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Garry Barrett

University of Sydney, Australia, and IZA, Germany

The IZA World of Labor series provides ready access to the latest research on contemporary labor market developments. Especially valuable is the international perspective provided by the contributions from around the world

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Professor of Economics, University of Sydney, Australia

Research interest

Labor economics, econometrics, welfare economics, public policy

Website

https://garrybarrett.com/

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Referee for the Australian Research Council; Chair of the Household Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia Survey Advisory Panel; Consultant to Commonwealth Department of Social Services (Australia), Human Resources Development Canada and New Zealand Ministry of Social Development

Qualifications

PhD Economics, University of British Colombia, Canada

Selected publications

  • "Labor supply elasticities: Overcoming nonclassical measurement error using more accurate hours data." Journal of Human Resources (2017) (with D. Hamermesh).

  • "The impact of pension eligibility age on retirement and program dependence: Evidence from an Australian experiment." Review of Economics and Statistics 191:2 (2015): 360–373 (with K. Atalay).

  • “Consistent nonparametric tests of Lorenz Dominance.” Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 32:1 (2014): 1–13 (with S. G. Donald and D. Bhattacharya).

  • "Food expenditure and involuntary retirement: Resolving the retirement-consumption puzzle." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94:4 (2012): 945–955 (with M. Brzozowski).

  • "Consistent tests for stochastic dominance." Econometrica 71:1 (2003): 71–104 (with S. G. Donald).

article(s)

  • The labor market in Australia, 2000–2016

    Sustained economic growth led to reduced unemployment and real earnings growth, but prosperity has not been equally shared

    Garry Barrett, July 2018
    Since 1991, the Australian economy has experienced sustained economic growth. Aided by the commodities boom and strong public finances, the Australian economy negotiated the global financial crisis without falling into recession. Over this period there were important structural changes, with increasing labor force participation among the elderly and the continuing convergence of employment and unemployment patterns for men and women. However, some recent negative trends include a rise in unemployment, especially long-term unemployment, a deteriorating youth labor market, and a stagnant gender earnings gap.
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