Mr Rafal Chomik

Mr Rafal Chomik

Senior Research Associate
Medicine & Health
Intl Ctr for Future Health Sys

Raf is a Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the International Centre for Future Health Systems (ICFHS), a cross-faculty research centre at UNSW Sydney. He has worked as an economic advisor for the British Government, an economist at the OECD, and a consultant for UNESCAP, World Bank, APEC, and the Asian Development Bank. He specialises in social policy design, demographic modelling, household surveys, and analysis of health and economic inequality. He has spent the last decade working at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), as the Centre’s lead on research translation, focusing on producing and disseminating accessible, policy-related briefing papers that communicate academic insights to policymakers, practitioners, and the media.

Phone
57706
  • Book Chapters | 2018
    Chomik R; Piggott J, 2018, 'Tax Expenditures on Pensions: Concepts, Concerns, and Misconceptions', in The Taxation of Pensions, The MIT Press, pp. 297 - 330, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11593.003.0015
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Bateman H; Chomik R; Piggott J, 2017, 'Retirement Income', in O'Loughlin K; Browning C; Kendig H (ed.), Ageing in Australia: Challenges and Opportunities, Springer, pp. 149 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6466-6
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Bateman H; Chomik R; Piggott J, 2017, 'Retirement Income', in OLoughlin K; Browning C; Kendig H (ed.), Ageing in Australia Challenges and Opportunities, SPRINGER, pp. 149 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6466-6_9
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Piggott JR; Chomik R, 2016, 'The Australian Retirement Income System: Lessons for the United States', in Mitchell O; Shea R (ed.), Re-imagining Pensions: the next 40 years, Oxford University Press, pp. 274 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198755449.003.0014
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Campbell J; Ikegami N; Gori C; Barbabella F; Chomik R; D’amico F; Holder H; Ishibashi T; Johansson L; Komisar H; Ring M; Theobald H, 2015, 'How different countries allocate long-term care resources to older users: A comparative snapshot', in Long Term Care Reforms in OECD Countries Successes and Failures, pp. 47 - 65
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Campbell J; Ikegami N; Gori C; Barbabella F; Chomik R; d’Amico F; Holder H; Ishibashi T; Johansson L; Komisar H; Ring M; Theobald H, 2015, 'How different countries allocate long-term care resources to older users: a comparative snapshot', in , Bristol University Press, pp. 47 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.46692/9781447305064.004
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Campbell J; Ikegami N; Gori C; Barbabella F; Chomik R; d’Amico F; Holder H; Ishibashi T; Johansson L; Komisar H; Ring M; Theobald H, 2015, 'How different countries allocate long-term care resources to older users: a comparative snapshot', in Long-Term Care Reforms in OECD Countries, Policy Press, pp. 47 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.51952/9781447305064.ch004
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Campbell J; Ikegami N; Gori C; Barbabella F; Chomik R; d’Amico F; Holder H; Ishibashi T; Johansson L; Komisar H; Ring M; Theobald H, 2015, 'How different countries allocate long-term care resources to older users: a comparative snapshot', in Long-Term Care Reforms in OECD Countries, Policy Press, pp. 47 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.56687/9781447305064-006
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Chomik R; Piggott J, 2014, 'Elderly Support Policies as Resource Contingent Loans', in Income Contingent Loans, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 172 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137413208_16
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Chomik RL; Piggott J, 2014, 'Elderly Support Policies as Resource Contingent Loans', in Stiglitz JE; Higgins T; Chapman B (ed.), Income Contingent Loans, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 172 - 179
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Chomik R, 2025, 'More Than Fiscal: The Intergenerational Report, Sustainability and Public Policy in Australia, by AndrewPodger, JaneHall, and MikeWoods (Eds) (ANU Press, 2023), 206 pages + xxi front matter', Economic Record, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12888
    Journal articles | 2025
    Lin J; Bates S; Allen LN; Wright M; Mao L; Chomik R; Dietz C; Kidd M, 2025, 'Uptake of patient enrolment in primary care and associated factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis', BMC Primary Care, 26, pp. 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-02779-0
    Journal articles | 2022
    Liu E; Atkins MT; Chomik R; Judd B, 2022, 'The World Health Organization's impacts on age-friendly policymaking: A case study on Australia', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 58, pp. 714 - 728, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.240
    Journal articles | 2021
    Chomik R; Piggott J, 2021, 'Population ageing, productivity and technological change in asia', China an International Journal, 19, pp. 33 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/chn.2021.0027
    Journal articles | 2021
    Ginnivan NA; Chomik R; Hwang YI; Piggott J; Butler T; Withall A; Hwang J, 2021, 'The ageing prisoner population: demographic shifts in Australia and implications for the economic and social costs of health care', International Journal of Prisoner Health, 18, pp. 325 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJPH-09-2020-0062
    Journal articles | 2021
