Compulsory voting and political knowledge: Testing a ‘compelled engagement’ hypothesis
Author/editor: Sheppard J
Year published: 2015
Highlights Models the effects of compulsory voting on political knowledge using CSES data. Compulsory voting is categorised as weakly, moderately and strongly enforced. Strong enforcement has positive effects on mean rates of knowledge. Moderate and strong enforcement decrease the…
Crime, greenspace and life satisfaction: An evaluation of the New Zealand experience
Author/editor: Fleming, C, Manning, M & Ambrey, C.
Year published: 2015
In this study we explore the relationship between the benefits of greenspace and fear of crime in New Zealand neighbourhoods. To ensure that the full benefits of investment in greenspace are realised, it is important to understand the complex interactions that occur within natural environments and…
Do Master early childhood teacher education programs provide adequate coverage of infants and toddlers?: A review of content
Author/editor: Garvis, S & Manning, M.
Year published: 2015
In Australia, growth in the demand of early childhood services for young children aged birth to three years has placed increased pressure on the early childhood education sector as new policy stipulates the need for qualified teachers. The new policy has resulted in a growth in Master of Early…
Does prior knowledge of economics and higher level mathematics improve student learning in Principles of Economics?
Author/editor: Mallik G, & Shankar, S
Year published: 2015
Using the instrumental variable two stage least square (IV2SLS) and generalised method of moments (IVGMM) estimations, this paper investigates the relative importance of a wide range of variables on student performance in multiple choice and short answer questions in a first year principles of…
Economic analysis and efficiency in policing, criminal justice and crime reduction: What works?
Author/editor: Manning, M, Johnson, S, Tiley, N, Wong, G & Vorsina, M.
Year published: 2015
In recent decades, there has been growing international recognition and demand by public and private sectors that policies, programmes, and strategies, including crime prevention interventions, should be evidence informant and economically efficient. To meet this demand, a range of sophisticated…
Efficiency analysis under uncertainty: A simulation study
Author/editor: Shankar S
Year published: 2015
We model production technology in a state-contingent framework assuming that the firms maximise ex ante their preference function subject to stochastic technology constraint; in other words, firms are assumed to act rationally. We show that rational producers who face the same stochastic technology…
Emotional and instrumental support during childhood and biological dysregulation in midlife
Author/editor: Slopen N, Chen, Y, Priest, N et al.
Year published: 2015
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether greater emotional and instrumental support during childhood is associated with less dysregulation across multiple physiological systems in midlife. METHODS: Data are from participants in the second wave of the Midlife in the United States study (2004-2005) who…