- Research Fellow, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Faculty of Business and Law, Curtin University
Dr. Yinjunjie Zhang (Jacquelyn) received her PhD in Agricultural Economics from Texas A&M University in 2018. She has been working as a Research Fellow at Curtin University since late 2025. Prior to joining Curtin University in 2025, she had been working in Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University since 2018 and held a Fellow position.
Her research lies at the intersection of applied microeconomics and behavioural economics, examining how economic incentives, constraints, and behavioural factors influence individual choices and broader socioeconomic outcomes. Her recent work investigates a wide array of applied topics, including the effects of climate change on health, fertility responses to conflict, labour market dynamics, gender-related outcomes such as domestic violence issues, and private health insurance decisions within universal healthcare systems.
She has developed a strong track record of scholarly publications in leading economic journals spanning labour economics, environmental economics, development economics, and experimental economics. Her work has been recognised with the 2024 Kuznets Prize and has attracted broad media attention.
Experience
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2025–presentResearch fellow, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Faculty of Business and Law, Curtin University
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2023–2024Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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2018–2023Research fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Education
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2018Texas A&M University, Doctor of Philosophy
Publications
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2026Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Unseen Damage: Bushfire, Infant Health and Early Child Development
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2025ILR Review, Cross-Country Analysis of Labor Markets during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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2024Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Fairness Preference Revisited
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2024Games & Economic Behavior, Social Roles and Competitiveness: My Willingness to Compete Depends on Who I am (Supposed to Be)
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2023Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Social norms or enforcement? A natural field experiment to improve traffic and parking fine compliance
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2023Journal of Population Economics, Female Breadwinning and Domestic Abuse: Evidence from Australia
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2021Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Revisiting Sugar Taxes and Sugary Drink Consumption: Evidence from the Random-Coefficient Demand Model
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2020Economic Record, Financial constraints and small and medium enterprises: A review
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2020Empirical Economics, The impact of the H-1B cap exemption on PhD labor markets
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2019PloS One, Conveniently dependent or naively overconfident? An experimental study on the reaction to external help
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2016Economics Letters, Unintended effects of the Alabama HB 56 immigration law on crime: A preliminary analysis
Professional Memberships
- American Economic Association
- Western Economic Association International
- Economic Society of Australia
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- Location: Perth, Australia
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