Martin Watts / Faculty of Business and Law / The University of Newcastle, Australia

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Associate Professor Martin J. Watts.

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Martin J. Watts.

Associate Professor
Economics, Politics & Tourism
+61-2-492 15065
SRS235 (Callaghan)
Martin.Watts@newcastle.edu.au

Qualifications

BA (Essex), MA (Manch), PhD (British Columbia)

Research Interests

Occupational gender segregation; commuting behaviour; spatial distribution of unemployment; local labour markets.

Recent Publications

Refereed Journal Articles (C1) since 2001
Watts, M.J. (2001) 'Wages and Wage Determination in 2000', Journal of Industrial Relations, 43(2), 177-95.

Denniss, R. and Watts, M.J. (2001) 'Regional Labour Markets: Naturally Less Efficient?', in E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (eds.) Achieving Full Employment, supplement to Economic and Labour Relations Review, 12, 166-182.

Watts, M.J. (2002) 'Basic Income: A Review of the Issues', New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations, 27(1), 119-133.

Watts, M.J. (2002) 'Wages and Wage Determination in 2001', Journal of Industrial Relations, 44(2), 228-246.

Watts, M.J. (2002) 'Basic Income versus the Job Guarantee: A Review of the Issues', Journal of Economic and Social Policy, 7(1), 23-45.

Watts, M.J. (2003) 'Wages and Wage Determination in 2002', Journal of Industrial Relations, 45(2), 184-204.

Watts, M.J. (2003) 'The Evolution of Occupational Gender Segregation in Australia: Measurement and Interpretation', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 6(4) 631-655.

Watts, M.J. and Mitchell, W.F. (2004) 'Wages and Wage Determination in 2003', Journal of Industrial Relations, 46(2), 160-183.

Watts, M.J. and Mitchell, W.F. (2005) 'Wages and Wage Determination in 2004', Journal of Industrial Relations, 47(2), 151-170.

Watts, M.J. (2005) 'On the Conceptualisation and Measurement of Horizontal and Vertical Segregation', European Sociological Review, 21(5), 481-488.

Book Chapters (B1) since 1999
Watts, M.J. and Mitchell, W.F. (2001) 'Unemployment Theories' in Jonathan Michie (ed.) Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences, Fitzroy Dearborn, London, 1712-13.

Watts, M.J. (2001) 'Wage Polarisation and Unemployment in Australia' in E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (eds.) Unemployment: The Tip of the Iceberg, 171-192.

Burgess, J. and Watts, M.J. (2001) 'Policies for Full Employment' in E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (eds.) Unemployment: The Tip of the Iceberg, 233-248.

Mitchell, W.F. and Watts, M.J. (2002) 'Restoring Full Employment: the Job Guarantee' in E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (eds.) The Urgency of Full Employment, CAER-UNSW Press, Sydney, 95-114.

Mitchell, W.F. and Watts, M.J. (2003) 'Full Employment', in J.E. King (ed.) The Elgar Companion to Post Keynesian Economics Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 153-58.

Conference Papers since 2001
Watts, M.J. and Burgess, J. (2001) 'A Labour Economics Course for Employment Relations Majors', Dennis Mortimer and Sue Bond (eds) Teaching and Learning in Employment Relations: Proceedings of the Inaugural International Employment Relations Association Symposium 2001, Sydney, 127-134.

Carlson, E. Mitchell, W.F. and Watts, M.J. (2001) 'The Impact of New Forms of Wage Setting on Wage Outcomes in Australia', Employment Studies Centre Special Conference, Ten Years of Enterprise Bargaining, May.

Mitchell, W.F. and Watts, M.J. (2001) 'Addressing Demand Deficient Unemployment: The Job Guarantee', Third Path to Full Employment Conference, University of Newcastle, June.

