Elizabeth Hill joined the staff of Political Economy after having worked in the financial sector. Elizabeth's primary research interests relate to the experience of gender, work and care in both developed and developing country economies. This includes research on the development of work and family policy in Australia and its impact on women's labour market participation and gender equity; the changing character of work and care in emerging economies in the Asia Pacific Region eg. India; the informal economy and informal employment; organising informal labour; and the relationship between human agency and socio-economic development.

Elizabeth convenes, with Professor Barbara Pocock from the University of South Australia, the Australian Work+ Family Policy Roundtable (http://www.familypolicyroundtable.com.au/). The Roundtable promotes the development and dissemination of relevant Australian and international research on work and family policy. The Roundtable is an active participant in the public debate around these issues, providing regular submissions to Government Inquiries on the status of work and family policy in Australia, as well as media commentary and analysis on policy developments.

Recent reports published by the Roundtable include:-

• Policy Principles for a National System of Early Childhood Education and Care http://www.familypolicyroundtable.com.au/pdf/Final%20Policy%20Principles.doc
  
• Benchmarks for Work and Family Policies in Election 2007 http://www.familypolicyroundtable.com.au/pdf/benchmarksFINAL.pdf

In 2008 and 2009 Elizabeth is based in New Delhi, India where she is researching work and care chains in the Indian economy.

• Work and family policy
• Gender and international development
• The informal economy

2009

Journal Article/s

Hill E (2009) 'The Indian Industrial Relations System: Struggling to address the dynamics of a globalising economy,Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.51, No.3. pp.395-410.

2008

Book Section/s

Hill E 2008 'India: The Self Employed Women´s Association and Autonomous Organising' in Women and Labour Organizing in Asia: Diversity, Autonomy and Activism, ed. K Broadbent and M Ford, Routledge Curzon, London pp. Chapter 8.

Journal Article/s

D.Thompson, L.Treleaven, P.Kamvounias, B. Beem and E. Hill (2008) Integrating Graduate Attributes with Assessment Criteria in Business Education: Using an Online Assessment System, Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, Vol.5, no.1 pp.34-48.

2007

Edited Book/s

Hill E, Pocock B and Elliot A 2007 Kids Count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia, Sydney University Press, Sydney.

Journal Article/s

* Hill E (2009) 'The Indian Industrial Relations System: Struggling to address the dynamics of a globalising economy, Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.51, No.3. pp.395-410.

Hill E 2007 'Budgeting for Work-Life Balance: The ideology and Politics of Work and Family Policy in Australia', Australian Bulletin of Labour, vol.33:2.

2006

Journal Article/s

Hill E 2006 'Howard's Choice: The ideology and politics of work and family policy 1996-2006', Australian Review of Public Affairs, Digest.

Conference Paper/s

Hill E 2006 'The Ideology and Politics of Work and Family Policy in Australia: Subverting Women´s Economic Security',Paper presented at the 15th Annual Conference on Feminist Economics, The University of Sydney.

Seminar Paper/s

Pocock B and Hill E 2006 'The Childcare Policy Challenge: Principals for Discussion', Paper presented at the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Workshop ‘Childcare: A Better Policy Framework for Australia´, The University of Sydney, 13th-14th July 2006.

2005

Conference Paper/s

Hill E 2005 'A Union of Her Own: Indian Women as Labour Activists',Eighth Women in Asia Conference, The University of Technology, Sydney.

Hill E 2005 'Organising Non-standard Women Workers for Economic and Social Security in India and Australia',19th Conference of the Association of Industrial relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand.

Hill E 2005 'The Moral Dynamics of Membership: Producing Identity, Agency and Socio-Economic Transformation',International Association for Feminist Economics 2005 Conference, The American University, Washington.

Seminar Paper/s

Hill E 2005 'Taking care of practical gender needs and strategic gender interests: Strategies for working time', Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Workshop: Taking Care of Work and Family, The University of Sydney, November 17-18th 2005.

2004

Journal Article/s

Hill E 2004 'Set in Cement: Women´s Status as Secondary Earners in the 2004-05 Federal Budget', The Human Defender, vol.13:2.

Seminar Paper/s

Hill E 2004 'Beyond Capital and Capabilities: Theorising Human Agency in Economic Development', Demography and Sociology Program Seminar, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, June 2004.

Hill E 2004 'Organising 'non-standard' workers for economic and social security: Lessons from an Indian women's trade union', Gender and Labour Studies Seminar, The University of Adelaide, October 2004.

2002

Conference Paper/s

Hill E 2002 'Worker Education and Economic Empowerment Amongst Women Working in the Indian Informal Sector: Redressing Moral Injury Through Collective Learning and Action',Education and Social Action Conference, UTS, Sydney.

2001

Journal Article/s

Hill E 2001 'Women in the Indian Informal Economy: Collective Strategies for Work Life Improvement and Development', Work Employment and Society, vol.15:3, pp. 443-464.

1999

Report/s

Meagher G and Hill E 1999 'Doing Qualitative Research in Economics: Two examples and some reflections', Discussion Paper, Open Discussion Papers in Economics, The Open University, Report Number 16.