Recent Publications:
Chapman, B., Higgins, T. (2013) “The costs of unpaid HECS debts of graduates working abroad”, Australian Economic Review, 46(3), 2013, 286-299. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2013.12014.x
Bruhn, A., Higgins, T (2013) “Barriers to Co-Contribution in Superannuation: a Comparative Assessment of the Financial Benefits of Scheme Participation”, Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal, 7(3), 2013, 127-144. Available at:http://ro.uow.edu.au/aabfj/vol7/iss3/8
Higgins, T., Sinning, M. (2013) “Modeling Income Dynamics for Public Policy Design: An Application to Income Contingent Student Loans” Economics of Education Review, December 2013, 37, 273-285.
Chapman, B., Higgins, T., Stiglitz, J.E. (2014) “Introduction and Summary”, in Income Contingent Loans: Theory, Practice and Prospects, Chapman, B., Higgins, T., Stiglitz, J.E. (eds), Palgrave MacMillan, pp.1-11.
Higgins, T. (2014) “Improving Paid Parental Leave through Income Contingent Loans”, Chapter 10, in Income Contingent Loans: Theory, Practice and Prospects, Chapman, B., Higgins, T., Stiglitz, J.E. (eds), Palgrave MacMillan, pp.127-135.
Chapman, B., Higgins, T., Stiglitz, J.E. (eds) (2014) Income Contingent Loans: Theory, Practice and Prospects, Palgrave MacMillan
Chapman, B., Clarke, P., Higgins, T. and Stewart, M. (2015) “Income Contingent Collection of a ‘Brain Drain Tax’: Theory, Policy and Empirical Potential”, Population Review, vol 54(2), pp.13-27.
Higgins, T. and Chapman, B. (2015), “Feasibility and design of a tertiary education entitlement in Australia: modelling and costing a universal income contingent loan”, commissioned report to the Mitchell Institute for Health and Education Policy, Melbourne. Available from www.mitchellinstitute.org.au
Cheah, K., Foster, F.D., Heaney, R., Higgins, T., Oliver, B., O’Neill, T., Russell, R., (2015) “Discussions on Long-Term Financial Choice” Australian Journal of Management, vol 40(3), pp.414-434.
Higgins, T. (2016) “Income Contingent Loans for Social Policy: the Case of Paid Parental Leave”, Chapter 9, in Contemporary Issues in Microeconomics, Stiglitz, J.E. and Guzman, M. (eds), IEA Conference Volume, No. 155-III, Houndmills, UK and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.159-168.
Bruhn, A., Whiting, B., Browne, B., Higgins, T., Tan, CI. (2017) "Introducing Enterprise Risk Management into the University Classroom: A Case Study", Risk Management and Insurance Review, 20(1), pp.99-131.
Khemka, G., Roberts, S., Higgins, T. (2017) "The Impact of Changes to the Unemployment Rate on Australian Disability Income Insurance Claim Incidence", Risks, 5(1):17.
Britton, J., van de Erve, L. and Higgins, T. (2019) “Income contingent student loan design: Lessons from around the world”, Economics of Education Review. DOI:10.1016/j.econedurev.2018.06.001.
Higgins, T. (2019) “The Higher Education Contribution Scheme: Keeping Tertiary Education Affordable and Accessible ”, Chapter 3 in Successful Public Policy: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand , Luetjens, J., Mintrom, M., ‘t Hart, P. (eds.) Canberra: ANU Press.
