Matthew Smith
Nationality
Australian
Qualifications
BSc (mathematics) (hons) and Llb (hons) University of Queensland 2008 MSc (economics) London School of Economics 2014
Matt is a Director at the Treasury and has been a member of the public service since 2009. His work has primarily focused on policy analysis on Australia’s tax and transfer system including revenue forecasting and costing and distributional analysis of tax and transfer policies using microsimulation modelling.
PhD programme
Supervisor(s) and panel members
Topic title
Topic description
Matt’s research aims to use administrative data to build a dynamic microsimulation model of Australia’s tax and transfer system. This would deliver a durable tool for policy analysis that provides important insights on the sustainability and equity, both within and between generations, of personal tax and transfer policy settings. In doing so, it would build on the existing Australian toolkit of representative agent and cohort analysis to allow for the kinds of more granular and detailed distributional analysis to improve the debate around, and implementation of, public policy.
Scholarships and fellowships
Sir Roland Wilson Scholarship 2023
Employment history
Department of Treasury (on leave 2023-2026)
Mailing address
Crawford School of Public Policy
ANU College of Asia & the Pacific
J.G. Crawford Building No. 132
Lennox Crossing
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
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