Behavioural Insights



Housing prices have soared in major cities around the world. In Australia, this is particularly true in Melbourne and Sydney, where prices jumped by 120%… Read More ›

Come One, Come All? How Housing Prices Respond to Taxes on Foreign Buyers of Residential Properties

We conducted a study to examine how the 2011 Queensland Floods affected people’s incomes, tax deductions, and taxes owed. As natural disasters become more frequent… Read More ›

Paying Income Tax After a Natural Disaster

Australia’s tax system is needlessly complex, and that’s making it costly in ways that aren’t obvious. New research from our team at the Australian National… Read More ›

Rounding Up: How Our Research Used Round Numbers to Zero in on Tax Evasion

Taxes on personal income prompt behavioural responses as individuals seek to maximise their well-being, often by minimising their tax burden. The elasticity of taxable income… Read More ›

Individuals’ Responsiveness to Marginal Tax Rates: Evidence from Bunching in the Australian Personal Income Tax

Around 45% of Australians have private hospital insurance, despite access to free public hospital care through Medicare. One reason so many Australians are privately insured… Read More ›

How Do Government Incentive Policies Affect the Demand for Private Health Insurance in Australia?

Economic malaise or shocks, such as those caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, can result in job losses and individuals turning to government income support. Some… Read More ›

Machine Learning in the Welfare System

It is not only the Productivity Commission that wants to see greater household engagement in superannuation. As the Commission’s 2018 report makes clear, active consumer… Read More ›

‘Don’t Play if You Can’t Win’: Does Disadvantage in the Super System Explain Low Levels of Engagement?

Why it is important to revise the Laffer Curve today? Some may argue that the Laffer Curve is an outdated concept in fiscal policy, but… Read More ›

Rethinking the Laffer Curve From an Individual Approach: Evidence from the Spanish Income Tax

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