Structural modelling
Build intuition for lifecycle, overlapping-generations, and general-equilibrium models used in fiscal policy analysis.
Program overview
Quantitative methods with applied policy focus
Training is designed to help participants understand the theory, computation, and practical use of models employed in contemporary macro public finance research.
The training program equips economists and policy researchers with methods for building, calibrating, and applying quantitative macro models. The emphasis is on methods that are useful for actual research and policy work rather than purely abstract exposition.
Participants are introduced to lifecycle models, overlapping-generations frameworks, microsimulation, and the computational workflows needed to implement counterfactual fiscal policy analysis.
The program is suitable for PhD students, early-career academics, and policy professionals who want a clearer route into applied structural work.
- 1Introduction to quantitative macro models
- 2Lifecycle models and heterogeneous agents
- 3Calibration and structural estimation
- 4Fiscal policy simulation methods
- 5Applications to Australian tax policy
- 6Communicating research for policy impact
What participants learn
Core areas of instruction
The training agenda mirrors the methods used in the lab's own research pipeline.
Computational methods
Learn the numerical workflows required for value function methods, simulation, and model implementation.
Policy application
Translate modelling results into statements about tax reform, pensions, transfers, and welfare trade-offs.
Training formats
Workshops, seminars and masterclasses
The program can be delivered through intensive workshops, targeted seminars, and model-based capacity building.
Workshop
PhD and early-career training
Hands-on instruction for researchers who want to move from theory to implementation in quantitative macro public finance.
Seminar
Policy-oriented sessions
Focused sessions for economists working in policy institutions who need stronger tools for fiscal counterfactual analysis.
Support
Model-guided capacity building
Structured support around calibration, interpretation, and the communication of quantitative results.