Jinjing Li

Dr Jinjing Li is an Associate Professor at the National Social and Economic Modelling Centre (NATSEM) at the University of Canberra, and an affiliated researcher at the United Nations University and Maastricht University in the Netherlands. He has also been a visiting fellow at Harvard University in U.S. and Teagasc in Ireland. His main research interest is policy modelling and evaluation using microsimulation techniques, with a focus on simulating the shifts in income distribution and the behavioural response due to changes in the economic environment and public policies.

Dr Li currently serves as a board member of the International Microsimulation Association (IMA). He developed a range of economic simulation models for different organisations, and collaborated with many government agencies, think tanks and international organisations from Australia, China, Korea, Belgium, Luxembourg, International Labor Organisation and others. He currently leads multiple Australian policy simulation projects, which allow government agencies to better assess the socio-economic impact of policy reforms.