Watts, M.J. and Valadkhani, A. (2001) 'The Impact of Deindustrialisation on Employment Outcomes in Australia, Japan and the USA', Centre of Full Employment and Equity Workshop Understanding Employment in Australia, Japan and the USA, A Cross-Country Analysis, The University of Newcastle, 10-11 December.

Watts, M.J. (2002) 'Basic Income: A Review of the Issues', AIRAANZ Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand, 6-8 February.

Mitchell, W.F., Muysken, J. and Watts, M.J. (2002) 'Wage and Productivity Relationships in Australia and the Netherlands', AIRAANZ Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand, 6-8 February.

Watts, M.J. (2002) 'Workplace Gender Segregation in Australia, 1989-96: A Preliminary Analysis', paper presented at the Interdisciplinary Gender Studies Conference, Newcastle, June.

Watts, M.J. (2002) 'A System of Basic Income versus the Job Guarantee', paper presented at the Ninth Congress of BIEN, Geneva, 12-14 September.

Watts, M.J. (2002) 'Gender Segregation by Occupation in USA and Australia at the beginning of the 21st Century', in John Burgess, Glenda Strachan and Anne Sullivan (eds) Women and Work, Conference Proceedings, Employment Studies Centre, Monograph No. 2.

Watts, M.J. (2003) 'Local Labour Markets and Job Proximity: Conceptual and Measurement Issues', in Cowling, S. (ed.) The Underutilisation of Europe's Labour Resources, Proceedings of the CofFEE-Europe Workshop, University of Maastricht, 4-5 October 2002; 100-120.

Watts, M.J. (2003) 'Gender Segregation and Socio-economic Status in Australia 1986-2002' in H. Forbes-Mewett and G. Griffin Third International Employment Relations Association, Teaching Learning and Research 2003, Conference Proceedings, Monograph No. 16, National Key Centre in Industrial Relations, Monash University.

Watts, M.J. (2003) 'The Commuting Behaviour of Sydney Workers', State of Australian Cities National Conference, Parramatta, December.
Mitchell, W.F. and M. Watts (2003) 'In Defence of the Job Guarantee', in E. Carlson, The Full Employment Imperative, Proceedings of the 5th Path to Full Employment Conference, University of Newcastle, December.

Watts, M.J. and Macphail, F. (2004) 'Gender Segregation by Industry and Occupation in Canada, 1987- 2003', Work, Employment and Society Conference, Manchester, September.

Mitchell, W.F. and Watts, M.J. (2004) 'A comparison of the macroeconomic consequences of basic income and job guarantee schemes', paper presented at the Tenth Congress of BIEN, Barcelona, 18-20 September.

Watts, M.J. (2004) 'Local Labour Markets in New South Wales: Fact or Fiction?' in E. Carlson, A Future that Works - economics, employment and the environment, Proceedings of the 6th Path to Full Employment Conference, University of Newcastle, December.

Watts, M.J. (2005) 'Conceptualising and Measuring Spatial Segregation: The State of Play', paper presented to Joint Paradigms Forum: Methodology, Tools and Techniques, ARC Research Network in Spatially Integrated Social Science, Newcastle, NSW, 15-17 June 2005.

Bill, A. Mitchell, W. and Watts, M. (2005) 'Examining the relationship between commuting patterns, employment growth and long-term unemployment in the Sydney Major Statistical Region', 2nd State of Australian Cities National Conference, Griffith University, Brisbane, 30 November - 2 December.

Watts, M.J. (2005) 'The Commuting Behaviour of NSW workers', in G. Wrightson (ed.), Creating a Culture of Full Employment, Proceedings of the 7th Path to Full Employment Conference/12th National Conference on Unemployment, 425-440.

Bill, A. Mitchell, W. and Watts, M. (2005) 'Examining the relationship between commuting patterns, employment growth and long-term unemployment in the Sydney Major Statistical Region' (revised), in G. Wrightson (ed.), Creating a Culture of Full Employment, Proceedings of the 7th Path to Full Employment Conference/12th National Conference on Unemployment, 133-148.