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Michael Coelli

Associate Professor

Department of Economics

University of Melbourne

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EDUCATION

- PhD in Economics, University of British Columbia, 2005

- MA in Economics, University of British Columbia, 2000

- BComm (Honours in Economics and Econometrics), University of New South Wales, 1990

RESEARCH INTERESTS

- Labour Economics, Economics of Education, Applied Micro-econometrics

POSITIONS HELD

- Deputy Head (Teaching and Learning), Economics, The University of Melbourne, January 2024 –

- Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne, January 2020 – 

- Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne, September 2010 – December 2019

- Lecturer, The University of Melbourne, October 2005 – August 2010

- Consultant, KPMG Management Consulting, Australia, 1997 – 1999

- Market Economist, Macquarie Bank, Australia, 1994 – 1997

- Research Economist, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1991 – 1994.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. "Unintended consequences of school accountability reforms: public versus private schools" with Gigi Foster, Economics of Education Review, 99(April), no. 102523, 2024.

2. "The dragon Down Under: the regional labour market impact of growth in Chinese imports to Australia" with James Maccarrone and Jeff Borland, Regional Studies, 57(11), 2148-63, 2023.
   DATA FILES

3. "Is it ‘Dog Days’ for the Young in the Australian Labour Market?" with Jeff Borland, Australian Economic Review, 54(4), 421-44, 2021. 

4. "The Impact of growth in manufactured imports from China on employment in Australia," with Aaron Blanco, Jeff Borland and James Maccarrone, Economic Record, 97(317), 243-66, 2021. 

5. “Where are the returns to lifelong learning?” with Domenico Tabasso, Empirical Economics, 57(1), 205-37, 2019. 

6. “Do school principals respond to increased public scrutiny? New survey evidence from Australia,” with Gigi Foster and Andrew Leigh, Economic Record, 94(S1), 73-101, 2018. 

7. “Are robots taking our jobs?” with Jeff Borland, Australian Economic Review, 50(4), 1-21, 2017.

8. “Labour Market Inequality in Australia,” with Jeff Borland, Economic Record, 96(299), 517-547, 2016.

9. “Job Polarisation and Earnings Inequality in Australia,” with Jeff Borland, Economic Record, 96(296), 1-27, 2016.
   DATA FILES

10. “Occupational Differences and the Australian Gender Wage Gap”, Australian Economic Review, 47(1), 46-62, 2014.

11. “Leadership Effects: School Principals and Student Outcomes”, with David Green, Economics of Education Review, 31(1), 92-109, 2012.

12.  “Parental Job Loss and the Education Enrolment of Youth,” Labour Economics, 18(1), 25-35, 2011. 

13.  “The Labour Market Effects of Vocational Education and Training in Australia,” with Wang-Sheng Lee, Australian Economic Review, 43(4), 389-408, 2010. 

14. “Credential Changes and Education Earnings Premia in Australia,” with Roger Wilkins, Economic Record, 85(270), 239-259, 2009.

15. “Tuition Fees and Equality of University Enrolment,” Canadian Journal of Economics, 42(3), 1072-1099, 2009.

16.  “Are Skill Shortages a Constraint on Increasing Employment in Australia?” with Roger Wilkins, Australian Economic Review, 41(3), 310-322, 2008.

17. “Breaking the Cycle? The Effect of Education on Welfare Reciept Among Children of Welfare Recipients,” with David Green and William Warburton, Journal of Public Economics, 91(7-8), 1369-1398, 2007.

 CURRENT RESEARCH

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

1. “Industry experiences and education-to-work transitions” with Peter Hurley, Binh Ta, Lizzie Knight and Melinda Hildebrandt, Chapter 5 in Dawkins, P., Lilly, M. and Pascoe, R. (editors) Rethinking Tertiary Education: Building on the Work of Peter Noonan. Melbourne University Press: Melbourne, 2023.

2. "BOOK REVIEW: Robots and AI: A New Economic Era, Lili Yan Ing and Gene M. Grossman (eds), Routledge, London, 2023," Asian Pacific Economic Literature, 37(1), 138-140, 2023.

