Located within the Department of Economics, the Centre for Microeconometrics is a focal point for research in microeconometrics. Its members, staff and PhD students drawn from the Department and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (MIAESR), are concerned with the development, evaluation and application of microeconometric methods. Branches of economics currently researched by the Centre include consumer expenditure analysis, environmental economics, labour economics, health economics, transport economics, measurement of inequality and poverty, and measurement of productivity and efficiency. Methodological research includes panel data methods and discrete choice modelling and estimation.

The Centre hosts national and international visitors, holds regular workshops to discuss work in progress, and holds occasional conferences involving other researchers from within and outside Australia, including groups from industry and government departments.

The objective of the Centre is to foster and promote high quality research and research training in microeconometrics by providing a focus for:

• the development of research grant proposals for funding from ARC and other external sources
• collaboration in joint research projects, with particular recognition of the advantages from joint research involving applications and the development or refinement of methodology
• the involvement of national and international visitors
• regular workshops to discuss work in progress
• conferences involving other researchers from within and outside Australia including groups from industry and government departments
• attracting, encouraging and involving PhD students working on microeconometric problems
• running short courses in microeconometrics