Qualifications
BCom (Hons) (Univ Melb); PhD (London School Econ)

Professional experience

Professor Gregory joined the CSES in 2009 as Professorial Fellow and is Professor Emeritus at the Australian National University. Professor Gregory is a graduate of the University of Melbourne and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Professor Gregory has been closely involved in Australian economic policy development. He was a member of the Board of Management at the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Through 1990 to 1993 he was principal consultant in a series of Aged Care Reviews for the Department of Community Services and Health. In 1998, he was a member of the committee that recommended the introduction of student income contingent loans, collected by the Tax Office. The scheme has been adopted by a number of other countries in addition to Australia. He was a member of the Committee on Employment Opportunities which prepared a Discussion Paper that acted as a precursor to the Government's 1994 Working Nation. He was also a member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia from 1985 - 1995. From 1986 - 1991 he was a member of the Australian Sciences and Technology Council.

Professor Gregory is an elected fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (1979). In 1996 he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal. He has been President of the Economic Society of Australia and has been awarded the Economic Society Medal.

Professor Gregory has held positions at the London School of Economics, Industries Assistance Commission, Northwester University, and the Federal Reserve Board, Washington. In 1983 -1984 was Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard University. He was Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago in 1994.

Publications

Recent journal articles

Gregory, R.G. 2009, ‘Musing and memories on the introduction of HECS and where to next on income contigent loans’, Australian Journal of Labour Economics, no. 2, pp. 237-243.

Gregory, R.G., Klug, E. and Thapa, P.J. 2008. ‘Cut-offs, knock-ons and welfare payment taper changes: An evaluation of the July 2000 tax and welfare changes for lone mothers’, The Economic Record, vol. 84, no. 266 pp. 291-309.

Gregory, R.G. with Meng, X. and Wan, G. 2007, ‘Urban poverty in China and its contributing factors 1986-2000’, Review of Income and Wealth, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 167-189. 

Gregory, R.G. with Frijters, P. 2006, ‘From golden age to golden age: Australia’s ‘Great Leap Forward’?’, The Economic Record, vol. 82, no. 257, pp. 207-224.

Gregory, R.G. with Cai, L. 2005, ‘Unemployment duration and inflows into the disability support pension program: Evidence from FaCS LDS data’, Australian Economic Review, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 233-252.

Gregory, R.G. with Meng, X. and Wang, Y. 2005, ‘Poverty, inequality, and growth in urban China, 1986-2000’, Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 710-729.

Gregory, R.G. with Meng, X. 2005,’ Intermarriage and the economic assimilation of immigrants’, Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 135-176.

Gregory, R.G. with Chapman, B. 2003, ‘Introduction to welfare and the labour market: A new frontier for reform?’, Labour Economics, vol. 5, no. 4.

Recent book chapters

Meng, X., Gregory, R.G. and Wan, G. 2008, ‘China urban poverty and its contributing factors, 1986-2000’, in Guanghua Wan (ed.), Understanding Inequality and Poverty in China, Methods and Applications, Palgrave Macmillian.

Gregory, R.G. with Meng, X. and Du, Y. 2006, ‘The impact of the guest-worker system on poverty and the well-being of migrant workers in urban China’, in R. Garnaut, and L. Song, (eds), The Turning Point in China’s Economic Development, ANU E Press and Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, pp. 172-202.

Gregory, R.G. 2006, ‘Back to the future, yet again? Revisiting interactions between male full-time job loss and the Australian welfare system’, in B.S. Grewal, and M. Kumnick, (eds), Engaging the New World: Responses to the Knowledge Economy, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, pp. 339-356.

Gregory, R.G. 2006, ‘Asking the right questions?’, in B.H. Hunter (ed.), Assessing the Evidence on Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: A Focus on the 2002 NATSIS, CAEPR No 26, ANU E Press ANU, Canberra, pp. 127-137.

Gregory, R.G. 2005, ‘Between a rock and a hard place: Economic policy and the employment outlook for indigenous Australians’, in Austin-Broos, Diane and Macdonald, Gaynor (eds), Culture, Economy and Governance in Aboriginal Australia, Sydney University Press, Sydney, pp. 135-150.

Gregory, R.G. 2005, ‘Australian labour markets, economic policy and my late life crisis’, in J. Isaac and R.D. Lansbury (eds), Labour Market Deregulation: Rewriting the Rules, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 204-220.

Gregory, R.G. with Meng, X. and Wang Y. 2004, ‘Poverty and inequality in urban China in the 1990s’, in R. Garnaut and L. Song (eds), China: Is Rapid Growth Sustainable? Asian Pacific Press, Canberra.

Recent reports

Gregory, B. and Sheehan, P. 2011, Victoria and the Resources Boom, Report to Department of Treasury and Finance (Victoria), Melbourne.

Sheehan, P. and Gregory, B. 2009, The Hours Issue: Report 1, Report to the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance, Melbourne.

Sheehan, P. and Gregory, B. 2009, The Changing Incidence of Full-time and Part-time Work, with Special Reference to Young People: Report 2, Report to the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance, Melbourne.

Recent working papers

Gregory, R.G. 2011, 'Then and Now: Reflections on two Australian Mining Booms', CSES Working Paper No. 50, October, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne.