Dr Janet Dzator

Senior Lecturer

Newcastle Business School (Economics)

Email:janet.dzator@newcastle.edu.au
Phone:(02) 4921 5074

Career Summary

Biography

Dr Janet Dzator is an applied economist with keen interests in macroeconomic trends and policy, health economics, economic evaluation, development economics, operations research and applied econometrics. Dr Janet Dzator received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Philosophy in Agricultural Economics from University of Ghana, Ghana and her PhD from University of Queensland, Australia. At University of Newcastle, Janet has served as Head of Discipline for Economics, Politics and International Relations, Program Convenor for the Bachelor of Commerce program, Student Academic Conductor Officer, Member of Academic Senate, Member of the Gender and Equity Board and as Member of her Faculty Board for several years. Janet has held visiting appointments at the Curtin University of Technology (Australia), Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana (Ghana), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(Ghana), Makerere University (Uganda) among others. She is the leader of six Australia Africa Universities Collaboration project working on Economic Development, Health and Nutrition challenges that received seed funding from the Australia Africa Universities Network (AAUN). Dr Janet Dzator has been a chief investigator on grants funded by Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council, NSW Cancer Council, Western Australia Health Department and the UNDP/WHO's Tropical Diseases Program among others. Dr Janet Dzator consulted for the NSW Central Coast Health in evaluating a coordinated care trial of benzodiazepines withdrawal and enjoys occasional engagement with the local media as an advocate or discussant of macroeconomic policies.

Dr Janet Dzator's passion is to work on issues that count in transforming lives for the better whether that work involves training the next generation, service to the community or research. Dr Janet Dzator is an enthusiastic teacher interested in making students at every level of her class think beyond the classroom by applying economic concepts to unfolding world events, dedicated research higher degrees (Masters and PhD) supervisor and passionate about industry and community engagement partnerships. Dr Janet Dzator has served as a reviewer for top ranking journals including the Journal of Behavioral Services and Research, Social Indicators Research, Journal of International Development, Social Science and Medicine and as associate editor and reviewer for Journal of Athens Institute for Education Research. Her work in applied economics covering issues in economic development, health economics and policy, consumer behaviour, economic evaluation, resource allocation, emergency, disaster, gender and equity appear in national and international peered reviewed book chapters, top ranking journals and conference proceedings.

Prior to joining the University of Newcastle in 2003 Dr Janet Dzator was a research fellow at the Social and Public Health Economics Research (SPHERe) unit at the Curtin University of Technology. While at Curtin, Janet was also a member of the West Australian Drug Evaluation Panel (WADEP) a subgroup of the West Australian Drug and Therapeutic Committee (WADTC). The WADEP reviews the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of new drug formularies for listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schemes in WA.

Research Expertise
Dr Janet Dzator has expertise in applied economics, economic policy analyses and economic evaluation. Specific expertise include econometric modelling; macroeconomic policy analyses, macroeconomic determinants of health, economic evaluation, economic development and sustainability, health policy analyses including financing, promotion and management, consumer behaviour in health promotion and/or care seeking, mental health, pharmacoeconomics, poverty and economics of nutrition. Dr Janet Dzator also has extensive expertise in survey design, survey instrument development and implementation both in advanced and less advance countries.

Teaching Expertise
Have teaching expertise in Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, International Economics, Development Economics, Econometrics, Health Economics, Agricultural Economics and Economic Evaluation.

Administrative Expertise
Head of Disciplines of Economics, Politics and International Relations (2018- present) at Newcastle Business School (NBS), NBS Workload Working Party, Program Convenor for Bachelor of Commerce, Member of Academic Senate, Leader of Faculty Women Group, member of Gender and Equity group, Member of School Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Committee, Member of Faculty Board. Course Coordinator for Undergraduate and Post graduate courses including for large first year macroeconomic course.

