Martin Watts
Biographic Data
| ID | 3720265 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Watts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Watts |
| SIGNATURE | WATTS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Newcastle Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4724-964X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The interplay between the market food environment and barriers to healthy diets for women in rural Bihar, India
The potential effects of climate change on subsistence farmers’ wellbeing in tropical (sub)montane homegardens. A case study on Mount Kilimanjaro
Tropical agroforestry systems support the wellbeing of millions of subsistence farmers. Owing to their ecosystem services, these agricultural systems are often advocated in government, policy, and literature as a potential adaptation to climate change measure despite emerging evidence that agroforestry systems could succumb to climate change. While the agroecological impacts of climate change on tropical agroforests are becoming increasingly appa…
Jews in the Merchant Navy in the Second World War – last voices
Jews in the Merchant Navy in the Second World War – last voices." Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 18(2), pp. 248–249
Britain, Zionism, and the Jewish Legion
In the autumn of 1917, the British government committed itself to the “Formation of Battalions for the Reception of friendly Alien Jews,” an announcement that was followed just 7 weeks later, by the Balfour Declaration. In this article, which builds on the author's previous research into the Jewish Legion, the link between Britain and Zionism, in the context of the First World War, is reconsidered. By taking into account further secondary works, …
Watermills and Waterwheels
The Anglo-Saxon achievement in the development of water-power to drive millstones for grinding grain is underlined by references to over 6000 mills in England at the time of the Domesday survey, the majority of which must have been established by or during the late Anglo-Saxon period. This chapter sets out to discuss the legacy of water-power in England after its introduction by the Romans and the apparent revival of watermill technology from the…
Ditherington Mill and the Industrial Revolution
This high-quality publication is the latest of several important studies of the English textile industry carried out by English Heritage and now Historic England, differing from earlier surveys in
Operation Market Garden: Strategic Masterstroke or Battle of the Egos
In S eptember 1944, the allies undertook the largest ever airborne operation, apparently in an effort to capitalize on the G erman withdrawal from F rance and B elgium and end the war in the west by encircling the R uhr. But what really lay behind this most audacious and daring attempt to finish the war in 1944? Inter‐allied rivalry, at the highest levels of military command, and the pursuit of personal ambition, will be discussed to reveal some …
Commentary
Networks and geography: Modelling community network structures as the outcome of both spatial and network processes
Identifying Functional Regions in Australia Using Hierarchical Aggregation Techniques
This paper continues our work focused on developing a new socio-economic geography for Australia such that the chosen spatial aggregation of data is based on an analysis of economic behaviour. The underlying hypothesis is that the development of a geographical classification based on underlying economic behaviour will provide new insights into critical issues of regional performance, including unemployment differentials, the impact of industry, i…
The Impact of Spatial Imbalance and Socioeconomic Characteristics on Average Distance Commuted in the Sydney Metropolitan Area
There is no consensus on the relationship between urban form and commuting behaviour in the international literature. However, there has been limited Australian research on commuting patterns. In this paper, an integrated spatial econometric model which utilises a number of proxies for urban form is employed to analyse the determinants of average commuting distance by occupation across Statistical Local Areas in the Sydney metropolitan area of Ne…
Ethnic Residential Segregation: Some Comments on a Commentary
Debate continues in the academic literature about the measurement and interpretation of residential segregation. Poulsen, Johnston, and Forrest have been prolific writers in this area with papers exploring the pattern of ethnic segregation in cities, including Sydney, Auckland, and New York. They mainly use two related techniques, namely a fixed typology of areas (within a region) based on their white versus nonwhite population composition and an…
Boat Mills in Europe from Early Medieval to Modern Times
Examining the relationship between commuting patterns, employment growth and unemployment in the NSW Greater Metropolitan Region
This paper employs the Labour Market Accounts framework to explore how employment growth and commuting patterns interacted to determine changes in the spatial distribution of unemployment in Statistical Local Areas within the NSW GMR over the period 1996–2001. Separate regression models (including control variables) for men and women provide estimates of the relative strength of the relationships between these labour market adjustment responses a…
Work Choices: The low productivity road to an underclass
The passage of the Work Choices Act 2005 serves to eliminate one of the last symbols of fairness in Australian society; the judicially‐determined conciliation and arbitration system and wage‐setting machinery. In this paper we examine the flawed conceptual framework, which underpins the Government's view that reducing the rights and protections of workers will produce superior labour market outcomes. We argue that the principal failure of the Wor…
Ironworking in the Bronze Age? Evidence from a 10th Century BC Settlement at Hartshill Copse, Upper Bucklebury, West Berkshire
