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Arnaud Chevalier
Subject Editor, Data and methods

Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, and IZA, Germany

IZA World of Labor role

Author, Subject Editor

Current position

Reader in Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Research interest

Labour economics, economics of education, health economics

Website

http://bit.ly/Chevalier_IZApage

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Placement as a Research Economist at the Business, Innovations, Universities and Skills Department, UK

Past positions

Department of Economics, University of Kent: Lecturer (2004–2005), Senior Lecturer (2005–2006); Department of Economics, University College Dublin: Lecturer (2003–2004); Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics: Research Officer (2000–2001)

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Birmingham University, 2000

Selected publications

  • “Parental education, income and child’s education.” IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2:8 (2013) (with C. Harmon, V. O’Sullivan, and I. Walker).

  • “Students’ academic self-perception.” Economics of Education Review 28 (2009): 716–727 (with S. Gibbons, A. Thorpe, M. Snell, and S. Hoskins).

  • “Over-education and the skills of UK graduates.” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 172 (2009): 307–337 (with J. Lindley).

  • “Does education raise productivity, or just reflect it?” Economic Journal, 114 (2004): F499–F517 (with C. Harmon, I. Walker, and Y. Zhu).

  • “Measuring over education.” Economica 70 (2003): 509–531.

article(s)

  • How to attract international students? Updated

    Studying abroad benefits the students, the host country, and those remaining at home

    Arnaud Chevalier, May 2022
    In knowledge-based economies, attracting and retaining international students can help expand the skilled workforce. Empirical evidence suggests that open migration policies and labor markets, whereby students can remain in the host country post-study, as well as good quality higher education institutions are crucial for successfully attracting international students. Student migration can positively affect economic growth in both sending and receiving countries, even though migrants themselves reap most of the gains, mainly through higher earnings.
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