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Nick Parr

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Formal Name: Nick Parr

Personal Title: Dr

Position: Associate Professor

Organisational Unit: Department of Business

Telephone: (+61-2) 9850-8570

Fax: (+61-2) 9850-6065

Email: Nick.Parr@mq.edu.au

Location: E4A 626

Profile

  • 1992 PhD in Social Statistics from Southampton University, UK.
  • 1988 MSc in Social Statistics from Southampton University, UK.
  • 1984 BSc (Class 1) majoring in Mathematics from Warwick University, UK

Positions Held

  • 2010-now  Associate Professor in Demography at Macquarie University
  • 2002-2009 Senior Lecturer in Demography at Macquarie University
  • 1992-2001 Lecturer in Demography at Macquarie University

Teaching Interests

Demographic Fundamentals, Business Demography

Research Interests

  • Demographic change and labour management issues
  • demographic modelling
  • fertility and family planning
  • the social mobility of migrants 

Professional Affiliations

  • President of Australian Population Association 2002-04
  • Conference Convenor for the Eleventh National Conference of the Australian Population Association held in Sydney from 2-4 th October 2002 .
  • Vice President of Australian Population Association 2000-2002
  • President of the New South Wales Regional Group of the Australian Population Association 1997-2001
  • Member of National Council of Australian Population Association 1996-2006
  • Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC) 2004-2005
  • Member of Population Association of America (PAA) 2000-now
  • Member of (US ) Southern Demographic Association 1998-99
  • Member of International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) 1993-now
  • Member of Australian Population Association (APA) 1992-now

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Parr, N. (to appear) Childlessness among men in Australia. Accepted for publication in Population Research and Policy Review. Date of Acceptance 24 March 2009. Published online 7 May 2009.
  • Weerasinghe, D.P., Parr, N.J. and Yusuf, F (2009). Analysis using life tables of the major causes of death and the differences between country of birth groups in New South Wales, Australia. Public Health. 123(5): 351-357.
  • D. P. Weerasinghe, Yusuf. F. and Parr, N. J.  (2009). Trends in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in New South Wales, Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 6(1):232-245.
  • Weerasinghe, D.P, Yusuf, F. and Parr, N.J.  (2009) Life lost due to premature deaths in New South Wales, Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 6(1):108-120.
  • Parr, N. (2007) Which women stop at one child in Australia. Journal of Population Research (24(2):207-225.
  • Parr, N, Ferris, S. and Mahuteau, S. (2007) The impact of children on Australian women’s and men’ s superannuation. Economic and Labour Relations Review 18(1):3-26.
  • Parr, N. and Siedlecky, S. (2007) Use of ‘ dual protection’ and other combinations of contraceptive methods in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 31(6):567-570.
  • Parr, N. (2007) “Do children from small families do better? Journal of Population Research. 24(1):
  • Parr, N. and Guo, F. (2005). “The Occupational Concentration and Mobility of Asian Immigrants in Australia”. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. 14(3): 351-380.
  • Parr, N.J. (2005) “Family Background, Schooling and Childlessness in Australia”. Journal of Biosocial Science. 37(2): 229-243
  • Parr, N.J. (2003) Discontinuation of Contraceptive Use in Ghana. The Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 21(2):150-157.
  • Parr, N.. (2002) "Family Planning Promotion, Contraceptive Use and Fertility Decline in Ghana". African Population Studies. 17(1): 83-101.
  • Weerasinghe, D.P. and Parr, N.J. (2002). "The Effects of Wealth on Marital Fertility in Sri Lanka" The Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 20(2) 112-119.
  • Parr, N., Lucas, D. and Mok, M. (2000). "Branch Migration and the International Dispersal of Families". International Journal of Population Geography. 6(3): 213-227.
  • Parr, N., Boyages, J., Taylor, R., Anura, P. and Callaghan, T. (2000) “Projecting Mammographic Screens”. Journal of Medical Screening. 7(3): 146-151.
  • Parr, N.J. (1998) “Changes in the Factors Affecting Fertility in Ghana During the Early Stages of the Fertility Decline”. Genus. LIV(1-2):77-86.
  • Parr, N.J. and Mok, M. (1995) “Differences in the Educational Achievements, Aspirations and Values of Birthplace Groups in New South Wales”. People and Place. 3(2): 1-8.
  • Parr, N.J. (1995) “Pre-marital Fertility in Liberia”. Journal of Biosocial Science 27(1): 1-10.

