Matthew Taylor

Matt is the Director of the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) Intergenerational Program and a PhD Candidate at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University (ANU) . His research interests include economic modelling, applied econometrics, labour economics and social policy.

He has a Bachelor of Economics with Honours from Monash University with specialisations in economics and econometrics and has expertise in the development of micro-simulation models to assess the fiscal and distributional impacts of tax and income support policies.

Matt’s opinion on public policy has been published in The Conversation, The Australian, The Canberra Times and Spectator Australia among other publications. He has also appeared on the SBS panel show Insight.

Before joining CIS, Matt worked for a number of government agencies and universities including the Australian National University, the University of Canberra and the Australian Institute of Family Studies.