Researcher

Biography

Trang Le is a Research Fellow at the School of Economics, University of New South Wales, with research interests spanning both micro and macro aspects of household economics. 

My focus includes fertility, education investment, inequalities, the economics of aging, intergenerational family dynamics, labour supply, and behavioural macroeconomics. My work primarily involves quantitative analysis using micro-data and structural dynamic models to...view more

Trang Le is a Research Fellow at the School of Economics, University of New South Wales, with research interests spanning both micro and macro aspects of household economics. 

My focus includes fertility, education investment, inequalities, the economics of aging, intergenerational family dynamics, labour supply, and behavioural macroeconomics. My work primarily involves quantitative analysis using micro-data and structural dynamic models to study heterogeneous households.

My website: https://sites.google.com/view/trangle-econ/about

 

 


My Grants

  • UNSW Business Sustainable Development Grant, 2023 (AUD 4,000)
  • UNSW Tuition Fee Exemption for Ph.D. Program, 2019 - 2023
  • UNSW Scientia Scholarship for Ph.D. program, Australia, 2019-2023
  • Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia Grant, 2019 (USD 8,000)
  • MEXT Scholarship, Tokyo, Japan, 2013-2015
  • IMF-Japan Scholarship, Tokyo, Japan, 2011-2012
  • Scholarship sponsored by Posco Group for Excellent Study Performance
  • Odon Vale Honor Scholarship for Excellent Study Performance
  • Great Eastern Singapore Scholarship for Excellent Study Performance
  • Scholarship for Excellent Study Performance by Ministry of Education (2006, 2007, 2009)

My Awards

Best Policy Paper, GRIPS, Tokyo, Japan, 2019


My Research Activities

Research Interests: Family Macroeconomics and Public Policies, Development and Inequality, Population Aging, and Demographic Changes.


My Engagement

  1. How a Spike in Trade in PRC Has Reduced Income Inequality in Vietnam (with Matthias Heble and Long Trinh), Asian Development Blog, 2019. 

  2. The China shock and its impact on income inequality in Vietnam (with Matthias Heble and Long Trinh), VOXEU, 2019.

  3. Freer trade can raise living standards and bring down the prices of goods and service, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) Pod Cast, 2019.

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Location

School of Economics
UNSW Business School
UNSW Sydney