Ruth F.G. Williams
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First Name: Ruth
Middle Name: F.G.
Last Name: Williams
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RePEc Short-ID: pwi278
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- School of Economics
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
La Trobe University - Location: Bundoora, Australia
Homepage: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/economics/
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Phone: (03) 9479 3012
Fax: (03) 9479 5971
Postal: Victoria 3086
Handle: RePEc:edi:sblatau (more details at EDIRC)
Works
Working papers
- Ruth F.G. Williams & D.P. Doessel & Jerneja Sveticic, 2012. "Are there Regional Disparities in Suicide Rates? Quantifying Suicide Rates? Quantifying Suicide Distributions for Queensland, 1990-2007," Working Papers 2012.02, School of Economics, La Trobe University.
- D.P. Doessel & Ruth F.G. Williams, 2012. "The New Welfare Measures," Working Papers 2012.07, School of Economics, La Trobe University.
Articles
- Darrel P. Doessel & Ruth F.G. Williams, 2011. "Resource Misallocation in Australia’s Mental Health Sector under Medicare: Evidence from Time‐series Data," Economic Papers, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 30(2), pages 253-264, 06.
- Doessel, D. & Williams, R., 2011. "The 'Rise and Rise' of New Professional Groups: Mental Health Professions under Medicare," Australian Bulletin of Labour, National Institute of Labour Studies, vol. 37(1), pages 97-126.
- Doessel, Darrel P. & Williams, Ruth F. G. & Robertson, Jennie R., 2011. "Changes in the inequality of mental health: suicide in Australia, 1907–2003," Health Economics, Policy and Law, Cambridge University Press, vol. 6(01), pages 23-42, January.
- D.P. Doessel & Ruth F.G. Williams, 2011. "Disabled people's living standards: filling a policy vacuum," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing, vol. 38(4), pages 341-357, March.
- Ruth F.G. Williams & D.P. Doessel, 2011. "An economic classification of “health need”," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing, vol. 38(3), pages 291-309, February.
- Ruth Williams & D. P. Doessel, 2010. "Psychiatry interacts with contemporary Western views: the DSM-III innovation and its adverse effects," Prometheus, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 28(3), pages 245-266.
- Ruth Williams & D. P. Doessel, 2009. "Improving mental health inequality? Some initial evidence from Australia," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 16(2), pages 131-136.
- Ruth Williams, 2009. "Review Article: Everyday Sorrows are not Mental Disorders: The Clash between Psychiatry and Western Cultural Habits," Prometheus, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 27(1), pages 47-70.
- D. P. Doessel & Ruth F. G. Williams, 2008. "The Simple Analytics of Illicit Drug Policy," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 41(3), pages 239-249, 09.
- Ruth F. G. Williams & D. P. Doessel, 2007. "The Role of Knowledge Accumulation in Health and Longevity: The Puzzling Case of Suicide," Prometheus, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 25(3), pages 283-303.
- Ruth F. G. Williams & D. P. Doessel, 2007. "The Gross Prices Of Private Fee-For-Service Psychiatric Services Under Medicare In Six Australian Regions 1984–2001," Economic Papers, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 26(1), pages 86-100, 03.
- Ruth Williams, 2007. "Community Mental Health Services as a Process Innovation: Appropriate Economic Evaluation," Prometheus, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 25(4), pages 393-414.
- Ruth F.G. Williams & D.P. Doessel & Roman W. Scheurer & Harvey Whiteford, 2006. "Some economic dimensions of the mental health jigsaw in Australia," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing, vol. 33(12), pages 808-831, December.
- D.P. Doessel & Ruth F.G. Williams, 2004. "Prices and subsidies for Australian psychiatric services: A positive economic analysis," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing, vol. 31(5/6), pages 544-560, May.
- Butler, James R. G. & Furnival, Colin M. & Hart, Ruth F. G., 1995. "Estimating treatment cost functions for progressive diseases: A multiproduct approach with an application to breast cancer," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 14(3), pages 361-385, August.
- Ruth Hart, 1992. "In-Patient Waiting Lists: The Need For Data In Australia," Economic Papers, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 11(2), pages 76-86, 06.
- Hart, Ruth F. G., 1991. "Orbit spectrum policy : Evaluating proposals and regimes for outer space," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 15(1), pages 63-74, February.
NEP Fields
2 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):- NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (1) 2012-04-23. Author is listed
- NEP-HAP: Economics of Happiness (1) 2012-11-24. Author is listed
- NEP-URE: Urban & Real Estate Economics (1) 2012-04-23. Author is listed
Statistics
Most cited item
- Butler, James R. G. & Furnival, Colin M. & Hart, Ruth F. G., 1995. "Estimating treatment cost functions for progressive diseases: A multiproduct approach with an application to breast cancer," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 14(3), pages 361-385, August.
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- D.P. Doessel & Ruth F.G. Williams, 2012. "The New Welfare Measures," Working Papers 2012.07, School of Economics, La Trobe University.
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