3. "The Australian labour market and the digital economy," with Jeff Borland, , Conference Paper, Joint ABS / RBA Conference on the Economic Implications of the Digital Economy, 9-10 March, 2022.

4. "Industry experiences and their role in education to work transitions,” with Peter Hurley, Binh Ta, Lizzie Knight and Melinda Hildebrandt, Research Report for the University-Industry Collaboration in Teaching and Learning Review, Department of Education, Skills and Employment, 2021.

5. “Information Technology and the Australian Labour Market,” with Jeff Borland, in Australia's Future Workforce? Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Melbourne, 2015.

6. “Stability of Education Earnings Gaps in Australia,” in Australia's Future Workforce? Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Melbourne, 2015.

7. “What role does price play in student behaviour?” in Structures in tertiary education and training: a kaleidoscope or merely fragments? Research readings, edited by Francesca Beddie, Laura O’Connor and Penelope Curtin, pp. 167-178, National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Adelaide, 2013.

8. “Studying beyond age 25: who does it and what do they gain?” with Domenico Tabasso and Rezida Zakirova, A National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation Program Report, NCVER and the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE), 2012.

9.  “Analysis of private returns to vocational education and training,” with Wang-Sheng Lee, A National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation Program Report, NCVER and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), 2010.

10. “Wage Dispersion and Labour Market Institutions: A Cross Country Study,” with Jerome Fahrer and Holly Lindsay, Reserve Bank of Australia Research Discussion Paper, RDP 9404, 1994.

11.  “Indicators of Inflationary Pressure,” with Jerome Fahrer, Reserve Bank of Australia Research Discussion Paper, RDP 9207, 1992.

POPULAR WRITING

1. AFR Graduates Guide 2024, “Labour market holding up despite slowing economy”.

2. Pursuit, 6 December 2023: “Changing the cost of some uni degrees didn’t change students’ minds”, with Maxwell Yong and Jan Kabatek. 

3. The Conversation, 8 November 2023: “Only 1.5% of students swapped fields due to the ‘Job-ready Graduates’ fee changes”, with Maxwell Yong and Jan Kabatek.

4. Tax and Transfer Policy Institute (TTPI), 19 May 2023: “Budget Forum 2023: Will the Budget Reduce Inflation?”

5. AFR Graduates Guide 2023, “Opportunities abound, but there are lessons for the long haul”.

6. The Conversation, 14 October 2022: “Australian women are more educated than men, but gender divides remain at work”.

7. Tax and Transfer Policy Institute (TTPI), 9 October 2020: “[Budget Forum 2020] Will Instant Asset Write-Offs Boost Jobs?” 

8. The Conversation, 31 October 2019: “Behind those headlines. Why not to rely on claims robots threaten half our jobs”, with Jeff Borland.

9. The Conversation, 9 March 2017: “FactCheck: does Western Australia have the highest unemployment in the country?” (reviewer)

10. The Conversation, 29 April 2015: “Australia’s ‘five pillar economy’: education”.

11. Econochat, 2007: “Labour markets”.

LECTURING

• Quantitative Methods 2 (undergraduate) – 2006-2011.

• Quantitative Methods for Business (Masters) – 2012-2015.

• Empirical Methods for Business (Masters) – online subject development, 2016/17.

• Treatment Effects and Program Evaluation (Masters / PhD) – 2019-2025.

• Labour Economics (undergraduate) – 2006-2010, 2022-2024.

• Labour Economics (Honours) – 2012-2015.

• Honours Coordination – 2016-2018, 2020.

PhD SUPERVISION

Silvia Griselda (2021, principal supervisor) “Economics of Education and Gender,” e61 Institute, Research Manager.

Clement Wong (2019) “When Push Comes to Shove: Challenges in Early Adulthood and the Timing of Nest-leaving”, Deakin University Research Fellow.

Kuiyin Wang (2018) “Essays on Financial Literacy and Decision-Making”.

Simeon Press (2018) “Decision-making under Pressure: A Study of Tennis Professionals”, IAG, Senior Pricing Analyst.

Mike Helal (2015) “The Economics of Education: Student Achievement and School Effectiveness”.

Ermias Weldemicael (2012), “Essays on the Composition of Trade”, US Department of Transportation, Director of Economic Research and Regulatory Analysis. 

