Wasana Karunarathne

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..

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..

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

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

W Karunarathne, J Gibson

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Asian Economics

Studies of financial literacy show that many people are poorly prepared for making major financial decisions. One important sub-gr..

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

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

Report  |  2014

Calculating Poverty Measures from the Generalised Beta Income Distribution

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

Report  |  2013  |  The Economic Record

Calculating Poverty Measures from the Generalised Beta Income Distribution

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

Journal article  |  2013  |  ECONOMIC RECORD

Data for measuring poverty are frequently available in a summary form that describes the proportion of income or expenditure for e..

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

PD Karunarathne, J Gibson

Report  |  2013

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

W Karunarathne, T Abeysinghe

Journal article  |  2005  |  Journal of Asian Economics

The relationship between mandatory pension savings and voluntary household savings is at best uncertain. This is cold comfort for ..

Reforming formal social security systems in India and Sri Lanka

W Karunarathne, R Goswami

Journal article  |  2002  |  International Social Security Review

This paper analyses the formal social security systems of India and Sri Lanka. While many of the social, demographic, and economic..