Nicolas Herault

The effect of job search requirements on welfare receipt: Evidence from an Australian welfare reform

Nicolas Herault, Ha Vu, Roger Wilkins

Report  |  2020

Many countries impose job search requirements as a condition of unemployment benefit receipt, but there is relatively little evide..

More education accounts for the rising share of women in the UK top 1%

Richard Burkhauser, Nicolas Herault, Stephen JENKINS, Roger Wilkins

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

The share of total income held by those at the very top of the income distribution has been much analysed, but despite a rising sh..

Rush job a keeper, but amendments needed to better support business

Nicolas Herault

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

The JobKeeper scheme rushed in to support businesses and employees affected by the pandemic was never going to be perfect. Indeed,..

What accounts for the rising share of women in the top 1%?

Richard V Burkhauser, Nicolas Herault, Stephen JENKINS, Roger Wilkins

Report  |  2020

The share of women in the top 1% of the UK’s income distribution has been growing over the last two decades (as in several other c..

Did JobSeeker and JobKeeper achieve its aims?

Nicolas Herault, Jan Kabatek, Guyonne Kalb, Jordy Meekes, Mael Guillou

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on people's livelihoods, as some have experienced job loss or had to work reduced hou..

Taxpayer the loser in flawed JobKeeper plan

Nicolas Herault

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

The Australian government responded promptly with a range of measures, with JobKeeper payment being one the most prominent of them..

Understanding the rising trend in female labour force participation

Nicolas Herault, Guyonne Kalb

Report  |  2020

Female labour force participation has increased tremendously since World War II in developed countries. Prior research provides pi..

Have tax-transfer policy reforms increased inequality?

Guyonne Kalb, Nicolas Herault, Francisco Azpitarte

Report  |  2020

Australia has experienced 28 years of uninterrupted annual economic growth. Since reaching a peak of 11 per cent in 1993, the unem..

A microsimulation analysis of marginal welfare-improving income tax reforms for New Zealand

John Creedy, Norman Gemmell, Nicolas Hérault, Penny Mok

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Tax and Public Finance

This paper examines the direction of welfare-improving income tax reforms in the context of New Zealand, which recently reduced it..

Winners of the UK Tax-Benefit Reforms over Five Decades

Justin van de Ven, Nicolas Herault

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2019

Income inequality in most high-income countries has increased considerably since the 1970s, creating interest in the drivers of th..