I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Economics at Monash University. My research focuses on economic decision-making over the lifecycle and the role of financial stress, mental health, cognitive ability and non-cognitive skills. The analysis of human capital formation, with a particular focus on the role of non-cognitive skills has been my primary research focus for the last 5 years. My current research projects investigate whether the evolution of non-cognitive skills and their returns are context dependent. We currently do not know much about this, despite a growing literature showing the importance of these skills in determining life’s outcomes and recent trends to teach non-cognitive skills in schools in Australia and the US.
According to IDEAS/RePeC – the largest bibliographic database of economists worldwide
– I currently rank in the top 9% of all economists and top 6% of
female economists worldwide.
My articles can be found in such journals as the Economic Journal, Industrial and Labour Relations Review, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, Labour Economics, Journal of Human Capital, Economics Letters and Journal of Economic Psychology.
Contact Sonja.kassenboehmer@monash.edu Sonja C. Kassenboehmer Centre for Health Economics Monash University Level 2, Building 75 Clayton, Victoria 3800 Australia
+++NEWS+++
++March 2017++
My paper on obesity and socioemotional skills has just been accepted for publication in Journal of Human Capital
++Jan 2017++
My paper has just been accepted in Journal of Economic Psychology [LINK]
++Dec 2016++
My paper has just been accepted for publication in Labour Economics [LINK]
++Dec 2016++
My paper has just been conditionally accepted in Journal of Economic Psychology [LINK]
++Dec 2016++
My paper has just been published in Journal of Banking and Finance [LINK]
++Nov 2016++
My paper is now forthcoming in Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation [LINK]
++Nov 2016++
I will present my work on Financial Decision-making and Cognitive Decline at theCSIRO-Monash Superannuation Research Workshop [LINK]
