Sue Richardson (born 1946) is an Australian economist and academic. She has been a Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor at

Flinders University Flinders University is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across 11 locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of British navigator ...

since 2012.

Early life and education

Richardson was born in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Victoria in 1946. After completing her secondary education at St Catherine's School in Toorak, she took a BCom at the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

in 1968. In 1976 she received a PhD from

La Trobe University La Trobe University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora. The university was established in 1964, becoming the third university in the state of Victoria an ...

for her thesis "An economic model of government choice and its application to problems of federalism".

Career

Richardson's academic career began as economics tutor at La Trobe University. Following completion of her PhD, she was employed by the

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...

as a lecturer and was promoted to reader in 1991. She transferred to

in 2000 as professor of labour economics and has been a principal research fellow since 2008. In 2012 Richardson was one of the 14 academics to be awarded the title Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor by

. Richardson was appointed a part-time member of the Minimum Wage Panel of

Fair Work Australia The Fair Work Commission (FWC), until 2013 known as Fair Work Australia (FWA), is the Australian industrial relations tribunal created by the ''Fair Work Act 2009'' as part of the Rudd Government's reforms to industrial relations in Australia ...

(later the Fair Work Commission) in November 2009. In 2018 the commission published her "Discussion paper: The UK evaluation of the impacts of increases in their minimum wage" as part of its annual minimum wage review. Richardson was elected a Fellow of the

Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) is an independent, non-governmental organisation devoted to the advancement of knowledge and research in the social sciences. It has its origins in the Social Science Research Council of Austr ...

in 1994. She served as president of that Academy from 2003 to 2006. She was made a

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in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to the social sciences, particularly in the field of labour market economics as an academic and researcher, and through contributions to the development of socially inclusive public policy".

Selected works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, Sue 1946 births Living people Members of the Order of Australia Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia University of Melbourne alumni La Trobe University alumni University of Adelaide faculty Flinders University faculty Australian economists Academics from Melbourne People educated at St Catherine's School, Melbourne