Excavations at Hartshill Copse in 2003 uncovered evidence for Late Bronze Age settlement, securely dated to the 10th century BC , associated with long alignments of closely set posts: prehistoric landscape features with few known parallels. Extensive sampling of the settlement remains yielded quantities of burnt flint and plain Post Deverel-Rimbury potsherds, and, quite unexpectedly, a substantial quantity of iron hammerscale. This paper presents…
Tower Windmills in Medieval England: A Case of Arrested Development
Windmills became a very common sight on medieval landscapes from the late twelfth century onwards, particularly the mostly timber post-mill variety. Much rarer were tower windmills, where the wooden cap carrying the sails rotated on the top of a high stone tower. Despite the fact that tower windmills were known from at least the late thirteenth century and seemingly had advantages of durability and as attractive show-pieces for medieval landlords…
On the Conceptualisation and Measurement of Horizontal and Vertical Occupational Gender Segregation
In a series of papers, Blackburn et al. claim to solve the conceptual and measurement issues associated with vertical gender segregation by occupation. In this paper it is argued that the authors misinterpret the conventional index measures of segregation, which leads them to a misspecification of their vertical and horizontal components of segregation which are alleged to be orthogonal. As a consequence, the two components are conflated, so that…
The Jewish Legion during the First World War
In the autumn of 1917, the British government established three batallions of infantry, for the reception of non-nationalized Russian Jews. Known colloquially as the Jewish Legion, the batallions serv
Occupational gender segregation: Index measureiient and econometric modeling
Empirical studies of gender segregation by occupation must be founded on rigorous measurement procedures. There appears to be a consensus that any index used in the analysis of time-series or international cross-section employment data must be either margin-free or decomposable to yield a margin-free component. On the other hand, Charles and Grusky (1995) advocate the use of multiplicative log models from which a margin-free odds ratio can be der…
The analysis of sex segregation: When is index measurement not index measurement
In their paper in this issue. Grusky and Charles (1998) make a number of dubious claims about the measurement and interpretation of sex segregation. First, they incorrectly claim that only log-odds measures yield margin-free measures of segregation. Second. the estimation and testing of a limited class of log-linear models does not provide an independent test of the appropriateness of a log-odds ratio index to measure segregation. Their estimatio…
White Mill, Shapwick
White Mill, Shapwick
Finch Foundry, Devon
Finch Foundry is a nineteenth century water-powered forge which produced agricultural hand tools. The family firm ceased trading in 1960 and the Foundry now belongs to the National Trust. The machinery survives and the tilt hammers, drop hammers, forges and grindstone, powered by waterwheels, can be seen working. The following description is the result of Martin Watts' survey of the machinery for English Heritage, and a buildings survey for the N…
Finch Foundry, Devon
Finch Foundry is a nineteenth century water-powered forge which produced agricultural hand tools. The family firm ceased trading in 1960 and the Foundry now belongs to the National Trust. The machinery survives and the tilt hammers, drop hammers, forges and grindstone, powered by waterwheels, can be seen working. The following description is the result of Martin Watts' survey of the machinery for English Heritage, and a buildings survey for the N…
How Should Occupational Sex Segregation be Measured
Occupational gender segregation: Index measureiient and econometric modeling
Empirical studies of gender segregation by occupation must be founded on rigorous measurement procedures. There appears to be a consensus that any index used in the analysis of time-series or international cross-section employment data must be either margin-free or decomposable to yield a margin-free component. On the other hand, Charles and Grusky (1995) advocate the use of multiplicative log models from which a margin-free odds ratio can be der…
The Sex Ratio Index Revisited
The analysis of sex segregation: When is index measurement not index measurement
In their paper in this issue. Grusky and Charles (1998) make a number of dubious claims about the measurement and interpretation of sex segregation. First, they incorrectly claim that only log-odds measures yield margin-free measures of segregation. Second. the estimation and testing of a limited class of log-linear models does not provide an independent test of the appropriateness of a log-odds ratio index to measure segregation. Their estimatio…
Identifying Functional Regions in Australia Using Hierarchical Aggregation Techniques
This paper continues our work focused on developing a new socio-economic geography for Australia such that the chosen spatial aggregation of data is based on an analysis of economic behaviour. The underlying hypothesis is that the development of a geographical classification based on underlying economic behaviour will provide new insights into critical issues of regional performance, including unemployment differentials, the impact of industry, i…
Ironworking in the Bronze Age? Evidence from a 10th Century BC Settlement at Hartshill Copse, Upper Bucklebury, West Berkshire
Excavations at Hartshill Copse in 2003 uncovered evidence for Late Bronze Age settlement, securely dated to the 10th century BC , associated with long alignments of closely set posts: prehistoric landscape features with few known parallels. Extensive sampling of the settlement remains yielded quantities of burnt flint and plain Post Deverel-Rimbury potsherds, and, quite unexpectedly, a substantial quantity of iron hammerscale. This paper presents…
