ProfPeter Siminski

Professor Peter Siminski is an applied microeconomist and has over 20 years of policy-oriented research experience. His research is in Applied Microeconomics and Microeconometrics in the fields of inequality and economic mobility, applied econometrics, program evaluation, education, health, labour and public economics. 

Peter holds a PhD in Economics (UNSW), after majoring in Economics, Mathematics, Sociology and Social Policy. He joined UTS in 2017 following stints at the University of Wollongong and UNSW. He has been an IZA Institute of Labor Economics Research Fellow since 2012.

Much of Peter’s work applies modern impact evaluation techniques to estimate the causal effects of Australian government policies and programs on people’s lives. The measurement of inequality and intergenerational economic mobility is a key theme of his work.

Peter has published over 40 articles in leading economics journals such as the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, the Journal of Labor Economics, and the Review of Economics and Statistics. He is Associate Editor of the Economic Record and is on the Editorial Board of the Economics of Education Review. He has taught impact evaluation methods, applied microeconometrics and causal inference to undergraduate and postgraduate students since 2009.

Peter has won multiple research grants and contracts totaling over $1.8 million, including an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award and an ARC Discovery Grant.

While maintaining his strong focus on research and teaching, Peter engages regularly with government and industry, including via consultancy and training. He regularly writes for The Conversation.

Peter has received many honours and awards for his work including Best Paper Prize among papers published in Economic Record (2022 & 2009) and a UTS Business School Innovation Award (alongside colleagues) in 2023.