Melissa Wong
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4265541 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Melissa Wong |
| NOMBRES | Melissa |
| APELLIDO | Wong |
| FIRMA | WONG M |
| AFILIACIONES | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3040-2954 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 38 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Making ends meet
Conventional (income-based) poverty measures have been criticised for being narrowly focused and failing to provide evidence that those identified as poor have an unacceptable standard of living. The consensual approach to deprivation addresses both weaknesses by drawing on community perceptions of what items are essential for all and establishing that those who do not have them cannot afford them. In contrast, the consensual income approach main…
Dose–response effects of two nicotine salt formulations on electronic cigarette appeal and sensory attributes
This study was registered under ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03742817 under the title 'Effects of e-Cigarettes on Perceptions and Behavior
Effects of flavour and modified risk claims on nicotine pouch perceptions and use intentions among young adults who use inhalable nicotine and tobacco products
Flavoured (vs smooth) pouches were more appealing to YAs. MRTP claims reduced perceived harm of pouches compared with cigarettes; however, intentions to switch were low. To protect YAs' health, regulatory restrictions could target flavours and MRTP claims
The crumbling pillar
Homeownership has traditionally been high in Australia, where a broad range of tax and social security concessions are designed to promote ownership and reduce housing costs for owners. These have allowed homeowning age pensioners to avoid poverty despite receiving a pension that is low by international standards among high‐income countries. This approach provides the fourth pillar of the Australian retirement income support system, an example of…
Comparing the Monetary and Living Standards Approaches to Poverty Using the Australian Experience
This paper compares the monetary and living standards approaches to poverty using Australian data for the period 2006-2017. The aim is to highlight the conceptual and empirical strengths and weaknesses of the two approaches and identify the similarities and differences that emerge when both are applied to examine what happened over the period and to a limited degree, why. The acknowledged limitations of estimating poverty rates by comparing house…
Bill 5
Youth, Recession, and Downward Gender Convergence
Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study, we conduct a gender comparison of how young people aged 20–34 in Finland (n = 19,941), Spain (n = 29,458), Taiwan (n = 47,219), and the United States (n = 184,581) participated in full time work, short-hours or temporary work, education, and homemaking before and after the Great Recession (GR) beginning 2008. Gender and country patterns varied substantially. In Finland, the GR was associated with highe…
Poverty in Australia since the financial crisis
This paper examines recent trends in poverty in Australia and shows how sensitive the estimates are to the poverty line and the treatment of housing costs and recent data changes. Relative poverty increased modestly between 2003–04 and 2011–12 both before and after housing costs, although it has declined since the financial crisis and there has been a marked decline in absolute poverty. The simulated impact of a $50 a week increase in unemploymen…
Poverty and Housing Among Older People
This article presents estimates of poverty among older people in two countries—Australia and Japan—that are long‐standing members of the OECD with unique social policy approaches. The focus is on understanding whether and why older person poverty rates differ, and on the role that housing costs play in explaining observed differences. Poverty is estimated using a conventional income metric and an alternative based on total expenditure, with allow…
Poor Mothers and Lonely Single Males
It is unclear how much gendered social exclusion and disconnection reflects a problem or a preference. Women may prefer market-disengagement despite the risk of exclusion from ‘normal’ social activities through financial incapacity, and men may prefer market-engagement despite the risk of disconnection from informal social networks. This article examines these issues amongst Australian men and women. It finds women, particularly single and low-in…
Estimating the impact of the Global Financial Crisis on poverty and deprivation
Although the Australian economy has avoided going into recession since the onset of the global financial crisis, relatively little is known about the social impact of the crisis. Survey and anecdotal evidence presented by a number of community sector NGOs suggest that the demand for emergency relief and other services rose in the aftermath of the crisis. This article reports results derived from two national surveys on poverty and social disadvan…
Play It Again
Let’s start by talking about terms. Play It Again, a fifteen-essay collection published as part of the Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series, describes itself as ‘the first scholarly volume of critical perspectives on cover songs’ (p. 3). However, its contributors variously refer to its topic as ‘cover songs’, ‘cover versions’, ‘cover records’, ‘cover recordings’, ‘cover renditions’, ‘covers’, ‘versions’, ‘re-recordings’, ‘reworkings’, ‘remakes’,…
Using deprivation to assess the adequacy of Australian social security payments
In 2008, political controversy erupted in Australia over the adequacy of the Age Pension paid to single pensioners. The new government was keen to establish its social policy credentials and established a departmental review to assess the relative adequacy of pensions paid to older people, to carers and to people with a disability. A background paper was released for public consultation and the final report was released in the Budget of May 2009,…
The social impact of the global financial crisis in Australia
