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Home » Faculty & Research » Resident Faculty » Melati Nungsari
Associate Professor II Economics and Deputy Dean of Research & Research Affiliate at MIT Sloan School of Management
Industrial Organization, Market Design (Search and Matching), Labor Economics, Public Economics, Economic Education
Dr. Melati Nungsari is an Associate Professor II of Economics and the Deputy Dean of Research, Asia School of Business & Research Affiliate at MIT Sloan School of Management. She is an applied microeconomist specializing in industrial organization, public economics, market design, and economic education. She received her Bachelors of Arts in Mathematics and Economics (Magna Cum Laude) with Honors in Mathematics from Knox College, and her PhD in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Her research focuses on two-sided matching platforms with search, and how firms use pricing to correct for negative externalities on the platform. She also studies public policy issues such as the labor market integration of refugees, policy design for retirement markets in Chile and Malaysia, and labor market discrimination. Additionally, she has published research on pedagogy in economic education, services marketing, and refugee studies. While at UNC-Chapel Hill, Dr. Melati was a Chancellor’s Fellow with the Royster Society.
She has won multiple teaching awards throughout her career, and is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the most prestigious academic honor society in the United States. She is an active Op-Ed writer, public scholar, and public speaker. Prior to joining ASB, Dr. Melati was a professor of economics at Davidson College and Butler University. She has given research and classes all over the world, and is originally from Penang, Malaysia.
For a full list of her research publications, presentations, and most up-to-date CV, please visit her website at www.melatinungsari.com.
Dr. Melati Nungsari is an Associate Professor II of Economics and the Deputy Dean of Research, Asia School of Business & Research Affiliate at MIT Sloan School of Management. She is an applied microeconomist specializing in industrial organization, public economics, market design, and economic education. She received her Bachelors of Arts in Mathematics and Economics (Magna Cum Laude) with Honors in Mathematics from Knox College, and her PhD in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Her research focuses on two-sided matching platforms with search, and how firms use pricing to correct for negative externalities on the platform. She also studies public policy issues such as the labor market integration of refugees, policy design for retirement markets in Chile and Malaysia, and labor market discrimination. Additionally, she has published research on pedagogy in economic education, services marketing, and refugee studies. While at UNC-Chapel Hill, Dr. Melati was a Chancellor’s Fellow with the Royster Society.
She has won multiple teaching awards throughout her career, and is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the most prestigious academic honor society in the United States. She is an active Op-Ed writer, public scholar, and public speaker. Prior to joining ASB, Dr. Melati was a professor of economics at Davidson College and Butler University. She has given research and classes all over the world, and is originally from Penang, Malaysia.
For a full list of her research publications, presentations, and most up-to-date CV, please visit her website at www.melatinungsari.com.