ACADEMIC Research publications
Risse, L. (2025) ‘By how much Is “women’s work” undervalued in the economy?’, Economic Record, 101(335): 421-455 🔗
Risse, L. (2023) ‘The economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: A closer look at gender gaps in employment, earnings and education’, Australian Economic Review, 56(1): 91-108 🔗
Cassells, R., Risse, L., Wood, D. and Yengin, D. (2022) ‘Lifting diversity and inclusion in economics: How the Australian Women in Economics Network put the evidence into action’, Economic Papers, 42(1): 1-29 🔗
Risse, L. and Jackson, A. (2021) ‘A gender lens on the workforce impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia’, Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 24(2): 111-144 🔗
Risse, L. (2020) ‘Leaning in: Is higher confidence the key to women’s career advancement?’ Australian Journal of Labour Economics 23(1): 43-78 🔗
Hoffman, A.O.I. and Risse, L. (2020) ‘Do good things come in pairs? How personality traits help explain individuals’ simultaneous pursuit of a healthy lifestyle and financially responsible behavior’, Journal of Consumer Affairs, 54(3): 1082-1120 🔗
Risse, L. (2019) ‘Economics and gender equality: A lens from within’, Capitalism and Society, 14(1): 1-38 🔗
Mahadevan, R. and Risse, L. (2019) ‘Are seniors today different from seniors a decade ago?’ International Journal of Hospitality Management, 83: 128-131 🔗
Risse, L., Farrell, L. and Fry, T.R.L. (2018) ‘Personality and pay: Do gender gaps in confidence explain gender gaps in wages?’ Oxford Economic Papers, 70(4): 919-949 🔗
Mishra, A., Ray, R., and Risse, L. (2018) ‘How does child disadvantage change with age? An analysis of Australian children’, Journal of Human Capabilities and Development, 19(4): 477-498 🔗
Mishra, A., Ray, R. and Risse, L. (2017) ‘A multidimensional dynamic measure of child disadvantage: A methodological tool for policymakers’, Social Indicators Research, 139: 1187-1218 🔗
Farrell, L., Fry, T.R.L. and Risse, L. (2016) ‘The significance of financial self-efficacy in explaining women’s personal finance behaviour’, Journal of Economic Psychology, 53: 85-99 🔗
Risse, L. (2010) ‘ “…And one for the country” The effect of the Baby Bonus on Australian women’s childbearing intentions’, Journal of Population Research, 27(3): 213-240 🔗
Risse, L. (2006) ‘Does maternity leave encourage higher birth rates? An analysis of the Australian labour force’, Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 9(4): 343-370 🔗
Academic theses
Risse, L. (2008) An Economic Analysis of Maternity Leave Provisions in Australia, PhD Thesis, School of Economics, University of Queensland 🔗
Risse, L. (2002) Determinants of women’s labour force participation in Queensland, Honours Thesis, School of Economics, University of Queensland 🔗
Book chapters
Risse, L. (2026) ‘Gender equality in the Albanese Government: From the sidelines to the centre field’, Chapter 15 in ‘The First Albanese Government: Governing in an age of disruption and division, 2022–2025’, Edited by Grattan, M., Halligan, J. and Hawkins, J., UNSW Press, Sydney 🔗
research presentations
‘Achieving gender equality at work and home’
International Life Course Centre Conference (2025)
‘Who is working from home in Australia?’
Australian Gender Economics Workshop, University of Wollongong (2025)
‘Rethinking women’s economic empowerment and why women in decision-making matters’
Queensland Public Sector Women in Leadership Summit (2024)
‘Count Her In: How can we enhance our policy tools to better recognise women’s economic contribution and elevate women’s voices in policy development?
Queensland Treasury (2024)
‘The path to gender equality in the workforce: What does the research evidence say? And what gets in the way?’
Jobs and Skills Australia (2024)
‘Creating inclusive opportunities for women’s economic empowerment’
Women in Leadership Summit Melbourne (2024)
‘Actions for gender equality’
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, University of Queensland (2024)
‘By how much is “women’s work” under-valued in the economy?’
Australian Labour Market Workshop (2025); Australian Gender Economics Workshop (2023); Life Course Centre Seminar Series (2023) 🔗
‘Gender segregation in the Australian workforce: Analysing the link between gender composition and pay’
Committee for Economic Development of Australia (2023)
‘The pathway to gender equality: What does the research evidence say? And what gets in the way?’
Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Symposium, Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane 2023)
‘Commemorating five years of WEN’s initiatives, impact and inspiration’, Women in Economics Network (2022) 🔗
‘Expanding diversity and inclusion in economics: What is proving to work?’
