Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Mathias Sinning is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Crawford School of Public Policy of the Australian National University (ANU). He is interested in the empirical analysis of issues related to labor economics, public economics and policy evaluation. His work has been published in Economic Inquiry, Health Economics, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Banking and Finance and Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, among others.
Mathias has previously held academic appointments at the ANU and the University of Queensland. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University and Peking University. He is and a Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Bonn and a Research Affiliate of the MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL).
Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Economics, University of Bochum
Masters in Economics, University of Heidelberg
Expertise Areas
- Labour Economics
- Public Economics- Taxation and Revenue
- Econometric and Statistical Methods
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The use of nudges as a local government environmental policy instrument
Sinning, M. & Steinhauser, R.
Australian Research Council (ARC), ACT Chief Minister Treasury and Economic Development Directorate, Australian National University (ANU)
1/09/23 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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Using Behavioural Insights to Boost Tax Compliance in PNG
Hoy, C., Howes, S. & Sinning, M.
4/02/19 → 30/04/20
Project: Research
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HFE Tax Elasticities Scoping Study
Stewart, M., Breunig, R., Hasan, S. & Sinning, M.
Commonwealth Grants Commission
22/06/17 → 22/02/18
Project: Research
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Applying Behavioural Insights to the Tax System in Australia
Breunig, R., Biddle, N., Griffin, C., Issar, G., Sinning, M. & Stewart, M.
15/12/16 → 14/12/19
Project: Research
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New Approaches to Tax and Welfare in Australia and Korea
Stewart, M., Chapman, B., Hewson, J., Sinning, M. & Whiteford, P.
Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia-Korea Foundation
8/07/16 → 21/12/18
Project: Research
Research output
- 1 Article
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Social norms or enforcement? A natural field experiment to improve traffic and parking fine compliance
Sinning, M. & Zhang, J., 2023, In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 210, p. 43-60Research output: Contribution to journal › Article