Yobin Timilsena

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne. My fields are urban and spatial economics, macroeconomics, and the economics of education. I study the economics of space, in particular why economic outcomes differ so much across places, how these spatial disparities shape inequality, and what public policy can do about them. I build quantitative spatial models, combine them with large administrative and survey datasets, and use them to evaluate place-based and other policies.

I completed my undergraduate degree in Economics at New York University Abu Dhabi and my Master’s degrees in Economics at University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Melbourne. I am originally from Nepal but have lived in the UAE, the UK, the USA, and Australia in the pursuit of my tertiary education.

In my free time, I enjoy reading, and avidly follow football and cricket. My guilty pleasure is playing Football Manager and Cricket Captain.