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Professor David Blackaby

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About

David is a Professor of Economics.

From 1996 to 2005 David was the Head of Economics, 2005 to 2008 the Deputy Head of the School of Business and Economics and 2012 to 2013 the Director of Research, College of Business, Economics and Law. He was a member of Royal Economic Society Committee for Women in Economics 2002-2011 and from 1991 to 1995 he was convenor of the Labour Economics Study Group.

He was a member of the Business and Management panels and Economics and Econometrics panels for REA2008 and REF2014. He is currently Deputy Chair of the Business and Management panel REF2021. In 1999, 2006 and 2014 he was a member of The QAA Panel, responsible for writing the Benchmark statement for Economics. He was also a member of ABS Panel producing Academic Journal Quality Guide 2008-2011. David's ESRC responsibilities include being a member of the Research Resources Board 2006-2010, Senior Examiner (Economics) for PhD Competition 2003-2006, Chair of Postgraduate Training Recognition Panel for Economics 2007 and deputy chair in 2005. He was a member of CHUDE Steering Group 2001-2010 and NHS Pay Review Body 2009-2015.

Areas Of Expertise

Labour Markets
Regional Economics
Public Policy
Welsh Economy

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Teaching interests are in the area of labour economics, regional economics, economic history and public policy.

Research

David’s main areas of research are in the areas of labour markets, regional economics, public policy and the Welsh economy. He has published papers in the Economic Journal, Oxford Economic Papers and Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.

He is currently Director of Welsh Economy Labour Market Evaluation and Research Centre (WELMERC), Co-Director of the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research Data and Methods (WISERD) and was an Associate Director of Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC). David has attracted research grant income from a number of areas including the ESRC, European Social Fund, Welsh Government, WDA, HEFCW, Equal Opportunities Commission, Equalities and Human Rights Commission, SIGOMA and BP.

Award Highlights

Fellow of The Learned Society of Wales.

Collaborations

David is a Co-Director of The Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD). This is a national, interdisciplinary, social science research institute and has been designated by the Welsh Government as a national research centre. Using innovative approaches, its research spans the fields of economics, sociology, geography and political science.

It is a collaborative venture between the universities of Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff, South Wales and Swansea – working together to improve the quality and quantity of social science research in Wales and beyond. Its research effects change by influencing the development of policy and practice across a range of sectors.

WISERD also hosts ADR Wales (Administrative Data Research Wales) – a collaboration between Welsh Government, Swansea University Medical School and WISERD at Cardiff University. ADR Wales is part of the ESRC funded ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK).

Publications

Research Highlights

Blackaby, D., Drinkwater, S., Murphy, P., O'Leary, N., & Staneva, A. (2018). The Welsh economy and the labour market. Welsh Economic Review, 26(0), 1
https://doi.org/10.18573/wer.228, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50107
Blackaby, D., Felstead, A., Jones, M., Makepeace, G., Murphy, P., & Wass, V. (2015). Is the Public Pay Advantage Explanied by Differences in Work Quality?. Unequal Britain at Work (pp. 147-166). Oxford University Press
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21665
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/unequal-britain-at-work-9780198712848?q=Blackaby&lang=en&cc=gb#
Blackaby, D., Drinkwater, S., Leslie, D., & Murphy, P. (1997). A Picture of Male and Female Unemployment among Britain's Ethnic Minorities. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 44(2)-197.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9485.00052, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15416
Blackaby, D., Leslie, D., Murphy, P., O'Leary, N., & Blackaby, D. (1998). The ethnic wage gap and employment differentials in the 1990s: Evidence for Britain. Economics Letters, 58(1)-103.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(97)00274-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15415
Blackaby, D. & Blackaby, D. (2002). White/ethnic minority earnings and employment differentials in Britain: evidence from the LFS. Oxford Economic Papers, 54(2), 270
https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/54.2.270, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa2137
Leslie, D., Abbott, A., & Blackaby, D. (2002). Why are Ethnic Minority Applicants Less Likely to be Accepted into Higher Education. , 65-91.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2273.00203, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa2139
Blackaby, D., Booth, A., & Frank, J. (2005). Outside Offers And The Gender Pay Gap: Empirical Evidence From the UK Academic Labour Market*. The Economic Journal, 115(501), F81
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0013-0133.2005.00973.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa2136
Mainwaring, L., Jones, R., & Blackaby, D. (2006). Devolution, sustainability and GDP convergence: Is the Welsh agenda achievable?. Regional Studies, 40(6), 679
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400600868994, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa2138
Blackaby, D., Murphy, P., O'Leary, N., & Blackaby, D. (2008). Employment discrimination in Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement. Economics Letters, 99(2), 282-285.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.07.003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5242
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176507002704
Beale, A., Blackaby, D., & Mainwaring, L. (2008). University Patenting in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: a Comparative Analysis. Higher Education Quarterly, 62(1-2), 101-119.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2273.2008.00377.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5243
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2273.2008.00377.x/full