Current students (principal supervisor): Abuzar Ali, Thu Phung

HONOURS / MASTERS STUDENTS

Honours: Maxwell Yong (2022); Thomas Carroll, Rupert Hiskens (2015); Lachlan Vass, Sharon Lai, Nicholas McKenna (2013); Nishana Perera (2012); Cameron Harrison (2010); Mike Helal (2009); Philip Harslett, George Pavloglou (2008); Andrea La Nauze, Haoxiang Andy Tay (2007).

Masters:  Gavin Williams, Shambhavi Singh (2023); Matt Douglas (2022); Julia Talbott (2015); Allison Miller, Yoke Phin Lai (2014); Hui Wen Ng (2013); Chun Wai Truman Ng (2010); Martha Huang Chun Ying (2009); Antony Miller (2007).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2024 - ABS/RBA Conference Sydney, AMES Vietnam, AASLE Bangkok.

2023 - WEAI Melbourne, ESAM Sydney, AASLE Taipei.

2022 - ABS/RBA Conference Sydney.

2021 - ESAM (online); ACE (online).

2019 - ACE Melbourne; AASLE Singapore; University of Melbourne.

2018 - International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education, Catanzaro; IZA World Labor Conference, Berlin; AASLE Seoul. 

2017 - Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE), Canberra.

2016 - Child and Adolescent Development Workshop, Melbourne; Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society, Kyoto; Evidence Based Teaching Summit, Melbourne.

2015 - SOLE / EALE Montreal; Many Futures of Work, Melbourne.

2014 - American Economic Association meetings (AEAs), Philadelphia; ACE Hobart.

2013 - Society of Labor Economists (SOLE), Boston.

2012 - Labour Econometrics Workshop (LEW), Wollongong; ESAM Melbourne.

2011 - ESAM Adelaide.

2010 - Econometric Society World Congress, Shanghai; Economics of Education Workshop, Melbourne.

2009 - Australian Conference of Economists (ACE) Adelaide; EALE Tallin; Far East and South Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society, Tokyo.

2008 - European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) Amsterdam; ESAM Wellington.

2007 - ESAM Brisbane.

2006 - Econometric Society of Australasia Meetings (ESAM) Alice Springs.

2005 - CEA Hamilton.

2004 - Human Capital, Productivity and the Labour Market Conference, UWO, London Ontario; CEA Toronto.

2003 - Canadian Economics Association (CEA) Ottawa.

INVITED SEMINARS

2021 - Commonwealth Treasury.

2020 - Brock University.

2019 - University College Dublin; Queens University Belfast.

2016 - Commonwealth Department of Education and Training, Townsville Catholic Education.

2015 - Toronto, Waterloo, Victorian Department of Education and Training.

2013 - NILS Adelaide, NCVER.

2011 - University of NSW, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, University of British Columbia.

2010 - University of British Columbia.

2009 - Monash University, University of NSW, RSSS at ANU.

2008 - University College Dublin.

2007 - Victoria University - Wellington, MOTU Wellington, University of Adelaide, Brock University.

2006 - Monash University, Deakin University, RSSS at ANU, LaTrobe University, MIAESR.

2005 - University of Sydney, Brock University, University of California at Riverside, Georgia State University, University of Florida, University of Victoria BC, University of Toronto, Concordia University, Georgetown University, Virginia Tech.

REFEREEING

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Review, American Educational Research Journal, Australian Economic Papers, Australian Economic Review, Australian Journal of Labour Economics, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Public Policy, Canadian Tax Journal, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Economic Inquiry, Economic Papers, Economic Record, Economics Bulletin, Economics of Education Review, Educational Administration Quarterly, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Education Economics, Education Finance and Policy, Feminist Economics, Industrial Relations, International Journal of Manpower, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Human Capital, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Labour, Labour Economics, Labour and Industry, PLOS One, Review of Income and Wealth, Scandinavian Journal of Economics.

Grant reviewer - ARC, SSHRC

EDITORSHIP

For the Student Section, Australian Economic Review (2010 to 2017)

MEMBERSHIPS

Economic Society of Australia

The Econometric Society

American Economic Association

Society of Labor Economists

Last updated: 11 May, 2021