Massimiliano Tani Bertuol

Professor

Professor Massimiliano Tani Bertuol is an Academic in the School of Business at UNSW, Canberra.

I am an economist by training and my research is applied. My interest focuses on human capital at large: how to foster it, its efficient international transfer through temporary and permanent migration, and its effects on productivity, innovation, and economic growth at a firm or national level. I often use Australian data but work with data on Europe, the US, Africa and China.

I teach/taught macroeconomics as well as finance at both undergraduate and graduate level in face-to-face and distance mode. My education includes a PhD in Economics from the Australian National University (Canberra, Australia), a MSc Econ from the LSE and Laurea from Bocconi University (Milan, Italy). 

Current affiliations:

2015-present: Professor, School of Business, UNSW Canberra

                       UNSW: CEPAR, Data Science lab, Cyber security (IFCYBER)

2005-present: Research Fellow, Institute for the Future of Labor (IZA), Germany

2018-present: Associate Member, Centre for Workforce Futures, Macquarie University

2016-present: Research Fellow, Global Labor Organization (GLO), Maastricht, Netherlands


Employment history:

2015-present: Professor, School of Business, UNSW Canberra

2014-2015: Senior Research Associate, IZA, Bonn, Germany

2007-2013: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Macquarie University

2002-2007: Senior Lecturer, School of Business, UNSW Canberra

Books
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2020, Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Zimmermann KF, (ed.), Springer International Publishing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6
2020
Stiglitz JE; Walsh CE; Gow J; Guest R; Richmond W; Tani Bertuol M, 2015, Principles of Economics, Wiley
2015
Stiglitz JE; Guest R; Walsh CE, 2014, Introductory Macroeconomics
2014
Book Chapters
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Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Wang BZ, 2022, 'Language training and humanitarian migrants' host language skills: Recent Australian evidence', in Transnationalism, Intersectionality and Immigrant Lives: Critical Issues and Approaches to International Migration, Oxford University Press
2022
Tani Bertuol M, 2022, 'Migration and Education', in "Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics", Springer
2022
Tani Bertuol M; Mbaye L, 2021, 'Migration, Innovation, and Growth: An African Story?', in Migration, Remittances, and Sustainable Development in Africa, Routledge, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429288814
2021
Tani M; Sinning M, 2016, 'Labor migration', in Encyclopedia of Migration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6179-7_9-1
2016
Conference Papers
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2013, 'Monte Carlo methods in spatio-temporal regression modeling of migration in the EU', in PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2013 IEEE CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR FINANCIAL ENGINEERING & ECONOMICS (CIFER), IEEE, Singapore, SINGAPORE, pp. 128 - 134, presented at IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics (CIFEr), Singapore, SINGAPORE, 16 April 2013 - 19 April 2013, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6611708
2013
Cui Y; Tani M; Nahm D, 2012, 'The determinants of employment choice of rural migrant workers in China: SOEs and non-SOEs', in Tsounis N; Vlahvei A (ed.), INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLIED ECONOMICS (ICOAE), ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, SWEDEN, Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Econ, Uppsala, pp. 98 - 107, presented at International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE), SWEDEN, Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Econ, Uppsala, 28 June 2012 - 30 June 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(12)00013-5
2012
Sharpe KA; Tani Bertuol MD, 2007, 'Size Matters: Capital Market Size and ERisk-Return Profiles', in 36th Australian Conference of Economists, 36th Australian Conference of Economists, Hobart, presented at 36th Australian Conference of Economists, Hobart, 24 September 2007 - 26 September 2007
2007
Tani M, 2004, 'University Learning and Labour Market Influences', in Pan D; Wang CM; Mohanan KP (eds.), 1st International Conference on Teaching and Leaning in Higher Education, 1st International Conference on Teaching and Leaning in Higher Education, Singapore, pp. 133 - 138, presented at 1st International Conference on Teaching and Leaning in Higher Education, Singapore, 01 December 2004 - 03 December 2004
2004
Journal articles
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2023, 'RelRank: A Relevance-based Author Ranking Algorithm for Individual Publication Venues', Information Processing and Management, 60, pp. 103156 - 103156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2022.103156
2023
Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Torgler B, 2023, 'Is there hope after despair? An analysis of trust among China’s Cultural Revolution survivors', Economic Modelling, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106218
2023
Piracha M; Tani M; Cheng Z; Wang BZ, 2023, 'Social assimilation and immigrants’ labour market outcomes', Journal of Population Economics, vol. 36, pp. 37 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00883-w
2023
Tani Bertuol M, 2023, 'Public Servants Working from Home during the Pandemic: Who gained and who lost?', Australian Journal of Public Administration
2023
2023, 'Does certifying foreign qualifications lead to better immigrant skills utilization?', Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement
2023
2022, 'Successful School Interventions for Students with Disability During Covid-19: Empirical Evidence from Australia', The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40299-022-00659-0
2022
Tani Bertuol M; Kahn S; Manuguerra M, 2022, 'Can videos affect learning outcomes? Evidence from an actual learning environment', Educational Technology Research and Development, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11423-022-10147-3
2022
2022, 'Returns to Education in China: Evidence from the Great Higher Education Expansion', China Economic Review (Amsterdam), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2022.101804
2022
Tani Bertuol M; Zhang Y; Zimmermann K; Piracha M, 2022, 'Higher Education Expansion and the Rise of China in Economics Research', China Economic Review (Amsterdam), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2022.101813
2022
2022, 'Refugees are a valuable but overlooked economic resource, and it is time to update our approach to migration', The Australian Economic Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12467
2022
Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Guo L; Smyth R, 2022, 'Childhood Adversity and Energy Poverty', Energy Economics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106101
2022
2022, 'IT IS TIME FOR A NEW REGIONAL COMPACT!', The Australian Economic Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12468
2022
2022, 'Same degree but different outcomes: an analysis of labour market outcomes for native and international PhD students in Australia', Journal for Labour Market Research
2022
2022, 'The productivity impact of short-term labour mobility across industries', Small Business Economics
2022
Tani Bertuol M; Dickinson H; Smith C; Yates S, 2022, 'Successful school interventions for students with disability during Covid-19: empirical evidence from Australia', The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher
2022
Tani Bertuol M; Parasnis J; Carroll D, 2021, 'Why do women become teachers while men don’t?', The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2020-0236
2021
Deygers B; Bigelow M; Nadarajan D; Lo Bianco J; Tani Bertuol M, 2021, 'Low print literacy and its representation in research and policy', Language Assessment Quarterly: an international journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15434303.2021.1903471
2021
Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Wang BZ; Taksa L; Zhou J, 2021, 'English Skills and Early Labour Market Integration: Evidence from Humanitarian Migrants in Australia', International Migration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12889
2021
2021, 'Does higher education make you more entrepreneurial? Causal evidence from China', Journal of Business Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.06.044
2021
Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Wang H, 2021, 'Energy Poverty and Entrepreneurship', Energy Economics, vol. 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105469
2021
Tani Bertuol M; Parasnis J; Moslehi S; Vejayaratnam J, 2021, 'Assaults during lockdown in NSW and Victoria', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 24, pp. 199 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3892601
2021
Tani Bertuol M; Zhu Y; Xu L, 2021, 'The Impact of An Un(der)funded Inclusive Education Policy Evidence from the 2013 China Education Panel Survey', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 190, pp. 768 - 784, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.08.024
2021
Tani Bertuol M; Wanner P; Pecoraro M, 2021, 'Does educational mismatch affect emigration behaviour?', European Journal of Population, vol. 37, pp. 959 - 995, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10680-021-09595-z
2021
Tani Bertuol M; Dickinson H; Yates S; Smith C, 2021, 'The importance of social supports in education: Survey findings from students with disability and their families during COVID-19', Disability and Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2021.1994371
2021
Cheng Z; Mendolia S; Paloyo AR; Savage DA; Tani M, 2021, 'Working parents, financial insecurity, and childcare: mental health in the time of COVID-19 in the UK', Review of Economics of the Household, vol. 19, pp. 123 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11150-020-09538-3
2021
Tani Bertuol M; Cheng Z; Piracha M; Wang BZ, 2020, 'Ageing, health, loneliness and wellbeing', Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02450-4
2020
2020, 'L’Australia: un Paese da primati, ma fino a quando?', Relazioni internazionali e International political economy del Sud-Est asiatico, https://www.twai.it/journal/rise-5-1/
2020
Tani Bertuol M, 2020, 'Occupational licensing and the skills mismatch of highly educated migrants', British Journal of Industrial Relations, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12574
2020
Yates S; Dickinson H; Smith C; Tani Bertuol M, 2020, 'Flexibility in individual funding schemes: How well did Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme support remote learning for students with disability during COVID-19?', Social Policy & Administration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12670
2020
Wang C; Akgüҫ M; Liu X; Tani M, 2020, 'Expropriation with hukou change and labour market outcomes in China', China Economic Review, vol. 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2019.101391
2020
Tani Bertuol M; Heaton C; Carroll D, 2019, 'Does it pay to graduate from an 'elite' university in Australia?', Economic Record, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12492
2019
Tani Bertuol M, 2018, 'Migration policy and immigrants’ labour market performance', International Migration Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0197918318815608
2018
Tani Bertuol MD; Vivarelli M; Piva M, 2017, 'Business visits, knowledge diffusion and productivity', Journal of Population Economics, vol. 31, pp. 1321 - 1338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00148-017-0679-3
2017
Tani Bertuol MD, 2017, 'Local signals and the returns to foreign education', Economics of Education Review, vol. 61, pp. 174 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2017.07.006
2017
Tani M, 2016, 'Hukou changes and social well-being in China', Social Indicators Research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement, vol. 132, pp. 47 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1247-z
2016
Tani M; Akguec M; Liu X; Zimmermann KF, 2016, 'Risk attitudes and migration', China Economic Review (Amsterdam), vol. 37, pp. 166 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2015.12.004
2016
Cui Y; Nahm D; Tani M, 2015, 'Wage Differentials and Employment Choice of Chinese Rural-Migrant and Urban-Resident Workers', Australian Economic Review, vol. 48, pp. 382 - 399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12129
2015
2015, 'Skilled immigrants' contribution to productive efficiency', JOURNAL OF THE ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMY, 20, pp. 594 - 612, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13547860.2015.1045325
2015
Akgüç M; Liu X; Tani M; Zimmermann KF, 2015, 'Risk attitudes and migration', China Economic Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2015.12.004
2015
Cui Y; Nahm D; Tani M, 2015, 'Employment choice and ownership structure in transitional China', The Singapore Economic Review, vol. 62, pp. 1550088 - 1550088, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0217590815500885
2015
Carroll D; Tani M, 2015, 'Job search as a determinant of graduate over-education: evidence from Australia', EDUCATION ECONOMICS, vol. 23, pp. 631 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2014.908164
2015
Tani M, 2014, 'Flows of People and Knowledge between Italy and Australia', International Migration, 52, pp. 112 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12150
2014
