Keele Management School

I was awarded my Ph.D.  in Economics from Keele University in 2009, prior to that I obtained a BA and a MA in Economics from Staffordshire University. Before joining Keele University as a lecturer in Economics in January 2012, I held lecturing positions in Economics in the University of the West of England, Bristol and Swansea University. I have also worked as a research associate with the Learning and Skills Council for Staffordshire. During my graduate studies I worked as a teaching & learning technology assistant at the University of Birmingham, Department of Economics.

My main research interests are in labour economics, human capital, the economics of education and applied microeconometrics.

Research Grants:

2012       UK Low Pay Commission project: “The elasticity of substitution between young and old workers in the presence of minimum wages”, with G. Lanot.

2010       UK Low Pay Commission project: “The Minimum Wage & human Capital Accumulation of Young Low Paid Workers during and Economic Downturn”, with G. Lanot.

Sousounis, P. (2013) “The Substitution Rate between Low Pay Workers and the National Minimum Wage” (with G. Lanot), Research Report for the UK Low Pay Commission

Sousounis, P. (2012) “The Minimum Wage and Human Capital Accumulation of Young Low Paid Workers in a Recession” (with G. Lanot), Research Report for the UK Low Pay Commission

Sousounis, P. (2010) “Persistence in the Determination of Work-Related Training Participation: Evidence from the BHPS 1991-1997” (with R. Bladen-Hovell), Economics of Education Review, vol. 29(6), p. 1005-15.

Sousounis, P. “Estimating the effect of state dependence in work-related training participation among British employees”, Working paper.

Sousounis, P., “The Impact of Work-Related Training on Employee Earnings: Evidence from Great Britain”, Working paper.

ECO-10021 Output, Inflation and Employment (Macroeconomics I)

ECO-20040 Contemporary Issues in Economics (Part II: Economics of Technological Change and Innovation)

ECO-30043 Economic and Business Forecasting (ISP)

ECO-30033 Dynamic Macroeconomics