Monica Alexander
About Me
I am a PhD student in the Demography Department at the University of California, Berkeley. My research interests include statistical demography; mortality modeling; small-area population issues; and the demography of Indigenous populations.
I am currently a visiting student at the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at UMass Amherst. In the past I have worked as a consultant to the World Health Organization and UNICEF, on the Human Mortality Database, at the ANU's Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research and at the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Outside of work and study I am interested in photography, cycling, and music.
Full CV can be found here.
Education
- Ph.D (Demography), University of California, Berkeley, expected May 2018.
- M.A. (Statistics), University of California, Berkeley, 2015.
- M.Social Research, Australian National University, 2013.
- B.Science (Hons) (Maths and Chemistry), University of Tasmania, 2008.
Current working papers
- Alexander, M., Zagheni, E., and Barbieri, M., 'A Flexible Bayesian Model for Estimating Subnational Mortality', forthcoming, Demography.
- Alexander, M. and Alkema, L., 'Global Estimation of Neonatal Mortality using a Bayesian Hierarchical Splines Regression Model', revise and resubmit, Demographic Research .
- Alexander, M., Barbieri, M., and Kiang, M. 'Opioid Deaths by Race in the United States, 2000–2015', SocArXiv, submitted on 14 May 2017.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
- Howlett, M.,, Gray, M., and Hunter, B., 'Wages, government payments and other income of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 2016, 19 (2), 53-76.
- Hunter, B., Howlett, M., and Gray, M., ''The Economic Impact of the Mining Boom on Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians', Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 2015 2 (3) 517-530.
- Gray, M., Howlett, M., and Hunter, B., 'Labour Market Outcomes for Indigenous Australians', The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2014, 25 (3), 497-517.
- Biddle, N., Howlett, M., Hunter, B., and Paradies, Y., 'Labour Market and Other Discrimination Facing Indigenous Australians', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 2013, 16 (1), 91-113.
Published working papers
- Hunter, B., Howlett, M., and Biddle, N., 'Modelling Exposure to Risk of Experiencing Discrimination in the Context of Endogenous Ethnic Identification', IZA Discussion Paper #8040, March 2014.
- Gray, M., Hunter, B., and Howlett, M., 'Indigenous Employment: A Story of Continuing Growth', CAEPR Topical Issue 2/2013, Australian National University, Canberra.
Professional Experience
- World Health Organization, Consultant, September 2016-June 2017.
- Data Science for Social Good, Fellow, May 2016-September 2016.
- Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging, Graduate Student Researcher, January 2015-May 2016.
- UNICEF Technical Advisory Group, Consultant, March 2014-December 2015.
- The Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Research Officer, April 2012-December 2014.
- Reserve Bank of Australia, Analyst/Senior Analyst, February 2010-June 2013.