
Research Topic: Demography and inequality: Insights from Australia and the Asia-Pacific
Supervisor: Associate Professor Bruce Bradbury
Co-Supervisors: John Piggott, Peter Whiteford
The PhD thesis will explore interactions between demography and different forms of inequality, with implications for retirement income and health system design in Australia and East Asia-Pacific. For example, to what extent does income distribution widen over the life-cycle and compresses under different pension regimes; and how do mortality differences evolve over time and what impact do these have on the lifetime effectiveness of redistributive policies?
The PhD thesis will be in four parts, which correspond to thesis chapters. These will develop a deeper understanding of: