Contact: federico.zilio@unimelb.edu.au
I am a Honorary Fellow at the Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, University of Melbourne. I received my PhD degree from the Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Essex and I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
My research interests are Microeconometrics of Public Policies, Labour Economics, Health Economics, Environmental Economics.
Publications:
Health Shocks and Household Allocation of Time and Spending Review of Economics of the Household, 2025 (with Ross Hickey, Ted McDonald, Eric Sun, Yuting Zhang)
Climate-related disaster risk in Australia: Are risks higher for disadvantaged households? Ecological Economics, 2025. (with Antonia Settle, M. Mistica & U. Nattala)
Baby Bump or Baby Slump? COVID-19, Lockdowns, and their Effects on Births in Australia SSM - Population Health, 2024. (with Irma Mooi-Reci & Mark Wooden)
The Health Benefits of a Targeted Cash Transfer: The UK Winter Fuel Payment Health Economics, 2018. (with T. Crossley)
Working Papers:
What Do We Really Know about the Employment Effects of the UK’s National Minimum Wage? (with M.Brewer & T. Crossley)
Work in Progress:
Earnings risks and income insurance: evidence from Australian tax data
Working from home, home production and time pressure (with Irma Mooi-Reci & Lyn Craig)
Climate risks, locus of control and home insurance
Climate risks and underinsurance
The impact of inflation and interest rates on household finances and expenditures