Sharpe KA; Tani M, 2014, 'Size matters: capital market size and risk-return profiles', Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, 6, pp. 101 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19390459.2013.864155
2014
2014, 'Engaging or training sessional staff Evidence from an Australian case of enhanced engagement and motivation in teaching delivery', AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES REVIEW, 56, pp. 13 - 21, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213396400003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
2014
Tani M; Mahuteau S; Piracha M; Vaira M, 2014, 'Selection policy and entrepreneurship', International Migration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12072
2014
2014, 'Using a point system for selecting immigrants', IZA World of Labor, http://dx.doi.org/10.15185/izawol.24
2014
Tani M; Byers P, 2014, 'Engaging or training sessional staff: evidence from an Australian case', Australian Universities' Review
2014
2014, 'Special Issue The Globally Mobile Skilled Labour Force: Policy Challenges and Economic Opportunities', INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, 52, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12137
2014
Tani M, 2014, 'Business visits and the quest for external knowledge', Research in Labor Economics, vol. 40, pp. 293 - 324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/S0147-912120140000040011
2014
Tani M; Piracha M; Vaira M, 2014, 'Social capital and immigrants' labour market performance', Papers in Regional Science, vol. 95, pp. S107 - +, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12117
2014
Tani M; Nahm D; Cui Y, 2014, 'The determinants of rural migrants’ employment choice in China: results from joint estimation', Applied Economics Research Bulletin
2014
Tani M; Carroll D, 2013, 'Labour market under-utilisation of recent higher education graduates: new Australian panel evidence', Economics of Education Review
2013
Carroll D; Tani M, 2013, 'Over-education of recent higher education graduates: New Australian panel evidence', ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW, vol. 32, pp. 207 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.10.002
2013
Tani M; Heaton C; Chan G, 2013, 'The Wage Premium of Foreign Education: New Evidence from Australia', AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, vol. 46, pp. 395 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12024
2013
Tani M, 2012, 'Does immigration policy affects the education-occupation mismatch? Evidence from Australia', Australian Bulletin of Labour
2012
Piracha M; Tani M; Vadean F, 2012, 'Immigrant over- and under-education: the role of home country labour market experience', IZA JOURNAL OF MIGRATION, vol. 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-9039-1-3
2012
2011, 'International business visits and the technology frontier', ECONOMICS LETTERS, 110, pp. 209 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.11.023
2011
2010
Tani M, 2010, 'International labour visits and knowledge transfers', Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 19, pp. 117 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/011719681001900106
2010
Amin Z; Tani M; Eng KH; Samarasekara DD; Huak CY, 2009, 'Motivation, study habits, and expectations of medical students in Singapore', MEDICAL TEACHER, vol. 31, pp. E560 - E569, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01421590903193554
2009
Ramburuth P; Tani M, 2009, 'The impact of culture on learning: exploring student perceptions', Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, vol. 3, pp. 182 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17504970910984862
2009
Vines PE; Tani M, 2009, 'Law Student's Attitudes to Education: Pointers to Depression in the Legal Academy and the Profession?', Legal Education Review, vol. 19, pp. 3 - 40
2009
Tani M; Vines P, 2009, 'LAW STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TO EDUCATION: POINTERS TO DEPRESSION IN THE LEGAL ACADEMY AND THE PROFESSION?', LEGAL EDUCATION REVIEW, vol. 19, pp. 3 - 39, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213409400002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
2009
2008, 'Raising the in-class participation of Asian students through a writing tool', HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, 27, pp. 345 - 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07294360802406817
2008
2008, 'Short-term skilled labour movements and economic growth', INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, 46, pp. 161 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00465.x
2008
Ho MT; Tani M, 2007, 'What medical students value from their teachers', Australian Health Review, vol. 31, pp. 358 - 361
2007
Tani M, 2007, 'International business visits', Agenda: a journal of policy analysis and reform
2007
Tani M, 2006, 'International Business Visits', Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, vol. 13, pp. 323 - 337
2006
Tani M; Sassetti P, 2006, 'Dynamic Asset Allocation Using Systematic Sector Rotation', Journal of Wealth Management, vol. 8, pp. 59 - 70
2006
Markowski S; Tani M, 2005, 'Defense Expenditure, Spill-ins and Threats in Asia-Pacific 1985-2001', Defense and Security Analysis, 21, pp. 243 - 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0743017052000344938
2005
Hatton TJ; Tani M, 2005, 'Immigration and Inter-regional Mobility in the UK, 1982-2000', The Economic Journal, vol. 115, pp. 342 - 358
2005
Tani M, 2005, 'On the Motivations of Business Travel: Evidence from an Australian Survey', Asia Pacific Migration Journal, 14, pp. 419 - 440
2005
Tani M, 2003, 'Do Foreigners Cusion Native Jobs? The Case of European Regions in the 1990s', Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, vol. 17, pp. 459 - 487
2003
Tani M, 2003, 'Have Europeans become more mobile? A note on regional evolutions in the EU: 1988-1997', Economics Letters, vol. 80, pp. 23 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00067-3
2003
Tani M, 2003, 'International Business Travel and Australia`s Skill Endowment', Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, vol. 10, pp. 245 - 258
2003
Reports
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Dickinson H; Smith C; Yates S; Tani Bertuol M, 2020, Not even remotely fair: Experiences of students with disability during COVID-19, Children and Young People with Disability Australia, Melbourne, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.34145.53605, https://cyda.org.au/resources/details/172/not-even-remotely-fair-experiences-of-students-with-disability-during-covid-19-full-report
2020
Tani Bertuol M, 2018, Using a Points System for Selecting Immigrants, https://www.ifo.de/DocDL/dice-report-2018-1-tani.pdf
2018
Other
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Tani M, 2013, Is the point system an effective policy instrument? Yes or no, http://wol.iza.org/articles/using-a-point-system-for-selecting-immigrants.pdf
2013