Qualifications

PhD (Economics), University of Queensland
Bachelor of Science (Agriculture), University of Ghana
Master of Philosophy, University of Ghana

Keywords

Applied Economics
Development Economics
Economic Evaluation
Health Care Reform
Health Economics
International Economics
Macroeconomics
Mental Health
Nutrition Economics
Operations Research
Public Policy
Resource allocation

Languages

Akan (Fluent)

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
140208	Health Economics	50
140299	Applied Economics not elsewhere classified	10
140202	Economic Development and Growth	40

Professional Experience

UON Appointment

Title	Organisation / Department
Senior Lecturer	University of Newcastle Newcastle Business School Australia
Casual Academic	University of Newcastle Newcastle Business School Australia

Academic appointment

Dates	Title	Organisation / Department
1/4/2003 -	Lecturer	University of Newcastle Business and Law Australia
1/1/2001 - 31/12/2001	Invited Speaker - School of Population Health, Health Systems Division	The University of Queensland Australia
1/1/2003 - 31/12/2003	Invited Speaker - Second Annual Health Insurance Summit	International Business Conference Proceedings, Sydney Australia

Membership

Dates	Title	Organisation / Department
1/1/2002 - 31/12/2003	Panel Member (Health Economic Advisor) - West Australian Drug Evaluation Panel (WADEP)	West Australian Drug & Therapeutic Committee Australia
1/1/2001 -	Member - International Health Economics Association	International Health Economics Association Australia
1/1/2001 -	Member - Australian Health Economic Society	Australian Health Economic Society Australia

Awards

Award

Year	Award
2016	Teaching Excellence Award Faculty of Business and Law, The University of Newcastle

Research Award

Year	Award
2015	Best Paper Award Australasian Academy of Business and Social Sciences

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Publications

For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.

Book (1 outputs)

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2008	Dzator JA, Socioeconomic Aspects of Malaria Control: Economics of Malaria Treatment Seeking Behaviour and Control, VDM Verlag, Saarbrucken, 165 (2008) [A1]

Chapter (5 outputs)

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2020

Dzator J, Acheampong A, 'The Impact of Energy Innovation on Carbon Emission Mitigation: An Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries', Handbook of Environmental Materials Management, Springer, Cham 1-19 (2020)

DOI	10.1007/978-3-319-58538-3_213-1

2018

Dzator JA, Dzator M, 'The p-median Problem and Health Facilities: Cost Saving and Improvement in Healthcare Delivery Through Facility Location.', Data and Decision Sciences in Action Proceedings of the Australian Society for Operations Research Conference 2016, Springer, Cham 369-380 (2018) [B1]

2005

Dzator JA, Dzator M, 'Health and Economic Development - With Particular Reference to Malaria Control Programmes in Africa', Economic Development Issues and Policies, Serial Publications, New Delhi, India 779-797 (2005) [B1]

2005

Dzator JA, 'Economics of Unemployment and Health', Economic Development Issues and Policies, Serial Publications, New Delhi, India 807-821 (2005) [B1]

2003

Mooney G, Dzator JA, 'Global public goods for health: A flawed paradigm?', Global public goods for health : health, economic, and public health perspectives, Oxford University Press, Oxford 287 (2003) [B1]

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Journal article (18 outputs)

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2019

Bosupeng M, Dzator J, Nadolny A, 'Exchange Rate Misalignment and Capital Flight from Botswana: A Cointegration Approach with Risk Thresholds', Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 12 1-26 (2019) [C1]

DOI	10.3390/jrfm12020101
Co-authors	Andrew Nadolny

2018

Nguyen AT, Dzator J, Nadolny A, 'Contract farming, agricultural productivity and sustainable poverty reduction: evidence from tea estates in Viet Nam', Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal ( Asia-Pacific Development Journal rebranded), 25 109-145 (2018) [C1]

Co-authors	Andrew Nadolny

2018

Dzator M, Dzator J, 'The impact of Mathematics and Statistics Support at the Academic Learning Centre, Central Queensland University', Teaching Mathematics and its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, (2018)

DOI	10.1093/teamat/hry016

2018

Ahmed F, Dzator J, Zhang XJ, 'Remittances, Income Inequality and Investment in Bangladesh', Journal Of Developing Areas, (2018)

Co-authors	James Zhang

2016

Dzator JA, Dzator M, Asante FA, Ahiadeke C, 'Common mental disorders, economic growth and development: Economic consequences and measurement issues', The Journal of Developing Areas, 50 13-26 (2016) [C1]

DOI	10.1353/jda.2016.0047

2016

Liu WS, Agbola FW, Dzator JA, 'The impact of FDI spillover effects on total factor productivity in the Chinese electronic industry: a panel data analysis', Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 21 217-234 (2016) [C1]

