Dr Terence Cheng
Research Fellow
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Location:
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Level 6, Alan Gilbert Building
The University of Melbourne
Biography
Terence Cheng joined the Melbourne Institute as a Research Fellow in February 2009. His research interests lie broadly within the area of applied microeconomics (health and labour) and microeconometrics. Terence’s current research activities are in the areas of the economics of demand for health care and insurance, and the economics of physician labour markets in mixed public & private systems.
Terence is a member of the ‘Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment of Life’ longitudinal study of Australian doctors (mabel.org.au) and is an affiliate of the Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) at the University of York.
Terence obtained his PhD from the Australian National University in 2011. He has a B.SocSci (Hons) and M.A in Economics from the National University of Singapore.
Research Interests
Applied Microeconomics; Health and Labour Economics; Microeconometric Analysis using Simulations
Current Projects
The demand for health care and insurance in mixed public-private health systems
Labour supply, earnings and productivity of physicians
Dual practice of physicians
Dr Terence Cheng's SSRN Author Page
Published & Working Papers
What factors influence the earnings of GPs and medical specialists in Australia? Evidence from the MABEL survey (with A Scott, SH Jeon, G Kalb, J Humphreys, C Joyce). Health Economics 2011. doi: 10.1002/hec.1791.
“Demand for hospital care and health insurance in a mixed public-private system: empirical evidence using a simultaneous equation modeling approach” (with F Vahid).
“Measuring the effects of removing subsidies for private insurance on public expenditure for health care”