Omer Majeed

Dr. Omer Majeed is a senior economist at the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. Currently, he is working on the Australian Innovation System report, analysis of high growth firms, determinants of innovation and the impact of payroll tax on employment and wages. Dr. Majeed has also worked as a senior economist for the Department of Treasury and Finance in the Northern Territory, primarily working on macroeconomic issues.

Dr. Majeed recently completed his Ph.D. at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, where he has studied issues relating to inequality, economic growth and trade. He has also tutored courses including Economic Development, Advanced Topics in Poverty, Public Policy and Development, International Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Public Economics, Managerial Economics and Money and Banking. He has tutored both at the postgraduate and undergraduate levels and refereed papers for economic journals.