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Bruce ChapmanBachelor of Economics (First Class Honours) Australian National University, 1973 Professor, Public Policy [View CV] |
Prizes, Fellowships and Distinctions
| 2007-2010 | President, Economics Society of Australia (elected) |
| 2009 | “Who’s Who in the World” |
| 2008 | Sippanonda Distinguished Research Scholar, DPU University, Thailand (awarded) |
| 2008 | Invited participant, 2020 Summit (March) |
| 2006 | Edward Shann Memorial Lecture, University of Western Australia |
| 2004 | Australian National University Economics Hall of Fame (appointed) |
| 2003 | “Who’s Who in Australia” |
| 2003-2006 | President, Australian Society of Labour Economists (elected) |
| 2001 | Order of Australia (General Division) for contributions to the development of Australian economic, labour market and social policy |
| 1993 | Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences of Australia (elected) |
| 1978-79 | Brookings Institution Research Fellowship |
| 1975-78 | Yale University Graduate School Fellowships |
| 1975 | Fulbright Travel Award |
| 1972 | United Commercial Travellers' Association of Australia Award, for finishing First in Economics III, ANU |
Research Interests
- Labour Economics
- The Economics of Education (higher education student financing)
- Economics Policy
- Applied Econometrics
- The Economics of Crime
- The Economics of Sport
Forthcoming Publications
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“Financing Higher Education” (forthcoming, 2010) (with Peter Tulip), in Eva Baker, Penelope Peterson, and Barry McGaw (eds), International Encyclopedia of Education, Elsevier.
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“Policy Design Issues for Risk Management: Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard in the Context of Income Contingent Loans” (forthcoming, 2009), in Greg Marston, Jeremy Moss and John Quiggin (eds), Risk, Responsibility and the Welfare State, Melbourne University Press.
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“The Australian Approach to Higher Education Financing” (forthcoming, 2009) (with Michelle Tan), in Financing Higher Education: A Comparative Analysis of Australia, India, Thailand, New Zealand, and the Way Forward for Malaysia, USM Press.
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“The Effects of Different Loan Schemes for Higher Education Tuition: An Analysis of Rates of Return and Government Revenue in Thailand” (with Kiatanantha Lounkaew) (forthcoming June 2009), Higher Education in Europe.
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“Do Very High Tax Rates Induce Bunching? Implications for the Design of Income-Contingent Loan Schemes” (with Andrew Leigh) (forthcoming, March 2009), The Economic Record.
Publications
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“2020 Summit: ‘An Australian on Mars by 2020’”, Agenda (June, 2008), Vol.15 (2): 21-23.
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“An Analysis of FEE-HELP in the Vocational Education and Training Sector”, (with Mark Rodrigues and Chris Ryan), Australian Economic Review, (March, 2008), Vol. 41 (1): 1-14.
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“The Australian University Student Financing System: The Rationale for, and Experience with, Income Contingent Loans (with Michelle Tan), (2008), Journal of Educational Planning and Administration.
- ”The US College Loan System Looks Odd from Down Under”, (Winter 2008), Harvard College Economics Review, Vol. II (1): 24.
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“Income Contingent Loans for Higher Education: International Reform”, (2006), in Eric Hanushek and Finis Welch (eds), Handbook on the Economics of Education, North-Holland: 1435-1503.
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“Labour Market Issues” (2006), in B. H. Hunter (editor); Assessing the evidence on Indigenous socio-economic outcomes: A focus on the 2002 NATSISS, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Research Monograph No. 26, The Australian National University, Canberra (with Matthew Gray): 115-126.
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Government Managing Risk
Income Contingent Loans for Social and Economic Progress
Bruce Chapman
July 2006 Routledge
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Book
- Government Managing Risk: Income contingent loans for social and economic progress, Routledge, London, 2006 (260 pages).
Contact Details
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