Geoff Hogbin

Senior Fellow, Economics Program

hogbin-geoffGeoff is currently researching and writing on the economics of employment contracts and labour market regulation, with emphasis on what can be learned from international empirical research into the consequences of labour market regulations.

Geoff's interest in the economics and politics of regulation and public choice developed through his research into US farm subsidies as a student at the University of Chicago from 1969-74. From 1974 to 1990 he lectured in economics at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Thereafter he undertook a series of consulting assignments into reform of public sector enterprises, regulation and regulatory processes relating to health care, urban and rural water supplies, and child care. He has a Bachelor’s degree in agricultural science from the University of Western Australia and Master’s degree in economics from the University of Chicago. His 1983 booklet, Free to Shop, published by the CIS, was instrumental in the abolition of restrictions on shop trading hours in the larger states of Australia.