Ana Gamarra Rondinel 

Welcome!

I'm a Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute Applied Economic & Social Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course. I'm also a Research Affiliate with CESifo and the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the Crawford School of Public Policy (ANU).

I'm a public economist specialising in taxation and government policy. My work focuses on three main areas: taxation, education, and early childhood,  with gender, poverty, and inequality cutting across them. I examine:

• How student loans affect university enrollment and post-education outcomes

• How tax and welfare policies influence behavior around childbirth

• The efficiency and distributional impacts of the tax and transfer system

I also contribute to the Breaking Down Barriers Shared Data Environment (BDB-SDE) and the Community Tax Project at the Melbourne Social Equity Institute.

I hold a B.A. in Economics from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, an M.S. in Economics from Université Catholique de Louvain (Academic distinction), and a Ph.D. in Economics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 2020 (Summa cum laude).

Affiliations: International Institute of Public Finance, Women in Economics, European Economic Association

News!

In 2025, my work will be presented at several leading events, including: 2025 CESifo Area Conference on Public Economics (LMU), 2025 Annual Congress of the IIPF (Kenya), CEP Education Conference 2025 (LSE), 6th World Labor Conference-ASSLE/SOLE (Toronto), 2025 Canadian Economics Association Conference (UQAM), 5th Australian Workshop on Public Finance (ANU),  Centre for Community Child Health Seminars, BSL Social Policy and Research Centre Seminars, Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific, University of Michigan Seminar Series.