Research and Research Support Staff

  1. 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

    +61 3 8344 2095

  2. 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

    +61 3 9035 7482

  3. Dr Ana Gamarra Rondinel

    Research Fellow
    (Data and Analytics,
    Education and Child Development,
    Public Economics)

    • Bunching
    • Early childhood development
    • Taxation policies

    +61431229715

  4. Dr Steeve Marchand

    Research Fellow
    (Education and Child Development,
    Labour Markets and Employment,
    Public Economics)

    • Effects of disadvantage on student outcomes and child development
    • Transitions from school to further education and training
    • Employment policy
    • Labour supply issues tied to sub-populations (e.g. women, Indigenous Australians, medical workforce)
    • Service delivery of welfare programs

    +61383442109

  5. 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

    +61 3 9035 4266

  6. 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

    +61 3 8344 0912

  7. Dr Kyle Peyton

    Senior Research Fellow
    (Income and Economic Wellbeing,
    Public Economics)

    • Experimental design and analysis
    • Poverty, socio-economic disadvantage and social exclusion
    • Drivers of income inequality and mobility
    • Survey Methodology

    +61 3 90355126

  8. Dr Miguel Ruiz

    Research Fellow
    (Data and Analytics,
    Public Economics)

    • Panel data analysis
    • Geographic Analysis
    • Social Housing

  9. 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

    +61 3 8344 2863

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