Mark Wooden: Contributions to Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, HILDA and Inter‐Disciplinary Research on Panel Data

ABSTRACT This article reviews Mark Wooden's contributions over the last 40 years to Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, the HILDA Survey, and inter‐disciplinary research relating to work, family and well‐being. He has had an extraordinary academic career, including 23 years as Director of the HILDA survey. His early career was spent at the National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS) at Flinders University, where he undertook important and pioneering quantitative research on industrial relations research and had a significant impact on Australia's economic reform agenda. After his move to the Melbourne Institute, he led the establishment of the HILDA survey (Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia), which is a major national data asset for Australia. Mark's own prolific research has greatly increased our understanding of a wide range of topics, including especially: casual employment; the effect of income, wealth, education health and other factors on life satisfaction; jobless families; family dynamics and working arrangements; the effects of COVID 19 and lockdowns; and working from home.