| Personal details |
| Name |
Professor Simon
Burgess |
| Job title |
Professor of Economics
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| Department |
Department of Economics University of Bristol
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| Personal web page |
http://www.ecn.bris.ac.uk/www/ecsb/home.html |
| Work contact details |
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| Qualifications |
MA(Cantab), DPhil(Oxon) |
| Professional details |
| Membership of professional bodies |
Royal Economic Society American Economic Association European Association of Labour Economists
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| Keywords |
poverty
unemployment
public sector incentives
area effects
education outcomes
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| Areas of expertise |
I do research within an economics framework on poverty, unemployment, education, incentives in the public sector, and local area effects.
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| Media experience |
I have written articles for newspapers, and given radio and tv interviews
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