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DrJacquelyn Zhang

Research Fellow

Bankwest-Curtin Economics Centre

Orcid identifier0000-0003-0790-1621
  • Research Fellow
    Bankwest-Curtin Economics Centre

BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT

Dr. Yinjunjie Zhang (Jacquelyn) received her PhD in Agricultural Economics from Texas A&M University in 2018. Prior to joining Curtin University in 2025, she held a Fellow position at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. Her research sits at the intersection of applied microeconomics and behavioural economics, with a common thread of informing the impacts of public policies on people’s decision-making and preferences. She has established a strong track record of scholarly publications in labour economics, environmental economics, development economics, and experimental economics. Her paper has been recognised with the 2024 Kuznets Prize and has attracted broader media attention.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Fellow
    Australian National University, Crawford School of Public Policy, Canberra, Australia23 Nov 2018 - 30 Nov 2023
  • Fellow
    Australian National University, Crawford School of Public Policy, Canberra, Australia1 Dec 2023 - 1 Jan 2025

DEGREES

  • Ph.D.
    Texas A&M University, College Station, United States1 Aug 2013 - 15 Aug 2018
  • Master's degree
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China1 Sep 2007 - 31 Mar 2010

ROLE

  • Staff

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • 3502 - Banking, finance and investment
  • 3505 - Human resources and industrial relations
  • 3801 - Applied economics
  • 3802 - Econometrics
  • 3803 - Economic theory
  • 3899 - Other economics
  • 4403 - Demography

DEPARTMENT

  • Bankwest-Curtin Economics Centre