    Khalatbari-Soltani S; Cumming RG; Chomik R; Blyth FM; Naganathan V; Handelsman DJ; Le Couteur DG; Waite LM; Stanaway F, 2021, 'The association between home ownership and the health of older men: Cross-sectional analysis of the Australian Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 40, pp. e199 - e206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12896
    Journal articles | 2016
    Chomik R; McDonald P; Piggott J, 2016, 'Population ageing in Asia and the Pacific: Dependency metrics for policy', Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 8, pp. 5 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2016.05.002
    Journal articles | 2016
    Chomik R; Piggott J, 2016, 'Australian Superannuation: The Current State of Play', Australian Economic Review, 49, pp. 483 - 493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12190
    Journal articles | 2015
    Chomik R; Piggott J, 2015, 'Population ageing and social security in Asia', Asian Economic Policy Review, 10, pp. 199 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aepr.12098
    Journal articles | 2015
    Piggott JR; Chomik R, 2015, 'Superannuation and retirement incomes', JASSA, 2015, pp. 43 - 49
    Journal articles | 2012
    Chomik RL; Piggott J, 2012, 'Pensions, Ageing and Retirement in Australia: Long-Term Projections and Policies', Australian Economic Review, 45, pp. 350 - 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8462.2012.00696.x
    Journal articles | 2010
    , 2010, 'Trends in Pension Eligibility Ages and Life Expectancy, 1950-2050', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5km68fzhs2q4-en
    Journal articles | 2009
    Whitehouse E; D'Addio A; Chomik R; Reilly A, 2009, 'Two decades of pension reform: What has been achieved and what remains to be done', Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Issues and Practice, 34, pp. 515 - 535, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/gpp.2009.30
  • Working Papers | 2015
    Chomik R; Piggott J; Woodland A; Kudrna GJ; Cagri K, 2015, Means Testing Social Security: Modelling and Policy Analysis, CEPAR/UNSW, 35, http://dx.doi.org, http://www.cepar.edu.au/media/167089/means-testing-social-security-modelling-and-policy-analysis.pdf
  • Reports | 2024
    Chomik R; Khan FJ; Temple J, 2024, Migration and ageing: How cultural and linguistic diversity is set to boom among older Australians, CEPAR
    Reports | 2022
    Chomik R; Yan S; Bateman H; Anstey K, 2022, CEPAR Research Brief: Financial Decision Making for and in Old Age, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28458, https://cepar.edu.au/sites/default/files/CEPAR-Financial-Decision-Making-Brief.pdf
    Reports | 2021
    Chomik R; Jacinto M, 2021, Peak Performance Age in Sport, CEPAR
    Reports | 2021
    Chomik R; Khan FJ; Cumming R, 2021, How Men Age: Insights From the CHAMP Study, CEPAR
    Reports | 2021
    Chomik R; Khan FJ, 2021, Tapping into Australia’s ageing workforce: Insights from recent research, CEPAR
    Reports | 2020
    Chomik R; Williams A; Baird M, 2020, Legal Protections for Mature Workers, CEPAR
    Reports | 2020
    Chomik R, 2020, COVID-19 and the Demographic Distribution of Health and Economic Risks, CEPAR
    Reports | 2020
    Kudrna G; Chomik R; Bateman H; Piggott J; Keane M; Sherris M; De Cure M; Woodland A, 2020, CEPAR Submission to the Retirement Income Review
    Other | 2020
    Liu E; Chomik R; Sisson A; Atkins M; Judd B, 2020, CityViz: Ageing in Australia 2006-2016, https://cityfutures.be.unsw.edu.au/cityviz/ageing-australia/
    Reports | 2019
    Chomik R; Townley C, 2019, Aged Care Policy, Provision, and Prospects, CEPAR
    Reports | 2019
    Chomik R; Yan S, 2019, Housing in an ageing Australia: Nest and nest egg?, CEPAR
    Reports | 2018
    Chomik R; Bateman H; Graham S; Yan S; Piggott J, 2018, Retirement Income in Australia: Part 1 - Overview, CEPAR, Sydney, http://cepar.edu.au/sites/default/files/retirement-income-in-australia-part1.pdf
    Reports | 2018
    Chomik R; Bateman H; Graham S; Yan S; Piggott J, 2018, Retirement Income in Australia: Part II - Public Support, CEPAR, Sydney, http://cepar.edu.au/sites/default/files/retirement-income-in-australia-part2.pdf
    Reports | 2018
    Chomik R; Bateman H; Graham S; Yan S; Piggott J, 2018, Retirement Income in Australia: Part III - Private Resources, CEPAR, Sydney, http://cepar.edu.au/sites/default/files/retirement-income-in-australia-part3.pdf
    Reports | 2018
    Chomik R; Graham S; Gawthorp R; Anstey K, 2018, Cognitive ageing and decline: Insights from recent research, CEPAR
    Reports | 2018
    Chomik R; Rodgers D, 2018, Australian Life Tables: 150 years in the making, CEPAR
    Reports | 2018
    Chomik R; Rodgers D, 2018, Measuring Up? International Indices Of Ageing, CEPAR
    Reports | 2016
    Chomik R, 2016, The Constellations of Demography, CEPAR
    Reports | 2015
    Chomik R, 2015, A Visual History of Demographic Projections in Australia, CEPAR
    Reports | 2014
    Chomik R; Maclennan M, 2014, Aged Care in Australia: Part I - Policy, demand and funding, CEPAR
    Reports | 2014
    Chomik R; Maclennan M, 2014, Aged Care in Australia: Part II - Industry and Practice, CEPAR
    Reports | 2014
    Chomik R, 2014, A Statistical Portrait of the Older Australian, CEPAR
    Reports | 2013
    Chomik R, 2013, Asia in the Ageing Century: Part I Population Trends, CEPAR
    Reports | 2013
    Chomik R, 2013, Asia in the Ageing Century: Part II Retirement Income, CEPAR
    Reports | 2013
    Chomik R, 2013, Asia in the Ageing Century: Part III Healthcare, CEPAR
    Reports | 2013
    Chomik R, 2013, Population Ageing Fact Sheet, CEPAR
    Preprints |
    Chomik R; Piggott J; Kumru CS, Means Testing Social Security: Modeling and Policy Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2802761
    Preprints |
    Chomik R; Piggott J, The Australian and United States Retirement Income System: Comparisons with and Lessons for the United States, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2523539