Sonja C. de New

Research Fellow

Monash University

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Research Interests

Dr Sonja de New (née Kassenboehmer) is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Economics at Monash Business School. Her research focuses on mental health economics and policy evaluation with a particular focus on the mental health of disadvantaged populations.

Her research projects investigate the impact of insecure work and financial stress on decision-making, skills, productivity and life outcomes. She is also working on several projects related to risky behaviours, in particular, the role of economic disadvantage and the evaluation of various policy changes to reduce risky behaviours.

Her articles can be found in such journals as the Economic Journal, Industrial and Labour Relations Review, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, Labour Economics, Journal of Human Capital, Oxford Economic Papers, Economics Letters and Journal of Economic Psychology.

She joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in April 2012 and became a Research Fellow in February 2015.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16653
Revisiting the OxyContin Reformulation: The Role of Licit Substitutes
Francis W. Graham, Sonja C. de New, Suzanne Nielsen, Dennis Petrie
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14633
Buying Control? 'Locus of Control' and the Uptake of Supplementary Health Insurance
Eric Bonsang, Joan Costa-Font, Sonja C. de New
published in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, 2022, 204, 466 - 489
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11449
Survey Item-Response Behavior as an Imperfect Proxy for Unobserved Ability: Theory and Application
Sonja C. de New, Stefanie Schurer
published in: Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2023, 41 (1), 197-212
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8874
Testing the Validity of Item Non-Response as a Proxy for Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills
Sonja C. de New, Stefanie Schurer, Felix Leung
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8873
Do Universities Shape Their Students' Personality?
Stefanie Schurer, Sonja C. de New, Felix Leung
published as 'University education and non-cognitive skill development' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2018, 70(2), 538–562
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7837
Locus of Control and Savings
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sonja C. de New, Mathias Sinning
published in: Journal of Banking and Finance, 2016, 73, 113-130
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7794
Is There an Educational Penalty for Being Suspended from School?
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sonja C. de New, Trinh Le, Duncan McVicar, Rong Zhang
published in: Education Economics, 2015, 23 (4), 376-395
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7790
"High"-School: The Relationship between Early Marijuana Use and Educational Outcomes
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sonja C. de New, Trinh Le, Duncan McVicar, Rong Zhang
published in: Economic Record, 2015, 91(293), 247-266
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6789
Healthy Habits: The Connection between Diet, Exercise, and Locus of Control
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sonja C. de New, Stefanie Schurer
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 98, 1-28
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5453
Beyond GDP and Back: What is the Value-Added by Additional Components of Welfare Measurement?
Sonja C. de New, Christoph M. Schmidt
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