Senior Teaching Fellow

Contact Details

• Tel: 0116 252 5369
• Email: to20@le.ac.uk
• Office: AC202, Astley Clarke Building
• Office Hours:

Biography

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Research Interests

• Economics of Education
• Labour Economics
• Applied Microeconometrics
• Public Economics
• Game Theory 

I am mostly interested in research in the area of the economics of education motivated by the will to study observable characteristics of the education sector. Topics of interest include: the debate about the public finance of higher education; the impact of peer effects on the quality of the education and on individual's labour market conditions; the relationship between education and inequality. I am also interested in carrying out research in the related fields of labour economics and public economics, using microeconometric techniques and game theory. In general, I am interested in studying microeconomics and individual choice behaviour. Following recent work as a consultant for the World Bank I'm also interested in carrying out research in determinants of productivity and indicators of firm performance in developing countries

Teaching

• EC1005 Applying Maths to Economics
• EC3044 Economics of Human Resources
• EC3067 International Finance 

Administrative Responsibilities

• Director of Undergraduate Admissions
• Member of the Undergraduate Learning and Teaching Committee
• Member of the Undergraduate Staff Student Committee 
• Member of the College of Social Science Academic Committee

Most Recent Publications

• 'Must try harder. Evaluating the role of effort on educational attainment', with G. De Fraja and L. Zanchi, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, vol.92, pp.577-597
• 'Participation in Higher Education in Britain: The effect of ability and parental income', with L. Zanchi
• 'France v England, who scores in the game of producing university graduates?' 

Full listing of publications