Institute for Social Science Research

Dr Matthew Curry

Research Fellow
Institute for Social Science Research
Affiliate of ARC COE for Children and Families Over the Lifecourse
ARC Centre of Excellence: Children and Families Over the Lifecourse
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Researcher biography

Matthew Curry is a sociologist whose research focuses primarily on inequalities, stratification, and mobility in labor markets, education, and social disadvantage. His research uses Australian population-level administrative data and longitudinal surveys in the United States and Australia to study the interrelations between family and socioeconomic background, education, and labor market outcomes. He is also involved in work seeking to improve social science research infrastructure in Australia, in collaboration with the Australian Research Data Commons. Another strain of research applies a stratification and mobility lens to ethnic self-identification, investigating intra- and inter-generational 'mobility' in self-identification responses over time. His work has been published in European Sociological Review, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Social Science Research, and Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. At ISSR, he has also contributed to projects related to equity in employment, education, and social disadvantage more broadly in partnership with the Paul Ramsay Foundation, Health and Wellebing Queensland, the NSW Department of Education, Mission Australia, and others.

Prior to joining ISSR, he was the Rondald Henderson Research Fellow, a position jointly appointed by the Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne and the Research and Policy Centre at the Brotherhood of St Laurence, a large non-profit organisation based in Melbourne. He received his PhD in sociology from UCLA in 2016.

Publications

Journal Articles (7)
Working Paper (1)
Research Reports (15)

Journal Articles

Mooi-Reci, Irma, Liao, Tim F. and Curry, Matthew (2022). Linked labor force trajectories: Empirical evidence from dual-parent families in the United States and Australia. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 82 100734, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2022.100734
Curry, Matthew, Mooi-Reci, Irma and Wooden, Mark (2022). Intergenerationally penalized? The long-term wage consequences of parental joblessness. Social Science Research, 103 102650, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2021.102650
Curry, Matthew and Lee, Rennie (2021). Indigenous self-identification across generations: parent–child links in Australian survey data. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 49 (9), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/1369183x.2021.1914007
Mooi-Reci, Irma, Wooden, Mark and Curry, Matthew (2020). The employment consequences of growing up in a dual-parent jobless household: a comparison of Australia and the United States. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 68 100519, 100519. doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2020.100519
Curry, Matthew, Mooi-Reci, Irma and Wooden, Mark (2019). Parental joblessness and the moderating role of a university degree on the school-to-work transition in Australia and the United States. Social Science Research, 81, 61-76. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.03.004
Mooi-Reci, Irma, Bakker, Bart, Curry, Matthew and Wooden, Mark (2019). Why parental unemployment matters for children's educational attainment: empirical evidence from The Netherlands. European Sociological Review, 35 (3), 394-408. doi: 10.1093/esr/jcz002
Curry, Matthew (2019). The Great Recession and shifting patterns of college effects for young men. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 59, 34-45. doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2018.11.003

Working Paper

Curry, Matthew, Mooi-Reci, Irma and Wooden, Mark (2018). Parental joblessness and the moderating role of a university degree on the school-to-work transition in Australia and the United States. LCC Working Paper Series. 2018-09. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.

Research Reports

Zając, Tomasz, Curry, Matthew and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2023). School-to-work pathways: a longitudinal analysis of linked administrative data. Technical report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Zając, Tomasz, Curry, Matthew and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2023). School-to-work pathways: a longitudinal analysis of linked administrative data. Final report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Robinson, Mark, Curry, Matthew, McGraw, Jacquie, Shaweesh, Maram and Yates, Miriam (2023). Targeted review of student equity in higher education programs and system level policy levers appendix: work package 2a - program structure and implementation. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Johnstone, Melissa, Robinson, Mark, Curry, Matthew and Kubler, Matthias (2023). Final report: targeted review of student equity in higher education programs and system level policy levers. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Young, Charlotte, Curry, Matthew, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Yates, Miriam, Porter, Dave, McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2022). Desktop review: Lived expertise insights. Brisbane, QLD, Australi: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Curry, Matthew , Lata, Lutfun Naha , Yates, Miriam , Young, Charlotte , Porter, Dave , McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2022). Desktop review: Evidence-based equity innovations, practice and evaluation. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Young, Charlotte , Curry, Matthew , Lata, Lutfun Nahar , Yates, Miriam , Porter, Dave , McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2022). Desktop review: Lived expertise insights. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Curry, Matthew , Lata, Lutfun Nahar , Yates, Miriam , Young, Charlotte , Porter, Dave, McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2022). Stakeholder interviews: Descriptive analysis and themes aligned to research questions. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Yates, Miriam S., Curry, Matthew, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Young, Charlotte, Porter, Dave, McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2022). Desktop Review: Equity and Wellbeing Frameworks. Long Pocket, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Curry, Matthew, Yates, Miriam, Young, Charlotte, Porter, Dave, McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2022). Desktop Review: Queensland Equity Data. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Curry, Matthew, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Yates, Miriam, Young, Charlotte, McDaid, Lisa, Reddel, Tim and Porter, Dave (2022). Systems analysis to inform a Queensland equity framework: draft systems insight report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Reddel, Tim, Curry, Matthew, Shekari Soleimanloo, Shamsi and Porter, Dave (2021). Resource to support the Towards a Queensland Equity Framework. Institute for Social Science Research: The University of Queensland .
Reddel, Tim, Porter, Dave, Verstege, Emily, Charles-Edwards, Elin, Curry, Matthew, Lam, Jack, Fullerton, Ken and Evans, Sally (2021). Queensland’s Homelessness Response to COVID-19 – Post Implementation Review. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
McDaid, Lisa, Cleary, Anne, Robinson, Mark, Johnstone, Melissa, Curry, Matthew, Ridgway, Tyrone and Western, Mark (2021). Pillar 3 report: What can be done to maximise educational outcomes for children and young people experiencing disadvantage?. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Porter, Emily, Bowman, Dina and Curry, Matthew (2020). All in it together? Financial wellbeing before COVID-19. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Brotherhood of St Laurence.