2011: Vice-Chancellor Award for Teaching Excellence  (only 1 award was given out) 

2011: Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence for teaching economics (1 award was given out for each faculty)

Active grants:

ARC LP (2023-27): $354,811. M Tani, S Baker, C Higgins, K Houghton, K Bassett, S Cousins, and S Gnanakaran. Regional Australia's skills shortages and high-skill refugees' employment. 

ARC DP (2019-23): $478,000. F Guo, L Taksa, Z Cheng, M Tani, L Liu and KF Zimmermann. Demographic and Social Dimensions of Migrant Ageing and Wellbeing in Australia

NUW Alliance (2021-23): $73,367 - M Tani, Z Cheng, TYC Ching​, L Si, S Mendolia, A Paloyo, MC Flynn and D Savage. The Effects of Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Intervention on Academic Outcomes in Children with Hearing Loss.

 

Labour market, human capital, migration, labour mobility, productivity, knowledge sharing, economic growth, higher education, schooling, economic decisions, data analysis, interaction technology-humans.

Scholarships of $35,000 (AUD) are available for PhD students who achieved H1 /High Distinction in their UG program and/or have completed a Masters by Research. If you are interested, contact me via my details within this profile.

2022, Public sector organisations aren’t ready to unleash the power of data, , https://www.themandarin.com.au/184394-public-sector-organisations-arent-ready-to-unleash-the-power-of-data/
2022
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