Max has a PhD in Economics from the Australian National University (Canberra, Australia), a MSc Econ from the LSE (1992) and Laurea from Bocconi University (1989). He works as a professor in the School of Business at the University of New South Wales (Canberra), Australia. Before moving to Australia in 1999 he worked in banking.

Research work and interests centre on skills and skilled international migration, knowledge effects of people's movements, and the labour market for graduates.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 2005 and was a Senior Research Associate from January 2014 until December 2015.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13728
Zhiming Cheng, Ben Zhe Wang, Zhou Jiang, Lucy Taksa, Massimiliano Tani
published online as 'English skills and early labour market integration: Evidence from humanitarian migrants in Australia' in: International Migration, 19 June 2021,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13588
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2021, 19, 123 - 144 .
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13527
published in: Social Indicators Research, 2020, 26, 1-17
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13034
published as 'The productivity impact of short-term labor mobility' in: Small Business Economics, 2023, 60, 691 - 705
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12533
published in: M. Konte and L.M.Mbaye (eds.), Migration, Remittances and Sustainable Development in Africa, London, Routledge, 2020, chapter 3, 38-61
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12027
revised version published as 'Why do women become teachers while men don't?' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2021, 21 (2), 793-823
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11477
published in: Economic Record, 2019, 95(310), 343-357
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11370
revised version published as 'Occupational Licensing and the Skills Mismatch of Highly Educated Migrants' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2021, 59 (3), 730 - 756
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11241
published in: International Migration Review, 2020, 54 (1), 35-57
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