Stephen Whelan's main areas of interest are social policy and their impact on labour market outcomes. Presently, Stephen is examining the effect of housing assistance measures on labour market behaviour in Australia with the support of a grant from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. Collaborative research with Anu Rammohan is considering the effect of child care assistance on the employment decisions of women and their implications for retirement income.

Stephen received his PhD from the University of British Columbia in 2003. His PhD thesis examined the use of social welfare programs in Canada and their impact on labour market outcomes.

Luke Hartigan received his PhD in Economics from The University of New South Wales in 2017.

His research interests relate to macro-econometrics, focusing on methods useful for the empirical analysis of business cycles and summarising and nowcasting economic and financial conditions.

Prior to joining the School of Economics, Luke was an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia.