My Expertise
Economics, Labour Economics, Macroeconomics, Public Policy
Biography
Geni Dechter is an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales. Her research interests are in the fields of labour economics and macroeconomics.
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/site/edechter/
My Grants
Grants, Fellowships and Awards:
2019-2021, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), $371,000
2015-2017, CAF UNSW, ($20,000)
2013, ASB Lab Small Project Grant ($3000)
2010 – 2013, ASB Research...view more
Geni Dechter is an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales. Her research interests are in the fields of labour economics and macroeconomics.
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/site/edechter/
My Grants
Grants, Fellowships and Awards:
2019-2021, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), $371,000
2015-2017, CAF UNSW, ($20,000)
2013, ASB Lab Small Project Grant ($3000)
2010 – 2013, ASB Research Grants, UNSW: 2010-2011 ($25,000), 2012-2013 ($27,000)
2010 – 2013, ASB Conference Grants, UNSW
2003 – 2008, University of Rochester, Department of Economics Fellowship
2006 – 2007, W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy Fellowship
My Qualifications
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 2009
M.A.; B.A. in Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2003; 2000
My Research Activities
Research Interests: Labour economics; Macroeconomics; Economic of Education
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
Labour Economics; Economics of Education; Macroeconomics; Technological Change
Currently supervising
PhD and Honours students
My Engagement
Are Australians ready to break up with casual work?
Women, underemployment and gender inequality in the labour force
Babies got bucks: are more children really better for the economy?
Topic of contention: Casualisation of the workforce
Containing COVID-19: what really works (and what doesn’t)