Research staff
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Professor Ragan Petrie
Professorial Fellow
Program Coordinator
(Education and Child Development,
Public Economics)- Determinants of student achievement
- Economic preferences of children
- Individual decision-making and incentives in education
- Charitable giving
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Professor Marco Castillo
Program Coordinator
(Education and Child Development,
Families and Households,
Public Economics)- Determinants of student achievement
- Early childhood development
- Economic preferences of children
- Effects of disadvantage on student outcomes and child development
- Individual decision-making and incentives in education
- Family and household wellbeing outcomes
- Charitable giving
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Professor Guyonne Kalb
Program Director
(Education and Child Development,
Families and Households,
Health and Healthcare,
Income and Economic Wellbeing,
Labour Markets and Employment,
Public Economics)- Labour supply with a focus on female labour force participation
- Impact of social policy on labour supply
- Impact of tax and transfer policies on labour supply
- Parental leave and family policies
- Impact of childcare and early childhood development
- Effects of disadvantage on child development
- Individual health outcomes
- Healthcare workforce and the labour market
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Professor A. Abigail Payne
Director and Ronald Henderson Professor
(Education and Child Development,
Public Economics)- Determinants of student achievement
- Student performance
- Post-secondary education
- Charitable giving
- Government expenditure and behaviour
- Taxation policies
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Dr Nicolás Salamanca
Senior Research Fellow
(Education and Child Development,
Families and Households,
Public Economics)- Determinants of student achievement
- Early childhood development
- Effects of disadvantage on student outcomes and child development
- Individual decision-making and incentives in education
- Design and performance of schools and other educational institutions
- Disadvantaged families
- Family and household formation and dissolution