DOI	10.1080/13547860.2015.1137473
Citations	Scopus - 6Web of Science - 4
Co-authors	Frank Agbola

2016

Licumba EA, Dzator JA, Zhang X, 'Health and economic growth: are there gendered effects? Evidence from selected southern Africa development community region', The Journal of Developing Areas, 50 215-216-227 (2016) [C1]

DOI	10.1353/jda.2016.0056
Co-authors	Elsa Licumba, James Zhang

2016

Dzator JA, Dzator M, 'Health, emergency facilities and development: Locating facilities to serve people and development better', The Journal of Developing Areas, 50 131-142 (2016) [C1]

DOI	10.1353/jda.2016.0058

2015

Dzator JA, Chen R, 'Sustaining Development And Poverty Reduction: Promoting Growth Where It Counts', Journal of Developing Areas, 49 1-14 (2015) [C1]

2015

Licumba EA, Dzator J, Zhang JX, 'Gender equality in education and economic growth in selected Southern African countries', Journal of Developing Areas, 49 349-360 (2015) [C1]

Co-authors	Elsa Licumba, James Zhang

2015

Nguyen AT, Dzator J, Nadolny A, 'Does contract farming improve productivity and income of farmers? A review of theory and evidence', The Journal of Developing Areas, 49 531-538 (2015) [C1]

Co-authors	Andrew Nadolny

2013

Dzator M, Dzator J, 'An effective heuristic for the P-median problem with application to ambulance location', OPSEARCH, 50 60-74 (2013) [C1]

DOI	10.1007/s12597-012-0098-x
Citations	Scopus - 14

2013

Dzator J, 'Hard Times and Common Mental Health Disorders in Developing Countries: Insights from Urban Ghana', The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 40 71-87 (2013) [C1]

DOI	10.1007/s11414-012-9305-z
Citations	Scopus - 15Web of Science - 15

2004

Dzator JA, Asafu-Adjaye J, 'A study of malaria care provider choice in Ghana', Health Policy, 389-401 (2004) [C1]

DOI	10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.01.005
Citations	Scopus - 30Web of Science - 27

2004

Dzator JA, Hendrie D, Burke V, Gianguilio N, Gillam HF, Beilin LJ, Houghton S, 'A randomized trial of interactive group sessions achieved greater improvements in nutrition and physical activity at a tiny increase in cost', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 610-619 (2004) [C1]

DOI	10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.10.009
Citations	Scopus - 20Web of Science - 18

2003

Asafu-Adjaye J, Dzator JA, 'Willingness to pay for malaria insurance: A case study of households in Ghana using the contingent valuation method', Economic Analysis & Policy, 33 31-47 (2003) [C1]

Citations	Scopus - 3

1997

AsensoOkyere WK, Dzator JA, 'Household cost of seeking malaria care, a retrospective study of two districts in Ghana', SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 45 659-667 (1997)

DOI	10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00383-8
Citations	Scopus - 112Web of Science - 97

1996

AsensoOkyere WK, Dzator JA, OseiAkoto I, 'The behaviour towards malaria care - A multinomial logit approach', SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH, 39 167-186 (1996)

DOI	10.1007/BF00286972
Citations	Scopus - 16Web of Science - 6

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Conference (27 outputs)

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2019

Dzator J, Dzator M, 'Locating Facilities for Efficiency and Development: Building resilience for humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and social protection', Entebe, Uganda (2019)

2019

Acheampong A, Dzator J, Savage D, 'The Role of Economic Institutions in Electricity, Economic Growth And CO2 Emissions Nexus: International Evidence', San Francisco, California (2019)

Co-authors	David Savage

2018

Ahmed F, Dzator J, Zhang XJ, 'Remittances, Income Inequality and Investment in Bangladesh', Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle NSW Australia, January 11-14, 2018 (2018)

2018

Dzator J, Dzator M, 'Education and Gender Equality Policies in Leadership and Development Strategies: Do They Promote Participation? Insights from selected African countries', Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle NSW Australia (2018)

2018

Dzator J, Dzator M, Amporfu E, Acheampong A, 'Understanding Maternal Health and Mortality: A Mediated Model of The Effects of Policies and Practices on the Intention to Promote Maternal Health', Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2018)

