Laura Panza

Tracking the impact of COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia: Shocks, vulnerability and insurances among residents of share houses

Katrina Raynor, Laura Panza

Journal article  |  2021  |  CITIES

COVID-19 is re-shaping cities and regions, as residents respond to large disruptions to employment and social interaction and thre..

Always egalitarian? Australian earnings inequality 1870-1910

Laura Panza, Jeffrey G Williamson

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW

We document the origins of Australia's egalitarianism by quantifying both the level and trends of earnings inequality during 1870–..

Overcoming the Egyptian cotton crisis in the interwar period: the role of irrigation, drainage, new seeds and access to credit

Laura Panza, Ulas Karakoc

Journal article  |  2021  |  Economic History Review: a journal of economic and social history

After experiencing a period of spectacular growth during the late nineteenth century, the Egyptian cotton sector underwent a phase..

From a common empire to colonial rule: Commodity market disintegration in the Near East

Laura Panza

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

Political disintegrations have the potential to cause large disturbances in international trade. This column investigates the effe..

The impact of ethnic segregation on schooling outcomes in Mandate Palestine

L Panza

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Development Economics

This paper provides new and comprehensive evidence on the relationship between ethnic segregation and Arab and Jewish human capita..

From a common empire to colonial rule: commodity market disintegration in the Near East

Laura Panza

Report  |  2020

This paper investigates the impact of the disruption of the Ottoman Empire on the integration of regional and colonial commodity m..

Atlantic trade and the decline of conflict in Europe

Reshad Ahsan, Laura Panza, Yong Song

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

While the relationship between trade and war is ambiguous, some argue that diminished trade can pose a threat to global peace by l..

Living costs and living standards: Australian development 1820–1870

L Panza, Jeffrey G Williamson

Journal article  |  2020  |  European Review of Economic History

This paper contributes to the New World living standard leadership debate by comparing the Australian experience during 1820s–1870..

THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON VICTORIAN SHARE HOUSEHOLDS

Katrina Raynor, Laura Panza

Report  |  2020

Context: While there is emerging evidence of large spikes in housing stress, high unemployment and mental health issues across Aus..

Does social mix reduce stigma in public housing? A comparative analysis of two housing estates in Melbourne

Kate Raynor, Laura Panza, Camilo Ordóñez, Mladen Adamovic, Melissa A Wheeler

Journal article  |  2020  |  Cities

In Australia and many other countries of the Global North, public housing estates are being dismantled and redeveloped to create m..