Gillian Wyness

University College London,UK; London School of Economics, UK, and IZA, Germany

I’m very happy to contribute to the IZA World of Labor series on a subject I think is fascinating and important. I hope it will be useful to other academics interested in evidence about the nature and extent of university mismatch.

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Professor of Economics, IOE, University College London (UCL's) Faculty of Education and Society, Centre for Education Policy and Equalizing Opportunities (UCL CEPEO); London School of Economics, Centre for Economic Performance (CEP, LSE), UK

Research interest

Labor economics, economics of education

Past positions

Research Economist, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, UK

Qualifications

PhD Economics, UCL Institute of Education, 2009

Selected publications

  • "Testing means-tested aid." Journal of Labor Economics, 41(3), 687-727 (2023) (with R. Murphy).

  • "Matching in the dark? Inequalities in student to degree match." Journal of Labor Economics, 40(4), 807-850 (2022) (with S. Campbell, L. Macmillan, and R. Murphy).

  • "The end of free college in England: Implications for enrolments, equity, and quality." Economics of Education Review (2019) (with R. Murphy and J. Scott Clayton).

  • "Student awareness of costs and benefits of educational decisions: Effects of an information campaign." Journal of Human Capital 10 :4 (2016) ( with M. McGuigan and S. McNally).

  • "Higher education, career opportunities and intergenerational inequality." Oxford Review of Economic Policy 32:4 (2016): 553–575 (with C. Crawford, P. Gregg, L. Macmillan, and A. Vignoles).