Publications
"Trick or Treat? The Brexit effect on immigrants' mental health in the United Kingdom", European Economic Review, forthcoming
“Education, access to better quality work and gender: lessons from the Kagera panel data set” (with A. Kamanzi, A. McKay, A. Newell, and W. Tafesse). Journal of African Economies. First online December 2020, 1-25.
“Intergenerational and inter-ethnic mental health: an analysis for the UK" (with R. Dorsett; M. Weale) 2018 Population, Space and Place.
“The changing path to adulthood for girls in six African countries from the 1990s to the 2010s” (with A. McKay; J. Mariara; A. Newell) 2018 IZA Journal of Development& Migration.
“Real Wages, Wage inequality and the Regional Cost of Living in the UK” First online September 2016, Empirical Economics
“Targeting Migration with Limited Control: The Case of the UK and the EU” (with C. Vargas-Silva) IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2015. 4:16.
“Residual Wage Inequality and Immigration in the USA and in the UK.” LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations. 2014. 28(3): 288-308.
“An Assessment of Bank Lending to UK SMEs in the wake of the crisis.” (with Armstrong, A.; Davis, P.; Liadze. I.). National Institute Economic Review, August 2013 225: R39-R51.
Book Chapters:
“Performance of Economic Migrants” in the Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Edited by K. F. Zimmermann, Springer Nature. April 2022.
“The effect of the pandemic on mental health” in “The Economics of COVID-19 - Contributions to Economic Analysis”, Volume 296, Edited B. Baltagi, F. Moscone and E. Tosetti, Emerald. June 2022.
Working papers:
1. “The Effect of Repeated Lockdowns during the Covid-19 Pandemic on UK Mental Health Outcomes” (with J. Lindley) (R&R Fiscal Studies)
2. “The Labour Market Implications of Different Forms of Terrorism” (with E. Arenas-Arroyo and C. Vargas-Silva) (under review)
3. "Job satisfaction among young workers in Eastern and Southern Africa: a comparative analysis" (with A. McKay and A. Newell) IZA Discussion Paper dp11380. (Under Review)
4. "Unions and Hispanics in the US" (under revision)
Work in progress..
1. "Estimating the long term health consequences of nucler tests in Kazakhstan. (joined with Karlygash Kuralbayeva, Kings College London, and Po Yin Wong, Queen Mary University). (in preparation)
Policy Reports and others:
“The Wage Effects of the Minimum Wage for Migrant and Native Workers?” (with E. Arenas-Arroyo and C. Vargas-Silva).
“Minimum Wages, Earnings and Mobility in the EU”, REMINDER working paper 2019 (with E. Arenas-Arroyo and C. Vargas-Silva)
“Censoring and Instrumental Variable Estimation: Biases in Estimates of the Relationship between Fathers’ and Children’s Years of Education” (with R. Dorsett and M. Weale).
“National evaluation of the Troubled Families programme: National impact studies report”, (with H. Bewley, A. George, and J. Portes). Department for Communities and Local Government. October 2016.
“Powerful learning conversation: evaluation report” (with H. Rolfe and D. Wilkinson). Education Endowment Foundation, May 2016.
“Changing mindset: evaluation report” (with H. Rolfe and D. Wilkinson) Education Endowment Foundation, November 2016.
“Relationship between graduates and economic growth across countries” (with D. Holland, I. Liadze, and D. Wilkinson), BIS Research paper no. 110. August 2013.
“Mind the Gap: evaluation report” (with R. Dorsett, H. Rolfe, H. Burns, B. Robertson, B. Thorpe, K. Wall) October 2014
“Highly Skilled Migration to the UK 2007-2013: Policy Changes, Financial Crises and a Possible ‘Balloon Effect’?” (with C. Vargas-Silva), Migration Observatory. 2014.
“Evaluating changes in bank lending to UK SMEs over 2001-12-ongoing tight credit?” (with Armstrong, A.; Davis, P.; Liadze. I.). BIS/13/857 April 2013.
“The economic impact of migration liberalisation: evidence and issues” (with J. Portes and A. Rosso), written for the Think 20 meeting, G20 Summit. 2013.
“Migration and productivity: employers’ practices, public attitudes and statistical evidence” (with H. Rolfe, M. Lalani, and J. Portes), 2013.
Binned papers
“The Wage Effects of the Minimum Wage for Migrant and Native Workers?” (with E. Arenas-Arroyo and C. Vargas-Silva).
“Censoring and Instrumental Variable Estimation: Biases in Estimates of the Relationship between Fathers’ and Children’s Years of Education” (with R. Dorsett and M. Weale).
"Performance pay, alienation and absenteeism: evidence form Portugal" (with M. Coelho, and D. de Meza).