Journal Articles
O’Brien, M.J. (2006) “Older Male Workers and Job Mobility in Australia”, Australian Journal of Labour Economics (under review)
O’Brien, M.J., Denniss, R. and Burgess, J., (2006) “The Australian Labour Market 2005”, The Journal of Industrial Relations, (forthcoming)
Lewis, D., O’Brien, M.J., Rogan, S., and Shorten, B., (2006) “Do Students Benefit from Supplemental Instruction? Evidence From a First Year Statistics Subject for Commerce Students”, Journal of Economic Education (forthcoming)
Ville, S., Valadkhani, A. and O'Brien, M.J., (2006) “The Distribution of Research Performance Across Australian Universities, 1992-2003, and Its Implications for Higher Education Funding Models” Australian Economic Papers (forthcoming)
O’Brien, M.J. (2005) “Industry Representation, Structural Change and the Older Male Worker in Australia (1985 to 2005)”, Australian Bulletin of Labour, 31(3), 270-94.
Burgess, J., Lee, J. and O’Brien, M.J., (2004) “The Australian Labour Market 2003”, The Journal of Industrial Relations, 46(2), 141-59.
O’Brien, M.J., and Burgess, J., (2004) “Workforce Developments Affecting the Adequacy of Superannuation”, The Journal of Australian Political Economy, No 53 June 2004, pp179-90.
Biddle, D., Burgess, J., Mitchell, W., O’Brien, M.J., (2002) “The Australian Labour Market 2001”, The Journal of Industrial Relations, 44(2), 171-97.
O’Brien, M.J. (2001) “Older Male Labour Force Participation: the Role of Social Security and Hidden Unemployment”, Australian Journal of Labour Economics 4 (3), 206-23.
Book Chapters
O’Brien, M.J. (2001) “Older Males and Social Security Reliance”, in Mitchell, W.F. and Carlson, E. (eds) The Tip of the Iceburg, CAER, Sydney, 135-56.
O'Brien, M.J. (1999) “Old Enough for the Scrapheap? Employment Issues for the Baby Boomers”, in Lee, J., Probert, B. and Watts, R. (eds) Work in the New Economy: Policies, Programs, Populations, Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT University, 207-23.
Refereed Conference Papers
O’Brien, M.J. (2006) “The Youth Labour Market in Australia – Implications from Work Choices Legislation”, paper to be presented to the 14th International Employment Relations Association Conference, Hong Kong 19-23 June.
O’Brien, M.J., (2005) “Older Male Workers and Job Mobility in Australia”, paper presented to the inaugural Australian Centre for Research in Employment and Work, Melbourne, June 24-25 (available on CD).
Lewis, D., O’Brien, M.J., Rogan, S., and Shorten, B., (2004) “Do Students Benefit from Supplemental Instruction? Evidence From a First Year Statistics Subject for Commerce Students”, paper presented to the Economic Education What We Teach and How We Teach It: Perspectives on Economics from Around the Globe, Adelaide, July 14-16 (available on CD)
Burgess, J., Lee, J. and O’Brien, M.J., (2004) “Keep the Old Codgers Working: Growing Dependency, Generation Wars, Scaremongering and Public Policy on Ageing in Australia”, paper presented to the Conference of the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation, Brisbane, July
O’Brien, M.J. (2002) “Structural Change and the Older Male Worker in Australia”, in McAndrew, I. and Geare, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 16th AIRAANZ Conference: Volume 1: Refereed Papers, AIRAANZ, Sydney, 352-61.
Working Papers
Ville, S., Valadkhani, A. and O'Brien, M.J., (2005) “The Distribution of Research Performance Across Australian Universities, 1992-2003, and Its Implications for Higher Education Funding Models”, University of Wollongong Economics Working Paper Series, 05-26, available at http://www.uow.edu.au/commerce/econ/wpapers2005.html
Lewis, D., O'Brien, M.J., Rogan, S. and Shorten, B., (2005) “Do Students Benefit From Supplemental Instruction? Evidence From a First-Year Statistics Subject in Economics and Business”, University of Wollongong Economics Working Paper Series, 05-21, available at http://www.uow.edu.au/commerce/econ/wpapers2005.html
O'Brien, M.J. (2005) “Older Male Workers and Job Mobility in Australia”, University of Wollongong Economics Working Paper Series, 05-04, available at http://www.uow.edu.au/commerce/econ/wpapers2005.html
O’Brien, M.J. (2004a) “Hidden Unemployment and Older Male Workers”, University of Wollongong Economics Working Paper Series, 04-02, available at http://www.uow.edu.au/commerce/econ/wpapers2004.html
O’Brien, M.J. (2004b) “Structural Change and the Older Male Worker in Australia”, University of Wollongong Economics Working Paper Series, 04-01, available at http://www.uow.edu.au/commerce/econ/wpapers2004.html
O’Brien, M.J. (2003) “A Unit Record Analysis of Older Male Labour Force Participation”, University of Wollongong Economics Working Paper Series, 03-17, available at http://www.uow.edu.au/commerce/econ/wpapers2003.html