Hi! I am Dyah Pritadrajati (I go by Prita, pronounced Pree-tah), a PhD candidate in Economics at the Arndt–Corden Department of Economics, Australian National University. I am an applied microeconomist working in labour and family economics, with a focus on gender, education, and social policy.

My Job Market Paper examines how mothers’ labour supply and household behaviour adjust when childcare relief is partial. A short overview of the paper was featured on the World Bank’s Development Impact blog. 

I was a Fox International Fellow at Yale University (2024–25) and a Pacific Trade and Development (PAFTAD) Fellow. My research has been published in Labour Economics, Journal of Development Studies, and Economic Analysis and Policy.

I previously completed an MPhil in Economics at the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Economics for Development at the University of Oxford, and received my undergraduate degree in Economics from Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia). 

I was born in Wonosobo and grew up between Surabaya and Yogyakarta in Indonesia. While in high school, I participated in an AFS exchange programme and lived with a host family in New York. During my undergraduate studies, I became interested in development and public policy, including through community-based fieldwork (KKN) in West Papua. 

I’ve spent time living and studying in the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, and Thailand, before now being based in Australia. 

Outside of research, I enjoy being active and outdoors—I am a certified diver and an avid cyclist. 

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Contact: dyah.pritadrajati@anu.edu.au / dyah.pritadrajati@gmail.com