All Research

Journal Articles

Blackaby, D., Drinkwater, S., Murphy, P., O'Leary, N., & Staneva, A. (2018). The Welsh economy and the labour market. Welsh Economic Review, 26(0), 1
https://doi.org/10.18573/wer.228, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50107
Blackaby, D., Drinkwater, S., Leslie, D., & Murphy, P. (1997). A Picture of Male and Female Unemployment among Britain's Ethnic Minorities. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 44(2)-197.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9485.00052, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15416
Blackaby, D., Leslie, D., Murphy, P., O'Leary, N., & Blackaby, D. (1998). The ethnic wage gap and employment differentials in the 1990s: Evidence for Britain. Economics Letters, 58(1)-103.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(97)00274-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15415
Blackaby, D. & Blackaby, D. (2002). White/ethnic minority earnings and employment differentials in Britain: evidence from the LFS. Oxford Economic Papers, 54(2), 270
https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/54.2.270, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa2137
Leslie, D., Abbott, A., & Blackaby, D. (2002). Why are Ethnic Minority Applicants Less Likely to be Accepted into Higher Education. , 65-91.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2273.00203, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa2139
Blackaby, D., Booth, A., & Frank, J. (2005). Outside Offers And The Gender Pay Gap: Empirical Evidence From the UK Academic Labour Market*. The Economic Journal, 115(501), F81
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0013-0133.2005.00973.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa2136
Mainwaring, L., Jones, R., & Blackaby, D. (2006). Devolution, sustainability and GDP convergence: Is the Welsh agenda achievable?. Regional Studies, 40(6), 679
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400600868994, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa2138
Blackaby, D., Murphy, P., O'Leary, N., & Blackaby, D. (2008). Employment discrimination in Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement. Economics Letters, 99(2), 282-285.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.07.003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5242
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176507002704
Beale, A., Blackaby, D., & Mainwaring, L. (2008). University Patenting in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: a Comparative Analysis. Higher Education Quarterly, 62(1-2), 101-119.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2273.2008.00377.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5243
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2273.2008.00377.x/full
Blackaby, D., Leslie, D., Murphy, P., O'Leary, N., & Murphy, P. (2012). The Religious Dimension to Ethnic Disadvantage in Great Britain. Homo Oeconomicus, 29(1), 25-55.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7897
http://search.ebscohost.com.openathens-proxy.swan.ac.uk/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=74621275&site=ehost-live
Blackaby, D. & Murphy, P. (2013). Born in Britain: a reflecvtion on goverrnments aspirations a decade on. Economics & Finance Research: An Open Access Journal
https://doi.org/10.1080/21649480.2012.760874, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14696
Blackaby, D., Murphy, P., O'Leary, N., & Murphy, P. (2008). Employment discrimination in Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement. Economics Letters, 99(2), 282-285.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50831
Blackaby, D., Murphy, P., Latreille, P., O'Leary, N., & Sloane, P. (2007). An analysis of reservation wages for the economically inactive.. Economics Letters
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50832
Blackaby, D., Burton, J., Humphries, J., & Joshi, H. (2006). The status of women economists in UK Universities. Feminist Economics, 12(3), 427-474.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50833
Blackaby, D., Carlin, P., Murphy, P., & Murphy, P. (2007). A Change in the Earnings Penalty for British Men with Working Wives: Evidence from the 1980s and 1990s. Labour Economics, 14(1), 119-134.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50834
Blackaby, D., Mainwaring, L., Jones, R., & Mainwaring, L. (2006). Devolution, Sustainability and the GDP Convergence: Is the Welsh Agenda Achievable?. Regional Studies, 40(6), 679-689.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50835