A Critique of Marginal Matching
The Impact of Spatial Imbalance and Socioeconomic Characteristics on Average Distance Commuted in the Sydney Metropolitan Area
There is no consensus on the relationship between urban form and commuting behaviour in the international literature. However, there has been limited Australian research on commuting patterns. In this paper, an integrated spatial econometric model which utilises a number of proxies for urban form is employed to analyse the determinants of average commuting distance by occupation across Statistical Local Areas in the Sydney metropolitan area of Ne…
Explaining Trends in Occupational Segregation: Some Comments
It is argued that Hakim (1992) is correct in claiming that no single index can measure the extent of horizontal and vertical sex segregation by occupation. In her attempts to explain trends in occupational segregation in Britain, however, she has provided an inconsistent picture of the overall pattern of change and utilized the concept of vertical segregation incorrectly. The Karmel and Maclachlan index and its decomposition over time provide a r…
Commentary
Examining the relationship between commuting patterns, employment growth and unemployment in the NSW Greater Metropolitan Region
This paper employs the Labour Market Accounts framework to explore how employment growth and commuting patterns interacted to determine changes in the spatial distribution of unemployment in Statistical Local Areas within the NSW GMR over the period 1996–2001. Separate regression models (including control variables) for men and women provide estimates of the relative strength of the relationships between these labour market adjustment responses a…
On the Conceptualisation and Measurement of Horizontal and Vertical Occupational Gender Segregation
In a series of papers, Blackburn et al. claim to solve the conceptual and measurement issues associated with vertical gender segregation by occupation. In this paper it is argued that the authors misinterpret the conventional index measures of segregation, which leads them to a misspecification of their vertical and horizontal components of segregation which are alleged to be orthogonal. As a consequence, the two components are conflated, so that…
Wage Dispersion, Job Vacancies and Job Search in Equilibrium
In his survey, Models of Market Organization with Imperfect Information, Michael Rothschild paraphrases a colleague's views on the importance of imperfect information. friction caused by disequilibrium and lack of information accounts for variations in the numbers we observe at the fifth or sixth decimal place. Your stories are interesting but have no conceivable bearing on any question of practical economic interest (Rothschild, 1973, p. 1283). …
Wage Dispersion, Job Vacancies and Job Search in Equilibrium
In his survey, Models of Market Organization with Imperfect Information, Michael Rothschild paraphrases a colleague's views on the importance of imperfect information. friction caused by disequilibrium and lack of information accounts for variations in the numbers we observe at the fifth or sixth decimal place. Your stories are interesting but have no conceivable bearing on any question of practical economic interest (Rothschild, 1973, p. 1283). …
Screening, Inter‐firm Exploitation and Job Search
The Sex Ratio Index Revisited
Farm and Threshing Mill at Poltimore Farm, Farway, Devon
This article is based on a report compiled for English Heritage to accompany a series of measured drawings commissioned by them of the remarkably complete and well-maintained water-powered farm threshing mill at Poltimore Farm in east Devon. The machinery and buildings were recorded in January 1990, prior to repair and restoration work.
Farm and Threshing Mill at Poltimore Farm, Farway, Devon
This article is based on a report compiled for English Heritage to accompany a series of measured drawings commissioned by them of the remarkably complete and well-maintained water-powered farm threshing mill at Poltimore Farm in east Devon. The machinery and buildings were recorded in January 1990, prior to repair and restoration work
How Should Occupational Sex Segregation be Measured
Explaining Trends in Occupational Segregation: Some Comments
It is argued that Hakim (1992) is correct in claiming that no single index can measure the extent of horizontal and vertical sex segregation by occupation. In her attempts to explain trends in occupational segregation in Britain, however, she has provided an inconsistent picture of the overall pattern of change and utilized the concept of vertical segregation incorrectly. The Karmel and Maclachlan index and its decomposition over time provide a r…
A Critique of Marginal Matching
White Mill, Shapwick
White Mill, Shapwick
Finch Foundry, Devon
Finch Foundry is a nineteenth century water-powered forge which produced agricultural hand tools. The family firm ceased trading in 1960 and the Foundry now belongs to the National Trust. The machinery survives and the tilt hammers, drop hammers, forges and grindstone, powered by waterwheels, can be seen working. The following description is the result of Martin Watts' survey of the machinery for English Heritage, and a buildings survey for the N…
Finch Foundry, Devon
Finch Foundry is a nineteenth century water-powered forge which produced agricultural hand tools. The family firm ceased trading in 1960 and the Foundry now belongs to the National Trust. The machinery survives and the tilt hammers, drop hammers, forges and grindstone, powered by waterwheels, can be seen working. The following description is the result of Martin Watts' survey of the machinery for English Heritage, and a buildings survey for the N…
Female employment growth in Britain, 1979–92: Some competing hypotheses ∗
