Nicolás Salamanca

Nicolás Salamanca is a Senior Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute: Applied Economics & Social Research of The University of Melbourne. He received his undergraduate degree in Economics from the Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) and his PhD in Economics from Maastricht University (The Netherlands). His main research interest is behavioral household economics—which is at the intersection of behavioral economics and economics of the household—and encompasses related fields such as labor economics and economics of education. His current focus is on the economics of parenting style, how disadvantage is transmitted across generations, and the joint role of teachers, peers, and parents in improving educational achievement. He is a Research Affiliate at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and a Research Fellow at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course.