
SIRE Chair in Economics
- About
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Biography
I specialise in applied microeconomics, particularly interested in labour economics. Early in my career I focused on the role of institutions and labour market outcomes, looking at differences between union and nonunion workers, public and private sector workers, and the subjective wellbeing of retirees and retirement behaviour. More recently I have been looking at the interactions of health and labour economics, particularly the effect of different kinds of labour contracts on stress and the health of workers. In addition, I have previously done research on issues around in the educational and skills mismatch in the labour market, examining its incidence, causes and effects, particularly among the very highly educated.
I am an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Industrial Relations and a Research Fellow of the IZA.
In addition to working at the Unversity of Aberdeen, I have held previous positions at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the US Social Security Administration, as well as visiting positions at Louisiana State University, University of Potsdam, Giessen University and the National Institute for Labour Studies at Flinders University in Australia.
Qualifications
- PhD Economics1994 - Duke University
- MA Economics1992 - Duke University
- BA Economics1990 - Furman University
Internal Memberships
Director of Research - Business School
Member of the Centre for European Labour Market Research (CELMR) and the Scottish Experimental Economics Laboratory (SEEL).
- Research
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Research Overview
Labour Economics, Subjective Well-being, Health Economics, Economics of Ageing
Member of the Centre for Labour Market Research (CeLMR), the Scottish Experimental Economics Laboratory (SEEL) and the Just Transitions Lab (JTL).
Research Areas
Economics
Research Specialisms
- Applied Economics
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
My current research projects investigate:
- Employment contracts and wellbeing
- Labour market effects of energy transition
- Educational mismatch
- Labour supply elasticities near retirement
- Union and nonunion forms of worker voice
- Skills shortages from the firm's point of view
- Labour market (earnings) discrimination
Past Research
Determinants of trade unionism
Public-private wage determination and differentials
Knowledge Exchange
Podcast: Performance-related Pay: The Good, The Bad, The Stressful found here: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/engage/podcasts/explorathon-lunch-bytes-episode-2.php
School teaching resource on performance-related pay and stress: How does the type of payment you receive impact your health?
Supervision
I generally supervise PhD topics in various aspects of applied labour economics.
Supervisees
- MS NAZMUN BAKTH
- MISS KWAN PHETSAWANG
- MR IBZAN DARIUS
- MISS BEI CHEN
- MR SAAD ALOBAID
- MRS ADEBOLA AKINSANPE
Funding and Grants
- 'A Just Transition for Workers and Communities in the North-East of Scotland', Uplift Foundation (please see the following website for more information: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/geosciences/research/research-projects-2144.php#panel2149)
- 'