Rohan Alexander: Academic

Ph.D. Economics (2015–current)
My research focuses on Australian political and economic history, such as exploring: the impact of various events on discussion in state and federal parliaments; who voted for Federation; and which politicians get an incumbency effect.
Panel: John Tang (primary supervisor), Martine Mariotti (chair), Zach Ward and Tim Hatton.
Thesis: Essays on Applied Historical Labour Economics.
M.Economics (2012)

B.Economics (Hons) (2004-2008)
I wrote an honours thesis in game theory supervised by Rabee Tourky and was a research assistant to: Flavio Menezes on a project about ACCC decisions; and Liam Wagner on a project about energy prices.

Rohan Alexander and Zach Ward, 2018, ‘Age at Arrival and Assimilation During the Age of Mass Migration’, The Journal of Economic History, 78(3), 904-937.
Working paper version.

Monica Alexander and Rohan Alexander, ‘The Effect of Elections and Prime Ministers on Discussion in the Australian Federal Parliament (1901—2018)’.
Current draft (PDF).
Data (just a GitHub link to some CSVs - R Package coming soon - email me if you’re interested).
Rohan Alexander and Tim Hatton, ‘The Making of a Nation: Who Voted for Australian Federation?’.

Rohan Alexander and Patrick Leslie, ‘The Effect of State on Senators’ Speeches in the Australian Federal Parliament (1901–2018)’

The Effect of State on Senators’ Speeches in the Australian Federal Parliament (1901-2018)
- (Upcoming) 4–7 September 2019, European Consortium for Political Research, General Conference, Wroclaw.
- 22 June 2019, European Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Belfast. Slides.
- 18 June 2019, Quantitative Text Analysis Workshop, Dublin. Slides.
The Effect of Elections and Prime Ministers on Discussion in the Australian Federal Parliament (1901—2018)
Slides.
- 11 December 2018, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock. Slides.
- 22 November 2018, University of Toronto, Political Behaviour Group, Toronto. Slides.
- 25 October 2018, Australian National University, Research School of Economics, Canberra. Slides.
- 25 October 2018, Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia, Canberra. Slides.
- 24 October 2018, Australian National University, School of Politics and International Relations, Canberra. Slides.
Exploring Australia’s Hansard (1901–2017)
- (Poster) 7-9 September, 2018 Economic History Association Meeting, Montreal.
A Surnames-Based Analysis of Tasmanian Social Mobility (1803–2015)
- 20 May 2016, UC Berkeley, Economic History Lunch, Berkeley.
- 2 May 2016, Australian National University, Research School of Economics, Canberra.