Book Chapters

  • Murray, P., Parr, N. and Syed, J. (2008) “Tracking Executive Representation of Women at Work.” Making the Link 19: 56-62.
  • Parr, N. and Murray, P. (2004) “Gender unmasked: The implications for policy of demographic shifts and gender discrimination” Making the Link 15: 65-69
  • Mok, M., Parr, N.J., Lee, T. and Wylie, E. (1998). A Comparative Study of IELTS and Access Test Results. In International English Language Testing System Research Reports 1998. Elicos Association Journal. Volume 1, Elicos Association, Sydney.

Accepted for Publication

  • D.P. Weerasinghe, N.J. Parr, F. Yusuf.  Geographic variation in invasive cardiac procedure rates in New South Wales, Australia. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Public Health.

Book Review

  • Parr, N.J. (2002) Review of Jacob, S. Siegel, Applied Demography: Applications to Business, Government, Law and Public Policy. San Diego: Academic. 2002. 686 pp. The Journal of Population Research. Volume 19 No.1 pp88-91.

Plenary Conference Addresses

  • Parr, N. (2007) “The Teaching of Demography”. Plenary Address to the 20th Anniversary of the Postgraduate Teaching of Population Studies at Flinders University. 18 October 2007 Function Centre Flinders University.
  • Parr, N. (2006) “The Waves of Population Age Change and Silver Surfers: A Demographic Perspective on Population Ageing in New South Wales”. Paper presented to the New South Wales Public Libraries Marketing Group “Sensational Seniors” Seminar held at the State Library of NSW, Macquarie Street, Sydney. 20 June, 2006.
  • Parr, N. (2004) “Do Children From Small Families Do Better?”. Presidential Address given to the 12th Biennial Conference of the Australian Population Association at ANU Canberra, 15 September 2004.

