Contact

Email

jenny.williams@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Professor
Department of Economics
Education
Doctoral Degree (Research) / PhD
Rice University
Masters Degree (Coursework)
Rice University
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
The Australian National University
ORCID

0000-0002-9084-0446

Prof Jenny Williams

Professor
Department of Economics
67 Scholarly works
6 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    The benefits of timely access to treatment: Substance use disorders, healthcare utilization and employment
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2026.103162
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Opportunities in Middle Childhood: Multiple System Involvement During Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence in Northern Territory, Australia
    DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.70031
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Prevalence and Factors Associated With Alleged Offending Among Children Aged 10–13 Years in the Northern Territory of Australia
    DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.70034
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Racial and ethnic differences in quitting when marijuana retail markets are legal: evidence from California
    DOI: 10.1007/s00181-025-02802-4
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes in a National Population Cohort of Patients Treated for Substance Use Disorders
    DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001404
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Can Electronic Monitoring Reduce Reoffending?
    DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00954
  • 2017

    Research Contracts

    Lex30886 - Surveymeter - For Survey Work in Indonesia.
Jenny Williams

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2019
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)
2004
Outstanding Lecturer B Award, Faculty of Economics and Commerce University of Melbourne
2002
Prize awarded for best paper in 2001 Economic Record Australian Economic Association
2002
Economic Society of Australia

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Journal article

    Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Adolescence and Early School Leaving
    DOI: 10.1037/adb0001023
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Are Employment Protection Laws for Persons with Disabilities Effective in a Developing Country?
    DOI: 10.1086/717279
  • 2022

    Report

    What's Another Day? The Effects of Wait Time for Substance Abuse Treatment on Health-Care Utilization, Employment and Crime
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Delinquency, Arrest and Early School Leaving*
    DOI: 10.1111/obes.12393

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2017

    Research Contracts

    Lex30887 - Research Agreement - Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-Pal)
  • 2019

    Research Contracts

    JPAL Collaboration Agreement ABDUL LATIF JAMEEL POVERTY ACTION LAB (J-Pal)
  • 2011

    Research Grant

    An Econometric Analysis of the Impact of Education on Health in Developing Countries
  • 2007

    Research Grant

    Up in Smoke: an Econometric Analysis of Labour Market, Health and Educational Consequences of Cannabis Use