Maryam Naghsh Nejad

Dr. Maryam Naghsh Nejad is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) within the Faculty of Business, University of Technology Sydney (UTS). She specializes in health economics, policy evaluation, and labor market analysis, with a focus on health and economic inequality.

• Current affiliations: University of Technology Sydney (2018–present), Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Research Fellow
• Prior roles: Senior Research Associate at IZA (2017–2018), Deputy Director of GLM-LIC program

Research Interests
Her work explores the intersection of health economics, labor markets, and policy design. Key areas include:

• Inequality analysis in health and economic outcomes
• Impact of health shocks on retirement savings
• Caregiving and gendered employment consequences
• Public subsidy expansion in healthcare
• Migrant quality and labor market outcomes

Publications & Grants
Her recent work investigates the timing of cancer diagnosis on out-of-pocket costs, provider responses to insurance reforms, and the socioeconomic impacts of caregiving. Funded by Movember Foundation, Cancer Australia, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, she leverages large datasets like the 45 and Up Study and PLIDA.

Awards & Leadership
Recipient of the Engaged People Award (2024), she contributes to scientific committees such as the Australian Gender Economics Workshop and the Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics.