Lecturer

Contact Details

• Tel: 0116 252 2480
• Email: sl129@le.ac.uk
• Office: AC209
• Office Hours: by appointment

Biography

Curriculum Vitae (Updated 14th October 2011)

Research Interests

• Labour economics, wages and employment in general and in particular minimum wage as well as economics of migration and economics of crime.
• Research papers can be downloaded via RePEc.

Supervision Interests

Economic effects of migration. The effect of migration on the wages and employment of natives influences public opinion and attitudes towards migrants.  This in turn affects policymaking.  While the migration literature is growing fast, there are relatively few studies using UK data, and many other countries have few or no rigorous analysis of the effects of migration on the labour market.  Thus, topics such as the effect of migration on wages and employment, migration duration, migration assimilation, the effect of migration on pension, etc., are fruitful areas of research.

Fiscal effects of migration. While the effects of migration on domestic employment and wages is a growing literature, the effect of migration on other areas is relatively neglected.  More research needs to be done on the effects of migration on education, health, benefits, housing, etc., both at the local authority level and at the national level in the UK. Research in this area is an important contribution to the academic literature and to inform policymaking. (joint with T. Oliveira)

Teaching

• EC1008 : Solving Economic Problems
• EC2032 : Macroeconomics & Finance 

Most Recent Publications

• (2009) “Comparing Employment Estimates Using Different Minimum Wage Variables: the case of Brazil”, International Review of Applied Economic, 23(4):405-425.
  http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02692170902954759
• (2009) “Minimum Wage Effects in a Developing Country”, Labour Economics, 16(2): 224-237.
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537108000547
• (2008) “A Survey of the Effects of the Minimum Wage on Prices”, Journal of Economic Surveys, 22(1), 187-212.
  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-6419.2007.00532.x/full
• (2007) "Minimum Wage Effects on Wages, Employment and Prices in Brazil” Research in Labor Economics, 26:397-413.
  http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?chapterid=1756445&show=abstract

Full List of Earlier Publications