Other Conference Papers

  • Parr, N. (2008) The socioeconomic context and spatial distribution of Australia’s early 21st century increase. Paper presented to the IUSSP Seminar on ‘Fertility and Public Policies in Low Fertility Countries’. At the Universitat Pompreu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain 7-8 July 2008.
  • Parr, N. (2008). Feelgood factors and fertility. Paper presented to the Australian Population Association conference in Alice Springs, Northern Territory 30 June-3 July 2008.
  • Parr, N, Ferris, S. and Mahuteau, S. (2007). Impact of gender, children, marital status and education on superannuation savings. Paper presented to the 15th Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers at University of New South Wales, Sydney 19-20 July 2007.
  • Parr, N, Ferris, S. and Mahuteau, S. (2007). Impact of children on Australians’ retirement savings: policy and business implications. Paper presented to the IUSSP International Seminar on Applications of Demography in Business, Sydney 8-9 October 2007.
  • Parr, N, Ferris, S. and Mahuteau, S. (2007). Impact of children on Australians’ retirement savings: policy and business implications. Paper presented to the IUSSP International Seminar on Applications of Demography in Business, Sydney 8-9 October 2007.
  • Parr, N, Ferris, S. and Mahuteau, S. 2007. The impact of children on Australian women’s and men’ s superannuation. Proceedings of the HILDA Survey Research Conference 2007. University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
  • Parr, N. 2007. Which men remain childless: the effects of early lifecourse, family formation, working life and attitudinal variables. Paper presented to the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America 29-31 March in New York, USA.
  • Parr, N. 2006. Who stops at one: evidence from Australia. Paper presented to the Australian Population Association conference in Adelaide, South Australia 5-8 December 2006 and to the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America 29-31 March in New York, USA.
  • Parr, N.. (2005) “Why Your Siblings Cost You Grades, Income and Savings, Especially If You’re Female”. Paper presented to the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America at Philadelphia, PA, USA, 31 March-2 April 2005.
  • Parr, N. (2004) “Family Background, Schooling and Childlessness in Australia”. Paper presented to the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America at Boston, USA, April 1-3, 2004.
  • Guo, F. and Parr, N.J. (2003). “Occupational Concentration and Mobility of Asian Immigrants in Australia”. Paper presented to the Population Association of America 2003 Annual Meeting at Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 1-3 2003.
  • Parr, N. (2003) “Family Background, Schooling and Childlessness in Australia: What HILDA Tells Us”. Paper presented to the British Society of Population Studies at Bristol, UK, September 10-12 2003.
  • Parr, N. and Guo, F. (2003) “The Representation of Migrants in Professional Occupations in Australia”. Paper presented to the 2003 European Association of Population Studies at Warsaw, Poland 26-30 August 2003.
  • Parr, N. and Guo, F. (2003). “Occupational Concentration and Mobility of Asian Immigrants in Australia”. Paper presented to the British Society of Population Studies at Bristol, UK, September 10-12 2003.
  • Parr, N. (2001). “Mass Media Promotion of Family Planning and the Use of Modern Contraception in Ghana”. Paper presented to the XXIV General Conference of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Salvador, Brazil 18-24 August 2001.
  • Lucas, D. and Parr, N.J. (2000). "Diasporas and Branch Migration". Paper presented to the Tenth National Conference of the Australian Population Association, Melbourne, Victoria. 28th November-1 st December 2000.
  • Weerasinghe, D. and Parr, N.J. (1999). "The Effects of Wealth on Marital Fertility in Sri Lanka". Paper presented to Asia, Sri Lanka and Diasporic Communities, the 7th Sri Lanka Studies Conference, Canberra 3rd-6th December 1999.
  • Parr, N., Taylor, R., Anura, P., Boyages, J., Beller, E., Brassil, A. and Stubbs, J. (1998). “A Demographically-based Approach to Projecting the Demand For Mammographic Screening in New South Wales”. Paper presented to the Ninth National Conference of the Australian Population Association at the University of Queensland, Brisbane 29th September- 2nd October 1998 and to the Annual Conference of the Southern Demographic Association in Annapolis, Maryland 29th-31st October 1998.
  • Boyages, J., Beller, E., Taylor, R., Parr, N.J., Anura, P., Apostolopoulos, P., Stubbs, J., and Brassil, A., (1997) “Moving Targets - Projecting Mammographic Screening Targets in NSW”. Paper presented to the Breastscreen Australia at Five Years Conference at Breastscreen Australia, Canberra 21st-23rd August 1997.
  • Parr, N.J. and Mok, M. (1996) “New South Wales Students’ Plans to Take a Year Off and Their Plans to Go Overseas: A Multilevel Analysis of a Bivariate Binary Response”. Paper presented to the Essex ‘96 Fourth International Conference on Social Science Methodology at Essex University, 1st-4th July 1996.
  • Parr, N.J. (1995) “Analysing Fertility in West Africa Using Multilevel Poisson Models”. Paper Presented to the Multilevel Models Workshop at RSSS, ANU, Canberra.

Consultancy Reports

  • Parr, N. (2009) “Comparisons Between the Muslim, Lebanese Muslim, and Lebanese Populations of Sydney Urban Area, Bankstown and Lakemba”. Expert report requested by Baker and McKenzie on behalf of Harbour Pty Limited and Alan Jones as evidence for proceedings before the Administrative Decisions Tribunal in relation to Harbour Radio Pty Limited and Alan Jones ats Keysar Trad
  • Parr, N. and Owens, L. (2001). “Demographic Report to the Parents and Citizens Association of Hunters Hill High School”.
  • Boyages, J., Brassil, A., Anura, P., Parr, N., Taylor, R., Beller, E., Apostolopoulos, P., and Stubbs, J. (1997) “Projections of Mammographic Screens in NSW women to 2007”. NSW Breast Cancer Institute Technical Report 970401.
  • Lee, T., Mok, M., Bundesen, C., & Parr, N. (1997). Specifying the Internal and Candidate Group Profiles of IELTS Results in 1996 from Australian Test Centres. Report submitted to the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) (Australia).
  • Lee, T., Mok, M., Wylie, E. and Parr, N. (1996) “A Comparative Study of IELTS and ACCESS Test Results: Final Report”. Access Research Project 1996 No. 1

Advice Given to Parliament

  • Parr, N. (2002). Submission to the General Standing Committee No 1 – Inquiry into Inner City Schools. Unpublished

Online Access to Publications

Online Access to Publications

Links to the relevant journal pages or to pdf files of the papers may be accessed from:

http://www.efs.mq.edu.au/docs/cv/N_Parr_CV.pdf