Peter Siminski
Centre for Human
and Social Capital Research
Research
Research Interests
Applied
microeconomics and microeconometrics: health, labour,
poverty and program evaluation.
Most of my work is focussed on the effects of Australian government programs on
economic outcomes and behaviours.
Current Research
Army Service, Employment
Incentives and Veterans' Life Outcomes: A Natural Experiment
Effects
of Alcohol Availability on Mortality, Morbidity and Crime in Australia: A
Regression Discontinuity Approach (with Oleg Yerokhin)
Journal Articles
Siminski
P, Ville S (forthcoming) ‘I Was Only Nineteen, 45 Years Ago: What Can we Learn from Australia’s Conscription Lotteries?’ Economic Record Download
Working Paper
Siminski
P (forthcoming) ‘Employment Effects of Army Service and Veterans’ Compensation:
Evidence from the Australian Vietnam-Era Conscription Lotteries’ Review of Economics and Statistics Download Working Paper
Siminski P, Yerokhin O (forthcoming) ‘Is the Age Gradient in
Self-Reported Material Hardship Explained by Resources, Needs, Behaviours or
Reporting Bias?’ Review of Income and
Wealth Download
Working Paper
Siminski
P (forthcoming) ‘Are Low Skill Public Sector Workers Really Overpaid?’ Applied Economics
Siminski
P, Ville S (2011) ‘Long-Run Mortality Effects of Vietnam-Era Army Service:
Evidence from Australia’s Conscription Lotteries’ American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings 101(3): 345-349.
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Paper
Livermore
T, Rodgers J, Siminski P (2011) ‘The Effect of
Motherhood on Wages and Wage Growth: Evidence for Australia’ Economic Record 87(Special Issue): 80-91
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Paper
Siminski
P (2011) ‘The Price Elasticity of Demand for Pharmaceuticals
amongst High Income Older Australians: A Natural Experiment’, Applied Economics 43(3): 4835–4846 Download Working Paper
Ville S, Siminski P (2011) ‘A Fair and Equitable
Method of Recruitment?
Conscription by Ballot into the Australian Army during the Vietnam War’ Australian Economic History Review 51(3):
277-296 Download
Working Paper
Craig
L, Siminski P (2011) ‘If Men Do More Housework, Do Their Wives Have More
Babies?’ Social Indicators Research
101: 255-258
Craig
L, Siminski P (2010) ‘Men’s Housework, Women’s Housework and Second Births in
Australia’ Social Politics 17(2):
235-266. Download
full paper
Siminski
P (2009) ‘Do Government Benefits for High Income Retirees Encourage Saving?’ Australian Journal of Labour Economics
12(3): 247-261. Download
preprint
Rodgers
R, Siminski P, Bishop J (2009) ‘Changes in Poverty Rates During
the Howard Era’ Australian Economic
Review 42(3): 300-320. Download
preprint
Siminski
P (2009) ‘A Welfare Analysis of the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card’ Economic Record 85(269): 164-180. Download
preprint – Awarded Best Paper in the
Economic Record for 2009
Siminski
P (2008) ‘Order Effects in Batteries of Questions’ Quality and Quantity 42: 477-490. Download
preprint
Siminski
P, Bezzina AJ, Lago L, Eagar K (2008) ‘’Primary Care’ Presentations at
Emergency Departments - Rates and Reasons by Age and Sex’ Australian Health Review 32(4): 700-709.
Siminski
P, Bezzina AJ, Lago L, Eagar K (2008) ‘ Trends in
Primary Care Presentations at Emergency Departments in New South Wales
(1999-2006)’ Australian Journal of
Primary Health 14(3): 45-52.
Masso
M, Bezzina AJ, Siminski P, Middleton R, Smith PB & Eagar K (2007) ‘Why
patients attend emergency departments for conditions potentially appropriate
for primary care: Reasons given by patients and clinicians differ’ Emergency
Medicine Australasia
19(4):333-340. Download
full paper
Siminski
P, Cragg S, Middleton R, Masso M, Lago L, Green J
& Eagar K (2005) ‘Primary care patients’ views on why they present to Emergency
Departments – inappropriate attendances or inappropriate policy?’ Australian
Journal of Primary Health 11(2): 87-95. Download
full paper
Saunders
P & Siminski P (2005) ‘Home Ownership and Inequality: Imputed Rent and
Income Distribution in Australia’ Economic Papers, 24(4): 346-367. Download Discussion Paper
version
Siminski
P, Chalmers J & McHugh M (2005) ‘Foster Carers in New South Wales: profile
and projections based on ABS Census data’ Children Australia 30(3):
17-24. Download
full paper
Siminski
P & Saunders P (2004) ‘Accounting for Housing Costs in Regional Income
Comparisons’ Australasian Journal of Regional Studies 10(2): 139-156. Download Discussion Paper
version
Siminski
P, Saunders P & Bradbury B (2003) ‘Reviewing the Inter-temporal Consistency
of ABS Household Income Data through Comparisons with External Aggregates’ Australian
Economic Review 36 (3): 333-349. Download Discussion Paper
version
Siminski
P (2003) ‘Patterns of Disability and Norms of Participation through the Life
Course: Empirical Support for a Social Model of Disability’ Disability and
Society 18 (6): 707-718.