Keele Management School

I obtained my BA in Economics, MSc in Econometrics and PhD degrees from the University of Southampton. A research assistantship at Manchester University was followed by a lectureship at the University College of North Wales at Aberystwyth before moving to Keele.

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• Tax/benefit modelling
• Labour supply
• Wage determination

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• 'Child Support Reform and the Labour Supply of UK Lone Mothers', Journal of Human Resources, 1995, 30:2 pp 256-279 (with P.Bingley, G.Lanot and I.Walker).
• 'The Costs of Recession', Economic Journal. 1994, 104 pp 20-36 (with K Clarke and DLeslie).
• "Child Support Reform and Lone Mothers', Fiscal Studies, 1994, 15:1 pp81-98 (with P.Bingley and I. Walker).
• 'Carbon Taxes, Consumer Demand and Carbon Dioxide Emission: A Simulation Analysis for the UK', Fiscal Studies, 1994, 15:2 pp 19-43 (with J.Proops and P.Gay),
• 'Modelling Consumer Behavioural Response to Commodity Tax Reforms in Microsimulation Models', Microsimulation and Public Polic , 1996, Elsevier, ed. A. Harding (with N. Warren).
• 'Modelling Consumer Behavioural Response to Commodity Tax Reforms in Microsimulation Models', Microsimulation and Public Policy , 1996, Elsevier, ed. A. Harding (with N. Warren).
• ‘Chapter 14: EU Budget’, Economics of the European Union, 1997, Oxford University Press, ed. M.Artis and N.Lee (with R.C.Bladen-Hovell)
• ‘Child care costs and Lone Mothers' Employment Rates: UK Evidence’, Manchester School, 2001, Vol 69(2),(with S.Jenkins), .
• ‘The Distributional Effects of Carbon and Energy Taxes: The Cases of France, Spain, Italy, Germany and UK’, European Environment, 2002, Vol 12, (with J. Proops and S. Speck)

Semester 1

• ECO-10003: Statistics for Economics and Finance I
• ECO-20006: Statistics for Economics and Finance II

JEL Codes

H23, H24, H51, I11, J21, J22, J24, J31,

Collaborators: Robin Bladen-Hovell, Helen Dent