Image: The winners of the UNSW Business School 3MT Heat. L-R: Julian Prester, Christian Criado-Perez Chanin, Nursafwah Tugiman, Daniel Wheadon
With just three minutes to give a compelling presentation on his thesis topic and its significance, CEPAR PhD candidate Daniel Wheadon presented his research on demographic change and the optimal policy response at the recent UNSW Business School 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition Heat. He has won the third place and will now represent the Business School at the UNSW interfaculty final competition on 17 September.
With a presentation titled ‘How should we tax pensioners?’, Daniel Wheadon discussed the Age Pension means test as an implicit tax on pensioners, as well as his own research into whether allowing the taper rate on the means test to be adjustable can create better incentives for pensioners and be welfare improving, compared with a standard linear means test.
“I am excited to be in the top three to represent the faculty at the UNSW interfaculty final in September and would like to thank my supervisors Alan Woodland, George Kudrna and Gonzalo Castex for their research support,” Mr Wheadon said.
The 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition developed by the University of Queensland for postgraduate candidates. Participants have just three minutes to explain what they are doing, how they are doing it, and why it is important. The 3MT competition encourages research candidates to consolidate their ideas and crystallise their research discoveries.
Higher Degree Research students, representing all UNSW faculties, will present their research in a tight 3-minute timeframe at the UNSW interfaculty final in September.