Robert Breunig

Research Fellow

Australian National University

Professor Robert Breunig is one of Australia’s leading Public Policy Economists. He has published in over 50 international academic journals in economics and public policy. Professor Breunig has made significant policy impact through a number of his research projects: the relationship between child care and women’s labour supply; the effect of immigration to Australia on the labour market prospects of Australians; the effect of switching to cash from food stamps in the U.S. food stamp program and the inter-generational transmition of disadvantage.

Professor Breunig’s research is motivated by important social policy issues and debates. His work is characterized by careful empirical study and appropriate use of statistical technique.

Professor Breunig’s research agenda has led to many partnerships with government organizations in Australia and overseas. He works regularly with the Australian Treasury, the Department of Employment, the Department of Industry, the Department of Communication and the Arts, the Productivity Commission, the Australian Bureau of Statistics as well as many other agencies. He has been a consultant to the private sector on marketing, mergers, bank competition and customer loyalty programs.

Robert Breunig particularly enjoys interaction outside of typical academic circles and takes pleasure in helping those who don’t usually use economics or statistical analysis to better understand and make use of these tools in their work. He has an extensive track record of helping the Australian public service to build research capacity which he views as a particularly important activity.

He became Research Fellow in August 2017.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6606
published in: Fiscal Studies, 2017, 38 (1), 7 - 48
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5119
Xiaodong Gong, Robert Breunig, Anthony King
published as 'Partnered Women's Labour Supply and Child Care Costs in Australia: Measurement Error and the Child-Care Price' in: Economic Record, 2012, 88, 51-69
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3473
published in: Journal of Official Statistics, 2009, 25(4), 483-507
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1773
published in: Economic Record, 2008, 84(267), 466-485
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1624
published in: Review of the Economics of the Household, 2007, 5 (1), 59-82
IZA Discussion Paper No. 864
published in: Economic Record, 2006, 82 (259), 428-444
IZA Discussion Paper No. 628
Robert Breunig, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Yvonne Dunlop, Marion Terrill
published in: Economic Record, 2003, 79 (244), 84-102
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