Fabio I. Martinenghi

Research Fellow, University of Newcastle

I am a Research Fellow at the University of Newcastle, within the MandEval project — a multi-university research project studying the impact of vaccine mandates on vaccine uptake.

My research spans Health, Education, and Law & Economics, applying modern econometric tools to large administrative datasets. In Health, I study fertility and vaccination behaviour. In Law & Economics, I work on questions in criminal and family law. In Education, I collaborate with Richard Holden at UNSW on pedagogical approaches and the returns to higher education.

I am also affiliated with the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the Australian National University and with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course.

News

2026 — Best Paper Award, 15th Australasian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics (for Career, Family, and IVF, with Maryam Naghsh Nejad).

2026 — An open repository of COVID-19 vaccine mandate studies published in npj Vaccines.

2026 — Does refusing legal aid cause harm? accepted at the Journal of Law & Economics.

2025 — Career, Family, and IVF  featured on the Grattan Institute’s Wonk List.

2025 — Presented Career, Family, and IVF at the American–European Health Economics Study Group.