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  • The determinants of married women's autonomy in Indonesia 
    Rammohan A; Johar Meliyanni (Routledge, 2009)
    This paper investigates the determinants of married women's autonomy in Indonesia using the 2000 Indonesian Family Life Survey 3 (IFLS3). It considers the role of kinship norms and the effect of labor force participation ...
  • Do doctors charge high income patients more? 
    Johar Meliyanni (Elsevier, 2012)
    When doctors are unconstrained in setting fees, they charge higher fees to high income patients. For a standard GP consultation, the average fee gap is 25% of a minimum price. Competition closes this gap, but not local ...
  • Do private patients have shorter waiting times for elective surgery? Evidence from New South Wales public hospitals 
    Johar Meliyanni; Savage Elizabeth (Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand, 2010)
    The Productivity Commission (2008) identified waiting times for elective surgery as a measure of governments¿ success in providing accessible health care. At the 2007 COAG meeting, the Prime Minister identified reduction ...
  • The effect of a public health card program on the supply of health care 
    Johar Meliyanni (Pergamon, 2010)
    The supply-side responsiveness to public programs targeted to consumers is not widely studied. However, it is unlikely that supply variables remain constant, particularly when their link to the demand initiative is weak. ...
  • Geographic differences in hospital waiting times 
    Johar Meliyanni; Jones Glenn; Keane Michael; Savage Elizabeth; Stavrunova Olena (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)
    Access to elective surgery in Australian public hospitals is rationed using waiting lists. In this article, we undertake a DiNardo-Fortin-Lemieux reweighting approach to attribute variation in waiting time to clinical need ...
  • The Impact of the Indonesian Health Card Program: A Matching Estimator Approach 
    Johar Meliyanni (Elsevier, 2009)
    This study evaluates the effectiveness of a pro-poor nation-wide health card program, which provides free basic health care at public health facilities in Indonesia. To quantify the effect of the program, it departs from ...
  • Intergenerational cohabitation in modern Indonesia: Filial support and dependence 
    Johar Meliyanni; Maruyama Shiko (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2011)
    Informal filial care plays an important role for elderly parents facing health challenges. Ageing, however, exacerbates the burden of filial care because the ratio of older to younger individuals is higher and disabled ...
  • Quantile Regression Analysis of Body Mass and Wages 
    Johar Meliyanni; Katayama H (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2011)
    Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, we explore the relationship between body mass and wages. We use quantile regression to provide a broad description of the relationship across the wage distribution. We ...
  • Quantile regression analysis of body mass on wages 
    Johar Meliyanni; Katayama H (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2012)
    Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, we explore the relationship between body mass and wages. We use quantile regression to provide a broad description of the relationship across the wage distribution. We ...
  • The role of family networks and gender on borrowing behavior in Indonesia 
    Johar Meliyanni; Rammohan A (Journal of Developing Areas, 2011)
    In this paper, we use the nationally representative Indonesian Family Life Survey dataset (IFLS-3), to examine if access to loans from informal networks such as family and friends influences borrowing behavior in formal ...
  • Sources of advantageous selection: Evidence using actual health expenditure risk 
    Johar Meliyanni; Savage Elizabeth (Elsevier, 2012)
    In a market where insurers are not allowed to risk rate, we find evidence of advantageous selection using observed health expenditure risk. Selection is driven by income and optimism about the future. This may explain ...
  • Waiting times for elective surgery and the decision to buy private health insurance 
    Johar Meliyanni; Jones Glenn; Keane Michael; Savage Elizabeth; Stavrunova Olena (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2011)
    More than 45% of Australians buy health insurance for private treatment in hospital. This is despite having access to universal and free public hospital treatment. Anecdotal evidence suggests that avoidance of long waits ...