Simon Burgess

University of Bristol, UK, and IZA, Germany

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Author

Current position

Professor, Department of Economics, University of Bristol (1998--)

Research interest

Teacher effectiveness; pupil motivation; school accountability; choice and competition, school admissions and unequal access to high-performing schools; the educational performance of minority students and ethnic segregation in schools

Past positions

Director, Centre for Market and Public Organisation, Bristol (2004–2015); Research Dean, Faculty of Social Science, University of Bristol, UK (2000–2003)

Qualifications

D.Phil Economics, Oxford University, 1987

Selected publications

  • "The impact of the Wolf Reforms on education outcomes for lower attaining pupils." British Educational Research Journal 45:3 (2019): 592–621 (with D. Thomson).

  • "Students' effort and educational achievement: Using the timing of the World Cup to vary the value of leisure." Journal of Public Economics 172 (2019): 111–126 (with R. Metcalfe and S. Proud)

  • "Understanding parental choices of secondary school in England using national administrative data." Oxford Review of Education (Forthcoming) (with E. Greaves and A. Vignoles).

  • "Do selective schooling systems increase inequality?" Oxford Economic Papers (2019) (with M. Dickson and L. Macmillan).

  • "The teacher labour market, teacher turnover and disadvantaged schools: New evidence for England." Education Economics 26:1 (2018): 4–23 (with R. Allen and J. Mayo).