Creina Day

Creina Day is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Crawford School of Public Policy and Director of the Growth, Demographics and Productivity research program at the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA) at Australian National University. She holds a PhD in Economics and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Her research spans macroeconomic policy, gender wage gaps, childcare economics, fertility dynamics, house price determination, and climate change economics. Key contributions include proposing the fertility J-curve theory and influential work on population ageing and resource management.

Education:

• PhD in Economics

Research Interests: Dr. Day focuses on the intersection of macroeconomic theory and demographic challenges. Her work examines how gender wage disparities impact fertility decisions, the macroeconomic implications of population ageing, and the role of policy interventions in managing housing markets and fossil fuel taxation. Notable contributions include modeling the inverse J-curve effect linking economic growth to fertility rates and analyzing the socio-economic impacts of climate policies.

Key Contributions:

• Recipient of the JG Crawford Award for research on Japan
• Author of Top 10 downloaded papers in Economic Record Special Issues
• Proposed the fertility J-curve theory (2004), empirically validated in 2009
• Director of CAMA's Growth, Demographics and Productivity program

Labs/Teams: Leads the Growth, Demographics and Productivity research group within CAMA, collaborating on projects related to macroeconomic policy design, climate change mitigation, and demographic forecasting.