Publications
Constitutions and the Political Agency of Women: A Cross-Country Study
Gender in Constitutional Law is a comprehensive three-volume collection of formative and influential scholarship in a dynamic area of legal development and social change. Compiling theoretical, empirical, and practical analyses from leading scholars, judges, and nongovernmental organizations around the world, these volumes... Read article
Gender in Constitutional Law is a comprehensive three-volume collection of formative and influential scholarship in a dynamic area of legal development and social change. Compiling theoretical, empirical, and practical analyses from leading scholars, judges, and nongovernmental organizations around the world, these volumes... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – January 2018
Welcome to the ninth edition of the BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update. Produced monthly, this economic commentary explores the latest labour force data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), providing expert insights and analysis around key labour market indicators. Key findings from January... Read article
Welcome to the ninth edition of the BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update. Produced monthly, this economic commentary explores the latest labour force data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), providing expert insights and analysis around key labour market indicators. Key findings from January... Read article
The evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: new insights from Australia using unconditional quantile regression and decomposition
This paper documents the patterns and examines the factors contributing to a gender gap in educational achievements in early seventh grade of schooling using a recent and nationally representative panel of Australian children. Regression results indicate that females excel at... Read article
This paper documents the patterns and examines the factors contributing to a gender gap in educational achievements in early seventh grade of schooling using a recent and nationally representative panel of Australian children. Regression results indicate that females excel at... Read article
Small Business Enterprise Models of Employment
Adults with disabilities are substantially disadvantaged, economically and socially. Ample national and international comparative data indicate low labour force participation rates (just over 50%) and double the unemployment rates for persons without disabilities. This report examines an emerging small business employment model that... Read article
Adults with disabilities are substantially disadvantaged, economically and socially. Ample national and international comparative data indicate low labour force participation rates (just over 50%) and double the unemployment rates for persons without disabilities. This report examines an emerging small business employment model that... Read article
BCEC Newsletter Edition #4 January 2018
As 2017 came to an end, we had many reasons to celebrate. Last year was the Centre’s most successful yet, as evidenced by a suite of award wins for our research activities and the impact they have had. My warmest congratulations to Rebecca Cassells,... Read article
As 2017 came to an end, we had many reasons to celebrate. Last year was the Centre’s most successful yet, as evidenced by a suite of award wins for our research activities and the impact they have had. My warmest congratulations to Rebecca Cassells,... Read article
Exploring travel patterns of Chinese holiday tourists in Western Australia
This conference paper was included in CAUTHE 2018: Get Smart: Paradoxes and Possibilities in Tourism, Hospitality and Events Education and Research. The Chinese outbound market is considered extremely important for Australia. This is the fastest growing international market for Western Australia... Read article
This conference paper was included in CAUTHE 2018: Get Smart: Paradoxes and Possibilities in Tourism, Hospitality and Events Education and Research. The Chinese outbound market is considered extremely important for Australia. This is the fastest growing international market for Western Australia... Read article
A regional model of endogenous growth without scale assumptions
In this paper we model growth using a scale-neutral approach to innovation allowing differences between regions to emerge due to regional mechanisms. In this model, agglomeration is growth enhancing as the scale effect for innovation arises from greater access to... Read article
In this paper we model growth using a scale-neutral approach to innovation allowing differences between regions to emerge due to regional mechanisms. In this model, agglomeration is growth enhancing as the scale effect for innovation arises from greater access to... Read article
Do employers reward physical attractiveness in transition countries
This paper studies the labour market returns to physical attractiveness using data from three transition countries of the Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. I estimate a large positive effect of attractive looks on males probability of employment. Results from the... Read article
This paper studies the labour market returns to physical attractiveness using data from three transition countries of the Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. I estimate a large positive effect of attractive looks on males probability of employment. Results from the... Read article
Misreporting and econometric modelling of zeros in survey data on social bads: An application to cannabis consumption
When modelling “social bads,” such as illegal drug consumption, researchers are often faced with a dependent variable characterised by a large number of zero observations. Building on the recent literature on hurdle and double‐hurdle models, we propose a double‐inflated modelling... Read article
When modelling “social bads,” such as illegal drug consumption, researchers are often faced with a dependent variable characterised by a large number of zero observations. Building on the recent literature on hurdle and double‐hurdle models, we propose a double‐inflated modelling... Read article
Oil and Women: A Re-examination
In a seminal article, Ross (2008) reports a negative correlation between oil production and women’s representation in the labour force and politics across countries. This article re-examines these relationships exploiting variations in oil endowments to address endogeneity concerns. We confirm... Read article
In a seminal article, Ross (2008) reports a negative correlation between oil production and women’s representation in the labour force and politics across countries. This article re-examines these relationships exploiting variations in oil endowments to address endogeneity concerns. We confirm... Read article
Modelling Illegal Drug Participation
We contribute to the small, but important, literature exploring the incidence and implications of misreporting in survey data. Specifically, when modelling social bads, such as illegal drug consumption, researchers are often faced with exceptionally low reported participation rates. We propose... Read article
We contribute to the small, but important, literature exploring the incidence and implications of misreporting in survey data. Specifically, when modelling social bads, such as illegal drug consumption, researchers are often faced with exceptionally low reported participation rates. We propose... Read article
Aspects of Governance and CO2 Emissions:
The reduction of CO2 emissions has been at the centre of worldwide debates on environmental issues, though its inclusion as one of the millennium development goals (MDGs) by the United Nations has changed the focus of relative literature. Among many,... Read article
The reduction of CO2 emissions has been at the centre of worldwide debates on environmental issues, though its inclusion as one of the millennium development goals (MDGs) by the United Nations has changed the focus of relative literature. Among many,... Read article
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre team acknowledges the Wadjuk Nyungar people as the traditional owners of the land on which the Centre is situated.