Over the period 1979–92, the gender and status composition of employment has undergone significant change in Britain, which cannot be attributed merely to cyclical influences. In this paper changes in the pattern of employment by occupation, gender and part-time and full-time status are decomposed to cast some light on three hypotheses (buffer stock, substitution and segregation) which are designed to explain the growth of female employment in Br…
Occupational gender segregation: Index measureiient and econometric modeling
Empirical studies of gender segregation by occupation must be founded on rigorous measurement procedures. There appears to be a consensus that any index used in the analysis of time-series or international cross-section employment data must be either margin-free or decomposable to yield a margin-free component. On the other hand, Charles and Grusky (1995) advocate the use of multiplicative log models from which a margin-free odds ratio can be der…
The analysis of sex segregation: When is index measurement not index measurement
In their paper in this issue. Grusky and Charles (1998) make a number of dubious claims about the measurement and interpretation of sex segregation. First, they incorrectly claim that only log-odds measures yield margin-free measures of segregation. Second. the estimation and testing of a limited class of log-linear models does not provide an independent test of the appropriateness of a log-odds ratio index to measure segregation. Their estimatio…
The Jewish Legion during the First World War
In the autumn of 1917, the British government established three batallions of infantry, for the reception of non-nationalized Russian Jews. Known colloquially as the Jewish Legion, the batallions serv
Tower Windmills in Medieval England: A Case of Arrested Development
Windmills became a very common sight on medieval landscapes from the late twelfth century onwards, particularly the mostly timber post-mill variety. Much rarer were tower windmills, where the wooden cap carrying the sails rotated on the top of a high stone tower. Despite the fact that tower windmills were known from at least the late thirteenth century and seemingly had advantages of durability and as attractive show-pieces for medieval landlords…
On the Conceptualisation and Measurement of Horizontal and Vertical Occupational Gender Segregation
In a series of papers, Blackburn et al. claim to solve the conceptual and measurement issues associated with vertical gender segregation by occupation. In this paper it is argued that the authors misinterpret the conventional index measures of segregation, which leads them to a misspecification of their vertical and horizontal components of segregation which are alleged to be orthogonal. As a consequence, the two components are conflated, so that…
Examining the relationship between commuting patterns, employment growth and unemployment in the NSW Greater Metropolitan Region
This paper employs the Labour Market Accounts framework to explore how employment growth and commuting patterns interacted to determine changes in the spatial distribution of unemployment in Statistical Local Areas within the NSW GMR over the period 1996–2001. Separate regression models (including control variables) for men and women provide estimates of the relative strength of the relationships between these labour market adjustment responses a…
Work Choices: The low productivity road to an underclass
The passage of the Work Choices Act 2005 serves to eliminate one of the last symbols of fairness in Australian society; the judicially‐determined conciliation and arbitration system and wage‐setting machinery. In this paper we examine the flawed conceptual framework, which underpins the Government's view that reducing the rights and protections of workers will produce superior labour market outcomes. We argue that the principal failure of the Wor…
Ironworking in the Bronze Age? Evidence from a 10th Century BC Settlement at Hartshill Copse, Upper Bucklebury, West Berkshire
Excavations at Hartshill Copse in 2003 uncovered evidence for Late Bronze Age settlement, securely dated to the 10th century BC , associated with long alignments of closely set posts: prehistoric landscape features with few known parallels. Extensive sampling of the settlement remains yielded quantities of burnt flint and plain Post Deverel-Rimbury potsherds, and, quite unexpectedly, a substantial quantity of iron hammerscale. This paper presents…
Boat Mills in Europe from Early Medieval to Modern Times
Ethnic Residential Segregation: Some Comments on a Commentary
Debate continues in the academic literature about the measurement and interpretation of residential segregation. Poulsen, Johnston, and Forrest have been prolific writers in this area with papers exploring the pattern of ethnic segregation in cities, including Sydney, Auckland, and New York. They mainly use two related techniques, namely a fixed typology of areas (within a region) based on their white versus nonwhite population composition and an…
The Impact of Spatial Imbalance and Socioeconomic Characteristics on Average Distance Commuted in the Sydney Metropolitan Area
There is no consensus on the relationship between urban form and commuting behaviour in the international literature. However, there has been limited Australian research on commuting patterns. In this paper, an integrated spatial econometric model which utilises a number of proxies for urban form is employed to analyse the determinants of average commuting distance by occupation across Statistical Local Areas in the Sydney metropolitan area of Ne…
Identifying Functional Regions in Australia Using Hierarchical Aggregation Techniques
This paper continues our work focused on developing a new socio-economic geography for Australia such that the chosen spatial aggregation of data is based on an analysis of economic behaviour. The underlying hypothesis is that the development of a geographical classification based on underlying economic behaviour will provide new insights into critical issues of regional performance, including unemployment differentials, the impact of industry, i…
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