{"id":646,"date":"2019-06-04T16:05:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T15:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/?page_id=646"},"modified":"2024-01-03T15:37:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T15:37:11","slug":"labour-economics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/research\/labour-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour and Household Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

We undertake a variety of applied research using state of the art econometric techniques and a broad set of datasets for the UK, other developed and developing countries.\u00a0 We focus on a number of topical issues as well as drawing on historical events using both micro and macro approaches.\u00a0 Our current focuses are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Inequalities.<\/strong>\u00a0 We work on various aspects of labour market inequalities, such as earning gaps across different groups of workers (by gender, ethnicity, disability, social class), and unconscious bias in hiring and promotion. Besides labour market inequalities, we also work on income inequalities and poverty.<\/li>\n
  2. Labour Market Issues across the Career and Lifecycle.<\/strong>\u00a0 We work on issues ranging from child labour to the impact that education and occupational choices, preferences, expectations and beliefs have on labour market outcomes.<\/li>\n
  3. Labour Markets in Developing Countries.<\/strong>\u00a0 We work on various labour market issues related to developing countries, ranging from gendered labour markets (sex work and domestic work) to the impact of labour market reforms on employment.<\/li>\n
  4. Wellbeing.<\/strong>\u00a0 We work on various determinants of wellbeing ranging from vocational education to labour market transitions, intra-household work, and women\u2019s changes in the state pension age.\u00a0 We also work on the impact that wellbeing has on various aspects of people\u2019s life.<\/li>\n
  5. Migration.<\/strong>\u00a0 We work on determinants of migration (with a focus on graduate migration), the impact of immigration on the host country, as well as colonial south-south labour migration from the Indian subcontinent to the former British colonies of the Caribbean.\u00a0 We also work on the impact of migration on the family members left behind.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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