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ProfessorKadir Atalay

Professor of Economics

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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  • Professor of Economics
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

  • MEDIA
    The social benefits of retirement (opens in a new tab)⁠
    6 May 2026
    IZA World of Labour -- Opinion Piece: Retirement not only strengthens bonds with family and friends but also fosters greater engagement with wider social groups and the community
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    Pension Reforms and Fertility: The Intergenerational Impact of Grandmothers’ Eligibility (opens in a new tab)⁠
    15 Apr 2025
    Austaxpolicy blog.
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    Intergenerational Impacts of Pension Reforms on Fertility (opens in a new tab)⁠
    24 Feb 2025
    e61 MICRO NOTE |Number25| 24February2025: This note investigates an underexplored trade-off in policy design: how measures encouraging work among the older population can unintentionally impact their offspring’s fertility rates. Specifically, it investigates how changes to Age Pension eligibility age may have reduced grandmothers’ availability for childcare, subsequently influencing their daughters’ fertility decisions. Given Australia’s low fertility rates and aging population, this note highlights the trade-offs in designing policies that encourage labour force participation among older people without negatively affecting fertility.
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  • MEDIA
    Poor, middle-aged Australians are more likely to die from cancer � and the gap is widening
    10 Aug 2023
    The Conversation
  • MEDIA
    Higher cereal prices can fuel political violence linked with a harvest season in the croplands of Africa
    22 May 2022
    VoxEU.org
  • MEDIA
    Editorial boards of leading economics journals show high institutional concentration and modest geographic diversity
    31 Jul 2021
    VoxEu
  • MEDIA
    So you think economic downturns cost lives? Our findings show they don't
    25 Nov 2020
    The Conversation
  • MEDIA
    Lives saved during economic downturns: Evidence from Australia
    2 Nov 2020
    VoxEU
  • MEDIA
    Australians are working longer so they can pay off their mortgage debt
    29 Jun 2017
    The Conversation