Dominic Behrens

Dominic Behrens

Housing and urban economist. Doing absolutely everything I can to fix the housing crisis.

I am a Senior Economist at The Centre for International Economics. I work on housing, land use and transport, using quantitative analysis and modelling to answer practical policy questions. I also co-founded Sydney YIMBY.

Selected work

  1. Wasted Space: Axe Car-Parking Rules to Ease the Housing Crisis

    2026

    Australia's most detailed report on the case for scrapping costly parking rules.

    Report / Grattan Institute

  2. Against 'Affordable' Housing

    2026

    A detailed essay examining the problems with 'Affordable' housing in Australia.

    Essay / Inflection Points

  3. Inflection Points Podcast

    2026

    Discussion with host Jonathan O'Brien on mine and Ethan Gilbert's article Against 'Affordable' Housing and broader housing policy issues.

    Podcast / Inflection Points

  4. What Local Land Use Reform Does, and Doesn't, Do

    2026

    Working paper with Matthew Maltman and Theo Gibbons presenting Australian-first evidence on the impacts of planning reform.

    Research / e61 Institute
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Work and community

  1. Senior Economist

    Work

    The Centre for International Economics

  2. Co-founder & Secretary

    Advocacy

    Sydney YIMBY

Education

  1. Bachelor of Economics (Honours)

    2021

    University of New South Wales. First Class Honours in Econometrics.