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Economics Behavioural Economics Labour Economics Public Economics Health Economics Human Development Theory Welfare Economics Socioeconomics Human Development and Family Studies Gender Studies

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4.08/20/2025

Always fair, kind, and deeply insightful.

4.05/21/2025

Encourages innovative and creative solutions.

5.03/31/2025

Encourages creative and innovative thinking.

4.02/27/2025

Knowledgeable and truly inspiring educator.

5.02/4/2025

Great Professor!

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Deborah Cobb-Clark AO FASSA is Professor of Applied Economics and Deputy Head (Research) in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She earned a PhD in Economics from the University of Michigan in 1990. Prior to joining the University of Sydney in 2016, she held the position of Ronald Henderson Professor of Economics and Director of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne. Earlier in her career, she was the founding director of the Social Policy Evaluation, Analysis and Research (SPEAR) Centre at the Australian National University, served as a labour economist at the US Department of Labor, and worked at Illinois State University. She currently directs the Program in Gender and Families at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany, and serves as Deputy Director and Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course.