O'Brien, Martin

Overview

I have been at UOW since 2002. I completed my PhD in 2004 from the University of Newcastle based on older worker labour force participation in the context of ageing populations and government welfare reform policies. I have continued to research in this area, as well as other applied labour topics particularly in the Illawarra region such as youth unemployment and the post redundancy outcomes of BlueScope Port Kembla workers. I also research the use of social media in tertiary education and student use of elearning tools.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2018	The Short Run Impact of Penalty Rate Cuts on Employment Outcomes in Retail and Hospitality Sectors in Australia Published in Economic Papers: a journal of applied economics and policy
2019	How do first year students utilize different lecture resources? Published in Higher Education

Research Areas

1402 - APPLIED ECONOMICS

Research Overview

Martin's research interests include:
- Older worker labour force participation in the context of ageing populations and government welfare reform policies
- Other applied labour topics particularly in the Illawarra region such as youth unemployment and the post redundancy outcomes of BlueScope Port Kembla workers
- The use of social media in tertiary education
- Student use of elearning tools

Available as Research Supervisor

Member Of

Centre for Human & Social Capital Research Director

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Is small beautiful? An empirical analysis of land characteristics and rural household income in Vietnam Published In Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
2021	An empirical study of business student engagement with active teaching strategies: A comparison of first year and senior students Published In American Business Review
2021	Analysing the employment impact of Sunday wage premiums reductions: Implications for minimum wage research Published In Journal of Industrial Relations
2021	Triggering business responses to climate policy in Australia Published In Australian Journal of Management
2020	Assessing the Effectiveness of Regional Policy Responses to Mass Redundancies: The Case of the Illawarra Region, Australia Published In Economic Papers: a journal of applied economics and policy
2020	Asymmetric responses of house prices to changes in the mortgage interest rate: evidence from the Australian capital cities Published In Applied Economics
2020	Cutting penalty rates was supposed to create jobs. It hasn’t, and here’s why not Published In The Conversation
2020	How do first year students utilize different lecture resources? Published In Higher Education
2020	Labor Regulation Reform and Sectoral Employment Outcomes: A Case Study of Penalty Rate Reductions in Australia Published In Applied Economics Letters
2020	Multidimensional Wellbeing Inequality in a Developing Country: A Case Study of Vietnam Published In Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement
2020	Reducing carbon emissions through employee participation: evidence from Australia Published In Industrial Relations Journal
2019	Assessing the Effectiveness of Regional Policy Responses to Mass Redundancies: The Case of the Illawarra Region, Australia Published In Economic Papers: a journal of applied economics and policy
2019	Asymmetric responses of house prices to changes in the mortgage interest rate: evidence from the Australian capital cities Published In Applied Economics
2019	Cutting penalty rates was supposed to create jobs. It hasn’t, and here’s why not Published In The Conversation
2019	How do first year students utilize different lecture resources? Published In Higher Education
2019	Labor Regulation Reform and Sectoral Employment Outcomes: A Case Study of Penalty Rate Reductions in Australia Published In Applied Economics Letters
2019	Multidimensional Wellbeing Inequality in a Developing Country: A Case Study of Vietnam Published In Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement
2019	Reducing carbon emissions through employee participation: evidence from Australia Published In Industrial Relations Journal
2018	Active Teaching Strategies and Student Engagement: A Comparison of Traditional and Non-traditional Business Students Published In e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching
2018	Lessons learned from introducing social media use in undergraduate economics research Published In International Journal of Education and Development Using Information and Communication Technology
2018	The Short Run Impact of Penalty Rate Cuts on Employment Outcomes in Retail and Hospitality Sectors in Australia Published In Economic Papers: a journal of applied economics and policy
2017	National pro-poor spending programmes and their effect on income inequality and poverty: Evidence from Vietnam Published In Applied Economics
2017	Productivity Change in Higher Education Sector: A Case Study of Malaysian Universities Published In International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
2017	Recycling older steelworkers: Post-redundancy job-mobility experiences of workers from BlueScope Steel Port Kembla Published In Australian Bulletin of Labour
2016	Youth as a reserve army of labour: Australia’s regional unemployment conundrum Published In Labour and Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work
2015	Hockey looks to ‘armies’ in Intergenerational Report: experts react Published In The Conversation
2014	Analysing banks' intermediation and operational performance using the Hicks–Moorsteen TFP index: the case of Iran Published In Research in International Business and Finance
2013	Does the interest rate for business loans respond asymmetrically to changes in the cash rate? Published In Applied Economics Letters
2013	Examining the nature of the relationship between Tapis crude oil and Singapore petrol prices Published In International Journal of Global Energy Issues
2013	Trade liberalisation and manufacturing wage premiums: evidence from Thailand Published In Journal of Asian Economics
2012	GDP growth and the interdependency of volatility spillovers Published In Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal
2011	Discouraged Older Male Workers and the Discouraged Worker Effect Published In Australian Journal of Labour Economics
2011	The asymmetric response of older male labour force participation rates to pension reform and labour market variables Published In Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing
2010	Activité des hommes agés dans les pays de l'OCDE: réforme des retraites et «armée de réserve de travailleurs» Published In International Labour Review
2010	Financial crises and international stock market volatility transmission Published In Australian Economic Papers
2010	Las pensiones y los varones de edad madura activos e inactivos en la OCDE Published In International Labour Review
2010	Older male labour force participation in OECD countries: pension reform and “the reserve army of labour” Published In International Labour Review
2008	The Australian Labour Market in 2007 Published In Journal of Industrial Relations
2007	Older male workers and job mobility in Australia Published In International Journal of Employment Studies
2007	The Australian Labour Market in 2006 Published In Journal of Industrial Relations
2007	The youth labour market in Australia and workchoices legislation Published In International Employment Relations Review
2005	Book Reviews Published In Labour & Industry a journal of the social and economic relations of work
2002	The Australian Labour Market 2001 Published In Journal of Industrial Relations

