Maneka Jayasinghe (PhD, Griffith)

Maneka is a lecturer in Economics in the Asia Pacific College of Business and Law, Charles Darwin University, Australia. Her teaching areas include Economics, Business Statistics and Quantitative Methods. Her research interests include, Consumer Demand Analysis, Poverty, Gender and Income Inequality, and Tourism Economics. Her research mainly focuses on South Asia and Australia. She holds a PhD in Economics (Griffith University, Australia), Masters in Public Policy (National University of Singapore, Singapore) and Bachelor of Arts in Economics (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka).

Maneka’s Publications

Journal Articles

1. Jayasinghe, M. (2019). Dynamic Trends in Household Poverty and Inequality in Sri Lanka: Do Gender and Ethnicity Matter? Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Vol.24, No.2, 208-223.
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2. Jayasinghe, M., E. A. Selvanathan and S. Selvanathan (2019). An Intertemporal Analysis of Expenditure Elasticities Under Three Expenditure Specifications for Sri Lanka. Applied Economics, Vol.51, No.59, 6376-6392
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3. Jayasinghe, M., S. Ratnasiri, C. Smith and A. Chai (2018). Domestic Technology, Consumption Economies of Scale, and Poverty: Evidence from Sri Lanka. Applied Economics, Vol.50, No.16, 1777-1789.
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4. Jayasinghe, M., A. Chai, S. Ratnasiri and Smith, C. (2017). The Power of the Vegetable Patch. Food Policy, Vol.73, 62-74.
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5. Jayasinghe, M., C. Smith, A. Chai and S. Ratnasiri (2016). The implications of income dependent equivalence scales for measuring poverty in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Social Economics, Vol.43, No.12, 1-17.
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6. Lakshman, R. W. D. and M. S. Jayasinghe (2011) "Livelihood development with a gender perspective: A case study from Sri Lanka", Sri Lanka Economic Journal, 12 (1&2), pp. 82-116.
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7. Jayasinghe, M. (2009), "Development Issues, Contradiction and Policy Options", Sri Lanka Economic Journal, Vol.9, No. 2, New Series, pp. 143-149.
   

Chapters

1. Jayasinghe, M., E. A. Selvanathan and S. Selvanathan (2020). Impact on Tsunami on Tourist Arrivals in Asia. Elsevier Publishers.
   

2. Jayasinghe, M., E. A. Selvanathan and S. Selvanathan (2019). Shift in International Development Aid and its Impact on Economic Growth. Routledge.
   

3. Jayasinghe, M., S. Selvanathan and E. A. Selvanathan (2019). Determinants of Sustainable Foreign Direct Investments in Bangladesh. Springer Nature Publishers.
   

4. Selvanathan, E. A., M. Jayasinghe and S. Selvanathan (2019). Nexus between Economic Growth and Energy Consumption: A Case Study of Bangladesh. University Press Limited.
   

5. Selvanathan, S., M. Jayasinghe and E. A. Selvanathan (2019). Exports, Imports and Sustainable Economic Growth in Bangladesh. Nova Science Publishers.
   

Academic Conferences

1. Jayasinghe, M., E. A. Selvanathan and S. Selvanathan (2019). Violence Against Women and Life Satisfaction: A Case Study from Australian Indigenous Communities. Australian Gender Economics Workshop (AGEW), Melbourne, (Australia)
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2. Selvanathan, E. A., S. Selvanathan and M. Jayasinghe (2019). Modelling the Australian alcohol consumption patterns using the conditional generalised Working’s model. Presented at the Measurements and Microeconometric Symposium, Griffith University, Brisbane, (Australia)
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3. Selvanathan, E. A., S. Selvanathan and M. Jayasinghe (2019). Regional Disparities in Consumption Patterns. Australian Conference of Economists (ACE), Melbourne, (Australia)
   

4. Jayasinghe, M., C. Smith, A. Chai and S. Ratnasiri (2018). Australian Gender Economics Workshop (AGEW), Perth, (Australia)
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5. Jayasinghe, M., E. A. Selvanathan and S. Selvanathan (2018). Impact of Household Characteristics on Household Consumption Expenditure: Evidence from Sri Lanka. The 14th International Conference of Western Economic Association International, Newcastle, (Australia)
   

