ProfessorDeborah Cobb-Clark

Deborah Cobb-Clark AO FASSA is Professor and Deputy Head (Research) in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney.

She is Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families Over the Life Course; an Officer of the Order of Australia; an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia; and a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Society of Australia. Prior to joining the University of Sydney, she was the Ronald Henderson Professor and Director of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Research at the University of Melbourne. Her research agenda centres on the effect of economic and social policy on human development, mental health, intergenerational disadvantage, sexual and racial harassment, health, old-age support, education, immigration, and youth transitions. Cobb-Clark is a former co-editor of the Journal of Population Economicsand has published more than 100 articles in leading academic journals. She received her PhD in Economics from the University of Michigan.