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Dr

Wasana Karunarathne

Lecturer
Economics
inequality
economics
social sciences
business & economics
model
generalized beta
pro-poor growth
gmm estimation
poverty measures
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Dr

Wasana Karunarathne

 
Division
Business And Economics
 
Primary Interest
Development Economics
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Dr

Wasana Karunarathne

 

Wasana is a teaching specialist in the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne. She joined the department in 2005 after completing her PhD in Economics at the National University of Singapore.

Warana’s research interests lie broadly on applied microeconomics with a focus on labour and development economics. Her current research focuses on the financial literacy and retirement planning behaviour among migrant communities.

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Wasana Karunarathne.

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Using the GB2 Income Distribution

Duangkamon Chotikapanich, William E Griffiths, Gholamreza Hajargasht, Wasana Karunarathne, DS Prasada Rao

Journal article  |  2018  |  Econometrics

To use the generalized beta distribution of the second kind (GB2) for the analysis of income and other positively skewed distribut..

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Using Pre and Post-Tests to Close Gaps in Knowledge

P Karunarathne, Camille Dickson-Deane

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2018

A challenge most academics experience is delivering courses which assumes that the student has the required prerequisite knowledge..

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Age Related Pension Expenditure and Fiscal Space: Modelling Techniques and Case Studies from East Asia edited by Mukul G. Asher and Fauziah Zen (eds) Routledge, London, 2016 Pp. 190 xiv. ISBN 978 1 38 82579 6

Wasana Karunarathne

Journal article  |  2017  |  Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

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Financial literacy and remittance behavior of skilled and unskilled immigrant groups in Australia

W Karunarathne, J Gibson

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Asian Economics

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Income Distributions, Inequality, and Poverty in Asia, 1992–2010

P KARUNARATHNE, W Griffiths, D Chotikapanich, DS Prasada Rao

Report  |  2014

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Calculating Poverty Measures from the Generalised Beta Income Distribution

Duangkamon Chotikapanich, William Griffiths, Wasana Karunarathne, DS Prasada Rao

Journal article  |  2013  |  The Economic Record

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Financial literacy and remittance behaviour of skilled and unskilled immigrant groups in Australia

PD Karunarathne, J Gibson

Report  |  2013

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Calculating Poverty Measures from the Generalized Beta Income Distribution

D CHOTIKAPANICH, WE Griffiths, PD Karunarathne, DS RAO

Report  |  2012

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Does mandatory pension savings crowd out private savings? The experience of Sri Lanka

W Karunarathne, T Abeysinghe

Journal article  |  2005  |  Journal of Asian Economics

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Reforming formal social security systems in India and Sri Lanka

W Karunarathne, R Goswami

Journal article  |  2002  |  International Social Security Review

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Applied Economics
Macroeconomics
Econometrics
Banking, Finance and Investment
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Expanding Knowledge
Learner and Learning
Microeconomics
Other Economics
Sociology

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2016

Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching

Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne

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Credentials

Positions

Lecturer

Economics

Member

Economic Society of Australia

Education

Graduate Certificate of University Teaching

University of Melbourne

Doctor of Philosophy

National University of Singapore

Master of Economics

University of Colombo

Bachelor of Arts (hons)

University of Peradeniya

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