6. Jayasinghe, M., C. Smith, A. Chai and S. Ratnasiri (2017). Consumption Economies of Scale, Household Headship and Poverty: Evidence from Sri Lanka, 4th International Conference of Economics and Finance (ICEF), Ton Duc Thang University, (Vietnam)
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7. Sivashankar, P., R. M. P. S. Rathnayake, M. Jayasinghe and C. Smith (2017). Incidence of Value Added Taxation on inequality: Evidence from Sri Lanka, Workshop on Demand Analysis, Griffith University, Brisbane, (Australia)
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8. Jayasinghe, M., C. Smith, A. Chai and S. Ratnasiri (2016). Effects of technology adoption in domestic sphere on consumption economies of scale. The 12th Australian Development Economics Workshop (ADEW), Melbourne, (Australia)
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9. Jayasinghe, M., Ratnasiri, S., Smith, C., & Chai, A. (2016, June). "Effects of technology adoption in domestic sphere on consumption economies of scale." Presented at 12th Australian Development Economics Workshop (ADEW), Melbourne, Australia.
   

10. Jayasinghe, M. (2015) "Time Trends in Food Consumption Scale Economies in Sri Lanka-An Equivalence Scales Based Analysis" at the 6th meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ), Luxembourg.
    

11. Jayasinghe, M. (2015) "Time Trends in Food Consumption Scale Economies in Sri Lanka-An Equivalence Scales Based Analysis" at the Australian Conference of Economists (ACE), Brisbane.
    

12. Jayasinghe, M., C. Smith, A. Chai and S. Ratnasiri (2015). 9. The power of the vegetable patch. The PhD Conference in Economics and Business, Brisbane, (Australia)
    

13. Jayasinghe, M., C. Smith, A. Chai and S. Ratnasiri (2015). Time trends in food consumption scale economies in Sri Lanka an equivalence scale based analysis. 6th Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ), (Luxembourg)
    

14. Jayasinghe, M., C. Smith, A. Chai and S. Ratnasiri (2015). Time trends in food consumption scale economies in Sri Lanka an equivalence scale based analysis. Australian Conference of Economists (ACE), Brisbane, (Australia)
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15. Jayasinghe, M., Chai, A., Ratnasiri, S., & Smith, C. (2015, November). "The power of the vegetable patch." Presented at the PhD Conference in Economics and Business, Brisbane.
    

16. Jayasinghe, M., Smith, C., Ratnasiri, S., & Chai, A. (2015, October). "Consumption economies of scale, household headship and poverty: evidence from Sri Lanka." Presented at the PhD symposium in Economics, Griffith University, Australia.
    

17. Jayasinghe, M. and R. W. D. Lakshman (2011) "Gender Inequality in Rural Livelihoods – A Case Study from Sri Lanka through a Longitudinal Lens", Annual Conference of the British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS), held at the University of Southampton, UK.
    

18. Jayasinghe, M., and R. W. D. Lakshman (2011), "Gender Mainstreaming and the Sustainable Livelihood Approach", Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) Colloquium on Poverty Research 2011: Current Imperatives in Understanding Poverty, Ceylon Continental Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
    

19. Jayasinghe, M., and R. W. D. Lakshman (2011), "Gendered Impact of Rural Livelihood Development Interventions—a Case Study from Sri Lanka through a Longitudinal Lens", 2011 annual conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE), held in Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China.
    

Other publications

1. Selvanathan, E. A., S. Selvanathan and M. Jayasinghe (forthcoming, 2020). Household Demand for Consumer Goods in Developing Countries: A Comparative Perspective, Routledge
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2. Tharshan, S., W. L . M. A. Liyanage, P. G. K. Nilanka, E. A. Selvanathan, M. Jayasinghe and S. Selvanathan (2019). The Impact of Sectoral Government Expenditure on Economic Growth - Evidence from Sri Lanka, Discussion Paper Series in Economics and Business Statistics, Griffith University, 02-2019
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3. Jayasinghe, M., C. Smith, A. Chai and S. Ratnasiri (2017). Consumption Economies of Scale, Household Headship and Poverty: Evidence from Sri Lanka, ICEF 2017 Proceedings, 4th International Conference of Economics and Finance (ICEF), Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.
   

4. Sivashankar, P., R. M. P. S. Rathnayake, M. Jayasinghe and C. Smith (2017). Incidence of Value Added Taxation on inequality: Evidence from Sri Lanka, Discussion Paper Series in Economics and Business Statistics, Griffith University, 04-2017
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