Australian Conference of Economists (2022)
‘A gender lens on the workforce impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia’
Australian Conference of Economists (2022)
‘Lifting diversity and inclusion in economics: How the Australian Women in Economics Network put the evidence into action’,
Conference on Diversity and Inclusion in Economics, Finance and Central Banking, Hosted by US Federal Reserve (2021) 🔗
‘What works to close gender gaps in the workforce? Navigating the economic evidence to convert research into action’
Economics Network Seminar Series, ACCC (2021)
‘Gender Responsive Budgeting and policies for equitable growth’
Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance (2021)
‘Economic evidence for closing gender gaps’
Economics Seminar, University of Wollongong (2021)
‘Biases and barriers to reaching labour market potential: Applying distance functions to analyse gender differences in workforce outcomes’
Economics Seminar, University of Tasmania (2021)
‘What works to close gender gaps? Collating the economic evidence to navigate a path towards gender equality’
University of South Australia (2021)
‘Falling short of potential: Using stochastic distance functions to analyse gender differences in workforce outcomes as a matter of inefficiency’
Australian Gender Economics Workshop (2021)
‘Leaning in: Is higher confidence the key to women’s career advancement?’
American Easterns Economics Association Meeting, USA (2020)
‘Policy Down Under: Do gender gaps in personality explain gender gaps in pay and promotion?’
Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard University (2019)
‘Can gender gaps in labour market outcomes be explained by gender differences in personality?’
Productivity Commission (2019)
‘Distance from the frontier: Gender differentials in forgone potential in the labour force’
Australian Conference of Economists (2019)
‘How do differences in men’s and women’s personality profiles affect their job promotion prospects?’
Australian Gender Economics Workshop (2018)
‘Personality and promotion: Exploring gender differences in the labour market returns to confidence’
Australian Conference of Economists (2018)
‘Are confident women rewarded as much as confident men?’
European Society of Population Economics Conference (2018)
‘Personality and job promotion: Are confident women rewarded as much as confident men?’
Australian Labour Market Research Workshop (Adelaide 2018); Economics Seminar, Monash University (2018)
‘A multidimensional dynamic measure of child disadvantage: A methodological tool for policymakers’
Workshop on Indigenous Wellbeing, Monash University (2018)
‘How does child disadvantage change with age? An analysis of Australian children’
Centre for Social Data Analytics Workshop on Child Wellbeing (2018)
‘Applying stochastic frontier analysis to examine gender differentials in labour market outcomes’
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne (Melbourne 2018); Australian Labour Market Research Workshop (Canberra 2017); Australian Labour Econometrics Workshop (Sydney 2017)
‘Exploring gender differences in labour market outcomes using stochastic frontier analysis’
Economics Seminar, University of Queensland (2018)
‘Do gender gaps in confidence explain gender gaps in wages?’
Australian Conference of Economists (2017); Asian and Australasian Labour Economics Society Conference (2017)
‘Climbing the career ladder: The links between personality traits and promotion’,
Economics Seminar, University of Adelaide (Adelaide 2018); Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University (2017)
‘Which workers have access to maternity leave in Australia?’
Annual Research Conference, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, University of Queensland (2007) (Awarded Best PhD Paper)
‘Determinants of maternity leave provisions in Australia and the effects on fertility: An application of the Heckprobit selection model’
Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated Methodology Conference (2006)
research GRANTS AND AWARDS
RMIT University Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence, Team awarded for ‘Gender Dimensions of theAustralian Cyber Security Sector’ (2023) 🔗
‘Women in the Security Industry’, Grant awarded by the Australian Signals Directorate, Partnership with RMIT Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation and the Australian Women in Security Network (Investigators: Matt Warren, Maria Beamond, Joanne Hall, Leonora Risse, Lena Wang) (2022-2023)
‘Creation of Gender Equality Evidence Hub’, Strategy Capability Deployment Fund, Awarded by RMIT University (Investigators: Leonora Risse, Ankita Mishra, Lena Wang) (2022)
WLIA Research Fellowship, Seed Funder and Industry Partnership for Creation of Gender Equality Evidence Hub, Awarded by Women’s Leadership Institute Australia and Trawalla Foundation (2021-present)
Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, Awarded by RMIT University (2017–2019)
Victorian Women’s Benevolent Trust, Small Grants Program, Industry partnership for Australian Gender Economics Workshop (2019)
Ian Potter Foundation, Conference Grant for International Keynote Speaker, Industry partnership for Australian Gender Economics Workshop (2019)
Australian Postgraduate Award, University of Queensland (2003)
University Medal for Economics Honours, University of Queensland (2003)
book reviews
Risse, L. (2022) Review of ‘Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey Towards Equity’ by Goldin, C. Economic Record 98(323): 441-445 🔗
Risse, L. (2019) Review of ‘Tax, Social Policy and Gender: Rethinking Equality and Efficiency’ by Stewart, M. (ed.) Economic Record 95(310): 397-399 🔗