Chapter

Year	Title
2006	The Australian labour market in 2005 Published In Industrial Relations: A Current Review Publisher SAGE Publications Ltd

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2017	Higher education reform and female labour force participation in Malaysia Published In Australian Conference of Economists 2017
2014	Communication of regional economic impacts of bioenergy Published In 3rd Annual International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Sciences
2012	An analysis of mature aged female participation in New South Wales regional labour markets Published In Refereed Proceedings of the Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association International (ANZRSAI) Conference
2012	Stock market and GDP growth volatility spillovers Published In Proceedings of the 41st Australian Conference of Economists: The Future of Economics: Research, Policy and Relevance
2010	Exploring older worker labour force participation across OECD countries in the context of ageing populations: a reserve army of labour? Published In Pacific Employment Relations Association Conference
2010	The effects of financial crises on international stock market volatility transmission Published In Economics Joint Scientific Conference
2009	Financial crises and stock market volatility transmission: evidence from Australia, Singapore, the UK, and the US Published In Financial Crises: Causes, Characteristics, and Effects, 3rd International Conference

Other Publications

Year	Title
2010	An Empirical Analysis of International Stock Market Volatility Transmission
2009	Modelling Australian Stock Market Volatility: A Multivariate GARCH Approach
2007	BNew Developments in the Australian Labour Market in 2006
2006	The Youth Labour Market in Australia - Implications From Work Choices Legislation
2005	The Distribution of Research Performance Across Australian Universities, 1992-2003, and Its Implications for Higher Education Funding Models
2004	Hidden Unemployment and Older Male Workers
2003	A Unit Record Analysis of Older Male Labour Force Participation

Available as Research Supervisor

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	The relationship between feedback, assessment and learning	Middleton, Mark

Keywords

Older worker, labour, welfare reform, retail workers, impact award changes

Full Name

Dr. Martin J. O'Brien

Mailing Address

School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, UOW

Northfields Ave

Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

Top Publications

Year	Title
2018	The Short Run Impact of Penalty Rate Cuts on Employment Outcomes in Retail and Hospitality Sectors in Australia Published in Economic Papers: a journal of applied economics and policy
2019	How do first year students utilize different lecture resources? Published in Higher Education

