Ms. Rondinel’s research fields are taxation, early childhood, education economics, and social and economic disadvantage. Her current research focuses on: the impact of student loans on post-schooling outcomes and enrolment; the revenue capacity of tax systems and; the various challenges associated with financial insecurity.
During her stay at CESifo, she plans to work on three papers and one non-academic report: “Straightening Out the Laffer Curve” (co-authored with Prof. James Hines and Prof. Jose F. Sanz-Sanz); “Income Contingent Student Loans: Impacts on Earnings and Life Decisions” (co-authored with Prof. A. Abigail Payne and Dr. Steeve Marchand); “To Enroll or Not to Enroll: The Role of Differential University Tuition on Enrollment” (co-authored with Prof. Abigail Payne and Dr. Steeve Marchand); and a report on the cost of living using the latest wave of the Taking the Pulse of the Nation survey (co-authored with Prof. A. Payne, Dr. F. Botha, and Dr. Ujjwal KC).