Christopher Hoy [email protected]

EDUCATION PhD in Economics, Australian National University (ANU) 2020 Masters of International and Development Economics, Yale University 2012 Bachelor of Commerce (Advanced), University of Sydney 2010

SELECTED WORKING PAPERS Hoy, Christopher & Franziska Mager (2019) “Why are Relatively Poor People not more Supportive of Redistribution: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment across 10 Countries” (with reviewers at the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy) Hoy, Christopher, Russell Toth & Nurina Meredikawati (2019) “How does Information about Inequality Shape Preferences for Redistribution and Voting Intentions? Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment in Indonesia” Hoy, Christopher & Russell Toth (2019) “A False Divide? Correcting Beliefs about In- equality Aligns Preferences for Redistribution Between Right- and Left-Wing Voters”

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS “American Exceptionalism? Differences in the Elasticity of Preferences for Redistribu- tion between the United States and Western Europe” (with Franziska Mager) “Boosting Tax Compliance Without Increasing Tax Revenue: Evidence from three Ran- domized Control Trials in Papua New Guinea” (with Mathias Sinning) “The Impact of a Secured Transaction Framework: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Fiji” (with Russell Toth) “Taking Financial Access to Remote and Insecure Areas: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial of a Comprehensive Financial Inclusion Program” (with Russell Toth)

INVITED PRESENTATIONS NEUDEC (at Northwestern University), CSAE (at Oxford University), Paris School of Economics, UNWIDER, MIEDC (at University of Wisconsin-Madison), AEL (at DIW Berlin), ADEW, University of Sydney, QUT, ADB and ANU Indonesia Update 2019 London School of Economics, University of Tokyo, LEW (at the University of Sydney), ADEW, University of Melbourne, World Bank Jakarta Office, ADB Institute, DFAT, Australian Parliament, Indonesian President’s Office, NRI and UPNG 2018 Asian Australasian Society Labour Economics Conference (AASLE), ANU, ADEW, Uni- versity of Sydney, Innovations for Poverty Action Headquarters, ADB and ODI 2017

SELECTED RESEARCH FUNDING ADB Impact Evaluation Committee (US$600,000), Oxfam (US$125,000), DFAT (US$55,000), Sydney Research Excellence Initiative (US$26,000), Equity Economics (US$15,000), MIT Poverty Action Lab (JPAL) (US$12,000)

1 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Poverty Reduction (Masters course), ANU, Lecturer 2019 Project Evaluation (Masters course), University of Sydney, Lecturer 2017-18 Poverty and Inequality (Short course), University of Sydney, Lecturer 2017 Econometrics (Undergraduate course), University of Sydney, Tutor 2016

WORK EXPERIENCE World Bank Consultant 2017-19 Asian Development Bank Consultant 2016-19 Overseas Development Institute (Growth, Poverty and Inequality Program) 2014-16 UNICEF Uganda (Country Economist) 2014 IPA Uganda (worked for Dean Karlan, Greg Fischer and Meredith Startz) 2014 AusAID (Economist) 2012-14 Australian Treasury (Graduate Program) 2011-12

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Journal of Economic Inequality, Journal of Development Effectiveness, Bulletin of In- donesian Economics Studies, Asia Pacific Policy Studies Referee

SELECTED PRESS MENTIONS AND BLOGS ABC, Sydney Morning Herald, ABC Radio, Triple J, Lowy Interpreter 2019 World Bank Development Impact Blog, BBC, WEF, Channel News Asia 2018 Guardian, Jakarta Post, DevPolicy 2017 Vox, CGD, ODI, From Poverty to Power 2016

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