The Australian economy has weathered the storm that followed the global financial crisis (GFC) better than most other OECD countries. The reasons for this are complex, although the fiscal stimulus measures introduced by the federal government in 2008 and 2009 boosted domestic consumption and investment and helped to sustain economic growth. However, even with these measures, concerns have been raised over the social impact of the financial crisis…
Elections, Repertoires of Contention and Habitus in Four Civil Society Engagements in Malaysia's 2008 General Elections
The general elections in Malaysia in 2008 saw the ruling coalition, which has ruled Malaysia uninterrupted since independence in 1957, lose control of a number of states and become significantly weakened at the federal level. Amongst the reasons often cited for this was significant and diverse civil society participation in these elections which was often critical of the incumbent government. This article examines four different engagements in th…
Poor Mothers and Lonely Single Males
It is unclear how much gendered social exclusion and disconnection reflects a problem or a preference. Women may prefer market-disengagement despite the risk of exclusion from ‘normal’ social activities through financial incapacity, and men may prefer market-engagement despite the risk of disconnection from informal social networks. This article examines these issues amongst Australian men and women. It finds women, particularly single and low-in…
Comparing the Monetary and Living Standards Approaches to Poverty Using the Australian Experience
This paper compares the monetary and living standards approaches to poverty using Australian data for the period 2006-2017. The aim is to highlight the conceptual and empirical strengths and weaknesses of the two approaches and identify the similarities and differences that emerge when both are applied to examine what happened over the period and to a limited degree, why. The acknowledged limitations of estimating poverty rates by comparing house…
Youth, Recession, and Downward Gender Convergence
Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study, we conduct a gender comparison of how young people aged 20–34 in Finland (n = 19,941), Spain (n = 29,458), Taiwan (n = 47,219), and the United States (n = 184,581) participated in full time work, short-hours or temporary work, education, and homemaking before and after the Great Recession (GR) beginning 2008. Gender and country patterns varied substantially. In Finland, the GR was associated with highe…
Poverty in Australia since the financial crisis
This paper examines recent trends in poverty in Australia and shows how sensitive the estimates are to the poverty line and the treatment of housing costs and recent data changes. Relative poverty increased modestly between 2003–04 and 2011–12 both before and after housing costs, although it has declined since the financial crisis and there has been a marked decline in absolute poverty. The simulated impact of a $50 a week increase in unemploymen…
The crumbling pillar
Homeownership has traditionally been high in Australia, where a broad range of tax and social security concessions are designed to promote ownership and reduce housing costs for owners. These have allowed homeowning age pensioners to avoid poverty despite receiving a pension that is low by international standards among high‐income countries. This approach provides the fourth pillar of the Australian retirement income support system, an example of…
Estimating the impact of the Global Financial Crisis on poverty and deprivation
Although the Australian economy has avoided going into recession since the onset of the global financial crisis, relatively little is known about the social impact of the crisis. Survey and anecdotal evidence presented by a number of community sector NGOs suggest that the demand for emergency relief and other services rose in the aftermath of the crisis. This article reports results derived from two national surveys on poverty and social disadvan…
Using deprivation to assess the adequacy of Australian social security payments
In 2008, political controversy erupted in Australia over the adequacy of the Age Pension paid to single pensioners. The new government was keen to establish its social policy credentials and established a departmental review to assess the relative adequacy of pensions paid to older people, to carers and to people with a disability. A background paper was released for public consultation and the final report was released in the Budget of May 2009,…
The social impact of the global financial crisis in Australia
The Australian economy has weathered the storm that followed the global financial crisis (GFC) better than most other OECD countries. The reasons for this are complex, although the fiscal stimulus measures introduced by the federal government in 2008 and 2009 boosted domestic consumption and investment and helped to sustain economic growth. However, even with these measures, concerns have been raised over the social impact of the financial crisis…
Elections, Repertoires of Contention and Habitus in Four Civil Society Engagements in Malaysia's 2008 General Elections
The general elections in Malaysia in 2008 saw the ruling coalition, which has ruled Malaysia uninterrupted since independence in 1957, lose control of a number of states and become significantly weakened at the federal level. Amongst the reasons often cited for this was significant and diverse civil society participation in these elections which was often critical of the incumbent government. This article examines four different engagements in th…
Elections, Repertoires of Contention and Habitus in Four Civil Society Engagements in Malaysia's 2008 General Elections
The general elections in Malaysia in 2008 saw the ruling coalition, which has ruled Malaysia uninterrupted since independence in 1957, lose control of a number of states and become significantly weakened at the federal level. Amongst the reasons often cited for this was significant and diverse civil society participation in these elections which was often critical of the incumbent government. This article examines four different engagements in th…
Using deprivation to assess the adequacy of Australian social security payments