Blackaby, D., Leslie, D., Murphy, P., O'Leary, N., & O'Leary, N. (2005). Born in Britain: How are Native Ethnic Minorities Faring in the British Labour Market?. Economics Letters, 88, 370-375.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50836
Blackaby, D., Latreille, P., Murphy, P., & O'Leary, N. (2005). The Public-Private Sector Training Gap for Full-Time Employees in Britain: Evidence fromn SCELI. International Journal of Economic Research, 2(2), 21-41.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50837
Blackaby, D., Booth, A., & Frank, J. (2005). Outside Offers and the Gender Pay Gap: Empirical Evidence from the UK Academic Labour Market. The Economic Journal, 115, F81-F107.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50838
Blackaby, D., O'Leary, N., Murphy, P., & O'Leary, N. (2004). Quantile Regression Estimates of the Union Wage Effect for Great Britain. The Manchester School, 72, 497-514.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50839
Blackaby, D., Jones, M., Murphy, P., & O'Leary, N. (2003). Inactivity and Unemployment in Wales: A Contribution to the Policy Debate. Welsh Economic Review, 15, 28-32.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50840
Blackaby, D., Murphy, P., & O'Leary, N. (2003). The Effect of Unionisation on Wages in Great Britain: Estimtes from the Labour Force Survey. Economic Issues, 8, 33-45.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50841
Blackaby, D., Leslie, D., & Abbott, A. (2002). Why are the Ethnic Minority Applicants less likely to be accepted into higher education?. Hihger Education Quarterly, 54(1), 65-91.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50842
Blackaby, D., Leslie, D., Murphy, P., & O'Leary, N. (2002). White/Ethnic Minority Earnings and Employment Differentials in Britain: Evidence from the LFS. Oxford Economic Papers, 54, 270-297.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50843
Blackaby, D., O'Leary, N., Murphy, P., & Drinkwater, S. (2001). English Language Fluency and the Ethnic Wage Gap for Men in England and Wales. Economic Issues, 6, 21-32.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50844
Blackaby, D. (2000). The Economic and Social Consequences of the Closure of BP Llandarcy. Contemporary Wales, 13, 138-159.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50845
Blackaby, D. (2000). It's Still There! Maintaining the Glass Ceiling in Wales. Contemporary Wales, 13, 116-137.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50846
Blackaby, D. & Frank, J. (2000). Ethnic and Other Minority Representation in UK Academic Economics. Ecoonomic Journal, 110, F293-F311.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50847
Blackaby, D. & Leslie, D. (1999). Mesauring the cost of the fear of unemployment: an information approach. Labour, 13, 481-508.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50848
Blackaby, D., Drinkwater, S., Leslie, D., & Murphy, P. (1999). Ethnic differences in labour market volatility: An explanation using the British Household Panel Survey. Applied Economics Letters, 6, 463-466.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50849
Blackaby, D., Murphy, P., & O'Leary, N. (1999). The payment of Public Sector workers in the UK: Reconciliation with North-American findings. Economics Letters, 65, 239-243.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50850
Blackaby, D., Murphy, P., & O'Leary, N. (1999). Graduate Earnings in Great Britain: A matter of Degree?. Applied Economics Letters, 6, 311-315.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50851
Blackaby, D., Leslie, D., Murphy, P., & O'Leary, N. (1999). Explaining racial variations in unemployment in Britain. Manchester School, 67, 1-20.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50852
Blackaby, D., Leslie, D., Murphy, P., & O'Leary, N. (1998). The ethnic wage gap and employment differentials in the 1990s: Evidence for Britain. Economics Letters, 58, 97-103.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50853
Blackaby, D., Carlin, P., & Murphy, P. (1998). What a difference a wife makes: evidence of women investing in their husband's careers. Bulletin of Economic Research, 1, 1-18.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50854
Blackaby, D., Clark, K., Leslie, D., & Murphy, P. (1997). The disbribution of male and felmale earnings 1973-91: Evidence for Britain. Oxford Economic Papers, 49, 356-372.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50855
Blackaby, D. & Drinkwater, S. (1997). Welsh-speakers and the Labour Market. Contemporary Wales, 9, 158-170.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50856
Blackaby, D., Drinkwater, S., Leslie, D., & Murphy, P. (1997). A picture of male and female unemployment among Britains Ethnic minorities. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 44, 182-197.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50857
