#15 March 2007 - Melbourne Institute News

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Melbourne Institute News March 2007 ISSN 1442-9500 (print)

ISSN 1442-9519 (online)

Print Post Approved PP381667/01204

Issue 15

Farewell to our Director

Professor John Freebairn

Youths on Income Support Not Unhappy Drs Wang-Sheng Lee and Umut Oguzoglu find there does not appear to be a welfare stigma effect associated with receipt of income support by Australian youths. Page 2

New Research Delves into Australia’s Health Care Woes A grant for a five-year longitudinal survey will allow researchers to understand how the changing balance between work and life for Australia’s doctors is influencing medical workforce shortages. Page 3

HILDA Survey in 2007 What has been happening with the HILDA Survey over the past few months? This article will keep you up-todate on everything that has been going on. Page 4

After two years as Melbourne Institute Director, John Freebairn will, in early April, be returning to his tenured position in the economics department at the University. As an academic and intellectual, John is one of an exceptional group of economists. It has thus been a privilege to have him serve as Director of the Institute. The substantial breadth and depth of his expertise and interests has enriched our research and brought added strengths to our profile. His ability to penetrate to the heart of the matter and subsequently articulate complex issues in clear and simple terms has been especially valuable. John had some very big shoes to fill when he succeeded Peter Dawkins as the Institute Director in April 2005. However, he was clearly up to the challenge, and while his (self-imposed) period of tenure has been relatively brief, it has been one of considerable success for the Institute. The Institute’s size and profile has continued to steadily grow, with total revenue for 2007 projected to amount to $11.6 million, which represents a 20 per cent increase on the level recorded in 2004. Perhaps most significantly, 2005 and 2006 have been extremely successful years for the Institute in terms of securing national competitive grants. In total, the Melbourne Institute and its staff were awarded five Discovery grants and three Linkage grants from the Australian Research Council as well as one major grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council over this period. Collectively these grants are worth over $5 million. cont’d back page

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