Australian Education Markets network

The Australian Education Markets (AusEM) network is an Australian-based academic research initiative that brings together theoretical, empirical and experimental economists with a common interest in education policy and market design.

The goal for this network is first and foremost to create a stronger community of researchers working in closely related areas in our region. The network provides a specialised venue where we can interact regularly, seek and provide feedback, and exchange ideas.

Starting in November 2021, we will organise monthly virtual seminars with invited speakers, accompanied with discussion sessions and individual meetings. The topics of the seminars are more focused than those of other virtual seminar series, aiming to foster a regular group of participants with expertise that is closely related to education and market design.

Starting in 2022, we will also organise occasional practice-oriented meetings with education policy-makers and with academics who have had direct involvement in the design of education systems.

The group welcomes all Australian-based academics and advanced-stage PhD students who are interested in education policy and market design. If you would like to join us, please contact us at AusEMnetwork@gmail.com.

Note: Meetings are held via Zoom. All times below are in local Sydney/Melbourne/Canberra times. To easily convert to other time zones, try Time Zone Converter.

20th October 2022, 3-4:15pm

Speakers: Aleksei Chernulich (NYU Abu Dhabi).

Topic: “Endogenous Tracking: Sorting and Peer Effects” (with Romain Gauriot and Daehong Min)

1st November 2022, 9-10:15am

Speakers: Minseon Park (University of Wisconsin).

Topic: “Sorting, Commuting, and School Choice” (with Dongwoo Hahm)

10th November 2022, 6-7:15pm

Speakers: Julien Grenet (Paris School of Economics).

Topic: “The Effects of Affirmative Action on Targeted and Non-Targeted Students: Evidence from Low-Income Priorities in Paris High Schools” (with Gabrielle Fack and YingHua He)

17th November 2021, Wednesday, 4-5pm

Topic: Introductory meet-and-greet session

7th December 2021, Tuesday, 12-1:15pm

Speaker: Bobby Pakzad-Hurson (Brown University)

Topic: Do Peer Preferences Matter in School Choice Market Design? Theory and Evidence (with N. Cox, R. Fonseca)

25th February 2022, Friday, 11am-12pm

Speaker: Richard Holden (UNSW, Economics of Education Knowledge Hub)

Topic: Engagements with Australian education policy-makers (joint meeting with Mechanism Design for Social Good)

29th March 2022, Tuesday, 6-7:30pm

Speakers: Julien Combe (Ecole Polytechnique) and Olivier Tercieux (Paris School of Economics).

Topic: "Market Design for Distributional Objectives in (Re)assignment: An Application to Improve the Distribution of Teachers in Schools" (with Umut Dur, Camille Terrier and Utku Unver)

8th April 2022, Friday, 10-11am

Speaker: Verity Firth (UTS Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion, James Martin Institute for Public Policy, former NSW Minister for Education and Training)

Topic: Policy challenges in Australian education (joint meeting with Mechanism Design for Social Good)

14th June 2022, Tuesday, 9-10:30am

Speakers: Yinghua He (Rice University).

Topic: "Leveraging Uncertainties to Infer Preferences: Robust Analysis of School Choice" (with Yeon-Koo Che and Dong Woo Hahm)

Georgy Artemov (University of Melbourne)

Ivan Balbuzanov (University of Melbourne)

Alexandra de Gendre (University of Melbourne)

Adeline Delavande (University of Technology Sydney)

Isa Hafalir (University of Technology Sydney)

Allan Hernández-Chanto (University of Queensland)

Richard Holden (UNSW, President of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia)

Byeong-hyeon Jeong (University of Melbourne)

Onur Kesten (University of Sydney)

Alex Nichifor (University of Melbourne)

Siqi Pan (University of Melbourne)

Nicolas Salamanca (Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne)

Peter Siminski (University of Technology Sydney)

Emil Temnyalov (University of Technology Sydney)

Kentaro Tomoeda (University of Technology Sydney)

Marian Vidal-Fernadez (University of Sydney)

Hao Zhou (University of Technology Sydney)

Alexandra de Gendre (University of Melbourne)

Isa Hafalir (University of Technology Sydney)

Siqi Pan (University of Melbourne)

Emil Temnyalov (University of Technology Sydney)

Kentaro Tomoeda (University of Technology Sydney)