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Career Moves : Expectations and Destinations of New South Wales Senior Secondary Students (with Catherine Underwood, Sheldon Rothman, Justin Brown, and ACER), Transition and Post-School Education and Training (2011)

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Issues in the Conceptualisation and Measurement of Socioeconomic background: Do Different Measures Generate Different Conclusions?, Social Indicators Research (2011)

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The On Track Survey 2010 : The Destinations of School Leavers in Victoria : statewide report (with Sheldon Rothman, Justin Brown, Kylie Hillman, Phil McKenzie, and Catherine Underwood), Transition and Post-School Education and Training (2011)

Accounting for Improvements over the Educational Career of Ethnic Minority Students in Australia, Australian Journal of Education (2010)

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Improvements over the educational career of immigrant students, Australian Journal of Education (2010)

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Meritocracy, modernization and students’ occupational expectations: Cross National evidence, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility (2010)

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Socioeconomic and School Sector Inequalities in University Entrance in Australia: The Role of the Stratified Curriculum, Educational Research and Evaluation (2010)

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What Aspects of Schooling are Important? School Effects on Tertiary Entrance Performance, School Effectiveness and School Improvement (2010)

Accounting for school-sector differences in university entrance performance, Australian Journal of Education (2009)

The Employment Outcomes of Youth entering the Labour Market (with Nicolas Herault, Weiping Wu, and Rezida Zakirovq) (2009)

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The occupations and earnings of young Australians : the role of education and training, LSAY Research Reports (2008)

Refinement of the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund Adjustment Process (with Hamish coates) (2007)

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The transition to full-time work of young people who do not go to university, LSAY Research Reports (2006)

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Missing Out on a University Place, Research Developments (2006)

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Unmet demand? Characteristics and activities of university applicants not offered a place, LSAY Research Reports (2005)

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Longitudinal surveys of Australian Youth (with Sheldon Rothman), Australian Economic Review (2003)

Dynamics of the Australian youth labour market : the 1975 cohort, 1996-2000 (with Kylie Hillman and Adrian Beavis), LSAY Research Reports (2003)

Aussies schools are not so 'undemocratic' (with John Ainley, Adrian Beavis, and Ken Rowe), Educare News (2003)

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School leavers in Australia : profiles and pathways (with Julie McMillan), LSAY Research Reports (2003)

Review of International Longitudinal Research on Youth Pathways from School and its Relevance to Youth Policy Development in New Zealand (with Maurice Walker) (2003)

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Tertiary entrance performance : the role of student background and school factors (with Julie McMillan and Kylie Hillman), LSAY Research Reports (2001)

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Early School Leavers: Who Are They, Why Do They Leave, and What Are the Consequences? (with Julie McMillan), 2001 - Understanding Youth Pathways (2001)

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The Measurement of Language Background, Culture and Ethnicity for the Reporting of Nationally Comparable Outcomes of Schooling (with John Ainley, Tracey Frigo, Silvia McCormack, Julie McMillan, Marion Meiers, and Susan Zammit) (2000)

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The Measurement of Socioeconomic Status for the Reporting of Nationally Comparable Outcomes of Schooling (with Julie McMillan, Frank L. Jones, and John Ainley) (2000)

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Patterns of participation in year 12 and higher education in Australia : trends and issues (with Nicole Fleming, Michael Long, and Julie McMillan), LSAY Research Reports (2000)

Issues on the Utilization of Student Data for the Monitoring of the Relationship between Social Background and Educational Outcomes (with Silvia McCormack and Julie McMillan) (2000)

Social Background and Educational Outcomes: Preliminary Results from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (with Julie McMillan) (2000)

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The Measurement of Socioeconomic Status and Social Class in the LSAY Project Technical Paper No. 14, LSAY Technical Reports (1999)

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Early school leaving in Australia: findings from the 1995 year 9 LSAY cohort. (with Nicole Fleming), LSAY Research Reports (1999)

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School achievement and labour market outcomes (with John Ainley), Paper presented to the Centre for Economic Research, ANU Conference, Labour Market Trends and Family Policies : Implications for Children, 14-15 July 1999 (1999)

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Attitudes to school life: their influences and their effects on achievement and leaving school, LSAY Research Reports (1998)

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Youth earnings in Australia 1980-1994: a comparison of three youth cohorts (with Nicole Fleming), LSAY Research Reports (1998)

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Factors influencing youth unemployment in Australia: 1980- 1994. (with Nicole Fleming), LSAY Research Reports (1998)

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Reading comprehension and numeracy among junior secondary school students in Australia (with John Ainley), LSAY Research Reports (1997)

Electoral Choice and Electoral Change in Australia, PhD - University of Queensland (1991)

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Issues in the Conceptualisation and Measurement of Socioeconomic background: Do Different Measures Generate Different Conclusions?, Social Indicators Research (2011)

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Meritocracy, modernization and students’ occupational expectations: Cross National evidence, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility (2010)

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Completing university : characteristics and outcomes of completing and non completing students, LSAY Research Reports (2007)

The New Classes: An Empirical Investigation of Contemporary Approaches to Class, Masters - University of Queensland (1985)

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Issues in the Conceptualisation and Measurement of Socioeconomic background: Do Different Measures Generate Different Conclusions?, Social Indicators Research (2011)

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Meritocracy, modernization and students’ occupational expectations: Cross National evidence, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility (2010)

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Modernization Theory and Changes Over Time in the Reproduction of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Australia, Social Forces (2009)

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Detrimental Effects of Living with a Grandparent: Cross-National Evidence, Journal of Comparative Family Studies (2007)

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The Measurement of Language Background, Culture and Ethnicity for the Reporting of Nationally Comparable Outcomes of Schooling (with John Ainley, Tracey Frigo, Silvia McCormack, Julie McMillan, Marion Meiers, and Susan Zammit) (2000)

