Rate My Professor Russell Ross

Ross specialized in public policy and labour market issues, authoring extensive research on the Australian labour market. His work addressed labour underutilisation beyond unemployment statistics, the economics of child care, labour force participation of married women, and the labour market status of Indigenous Australians and other disadvantaged groups. Key publications include the co-authored textbook The Australian Labour Market with Keith Whitfield, in its third edition and with a fourth edition due in 2013, adopted by over 20 Australian universities. Other significant works encompass "Recent Evidence on Health and Employment Status for Indigenous Australia" (Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 2006), "Is child work a deterrent to school attendance and school attainment?" with Rasheda Khanam (International Journal of Social Economics, 2011), "Gender-based occupational segregation in Russia: an empirical study" with Anastasia Klimova (International Journal of Social Economics, 2012), and earlier papers such as "A Probit Analysis of Aboriginal Employment Prospects in New South Wales" (The Economic Record, 1993). He produced reports for federal and state governments, advised the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on labour market matters, and testified as an expert witness before the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission and the New South Wales Industrial Court. Professionally, he served as deputy president of the Australian Society of Labour Economists, sat on the editorial board of the Australian Journal of Labour Economics, acted as Secretary for the Economic Society of Australia's Central Council for over 11 years, and was awarded the Economic Society of Australia Honorary Fellowship in 2021.