2017

Dzator J, Kwakuyi KJ, Dzator M, 'Microfinance, Sustainability and Small Scale Food Processing in Ghana: Challenges and Opportunities for Development', Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, (2017)

2017

Dzator M, Dzator J, 'The optimal location of ambulance stations in a regional area: The case of Mackay', Proceedings - 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2017 (2017)

© 2017 Proceedings - 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2017. All rights reserved. The provision of efficient and effective emergency service such as ambulance service is a task faced by most cities and major regional centres. The emergency medical service is very necessary and plays a vital role in reducing death or serious complication from life threatening health incident. Over the years, there have been several major initiatives to improve the access to and quality of emergency care in Queensland. In 2009-2010, public hospital Emergency Departments (ED) in Australia covered about 7.4 million emergency cases of which there were over 3 million ambulance incidents. Mackay is a regional city in Queensland, Australia¿s east coast. The Mackay Metropolitan which comprises of 24 suburbs is prone to natural disasters such as cyclones and flood. The Mackay region depends highly on emergency services especially during disasters. The current ambulance locations in the Mackay Local Ambulance Service Network (LASN) are significantly underperforming with regard to not meeting the target response time according to Queensland 2014 ambulance report. Early response to emergency calls is important and crucial for human survival. The response time is a function of the distance between the emergency facility and emergency demand. It is therefore important to locate emergency facility such that the distance to be travelled by an ambulance in response to emergency call is minimized. The p-median problem finds the location of p facilities to minimize the demand weighted average or total distance between demand or population and their closest facility. The objective of this study is to discuss the importance of the application of the p-median model to locate emergency stations. We compare existing ambulance stations with the optimal solutions proposed by the p-median location models in the Mackay region. We determine the cost of assessing the facilities that are located using the p-median model and showed the cost saving of the model when optimal locations are compared with locations when facilities are added to the existing ambulance locations optimally.

2016

Dzator J, Licumba E, 'Education and Gender in Authority in Selected African Countries', Somerville College, Oxford University, UK, 7-9 Dec 2016. (2016)

2015

Dzator JA, Singham L, 'Neoliberalism, labor market transformation, workforce health and attendance behavior: Some insights on the determinants of absenteeism in an Australian public service organization', Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Recherche en Economie et Finance Internationales, Bordeaux, France (2015) [E2]

2015

Dzator M, Dzator JA, 'An Efficient Modified Greedy Algorithm for the P-Median Problem', MODSIM2015 Proceedings, Gold Coast, Qld (2015) [E1]

Citations	Scopus - 1

2015

Dzator M, Dzator JA, 'Effective method for locating facilities', MODSIM2015 Proceedings, Gold Coast, Qld (2015) [E1]

Citations	Scopus - 1

2015

Dzator JA, Dzator M, 'Health, emergency facilities and development', Kuala Lumpur (2015) [E3]

2015

Dzator JA, Dzator M, Asante FA, Ahiadeke C, 'Common mental disorders, economic growth and development', Kuala Lumpur (2015) [E3]

2015

Licumba EA, Dzator JA, Zhang XJ, 'Long life and economic growth in SADC: are there gendered effects?', Kuala Lumpur (2015) [E3]

Co-authors	James Zhang, Elsa Licumba

2015

Nguyen TA, Dzator JA, Nadolny A, 'Does contract farming improve productivity and income of farmers? A review of theory and evidence', Australasian Conference on Business and Social Sciences 2015, Sydney (in partnership with The Journal of Developing Areas), Sydney (2015)

Co-authors	Andrew Nadolny

2015

Licumba E, Dzator JA, Zhang JX, 'Gender Equality in Education and Economic Growth in Selected Southern African Countries', Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Business and Social Sciences 2015, Sydney (in partnership with The Journal of Developing Areas), Sydney (2015)

Co-authors	Elsa Licumba, James Zhang

2015

Dzator JA, Chen R, 'Sustaining development and poverty reduction: promoting growth where it counts', Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Business and Social Sciences 2015, Sydney (in partnership with The Journal of Developing Areas), Sydney (2015)

2013

Dzator J, Khandoker R, Juniper AJ, 'Modelling Financial Instability within a stock-flow consistent approach', Newcastle, NSW (2013)

