Lecturer in Economics

Contact Details

• Tel: 0116 252 2904
• Email: mdh@le.ac.uk
• Office: AC207 
• Office Hours:

Research Interests

• The Economics of the labour market and in particular the changing structure of employment and the changing role of education and other forms of human capital.

PhD Supervision

Willing to supervise PhDs on the economics of skill training and on the effects of trade and technological change on occupational and skill structure.

Teaching

• EC1018: Financial Markets & Institutions
• EC2000: Households, Firms, Markets, Welfare
• EC2001: Microeconomics CS
• EC7052: Quantitative Methods 

Administrative Responsibilities

• Chair of the Undergraduate Learning & Teaching Committee
• Chair of the Undergraduate Staff-Student Committee
• Member of the Medical Evidence Committee 

Most Recent Publications

• (2000) 'The effects of sectoral and technological changes on the skill composition of employment in the United Kingdom 1951-91' Economics Letters, 69, 101-107
• (1996) 'The effects of company training, further education and the Youth Training Scheme on the earnings of young employees' Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 58, 469-488 (with F. Green and S. Montgomery)

Full listing of publications