Angela Jackson

Angela is the Commissioner (Social Policy) at the Productivity Commission. Her career as an economist spans roles working on taxation, fiscal policy and social policy, including on National Health reform, aged care, disability and housing. Angela was previously a Commissioner at the Commonwealth Grants Commission and a member of the Government’s Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee. Angela is the current National Chair of the Women in Economics Network and is an adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Tasmania.

Angela holds a PhD from Monash University on the Economics of Disability in Australia, a Masters in International Health Policy (Health Economics) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Tasmania.