Lecturer

Contact Details

• Tel: 0116 252 2901
• Email: kt141@le.ac.uk
• Office: Astley Clarke AC206
• Office Hours: 

Research Interests

• Labour economics with emphasis on microeconometric analysis; policy evaluation; population economics

Main research interests are in the area of Labour Economics with emphasis on empirical analysis using Microeconometrics. Particulary interested in the role of labour market institutions on economic behaviour and labor market dynamics, and the evaluation of labour market policies.

Teaching

EC7058: Applied Microeconometrics

Most Recent Publications

• “The Effect of Delayed Motherhood on the Second Childbirth in Europe” (joint with Massimiliano Bratti), forthcoming in Journal of Population Economics.

• “Fertility and Female Employment Dynamics in Europe: The Effect of Using Alternative Econometric Modeling Assumptions” (joint with Pierre-Carl Michaud), Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2011, Vol. 26, No.4, pp. 549-714.

• “Job Displacement and the Transitions to Re-Employment and Early Retirement for Non-Employed Older Workers” European Economic Review, 2010, Vol. 54, pp. 517-535.

• “Unemployment Insurance in Europe: Unemployment Duration and Subsequent Employment Stability”, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 1225-1260.

• “Immigrant Self-Employment: Does Intermarriage Matter?” (joint with Dimitris Georgarakos), Research in Labor Economics, 2009, Vol. 29, pp. 253-271.

• “Entrepreneurship and Survival Dynamics of Immigrants to the U.S. and their Descendants” (joint with Dimitris Georgarakos), Labour Economics, 2009, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 161-170.

• “Geographic Labour Mobility and Unemployment Insurance in Europe”, Journal of Population Economics, 2009, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 267-283.