Research Areas

1402 - APPLIED ECONOMICS

Research Overview

Martin's research interests include:
- Older worker labour force participation in the context of ageing populations and government welfare reform policies
- Other applied labour topics particularly in the Illawarra region such as youth unemployment and the post redundancy outcomes of BlueScope Port Kembla workers
- The use of social media in tertiary education
- Student use of elearning tools

Member Of

Centre for Human & Social Capital Research Director

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Is small beautiful? An empirical analysis of land characteristics and rural household income in Vietnam Published In Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
2021	An empirical study of business student engagement with active teaching strategies: A comparison of first year and senior students Published In American Business Review
2021	Analysing the employment impact of Sunday wage premiums reductions: Implications for minimum wage research Published In Journal of Industrial Relations
2021	Triggering business responses to climate policy in Australia Published In Australian Journal of Management
2020	Assessing the Effectiveness of Regional Policy Responses to Mass Redundancies: The Case of the Illawarra Region, Australia Published In Economic Papers: a journal of applied economics and policy
2020	Asymmetric responses of house prices to changes in the mortgage interest rate: evidence from the Australian capital cities Published In Applied Economics
2020	Cutting penalty rates was supposed to create jobs. It hasn’t, and here’s why not Published In The Conversation
2020	How do first year students utilize different lecture resources? Published In Higher Education
2020	Labor Regulation Reform and Sectoral Employment Outcomes: A Case Study of Penalty Rate Reductions in Australia Published In Applied Economics Letters
2020	Multidimensional Wellbeing Inequality in a Developing Country: A Case Study of Vietnam Published In Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement
2020	Reducing carbon emissions through employee participation: evidence from Australia Published In Industrial Relations Journal
2019	Assessing the Effectiveness of Regional Policy Responses to Mass Redundancies: The Case of the Illawarra Region, Australia Published In Economic Papers: a journal of applied economics and policy
2019	Asymmetric responses of house prices to changes in the mortgage interest rate: evidence from the Australian capital cities Published In Applied Economics
2019	Cutting penalty rates was supposed to create jobs. It hasn’t, and here’s why not Published In The Conversation
2019	How do first year students utilize different lecture resources? Published In Higher Education
2019	Labor Regulation Reform and Sectoral Employment Outcomes: A Case Study of Penalty Rate Reductions in Australia Published In Applied Economics Letters
2019	Multidimensional Wellbeing Inequality in a Developing Country: A Case Study of Vietnam Published In Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement
2019	Reducing carbon emissions through employee participation: evidence from Australia Published In Industrial Relations Journal
2018	Active Teaching Strategies and Student Engagement: A Comparison of Traditional and Non-traditional Business Students Published In e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching
2018	Lessons learned from introducing social media use in undergraduate economics research Published In International Journal of Education and Development Using Information and Communication Technology
2018	The Short Run Impact of Penalty Rate Cuts on Employment Outcomes in Retail and Hospitality Sectors in Australia Published In Economic Papers: a journal of applied economics and policy
2017	National pro-poor spending programmes and their effect on income inequality and poverty: Evidence from Vietnam Published In Applied Economics
2017	Productivity Change in Higher Education Sector: A Case Study of Malaysian Universities Published In International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
2017	Recycling older steelworkers: Post-redundancy job-mobility experiences of workers from BlueScope Steel Port Kembla Published In Australian Bulletin of Labour
2016	Youth as a reserve army of labour: Australia’s regional unemployment conundrum Published In Labour and Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work
2015	Hockey looks to ‘armies’ in Intergenerational Report: experts react Published In The Conversation
2014	Analysing banks' intermediation and operational performance using the Hicks–Moorsteen TFP index: the case of Iran Published In Research in International Business and Finance
2013	Does the interest rate for business loans respond asymmetrically to changes in the cash rate? Published In Applied Economics Letters
2013	Examining the nature of the relationship between Tapis crude oil and Singapore petrol prices Published In International Journal of Global Energy Issues
2013	Trade liberalisation and manufacturing wage premiums: evidence from Thailand Published In Journal of Asian Economics
2012	GDP growth and the interdependency of volatility spillovers Published In Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal
2011	Discouraged Older Male Workers and the Discouraged Worker Effect Published In Australian Journal of Labour Economics
2011	The asymmetric response of older male labour force participation rates to pension reform and labour market variables Published In Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing
2010	Activité des hommes agés dans les pays de l'OCDE: réforme des retraites et «armée de réserve de travailleurs» Published In International Labour Review
2010	Financial crises and international stock market volatility transmission Published In Australian Economic Papers
2010	Las pensiones y los varones de edad madura activos e inactivos en la OCDE Published In International Labour Review
2010	Older male labour force participation in OECD countries: pension reform and “the reserve army of labour” Published In International Labour Review
2008	The Australian Labour Market in 2007 Published In Journal of Industrial Relations
2007	Older male workers and job mobility in Australia Published In International Journal of Employment Studies
2007	The Australian Labour Market in 2006 Published In Journal of Industrial Relations
2007	The youth labour market in Australia and workchoices legislation Published In International Employment Relations Review
2005	Book Reviews Published In Labour & Industry a journal of the social and economic relations of work
2002	The Australian Labour Market 2001 Published In Journal of Industrial Relations

