Flinders University
Dr Laurence Lester
Dr
Laurence
Lester
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/laurence.lester
| Position/s: | Lecturer/Course Coordinator Flinders Business School |
| Phone: | +61 8 82012344 |
| Email: | laurence.lester@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Law Commerce (3.62) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Biography
Laurence is a Lecturer in the Business School and is also a Chief Investigator on an NHMRC project examining the relationship between employment conditions and health.
Qualifications
Cert IV IT, B.Ec(Hons), M.Ec, PhD
Teaching
Teaching interests
Micro Econnomics; Macro Economics; Econometrics; Labour Economics
Research and supervision
Research expertise
- Economics
Research interests
Econometric Modeling
Applied Economics
Supervisory interests
- Econometrics
- Health economics
- Labour economics
RHD research supervision
Current
Associate supervisor:
Economics (2);
Publications
Refereed journal articles
Ratcliffe, J., Lester, L., Couzner, L. and Crotty, M. (2013). An assessment of the relationship between informal caring and quality of life in older community-dwelling adults - more positives than negatives? Health and Social Care in The Community, 21(1), pp.35-46. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2524.2012.01085.x.
Rao, K., Tilt, C.A. and Lester, L.H. (2012). Corporate governance and environmental reporting: an Australian study. Corporate Governance, 12(2), pp.143-163. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14720701211214052.
Richardson, S., Lester, L. and Zhang, G. (2012). Are Casual and Contract Terms of Employment Hazardous for Mental Health in Australia? Journal of Industrial Relations, 54(5), pp.557-578. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022185612454974.
Couzner, L., Ratcliffe, J., Lester, L.H., Flynn, T. and Crotty, M. (2012). Measuring and valuing quality of life for public health research: Application of the ICECAP-O capability index in the Australian general population. International Journal of Public Health. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-012-0407-4.
Tan, Y. and Lester, L.H. (2012). Labour Market and Economic Impacts of International Working Holiday Temporary Migrants to Australia. Population, Space and Place, 18, pp.359-383. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psp.674.
Laver, K., Ratcliffe, J., George, S., Lester, L.H., Walker, R.B., Burgess, L., et al. (2011). Early rehabilitation management after stroke: what do stroke patients prefer? Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 43, pp.354-358. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-0678.
Tan, Y., Lester, L.H. and Richardson, S. (2008). Labour force projections: a case study of the Greater Metropolitan Area of New South Wales. Australian Bulletin of Labour, 34(1), pp.79-99. [online]. Available from: http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=200807738;res=APAFT.
Refereed conference papers
Nel, D., Lester, L.H., Chan, A. and Pitt, L.F. (2010). Customer Equity Drivers in Prepaid and Postpaid Airtime Markets. In Dr Paul Ballantine and Dr Jorg Finsterwalder, ed. Doing More with Less. Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy. pp. 150-150.
Fitzpatrick, D.D. and Lester, L.H. (2009). Dynamics of female labour supply?: evidence of differences in preference between single and couple females. In 2009 HILDA Survey Research Conference. 2009 HILDA Survey Research Conference. [online]. Available from: http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/conf/hildaconf2009/Papers/Session%206A/Fitzpatrick,%20Darcy_paper.pdf.
Lester, L.H. (2006). An analysis of addictive expenditure: a panel data model with fixed effects and time analysis. In Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society. Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society (ESAM06). pp. 1-24. [online]. Available from: http://esam06.anu.edu.au/.
Books
Richardson, S., Stack, S., Lester, L.H., Healy, J.G., Ilsley, D.C. and Horrocks, J.A. (2004). The changing labour force experience of new migrants: inter-wave comparisons for Cohorts 1 and 2 of the LSIA. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. [online]. Available from: http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/research/.
Richardson, S., Stack, S., Moskos, M., Lester, L.H., Healy, J.G., Miller-Lewis, L., et al. (2004). The Changing Settlement Experience of New Migrants: inter-wave comparisons for Cohorts 1 and 2 of the LSIA. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. [online]. Available from: http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/research/.
Refereed journal articles
Ratcliffe, J., Lester, L., Couzner, L. and Crotty, M. (2013). An assessment of the relationship between informal caring and quality of life in older community-dwelling adults - more positives than negatives? Health and Social Care in The Community, 21(1), pp.35-46. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2524.2012.01085.x.
