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Applied Economics

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A focus on empirical economic issues

We cover a range of topics in applied economics. In particular, we study labour economics, development microeconomics, family, health, population, education, gender, migration, crime, inequality, productivity and technology.

We study issues affecting social and private behaviour. Cluster members typically investigate aspects such as supply and demand of labour services, distribution of income, human capital, labor mobility, and applied and policy issues in demographics. The traditional focus has been on empirical microeconomics. More recently some members have applied similar methods to study issues related to cities and regions.

Please browse our list of members below and visit their academic staff profiles to discover individual details of their research and supervision status.

Research Cluster Leader

Professor Marco Francesconi

Professor Marco Francesconi

Research Cluster Leader

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Evgeny Iakovlev

Evgeny Iakovlev

Research Deputy Cluster Leader

Department of Economics, , University of Essex

Development Economics

Dr Michele Rosenberg
Dr Michele Rosenberg

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Lisa Spantig
Dr Lisa Spantig

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Shunsuke Tsuda
Shunsuke Tsuda

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Xiaoyu Xia
Dr Xiaoyu Xia

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Family and Health Economics (Including Gender, Population and Migration)

Professor Emilia Del Bono
Professor Emilia Del Bono

Member

Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex

Professor Thomas Cornelissen
Professor Thomas Cornelissen

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Ben Etheridge
Dr Ben Etheridge

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Professor Marco Francesconi
Professor Marco Francesconi

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Laura Fumagalli
Dr Laura Fumagalli

Member

Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex

Dr Angus Holford
Dr Angus Holford

Member

Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex

Evgeny Iakovlev
Evgeny Iakovlev

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Lingqing Jiang
Dr Lingqing Jiang

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Professor Friederike Mengel
Professor Friederike Mengel

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Professor Birgitta Rabe
Professor Birgitta Rabe

Member

Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex

Dr Nicholas Reynolds
Dr Nicholas Reynolds

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Francesca Salvati
Dr Francesca Salvati

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Labour Economics (Including Inequality, Education and Economics of Crime)

Professor Emilia Del Bono
Professor Emilia Del Bono

Member

Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex

Professor Thomas Cornelissen
Professor Thomas Cornelissen

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Ben Etheridge
Dr Ben Etheridge

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Professor Marco Francesconi
Professor Marco Francesconi

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Laura Fumagalli
Dr Laura Fumagalli

Member

Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex

Dr Angus Holford
Dr Angus Holford

Member

Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex

Evgeny Iakovlev
Evgeny Iakovlev

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Lukas Mayr
Lukas Mayr

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Aseem Patel
Aseem Patel

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Professor Birgitta Rabe
Professor Birgitta Rabe

Member

Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex

Dr Nicholas Reynolds
Dr Nicholas Reynolds

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Professor Matteo Richiardi
Professor Matteo Richiardi

Member

Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex

Dr Michele Rosenberg
Dr Michele Rosenberg

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Francesca Salvati
Dr Francesca Salvati

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Professor Eric Smith
Professor Eric Smith

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Catherine Van Der List
Dr Catherine Van Der List

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Xiaoyu Xia
Dr Xiaoyu Xia

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Public Economics

Lukas Mayr
Lukas Mayr

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Andreas Mueller
Dr Andreas Mueller

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Professor Matteo Richiardi
Professor Matteo Richiardi

Member

Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex

Dr Francesca Salvati
Dr Francesca Salvati

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Catherine Van Der List
Dr Catherine Van Der List

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Cities, Regions, Productivity & Technology (Including Energy and Environmental Economics)

Professor Thomas Cornelissen
Professor Thomas Cornelissen

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Nicholas Reynolds
Dr Nicholas Reynolds

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Professor Katharine Rockett
Professor Katharine Rockett

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Professor Eric Smith
Professor Eric Smith

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr George Symeonidis
Dr George Symeonidis

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Shunsuke Tsuda
Shunsuke Tsuda

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Catherine Van Der List
Dr Catherine Van Der List

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Dr Xiaoyu Xia
Dr Xiaoyu Xia

Member

Department of Economics, University of Essex

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