Meg Elkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 4504841 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meg Elkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meg |
| FAMILY NAME | Elkins |
| SIGNATURE | ELKINS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | RMIT University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9181-2052 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
QR code-enabled tips to street performers at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
“Hat lines” such as “take one or two pounds out of the wallet...and give me the rest” have been passed down and perfected by generation after generation of street performers. The recent rise of mobile payments has forced them to radically change tack, displaying signage with quick response (QR) codes that lead to cashless tips. We analysed data from the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival to investigate factors that influence the audience use of QR co…
Homelessness and housing insecurity among youth in Australia
Despite significant policy developments addressing youth housing insecurity in Australia, youth remain subject to multiple housing arrangements that can lead to homelessness more than any other cohort. We focus on the housing sequences of youths, and we seek information in the order and duration of accommodation types used. We employ Journeys Home – a unique longitudinal dataset specifically designed to examine issues relating to homelessness or …
Behavioural Business
This book is a unique exploration of the new and emerging area of behavioural business and incorporates over ten leading experts in inter-disciplinary ...
Street performers and donations in an online environment in the wake of Covid-19
Behavioural Business
Are Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers Associated with Reductions in Poverty and Improvements in Well-being
Should Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) be the tool for implementing the new Sustainable Development Goals, as they were for the Millennium Development Goals? Surprisingly, despite the controversies around them, there has never been a quantitative evaluation of PRSPs. This paper estimates the impact of having a PRSP on various targets of the Millennium Development Goals. Results suggest that countries under PRSP treatment achieve much gr…
Policies in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) were introduced in 1999 by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund as a requirement for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) to gain access to debt relief and concessional loans. They signalled a new focus by including a participatory framework of “nationally driven” policies. Employing 81 PRSPs for 58 countries, published during 2000–2008, this paper develops a unique scorecard to evaluate the …
Homelessness and housing insecurity among youth in Australia
Despite significant policy developments addressing youth housing insecurity in Australia, youth remain subject to multiple housing arrangements that can lead to homelessness more than any other cohort. We focus on the housing sequences of youths, and we seek information in the order and duration of accommodation types used. We employ Journeys Home – a unique longitudinal dataset specifically designed to examine issues relating to homelessness or …
Policies in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) were introduced in 1999 by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund as a requirement for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) to gain access to debt relief and concessional loans. They signalled a new focus by including a participatory framework of “nationally driven” policies. Employing 81 PRSPs for 58 countries, published during 2000–2008, this paper develops a unique scorecard to evaluate the …
Are Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers Associated with Reductions in Poverty and Improvements in Well-being
Should Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) be the tool for implementing the new Sustainable Development Goals, as they were for the Millennium Development Goals? Surprisingly, despite the controversies around them, there has never been a quantitative evaluation of PRSPs. This paper estimates the impact of having a PRSP on various targets of the Millennium Development Goals. Results suggest that countries under PRSP treatment achieve much gr…
Street performers and donations in an online environment in the wake of Covid-19
Behavioural Business
Behavioural Business
This book is a unique exploration of the new and emerging area of behavioural business and incorporates over ten leading experts in inter-disciplinary ...
Homelessness and housing insecurity among youth in Australia
Despite significant policy developments addressing youth housing insecurity in Australia, youth remain subject to multiple housing arrangements that can lead to homelessness more than any other cohort. We focus on the housing sequences of youths, and we seek information in the order and duration of accommodation types used. We employ Journeys Home – a unique longitudinal dataset specifically designed to examine issues relating to homelessness or …
QR code-enabled tips to street performers at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
“Hat lines” such as “take one or two pounds out of the wallet...and give me the rest” have been passed down and perfected by generation after generation of street performers. The recent rise of mobile payments has forced them to radically change tack, displaying signage with quick response (QR) codes that lead to cashless tips. We analysed data from the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival to investigate factors that influence the audience use of QR co…
Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (2 works) · Millennium Development Goals (2 works) · Poverty (2 works) · Poverty reduction (2 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)