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The Measurement of Socioeconomic Status for the Reporting of Nationally Comparable Outcomes of Schooling (with Julie McMillan, Frank L. Jones, and John Ainley) (2000)

Social Background and Educational Outcomes: Preliminary Results from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (with Julie McMillan) (2000)

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Meritocracy, modernization and students’ occupational expectations: Cross National evidence, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility (2010)

The Living Arrangements of Young Persons: Evidence from HILDA (2008)

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Income Poverty, Subjective Poverty and Financial Stress (2007)

Financial Stress in Australia: Incidence, Influences and Dynamics (2007)

Australia: Changes in socioeconomic inequalities in university participation (with Julie McMillan), Stratification in Higher Education (2007)

Labour market dynamics of young people in Australia: Changes over time (with Julie McMillan), Paper presented at the 2002 World Congress of Sociology (2002)

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Education and training and the avoidance of financial disadvantage, Transition and Post-School Education and Training (2011)

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Annual Transitions Between Labour Market States for Young Australians (with Hielke Buddelmeyer) (2010)

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On Track Survey 2009 : The Destinations of School Leavers in Victoria (with Sheldon Rothman, Justin Brown, Kylie Hillman, and Phil McKenzie), Transition and Post-School Education and Training (2010)

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The On Track Survey 2008: The Destinations of School Leavers in Victoria (with Sheldon Rothman, Kylie Hillman, and Phil McKenzie), Transition and Post-School Education and Training (2009)

Building educational effectiveness in Independent schools: staff satisfaction 2009 sector report. (2009)

Initiatives to improve youth pathways and transitions (with Justin Brown, Philip McKenzie, and Mike Long), An unpublished report to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Canberra (2009)

The Influence of Cultural Capital on Educational and Early Labour Market Outcomes of Young People in Australia, Quantifying Theory: Pierre Bourdieu (2009)

The On Track Survey 2008: the destinations of school leavers in Victoria (with Sheldon Rothman, Kylie Hillman, and Phil McKenzie), Dr. Philip McKenzie (2009)

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The Social effects of the Australian Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS), Higher Education (2009)

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Gender Differences in the Effects of Socioeconomic Background, International Sociology (2008)

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Is There a Housing Crisis? The Incidence and Persistence of Housing Stress 2001–2006 (with Stephen Sedgwick), Australian Economic Review (2008)

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Accounting for the gender gaps in student performance in reading and mathematics : evidence from 31 countries, Oxford Review of Education (2008)

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Are Father’s or Mother’s Socioeconomic Characteristics More Important Influences on Student Performance? Recent International Evidence, Social Indicators Research (2008)

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Building Educational Effectiveness in Independent Schools: Staff Satisfaction 2008 Sector Report (with Ken Rowe) (2008)

Explaining Socioeconomic Inequalities in Student Achievement (with John Cresswell and John Ainley), Quantitative Research in Education (2008)

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Do schools matter for early school leaving? Individual and school influences in Australia, School Effectiveness and School Improvement (2007)

Australia : changes in socioeconomic inequalities in university participation (with J McMillan), Stratification in higher education : a comparative study (2007)

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Transitions to adulhood : leaving home and partnering (2007)

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Transitions to adulthood: Leaving home and partnering, Families, Incomes and Jobs, Volume 2:A Statistical Report on Waves 1 to 4 of the HILDA Survey (2007)

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Reforming the labour market for Australian teachers (with E Webster and M Wooden), Australian Journal of Education (2006)

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Influences on and the consequences of, low achievement, Australian Educational Researcher (2006)

Are between- and within-school differences in student performance largely due to socio-economic background? Evidence from 30 countries, Educational Research (2006)

Explaining socioeconomic inequalities in student achievement : the role of home and school factors (with John Cresswell and John Ainley), Educational Research and Evaluation (2006)

Family size, family type and student achievement : cross-national differences and the role of socioeconomic and school factors, Journal of Comparative Family Studies (2006)

Cross-national differences and accounting for social class inequalities in education, International Sociology (2005)

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Issues in the school-to-work transition : evidence from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth, Journal of Sociology (2005)

Accounting for immigrant nonimmigrant differences in reading and mathematics in twenty countries, Ethnic and Racial Studies (2005)

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Household wealth in Australia : its components, distribution and correlates, Journal of Sociology (2005)

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State differences in achievement among secondary school students in Australia (with John Cresswell), Australian Journal of Education (2005)

Teaching and the teacher labour market : the case for reform (with Elizabeth Webster and Mark Wooden), Australian Economic Review (2005)

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The Structure and Distribution of Wealth in Australia (with Mark Wooden and Bruce Headey), Australian Economic Review (2005)

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School Sector Differences in Tertiary entrance: Improving the Educational Outcomes of Government School students, Australian Social Monitor (2004)

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Policy issues for Australia's education systems : evidence from international and Australian research (with Julie McMillan and John Ainley), Education Policy Analysis Archives (2004)

The measurement of socio-economic inequalities in education : a further comment, Acta Sociologica (2004)

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Declining inequality? The changing impact of socio-economic background and ability on education in Australia (with Julie McMillan), British Journal of Sociology (2003)

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Becoming an adult : leaving home, relationships and home ownership among Australian youth (with Kylie Hillman), LSAY Research Reports (2002)

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Weighting the 1995 Year 9 Cohort Sample for Differential Response Rates and Sample Attrition Technical Paper No. 15 (with Michael Long), LSAY Technical Reports (2000)

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Influences and consequences of well-being among Australian young people : 1980 - 1995 (with Nicole Fleming), Social Indicators Research (1999)

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The formation of materialist and postmaterialist values, Social Science Research (1997)