seminar
The complexity of the social security system makes it challenging for policy makers to assess what changes should be made to the system to achieve policy objectives, and the implications of changes to the system. This paper describes the results of an initial attempt to develop a new methodology…
A cross-country study of Islamic and conventional assets during financial crises
Seminar
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2019 QRN Launch
Activity
You are cordially invited to the launch of the QRN for 2019. Members and non-members are most welcome. The QRN aims to promote excellence in of qualitative research at ANU, expand methodological expertise, encourage collaboration and networking between disciplines and colleges across the…
A new look at the distribution and determinants of income in Australia: Evidence from linked tax, social security and Census data
Seminar
Recently, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has been leading the Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP). This project involves linking of data from the Census to administrative data from three sources - an individual tax payer database, an income support database, and a government-funded…