AHURI RESEARCH
Kadir Atalay
AHURI researcher
This page displays a list of reports authored by this AHURI researcher.
Results
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Moving, downsizing and housing equity consumption choices of older Australians
Description: This study analyses current geographic mobility and downsizing behaviours among Australians aged over 55, and considers the barriers to, and consequences of downsizing. Retired Australians tend to retain high levels of housing wealth (rising to 49% of assets for homeowners aged 75+) and most choose not to downsize, either by moving to a smaller dwelling or a less-expensive home.
Type: research
Whelan, S., Atalay, K., Barrett, G. and Edwards, R. (2019) Moving, downsizing and housing equity consumption choices of older Australians, AHURI Final Report No. 321, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/321
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Pathways to housing tax reform
Description: This research is the final report of the AHURI Inquiry into ‘Pathways to Housing Tax Reform in Australia’. It features real-world modelling and implementation time frames to steer tax settings that progress the efficiency, equity and sustainability of housing tax policy, and also presents meaningful long-term political pathways to achieve these outcomes.
Type: research
Eccleston, R., Verdouw, J., Flanagan, K., Warren, N., Duncan, A., Ong, R., Whelan, S. and Atalay, K. (2018) Pathways to housing tax reform, AHURI Final Report No. 301, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/301
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Asset portfolio retirement decisions: the role of the tax and transfer system
Description: This study examined how Australia’s tax and transfer system, especially in relation to the Age Pension, impacts on household retirement choices. As the population ages, fiscal challenges created when many individuals retire from working and paying tax to drawing government funded benefits and services present some stark policy choices. Understanding how retirement decisions are shaped by the tax and transfer system is essential to developing a system that allocates resources efficiently across the economy, is consistent with principles of equity and is sustainable. Any such tax system is likely to have important implications for housing choices and housing markets.
Type: research
Whelan, S., Atalay, K., Dynan, L. (2018) Asset portfolio retirement decisions: the role of the tax and transfer system, AHURI Final Report No. 298, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/298
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Inquiry into housing policies, labour force participation and economic growth
Description: This research Inquiry presented evidence on how housing policies might promote labour force participation and economic growth through four channels—housing supply responsiveness, labour mobility, employment decisions and consumption. It highlights repositioning housing to a more central place within economic policy debates, and suggests a coordinated policy treatment of housing as an economic asset has implications for nation-wide economic growth.
Type: research
Ong, R., Wood, G., Whelan, S., Cigdem, M., Atalay, K. and Dodson, J. (2017) Inquiry into housing policies, labour force participation and economic growth, AHURI Final Report No. 285, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/285
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Housing prices, household debt and household consumption
Description: This research investigated the relationship between increasing housing prices (or housing wealth) and the increased consumption expenditure of households from before the GFC and afterwards. The analysis revealed that following the GFC, old and middle-aged households showing slightly lower consumption levels despite their houses increasing in price.
Type: research
Atalay, K., Whelan, S. and Yates, J. (2017) Housing prices, household debt and household consumption, AHURI Final Report No. 282, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/282
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What impact do house prices have on household debt and labour supply in Australia?
Description: The research explored the nature and magnitude of the relationship between house prices, household debt and the labour market decisions of Australian households.
Type: Other
Barrett, G., Atalay, K. and Edwards, R. (2016) What impact do house prices have on household debt and labour supply in Australia?, AHURI Research and Policy Bulletin No. 214, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/research-and-policy-bulletins/214
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House prices, household debt and labour supply in Australia
Description: This research analyses the link between house prices, mortgage debt, and labour supply using HILDA data from 2001 to 2012 to see if labour supply changes due to house prices or mortgage debt, and whether this affects some types of households more than others.
Type: research
Atalay, K., Barrett, G. and Edwards, R. (2016) House prices, household debt and labour supply in Australia, AHURI Final Report No. 266, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/266
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House prices, mortgage debt and labour supply: evidence from Australian households
Description: This Positioning Paper aims to identify the nature and magnitude of the relationship between housing prices, household debt and employment decisions for Australian households by using micro-level data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey for the period 2001 to 2012 (waves 1–12).
Type: Other
Atalay, K., Barrett, G., Edwards, R. (2015) House prices, mortgage debt and labour supply: evidence from Australian households, AHURI Positioning Paper No. 167, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/position-papers/167