BEc (Hons) (ANU), MA (Economics), PhD (Economics) (Rice)
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Economics
2019
Jenny Williams is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne. She is a leading empirical health economist and international expert in the area of the economics of risky behaviours, especially illicit drug use and crime.
2012 - present: Professor, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne
2009 - 2011 : Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne
2004 -2008: Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne
2003 – 2004: Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne
2000 - 2001: Visiting Research Specialist, Health Policy and Research Center, University of Illinois at Chicago.
2000- 2001: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago
1996- 2002: Lecturer, University of Adelaide, School of Economics.
Membership: Australian Health Economics Society, American Economic Association;
Awards:
2014: Best Discussant Award, PhD Conference, Monash University.
Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn.
2008-2009: Visiting Fellow, Economics, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU
2004: Outstanding Lecturer B Award, Faculty of Economics and Commerce.
2001: Best paper in the Economic Record
2001: John Nuveen International Scholar Award, University at Chicago.
1991-1996: Rice University Fellowship
1989: Department of Prime Minister and Cabbinet Cadetship.
1. Williams, J. and Bretteville Jensen, A. (2014), “Does Liberalizing Cannabis Laws Increase Cannabis Use?” Journal of Health Economics, 34(4): 20-32.
2. Van Ours, J.C., Williams, J. Fergusson, D. and Horwood L.J (2013), "Cannabis Use and Suicidal Ideation.", Journal of Health Economics , 32(3): pp. 524-537
3. Van Ours, J and Williams, J (2012). "The Effects of Cannabis Use on Physical and Mental Health" Journal of Health Economics, 31(4) : pp. 564 - 577.
4. Frijters, P., Shields, M., Wheatley Price, S. and Williams, J. (2011) "Quantifying the Cost of Passive Smoking on Child Health: Evidence from Children’s Cotinine Samples.” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A 174(1): 195-212
5. Cameron, L.A. and Williams J. (2009), “Is the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Health Stronger for Older Children in Developing Countries?” Demography, 46(2): 303-324