In 2008, political controversy erupted in Australia over the adequacy of the Age Pension paid to single pensioners. The new government was keen to establish its social policy credentials and established a departmental review to assess the relative adequacy of pensions paid to older people, to carers and to people with a disability. A background paper was released for public consultation and the final report was released in the Budget of May 2009,…
The social impact of the global financial crisis in Australia
The Australian economy has weathered the storm that followed the global financial crisis (GFC) better than most other OECD countries. The reasons for this are complex, although the fiscal stimulus measures introduced by the federal government in 2008 and 2009 boosted domestic consumption and investment and helped to sustain economic growth. However, even with these measures, concerns have been raised over the social impact of the financial crisis…
Poor Mothers and Lonely Single Males
It is unclear how much gendered social exclusion and disconnection reflects a problem or a preference. Women may prefer market-disengagement despite the risk of exclusion from ‘normal’ social activities through financial incapacity, and men may prefer market-engagement despite the risk of disconnection from informal social networks. This article examines these issues amongst Australian men and women. It finds women, particularly single and low-in…
Estimating the impact of the Global Financial Crisis on poverty and deprivation
Although the Australian economy has avoided going into recession since the onset of the global financial crisis, relatively little is known about the social impact of the crisis. Survey and anecdotal evidence presented by a number of community sector NGOs suggest that the demand for emergency relief and other services rose in the aftermath of the crisis. This article reports results derived from two national surveys on poverty and social disadvan…
Play It Again
Let’s start by talking about terms. Play It Again, a fifteen-essay collection published as part of the Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series, describes itself as ‘the first scholarly volume of critical perspectives on cover songs’ (p. 3). However, its contributors variously refer to its topic as ‘cover songs’, ‘cover versions’, ‘cover records’, ‘cover recordings’, ‘cover renditions’, ‘covers’, ‘versions’, ‘re-recordings’, ‘reworkings’, ‘remakes’,…
Poverty and Housing Among Older People
This article presents estimates of poverty among older people in two countries—Australia and Japan—that are long‐standing members of the OECD with unique social policy approaches. The focus is on understanding whether and why older person poverty rates differ, and on the role that housing costs play in explaining observed differences. Poverty is estimated using a conventional income metric and an alternative based on total expenditure, with allow…
Poverty in Australia since the financial crisis
This paper examines recent trends in poverty in Australia and shows how sensitive the estimates are to the poverty line and the treatment of housing costs and recent data changes. Relative poverty increased modestly between 2003–04 and 2011–12 both before and after housing costs, although it has declined since the financial crisis and there has been a marked decline in absolute poverty. The simulated impact of a $50 a week increase in unemploymen…
Youth, Recession, and Downward Gender Convergence
Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study, we conduct a gender comparison of how young people aged 20–34 in Finland (n = 19,941), Spain (n = 29,458), Taiwan (n = 47,219), and the United States (n = 184,581) participated in full time work, short-hours or temporary work, education, and homemaking before and after the Great Recession (GR) beginning 2008. Gender and country patterns varied substantially. In Finland, the GR was associated with highe…
Bill 5
The crumbling pillar
Homeownership has traditionally been high in Australia, where a broad range of tax and social security concessions are designed to promote ownership and reduce housing costs for owners. These have allowed homeowning age pensioners to avoid poverty despite receiving a pension that is low by international standards among high‐income countries. This approach provides the fourth pillar of the Australian retirement income support system, an example of…
Comparing the Monetary and Living Standards Approaches to Poverty Using the Australian Experience
This paper compares the monetary and living standards approaches to poverty using Australian data for the period 2006-2017. The aim is to highlight the conceptual and empirical strengths and weaknesses of the two approaches and identify the similarities and differences that emerge when both are applied to examine what happened over the period and to a limited degree, why. The acknowledged limitations of estimating poverty rates by comparing house…
Dose–response effects of two nicotine salt formulations on electronic cigarette appeal and sensory attributes
This study was registered under ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03742817 under the title 'Effects of e-Cigarettes on Perceptions and Behavior
Effects of flavour and modified risk claims on nicotine pouch perceptions and use intentions among young adults who use inhalable nicotine and tobacco products
Flavoured (vs smooth) pouches were more appealing to YAs. MRTP claims reduced perceived harm of pouches compared with cigarettes; however, intentions to switch were low. To protect YAs' health, regulatory restrictions could target flavours and MRTP claims
Making ends meet
Conventional (income-based) poverty measures have been criticised for being narrowly focused and failing to provide evidence that those identified as poor have an unacceptable standard of living. The consensual approach to deprivation addresses both weaknesses by drawing on community perceptions of what items are essential for all and establishing that those who do not have them cannot afford them. In contrast, the consensual income approach main…
Economics (11 obras) · Demographic economics (9 obras) · Economic growth (9 obras) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (8 obras) · Development economics (7 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Poverty (6 obras) · Social Issues and Policies (5 obras) · Disadvantage (4 obras)