Associate Professor Ashton De Silva

Ashton de Silva is an applied econometrician specialising in the analysis of the property (including housing) sector, natural resources, credit and financial markets and government policy.

He has published papers in leading international academic journals as well as written several reports for key industry bodies. He has been repeatedly sought after for his insights and perspectives on current economic and social issues.

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Housing Economics, Housing Price Modelling, Property Analysis, Forecasting, Household borrowing and finances, Economic Policy.

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RMIT experts call for rethink of how Australians finance their retirement

24 November 2020

RMIT economists are calling for a rethink in retirement financing in a new first of its kind report which reveals that more older Australians are using reverse mortgages to pay off debt.

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Future of age care must be built on better housing design: report

16 September 2020

Pragmatic housing design features are vital to enable older people to stay home longer, have greater independence and reduce the cost of age care services, according to new RMIT University research.

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Arts spending brings in the bucks for the Creative City

18 August 2017

For the first time, a new study led by RMIT University and the City of Melbourne has quantified the economic and social impact of investment in the arts.

Blog

What the baby bonus boost looks like across ten years

15 August 2017

The baby bonus did its job, encouraging people to have more children at a time when fertility rates were low, our research finds. Given Australian men and women desire 1.5 more children than they actually have, it might be time to consider policies like this again.

Media

New study urges for housing to be better recognised in economic policy

21 June 2017

A new study led by RMIT researchers calls for stronger coordination between governments on housing policy to better understand the $6 trillion sector’s contributions to national economic productivity.

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New study suggests financial wellbeing policy design needs overhaul

06 June 2017

As financial inequality worsens in Australia, a new study suggests that the ways to measure and understand what impacts individuals’ financial wellbeing must adjust to focus beyond their circumstances.

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Poor lending reforms may deprive most vulnerable of home basics: study

13 March 2017

Changing lending rules to restrict access to financial services could deprive low-income people of home basics like white goods, furniture and internet access, a new RMIT study suggests.

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Housing deprivation or financial debt: betwixt the devil and the deep blue sea?

13 February 2017

Houses are not merely homes, says AHRC speaker Ashton De Silva, and the level of wellbeing of a household unit depends on more than just access to a safe and affordable physical structure.

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Bohemians, diversity and residential locational choices

13 February 2017

The importance of creativity and diversity as drivers of regional growth is well documented but few studies have examined the interaction between creativity and diversity, particularly in the Australian setting.

Publications

Examining the spatial and non-spatial linkages between suburban housing markets

Morteza Moallemi , , Daniel Melser, Associate Professor Ashton De Silva, Xiaoyan Chen

International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis

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