Dr. Preety Pratima Srivastava
Senior Lecturer
Details
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College: Economics Finance & Marketing
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Department: Economics Finance & Marketing
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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pratima.srivastava@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0001-8656-1914
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Preety joined RMIT University in 2013. Prior to this, she was a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University. She has a PhD in Econometrics from Monash University. Her research and publication interests have focused on applied microeconomics and econometrics, with applications in areas such as recreational drug consumption, health and the labour market.
Preety is the recipient of two ARC/NHMRC grants. She has published in high-ranked journals including the Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics, and the Journal of Royal Statistical Society (A). She is currently an Associate Editor for the Bulletin of Economic Research.
Her recent pieces in the media are:
-Australia’s system of taxing alcohol is ‘incoherent’, but our research suggests a single tax rate isn’t the answer, The Conversation, April 2023.
(https://theconversation.com/australias-system-of-taxing-alcohol-is-incoherent-but-our-research-suggests-a-single-tax-rate-isnt-the-answer-195907)
Children whose parents smoke have lower test scores and more behavioural issues than kids of non-smokers, The Conversation, January 2022.
(https://theconversation.com/children-whose-parents-smoke-have-lower-test-scores-and-more-behavioural-issues-than-kids-of-non-smokers-172601)
Preety is the recipient of two ARC/NHMRC grants. She has published in high-ranked journals including the Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics, and the Journal of Royal Statistical Society (A). She is currently an Associate Editor for the Bulletin of Economic Research.
Her recent pieces in the media are:
-Australia’s system of taxing alcohol is ‘incoherent’, but our research suggests a single tax rate isn’t the answer, The Conversation, April 2023.
(https://theconversation.com/australias-system-of-taxing-alcohol-is-incoherent-but-our-research-suggests-a-single-tax-rate-isnt-the-answer-195907)
Children whose parents smoke have lower test scores and more behavioural issues than kids of non-smokers, The Conversation, January 2022.
(https://theconversation.com/children-whose-parents-smoke-have-lower-test-scores-and-more-behavioural-issues-than-kids-of-non-smokers-172601)
Supervisor projects
- Examining the Relationship Between Migration and Wages in Australia
- 11 Dec 2021
- Gender Dimensions of Business Formalisation: Evidence from Vietnam
- 28 Apr 2021
- Valuing AFL Draft Picks
- 11 Apr 2021
- Essays on Gender Inequality and Health in Bhutan
- 18 Nov 2019
- Essays on Housing Affordability and Housing Quality Dilemmas in Vietnam
- 20 Sep 2018
Teaching interests
Applied Economics and Econometrics, Cross-Sectional and Panel Data Analysis, Health Economics, Labour Economics, Economics of Recreational Drug Consumption
Research interests
Applied Economics, Econometrics, Public Health and Health Services
