Dr Ada Ma

Dr Ada Ma The University of Aberdeen School of Medicine & Dentistry Dr Ada Ma Research Fellow work +44 (0)1224 437191

Research Fellow

MA (Edin), MSc (Soton), PhD (N'cle)

Dr Ada Ma

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Telephone: +44 (0)1224 437191
Email: ada.ma@abdn.ac.uk
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Biography

Ada Ma has an MA(Hon) from Edinburgh, an MSc from Southampton, and a PhD from Newcastle, all in Economics. Her research is primarily on labour market issues. Prior to joining HERU in 2005 she has worked on two ESRC funded projects - on how Devolution has affected public sector pay and regional pay differences, and on how home-ownership affects mobility and labour market outcomes. Her PhD thesis is on personnel economics, and examines the pay and promotion structure within hierarchical organisations. 

Curriculum vitae (pdf)


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Selected Publications

Papers Published in Refereed Journals (Full List)

Gravelle, H., Sutton, M., and Ma, A., “Doctor behaviour under a pay for performance contract: treating, cheating, and case finding”, Economic Journal 2010, Volume 120 Issue 542, Pages F129 - F156. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123247987/abstract

Morris, S., Goudie, R., Sutton, M., Gravelle, H., Elliott, R. F., Hole, Arne, Ma, A., Sibbald, B., and Skåtun, D., “Determinants of general practitioners’ wages in England” Health Economics, Published Online:  1 Feb 2010.  http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/hec.1573

Elliott, B., Ma, A., Skåtun, Rice, N., S., Sutton, M., Morris, S., McConnachie, A., “The Role of the Staff MFF in Distributing NHS Funding: taking account of differences in local labour market conditions”, Health Economics, Published Online: 4 August 2009. http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/hec.1489

Morris, S., Elliott, B., Ma, A., McConnachie, A., Rice, N., Skåtun, S., Sutton, M., “Analysis of consultants’ NHS and private incomes in England in 2003/4”, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2008, 101: 372-380.  http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2442143 

Battu, H., Ma, A., Phimister, E., “Housing Tenure, Job Mobility and Unemployment in the UK”, Economic Journal 2008, 118(527): 311-328.  http://ideas.repec.org/a/ecj/econjl/v118y2008i527p311-328.html 

Bell, D., Elliott, R. F., Ma, A., Scott, A., and Roberts, E., “The pattern and evolution of geographical wage differentials in the public and private sectors in Great Britain”, The Manchester School 2007, 75(4): 386-421. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118507827/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 

Elliott, R. F., Ma, A. H. Y., Scott, A., Bell, D., and Roberts, E., “Geographically Differentiated Pay in the Labour Market for Nurses”, Journal of Health Economics 2007, 26(1): 190-212. http://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/jhecon/v26y2007i1p190-212.html 

Ma, A. H. Y., Roberts, E., Elliott, R. F., Bell, D., and Scott, A., “Comparing the NES and LFS: An analysis of the differences between the data sets and their implications for the pattern of geographical pay in the UK”, Regional Studies 2006, 40(6): 645-665.  http://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/regstd/v40y2006i6p645-665.html 

Elliott, R. F., Bell, D., Scott, A., Ma, A., and Roberts, E., “Devolved Government and Public Pay Sector Pay Reform: Considerations of Equity and Efficiency”, Regional Studies, Economic Governance Special Issue, Regional Studies 2005, 39(4): 519-539.  http://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/regstd/v39y2005i4p519-539.html  


Other reports, commissions and exhibitions

Morris, S., Sutton, M., Gravelle, H., Elliott, B., Hole, A., Ma, A., Sibbald, B., Skåtun, D., "Determinants of General Practitioners' Wages in England", CHE Research Paper 36, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, May 2008. 

Gravelle, H., Sutton, M., and Ma, A., “Doctors Behaviour Under a Pay for Performance Contract: Further Evidence from the Quality and Outcomes Framework”, CHE Research Paper 34, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, May 2007.  Download link: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/pdf/rp34.pdf 

Farrar, S., Sussex, J., Yi, D., Sutton, M., Chalkley, M., Scott, A., Ma, A., National Evaluation of Payment by Results”, Report to the Department of Health, November 2007.  Download link: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~wmm040/documents/pbr_report_dec07.pdf

Gravelle, H., Sutton, M., and Ma, A., “Doctors Behaviour Under a Pay for Performance Contract: Evidence from the Quality and Outcomes Framework”, CHE Research Paper 28, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, May 2007.  Download link: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/pdf/rp28.pdf 

Elliott, R. F., Sutton, M., Ma, A. , McConnachie, A., Morris, S., Rice, N., and Skåtun, D., Reviewing the Market Forces Factor following the introduction of Payment by Results (2005): Exploring the General Labour Market Method, Report to the Department of Health. Submitted to DoH in September 2006.  Published as Research Allocation Research Paper 32, Department of Health, 12th January 2009.  For details see: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Managingyourorganisation/Financeandplanning/Allocations/DH_4108515.  Appendices to original report.  Calculating the Market Forces Factor for 2008/9 and 2009/10: Technical Appendix to Review of the Market Forces Factor following the introduction of Payment by Results (2005): Exploring the General Labour Market Method. (Submitted in May 2007).

Elliott, R. F., Sutton, M., Ma, A. , Monroe, A., and Teckle, P., Geographical Differences in the Costs of Delivering Health Services in Scotland: Implications for the National Resources Allocation Formula, Report to the NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee, Technical Report E, 2006.  Published as Technical Report E: Review of Excess Costs of Supply, available for download here: http://www.nrac.scot.nhs.uk/research.htm 

Elliott, R. F., Sutton, M., Gravelle, H., Hole, A., Ma, A. , Morris, S., Sibbald, B., Skåtun, D., Adjusting the General Medical Services Allocation Formula to Reflect Recruit and Retention Difficulties: A Report to the GMS Formula Review Group, January 2006.  Download link: http://www.nhsemployers.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/fr91_cd_260306.pdf

Elliott, R. F., Bell, D., Scott, A., Ma, A. , and Roberts, E., “Devolved Government and Public Pay Sector Pay Reform: Considerations of Equity and Efficiency”, Economic Governance Post-Devolution: Differentiation of Convergence? Conference Proceedings of the Regional Studies Association Annual Conference November 2003: 17-22.  http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a747357911~db=all

Dolton, Peter J. and Ma, A., Executive pay in the public sector : the case of CEOs in UK universities, Newcastle discussion papers in economics ; No. 2002-1.  


Contributions to Books

Battu, H., Ma, A., Phimister, E., “Housing Tenure, Job Mobility and Unemployment in the UK” published in Economic Journal, 2008, reprinted in Homeownership and the Labour Market in Europe edited by Casper van Ewijk and Michiel van Leuvensteijn, Oxford University Press, April 2009. 

Battu, H., Ma, A., Phimister, E., “Family Migrations and Labour Market Outcomes: A Panel Investigations” in Homeownership and the Labour Market in Europe edited by Casper van Ewijk and Michiel van Leuvensteijn, Oxford University Press, April 2009.  



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