Blackaby, D., Murphy, P., O'Leary, N., & Thomas, D. (1996). Wales: An Economic Survey. Contemporary Wales, 8, 213-304.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50858
Blackaby, D. & Murphy, P. (1995). Earnings, Unemployment and Britain's North-South Divide: Real or Imaginery?. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 57, 483-508.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50859
Blackaby, D., Clark, K., & Leslie, D. (1995). Predicting the Potential Earnings of the Unemployed. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 42(1), 37-52.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50860
Blackaby, D., Murphy, P., & Thomas, D. (1995). Wales: An Economic Survey. Contemporary Wales, 7, 173-259.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50861
Blackaby, D., Clark, K., & Murphy, P. (1994). Black-White Male Earnings and Employment Prospects in the 1970s and 1980s: Evidence for Britain. Economics Letters, 46, 273-279.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50862
Blackaby, D. & Hunt, L. (1994). A Missed Opportunity: The White Paper on Competitiveness. Parliamentary Brief, 2, 24-26.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50863
Blackaby, D. & Hunt, L. (1994). Priced Out of Work?. New Economy, 1(2), 7-12.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50864
Blackaby, D. (1994). Defence Cuts, Redundancies and Future Employment Prospects in West Wales. Contemporary Wales, 6, 49-72.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50865
Blackaby, D., Murphy, P., & O'Leary, N. (1993). The Widening Wage Gap in Wales: A Microeconomic Analysis. Welsh Economic Review, 6(1), 40-49.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50866
Blackaby, D., Murphy, P., & Sloane, P. (1992). The Effects of Trade Unions on the Distribution of Earnings: A Sample Selectivity Approach. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 54, 517-542.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50867
Blackaby, D., Latreille, P., Murphy, P., O'Leary, N., Sloane, P., Blackaby, D., & Murphy, P. (2007). An Analysis of Reservation Wages for the Economically Inactive. Journal of economics letters, 97(1), 1-5.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.02.005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa2145
Murphy, P., Latreille, P., Jones, M., Blackaby, D., & Murphy, P. (2008). Is There a Public Sector Training Advantage? Evidence from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 46(4), 674-701.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2008.00699.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5183
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2008.00699.x/abstract
Murphy, P., Blackaby, D., & Murphy, P. (2009). The Employment and Earnings of Britain’s Senior Citizens. Economic Issues, 14(2), 1-25.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5184
http://search.ebscohost.com.openathens-proxy.swan.ac.uk/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=44683377&site=ehost-live
Blackaby, D., Murphy, P., Drinkwater, S., & Jones, M. (2012). Gender Pay Gap in Wales in 2011. Contemprary Wales, 25
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10846
Robinson, C. & Blackaby, D. (2012). The Productivity Gaps in Wales: Evidence from Firm-Level Data. Contemporary Wales, 25(1), 95-114.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15316
https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/uwp/cowa/2012/00000025/00000001/art00009
Blackaby, D., Murphy, P., O’Leary, N., Staneva, A., & O'Leary, N. (2018). Regional pay? The public/private sector pay differential. Regional Studies, 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2017.1331295, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33663
Mann, S., Blackaby, D., O’Leary, N., & O'Leary, N. (2019). Sexual identity and wellbeing: A distributional analysis. Economics Letters, 181, 133-136.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2019.04.023, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50056
Murphy, P., Blackaby, D., O'Leary, N., & Staneva, A. (2020). Understanding What Has Been Happening to the Public‐Sector Pay Premium in Great Britain: A Distributional Approach Based on the Labour Force Survey. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 58(2), 273-300.
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12474, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50294
O'Leary, N., Blackaby, D., Gupta, P., & Li, I. (n.d.) Wellbeing Trajectories around Life Events in Australia. Economic Modelling
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55102

