Researcher Profiles Iris Chan

International Department (on secondment to Grattan Institute)

Current research interests: international financial markets, labour markets, microdata

Iris currently works on emerging financial market issues in International Department. She was previously part of a team within Economic Research that uses microdata to answer policy questions, with a particular focus on low wages growth and labour market scarring. Iris holds a Master in Public Affairs (Economics) from Princeton University.

Research Papers

Wood D, I Chan and B Coates (2023) ‘Inflation and Inequality: How High Inflation is Affecting Different Australian Households’ Paper presented at the annual Reserve Bank of Australia Conference on ‘Inflation’, Sydney, 25–26 September.
Bishop J and I Chan (2019) ‘Is Declining Union Membership Contributing to Low Wages Growth?’ RBA Research Discussion Paper No 2019-02.
Stewart C, I Chan, C Ossolinski, D Halperin and P Ryan (2014) ‘The Evolution of Payment Costs in Australia’ RBA Research Discussion Paper No 2014-14.

Policy Publications

Cassidy N, I Chan, A Gao and G Penrose (2020) ‘Long-term Unemployment in Australia’ RBA Bulletin, December.
Chan I, S Chong and S Mitchell (2012) ‘The Personal Credit Card Market in Australia: Pricing over the Past Decades’ RBA Bulletin, March, pp 55–64.