Research

Geographic variation in access to Medicare-subsidised psychotherapy (with Nicole Black, David Johnston and Anh Trinh) – Australian Health Review, 2026

The effect of birth order on children's time use (with Nicole Black and Gawain Heckley) – Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, 2026

The growing divide: Income inequities in access to mental healthcare in Australia (with Nicole Black, David Johnston and Anh Trinh) – SSM Mental Health, 2025

Children's time allocation and the socioeconomic gap in human capital (with Nicole Black and Gawain Heckley)– European Economic Review, 2024

Happily ever after? Mental health effects of early marriage in Indonesia - Feminist Economics, 2022. [view pre-publication PDF]

The long shadow of child labour on adolescent mental health: A quantile approach (with Nadezhda Baryshnikova and Terence Cheng) - Empirical Economics, 2022

Do secondary school children stay in school and out of the labour market in the presence of an educational cash transfer? (with Amriza Wardani and Nadezhda Baryshnikova) - Education Economics, 2022

Global priorities for climate change and mental health research (with Fiona Charlson, Suhailah Ali, et al.) - Environmental International, 2022

Can unconditional in-kind transfers keep children out of work and in school? Evidence from Indonesia (with Nadezhda Baryshnikova and Anh Pham) - BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2021 [view pre-publication PDF]

Use of telehealth mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic (with Brenda Gannon) – Australian Health Review, 2021

Descriptive Data Analysis of Inequality of Economic Opportunity using the Queensland Family Cohort Pilot Study (with Brenda Gannon and Vicki Clifton) – Australian Economic Review, 2021

Dreaming big: Higher occupational aspirations from persistent and advantaged kids (with Sonja C. de New, John P. de New and Clement Wong) - View Paper

Beyond the minimum: The impact of Indonesia’s marriage age law on child marriage and education (with Adrianna Bella, Nicole Black, Teguh Dartanto and Dennis Petrie) - View Paper

Rainfall, Health Risks, and Socioeconomic Vulnerability in Urban Informal Settlements (with Farzana Hoassain, David Johnston, Rohan Sweeney, et al.)

Adverse life events and life satisfaction in informal settlements: Evidence from Indonesia (with David Johnston, Rohan Sweeney, at al.)

Dynamic effects of out-of-home care placements on children’s schooling (with Nicole Black, David Johnston and Leonie Segal)

Mental health, genetics and labour market outcomes (with Nicolau Martin Bassols, Sonja C. de New, John P. de New and Clement C. Wong)

Economic wellbeing and resilience to unexpected shocks in urban informal settlements: Evidence from Indonesia and Fiji (with Farzana Hoassain, David Johnston, Rohan Sweeney, et al.)

Jayawardana, D. G. (2020). Child wellbeing and economic development: Evidence from Indonesia. PhD thesis, University of Adelaide [view PDF]