Book Chapters

Blackaby, D., Felstead, A., Jones, M., Makepeace, G., Murphy, P., & Wass, V. (2015). Is the Public Pay Advantage Explanied by Differences in Work Quality?. Unequal Britain at Work (pp. 147-166). Oxford University Press
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21665
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/unequal-britain-at-work-9780198712848?q=Blackaby&lang=en&cc=gb#

Other Research Outputs

Blackaby, D., Jones, M., Murphy, P., O'rsquo, P., O'Leary, N., Perman, M., Souabni, S., & Murphy, P. (2010). Welsh Assembly Governmentn/aWelsh Assembly Government
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5245

Supervision

Skills, the Industrial Strategy and spreading prosperity throughout the UK (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Nigel O'Leary
Sexual Orientation and Wellbeing (awarded 2020)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Nigel O'Leary
Essays on trust, corruption and welfare (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Nigel O'Leary
Subjective wellbeing, inequality and accessibility: country and neighbourhood level analyses (awarded 2020)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Phil Murphy

Other supervisor: Prof Nigel O'Leary
An investigation of the socio-economic relationship between civil society and social capital on subjective well-being (awarded 2019)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Phil Murphy

Other supervisor: Prof Nigel O'Leary
''To what extent do the UK''s Public and Private Sectors differ? An econometric analysis into pay differentials and job satisfaction.'' (awarded 2018)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Phil Murphy
The environmental impacts of economic growth and environmental policies in Saudi Arabia (awarded 2018)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Ilias Asproudis

Other supervisor: Dr Dimitrios Vougas
'The Impact of Disability on Employment Outcomes' (awarded 2018)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Phil Murphy
AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF ETHNIC MINORITY AND IMMIGRANTS SELF-EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (awarded 2019)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr John Moffat

Other supervisor: Prof Phil Murphy

Other supervisor: Prof Nigel O'Leary

Taught Modules

MN-1510 Current Issues in Economics

The module is an introduction to applied economics. It aims to show how basic economic concepts and methods can be used to provide insight and policy recommendations on a variety of topical economic issues.
MN-M037 Research Methods

This module begins with a review of key mathematical and statistical/econometric techniques before progressing onto more practical applications via the use of statistical/econometric and mathematical software. It also contains sessions on bibliographic database searching and sources of data, which will be beneficial for dissertations.
MN-M037J Research Methods

This module is exclusive to the MSc Economics January 2021 cohort. This module begins with a review of key mathematical and statistical/econometric techniques before progressing onto more practical applications via the use of statistical/econometric and mathematical software. It also contains sessions on bibliographic database searching and sources of data, which will be beneficial for dissertations.

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Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Other Research Outputs

Supervision

Skills, the Industrial Strategy and spreading prosperity throughout the UK (current)

Sexual Orientation and Wellbeing (awarded 2020)

Essays on trust, corruption and welfare (current)

Subjective wellbeing, inequality and accessibility: country and neighbourhood level analyses (awarded 2020)

An investigation of the socio-economic relationship between civil society and social capital on subjective well-being (awarded 2019)

''To what extent do the UK''s Public and Private Sectors differ? An econometric analysis into pay differentials and job satisfaction.'' (awarded 2018)

The environmental impacts of economic growth and environmental policies in Saudi Arabia (awarded 2018)

'The Impact of Disability on Employment Outcomes' (awarded 2018)

AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF ETHNIC MINORITY AND IMMIGRANTS SELF-EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (awarded 2019)

Taught Modules

MN-1510 Current Issues in Economics

MN-M037 Research Methods

MN-M037J Research Methods