Achmad Maulana is an economist and Research Fellow at the Center for Economics and Development Studies (CEDS), Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Padjadjaran. He previously served as an Economist at Prospera (Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Economic Development), and the TNP2K under the Office of the Vice President of Indonesia, and holds a PhD in Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research focuses on labor markets, minimum wages, skills development, and public policy, with particular expertise in applied econometrics and large-scale survey design in the Indonesian context.