Xue (Sarah) Dong

Dr. Xue Dong (Sarah Dong) serves as a Research Fellow at the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics within the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. Her work focuses on Indonesian socio-economic development, particularly labor markets, gender equality, and policy interventions in education and business formalization.

Education:

• PhD in Economics from the University of Western Ontario

Research Focus: Dr. Dong employs empirical methods including randomized controlled trials to investigate electoral impacts on public spending, financial aid accessibility for low-income students, and microenterprise registration barriers. Her fingerprint analysis reveals 100% concentration on Indonesian contexts with strong emphasis on labor markets (90%) and gender equality (71%).

Publication Trends: Recent outputs (2023-2025) demonstrate methodological rigor in causal analysis of policy reforms, with consistent regional specialization in Indonesia. Her work bridges academic research and practical development solutions through partnerships with Indonesian institutions.

Project Leadership: As Co-Investigator on three major grants, she examines corporate social responsibility in emerging economies (2022-2026), tax registration for MSMEs (2018-2020), and foreign aid effectiveness (2016-2021). These projects involve multi-institutional collaborations across Australia and Indonesia.

Academic Service: Registered to supervise graduate students at ANU, she contributes to gender equality discourse through editorial work including the 2023 ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute publication on Indonesian gender dynamics.