Nancy Kong is a research fellow at the University of Sydney (School of economics and Life Course Centre), Australia. She completed her PhD in economics at Dalhousie University, Canada.

Nancy Kong’s research interests focus on the determinants and consequences of self control, economic determinants of health outcomes, child development, especially the transmission of economic conditions to children's health outcomes, and cognitive and non-cognitive skills.

Nancy Kong joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in December 2021.