Tan, Y. and Lester, L.H. (2012). Labour Market and Economic Impacts of International Working Holiday Temporary Migrants to Australia. Population, Space and Place, 18, pp.359-383. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psp.674.
Richardson, S., Lester, L. and Zhang, G. (2012). Are Casual and Contract Terms of Employment Hazardous for Mental Health in Australia? Journal of Industrial Relations, 54(5), pp.557-578. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022185612454974.
Rao, K., Tilt, C.A. and Lester, L.H. (2012). Corporate governance and environmental reporting: an Australian study. Corporate Governance, 12(2), pp.143-163. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14720701211214052.
Couzner, L., Ratcliffe, J., Lester, L.H., Flynn, T. and Crotty, M. (2012). Measuring and valuing quality of life for public health research: Application of the ICECAP-O capability index in the Australian general population. International Journal of Public Health. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-012-0407-4.
Laver, K., Ratcliffe, J., George, S., Lester, L.H., Walker, R.B., Burgess, L., et al. (2011). Early rehabilitation management after stroke: what do stroke patients prefer? Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 43, pp.354-358. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-0678.
Tan, Y., Lester, L.H. and Richardson, S. (2008). Labour force projections: a case study of the Greater Metropolitan Area of New South Wales. Australian Bulletin of Labour, 34(1), pp.79-99. [online]. Available from: http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=200807738;res=APAFT.
Refereed conference papers
Nel, D., Lester, L.H., Chan, A. and Pitt, L.F. (2010). Customer Equity Drivers in Prepaid and Postpaid Airtime Markets. In Dr Paul Ballantine and Dr Jorg Finsterwalder, ed. Doing More with Less. Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy. pp. 150-150.
Fitzpatrick, D.D. and Lester, L.H. (2009). Dynamics of female labour supply?: evidence of differences in preference between single and couple females. In 2009 HILDA Survey Research Conference. 2009 HILDA Survey Research Conference. [online]. Available from: http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/conf/hildaconf2009/Papers/Session%206A/Fitzpatrick,%20Darcy_paper.pdf.
Lester, L.H. (2006). An analysis of addictive expenditure: a panel data model with fixed effects and time analysis. In Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society. Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society (ESAM06). pp. 1-24. [online]. Available from: http://esam06.anu.edu.au/.
Conference publications
Fitzpatrick, D.D. and Lester, L.H. (2010). Labour Supply in Australia: a comparison of the behaviour between partnered & single, males & females. In 2009 Australian Labour Market Research Worshop. 2009 Australian Labour Market Research Worshop.
Fitzpatrick, D.D. and Lester, L.H. (2010). A Comparison of the Labour Supply Behaviour of Women & Men: Evidence from Australia. In 24orMore International Conference on Increasing Female Labour Participation. International Conference on increasing female labour participation "24orMore". pp. 33-49.
Lester, L.H. (2009). A Multiple Indicators and Multiple Causes (MIMIC) Model of Immigrant Settlement Success. In XXVI International Population Conference: Abstracts. XXVI International Population Conference. p. 290.
Lester, L.H. (2006). An index of labour market success. In 2006 PhD Conference in Economics and Business. 2006 PhD Conference in Economics and Business.
Tan, Y., Richardson, S. and Lester, L.H. (2006). Labour force projections: a case for the greater metropolitan area of New South Wales to 2031. In Population challenges in ageing societies: European Population Conference 2006. Population challenges in aging societies: European Population Conference 2006.
Other public research outputs
Fitzpatrick, D., Lester, L., Mavromaras, K., Richardson, S. and Sun, Y. (2010). From Education to Employment: How long does it take. Report prepared for National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER).
Tan, Y., Richardson, S., Lester, L.H., Bai, C. and Sun, Y. (2009). Evaluation of Australia's Working Holiday Maker Program.
Lester, L.H. (2008). A multiple indicators and multiple causes (MIMIC) model of immigrant settlement success (Working Paper). , (160).
Fitzpatrick, D.D. and Lester, L.H. (2008). An Econometric Evaluation of Women's Labour Supply in WA.
Tan, Y. and Lester, L.H. (2005). Labour force projections for the greater metropolitan area of NSW to 2031: Results and technical paper prepared for the Transport and Population Data Centre of the NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources.