Chapter

Year	Title
2006	The Australian labour market in 2005 Published In Industrial Relations: A Current Review Publisher SAGE Publications Ltd

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2017	Higher education reform and female labour force participation in Malaysia Published In Australian Conference of Economists 2017
2014	Communication of regional economic impacts of bioenergy Published In 3rd Annual International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Sciences
2012	An analysis of mature aged female participation in New South Wales regional labour markets Published In Refereed Proceedings of the Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association International (ANZRSAI) Conference
2012	Stock market and GDP growth volatility spillovers Published In Proceedings of the 41st Australian Conference of Economists: The Future of Economics: Research, Policy and Relevance
2010	Exploring older worker labour force participation across OECD countries in the context of ageing populations: a reserve army of labour? Published In Pacific Employment Relations Association Conference
2010	The effects of financial crises on international stock market volatility transmission Published In Economics Joint Scientific Conference
2009	Financial crises and stock market volatility transmission: evidence from Australia, Singapore, the UK, and the US Published In Financial Crises: Causes, Characteristics, and Effects, 3rd International Conference

Other Publications

Year	Title
2010	An Empirical Analysis of International Stock Market Volatility Transmission
2009	Modelling Australian Stock Market Volatility: A Multivariate GARCH Approach
2007	BNew Developments in the Australian Labour Market in 2006
2006	The Youth Labour Market in Australia - Implications From Work Choices Legislation
2005	The Distribution of Research Performance Across Australian Universities, 1992-2003, and Its Implications for Higher Education Funding Models
2004	Hidden Unemployment and Older Male Workers
2003	A Unit Record Analysis of Older Male Labour Force Participation

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	The relationship between feedback, assessment and learning	Middleton, Mark

Keywords

Older worker, labour, welfare reform, retail workers, impact award changes

Full Name

Dr. Martin J. O'Brien

Mailing Address

School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, UOW

Northfields Ave

Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

Geographic Location

Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Located In Facility

40A.287

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1728-2564 (confirmed)

Overview

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Available as Research Supervisor

Affiliation

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Chapter

Conference Paper

Other Publications

Supervision

Available as Research Supervisor

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Background

Keywords

Contact

Full Name

Mailing Address

Geographic Location

Located In Facility

Identity

Orcid Id

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Affiliation

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Chapter

Conference Paper

Other Publications

Supervision

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Background

Keywords

Contact

Full Name

Mailing Address

Geographic Location

Located In Facility

Identity

Orcid Id

Visualisations

Research Areas