Joan has research interests in labour economics and economic inequality and poverty.
Articles
The effect of motherhood on wages and wage growth: evidence for Australia (with Peter M. Siminski and Tanya Livermore), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
Labour market theory provides several reasons why mothers are likely to earn lower hourly wages...
Chronic and temporary poverty in Australia: targeting public transfers, The Economic Record (2010)
This study investigates the efficacy of Australian public transfersin alleviating poverty, particularly chronic poverty. The...
Chronic and transitive poverty over the life cycle (with John L. Rodgers), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2010)
Abstract: This study estimates chronic and transitory rates of poverty in Australia using the concept...
Chronic and transitory poverty over the life cycle (with John L. Rodgers), Australian Journal of Labour Economics (2010)
This study estimates chronic and transitory rates of poverty in Australia using the concept of...
The Effect of Motherhood on Wages and Wage Growth: Evidence for Australia (with Tanya Livermore and Peter Siminski), Faculty of Commerce - Economics Working Papers (2010)
Labour market theory provides several reasons why mothers are likely to earn lower hourly wages...
Presentations
Human capital externalities, departmental co-authorship and research productivity (with Frank Neri), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2012)
Lucas (1988) hypothesised that human capital externalities explain persistent productivity growth and become manifest via...