Yuk Chu Liu (Amy) MA (Washington State), GradDip (ANU), PhD (ANU) Lecturer, Graduate Studies in International and Development Economics, Crawford School

Dr Liu has several research interests and expertise, namely, child labour, children's schooling, gender wage disparities, income inequalities and poverty. She is particularly interested in how the labour market changes in transitional economies. She has been researching on related issues in Vietnam. 'Wage structure in Vietnam', a project supported by a research grant of the International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (ICEAD), Japan, and changes in income inequality in Vietnam are two projects she has been working on amongst many others.

Research interests/expertise

• Child labour
• Children's schooling
• Gender wage disparities
• Income inequalities and poverty
• Vietnam

Current Projects

• 'Wage structure in Vietnam', Project supported by the research grant of the International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (ICEAD), Japan
• Income inequality and health

Recent Publications

• Liu, A. Y.C. (2006). ‘Changing wage structure and education in Vietnam 1993-1998: The roles of demand”,
  Journal of Transition, 14(4):681-706

• Liu, A. Y.C. (2004). ‘Changes in gender wage gap in Vietnam’,
  Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 32(3): 586-596.
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• Liu, A. (2004), 'Sectoral gender wage gap in Vietnam'.
  Oxford Development Studies, Vol. 32(2): 225-240.
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• Liu, A. (2004), 'Flying ducks? Girls' schooling in rural Vietnam - A revisit'.
  Asian Economics Journal, Vol. 18(3): 293-318.
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• Liu, A. (2001), 'Market, inequality and poverty in Vietnam'.
  Asian Economics Journal, Vol. 15(2), 217-35.
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Selected Publications

• Liu, A. Y.C. (2006). ‘Changing wage structure and education in Vietnam 1993-1998: The roles of demand”, Journal of Transition, 14(4):681-706
• Liu, A. Y.C. (2005). ‘Impact of economic reform on wage structure in Viet Nam’, East Asian Economic Perspectives, 16(2): 46-57.
• Liu, A. Y.C. (2004). 'Flying ducks? Girls' schooling in rural Vietnam - A revisit'. Asian Economics Journal, 18(3): 293-318.
• Liu, A. Y.C. (2004). 'Sectoral gender wage gap in Vietnam'.
  Oxford Development Studies, 32(2): 225-240.
• Liu, A. Y.C. (2004). ‘Changes in gender wage gap in Vietnam’, Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 32(3): 586-596.
• Liu, A.Y.C. (2001). 'Flying ducks? Girls' schooling in rural Vietnam'.
  Asian Economics Journal, 15(4): 385-403.
• Liu, A. Y.C. (2001) 'Market, inequality and poverty in Vietnam', Asian Economics Journal, 15(2): 217-235.
• B. Chapman, Y. Dunlop, M. Gray, Y.C. Liu, D. Mitchell. (2001). 'The impact of children on the lifetime earnings of Australian women: Evidence from the 1990s', Australian Economic Review, 34 (4):373-389.
• D. Cobb-Clark, D. Mitchell and Y.C. Liu (2000) 'Reassessing the role of child care costs in the work and care decisions of Australian families', Australian Bulletin of Labour, 26(4):279-297.

Teaching

• Microeconomic Policy and Analysis (IDEC8016)
• Applied Microeconomics: Cost-Benefit Analysis (IDEC8001)
• Microeconomics (Summer)
• Diploma Microeconomics for the twinning program with the American International University of Bangladesh, Dhaka

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