Co-authors	James Juniper

2010

Khandoker T, Juniper AJ, Dzator JA, 'Fiscal withdrawal and real wage repression: A stock-flow consistent analysis in the context of the Global Finfancial Crisis', The Aftermath of the Crisis: Incorporating the 12th Path to Full Employment Conference and 17th National Conference on Unemployment. Proceedings: Refereed Papers, Newcastle, NSW (2010) [E1]

Co-authors	Tajkira Khandoker, James Juniper

2009

Liu SW, Agbola FW, Dzator JA, 'Is foreign direct investment a catalyst for economic growth in the Chinese electronic industry?', Beijing, China (2009)

Co-authors	Frank Agbola

2007

Dzator M, Dzator JA, 'Locating emergency facilities: Targeting efficiency and cost-effectiveness', 36th Australian Conference of Economists, Hobart (2007) [E1]

2007

Dzator JA, Hopkins S, 'Macroeconomic policies and health in developing countries', 36th Australian Conference of Economists. Proceedings, Hobart (2007) [E1]

2007

Cook B, Dzator JA, 'Lessons and options for universal health coverage with special reference to privatisation policies in health care: The Case of Australia and Ghana', Social Policy In A Globalizing World: Developing A North-South Dialogue. Papers, Florence, Italy (2007) [E2]

2006

Dzator JA, 'Priority setting in health and macroeconomic policy in developing countries', AHES 2006 - 28th Australian Conference for Health Economists, Parmelia Hilton, Perth (2006) [E2]

2006

Dzator JA, Hopkins S, 'Macroeconomic policies, poverty and health in developing countries: Perceptions and stylised facts', AHES 2006 - 28th Australian Conference for Health Economists, Parmelia Hilton, Perth (2006) [E2]

2005

Dzator JA, 'Technical Efficiency in the Use of Health Care Resources: Does a Mixed Public-Private System of Providing Health Care Improve Technical Efficiency?', The 27th Australian Conference of Health Economists, Auckland (2005) [E2]

2005

Dzator M, Dzator JA, 'The Applications of Emergency Location Models and the Review of Effectiveness of Emergency Facilities', The 27th Australian Conference of Health Economists, Auckland (2005) [E2]

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Other (1 outputs)

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2002	Dzator J, 'Family scheme in fund wait: Economic evaluation of indigenous health services', (2002) [O1]

Report (1 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics	Link
2002	Dzator JA, Mooney G, 'Cost-benefit analysis of a coordinated care trial of benzodiazepines withdrawal. The effect of dose frequency and pharmacists'' involment in dispensing of benzodiazepines on withdrawal', The Alcohol and Other Drugs Services, Central Coast Health NSW, Monograph, (2002) (2002) [R2]

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Grants and Funding

Summary

Number of grants	16
Total funding	$729,795

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20192 grants / $50,000

Cross-cultural country comparison of health policy, implementation and effectiveness: The United Kingdom versus Australia$40,000

The main aim of this research is to undertake an international cross-cultural comparison of healthcare systems in Australia and the UK to help inform policy reform.

Funding body: Faculty of Business and Law, University of Newcastle, Australia

Funding body	Faculty of Business and Law, University of Newcastle, Australia
Project Team	Dr Janet Dzator (with Professor Johanna Macneil, Associate Professor Jamie Carlson, Dr Adrian Melia, Dr Heidi Wechtler; Dr Gary Fooks (Aston University) and Professor Jonathan Tritter (Aston University))
Scheme	Faculty of Business and Law, The University of Newcastle
Role	Investigator
Funding Start	2019
Funding Finish	2020
GNo
Type Of Funding	Internal
Category	INTE
UON	N

Economic Development, Health and Nutrition for Sustainable Development $10,000

Funding body: Australia Africa Universities Network (AAUN)

Funding body	Australia Africa Universities Network (AAUN)
Project Team	Doctor Janet Dzator, Professor Francesco Paolucci, Doctor Adrian Melia, Doctor Heidi Wechtler, Prof. Yawe Bruno , Dr Allen Kabagenyi, Prof. Okurut Nathan, Prof Njoku Ama, James Gillespire, Dr Ekow Asmah, Dr Francis Andoh, Dr Michael Dzator
Scheme	Partnership & Research Development Fund (PRDF)
Role	Lead
Funding Start	2019
Funding Finish	2020
GNo	G1900649
Type Of Funding	C3111 - Aust For profit
Category	3111
UON	Y