Education:

• Bachelor of Economics (Honours Class I), University of Sydney (2016-2019)

Honours and Awards:

• Monash Business School Three Minute Thesis Winner (2024)

• Best contribution to policy, practice, or engagement to reduce social and economic disadvantage over the life course, Life Course Centre Working Paper Award (2020)

• Best Honours Thesis, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Undergraduate Prize for NSW (2019)

• University of Sydney Honours Scholarship, University of Sydney (2019)

Publications:

• Baxter et al. 2021. Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste: Opportunities to Reduce Social Disadvantage from COVID-19. The Australian Economic Review, vol. 00, no. 00, pp.1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12428 

• De Silva, L., Doremus, J. and Taylor, R. 2021. The Plastic Economy. Environmental Defense Fund Economics Discussion Paper Series, EDF EDP 21-05. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3859528.

• Cobb-Clark, D. A. and De Silva, L. 2021. Participation, Unemployment, and Wages. The Australian Economic Review, vol. 00, no. 11, pp. 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12433 

• De Silva, L. and Taylor, R.L., 2024. If you build it, will they compost? The effects of municipal composting services on household waste disposal and landfill emissions. Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 87, no. 3, pp. 761-789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-023-00834-x  

Working Papers:

• 'Social equity in community disaster funding: A case study of the Black Summer Bushfires' with Prof. David Johnston and Dr. Sundar Ponnusamy

• 'Whirlwind friendships: The impact of severe tornadoes on social capital' with Prof. David Johnston and Dr. Sundar Ponnusamy

• 'The mitigating effect of social capital on post-disaster unemployment'  with Prof. David Johnston and Dr. Sundar Ponnusamy

Research experience:

• Data Analyst, Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) (2021-)

• Research Assistant, Life Course Centre, School of Economics, University of Sydney (2020-2021)

Teaching Experience:

• Introductory Microeconomics (ECON1001) Tutor, School of Economics, University of Sydney (2019)

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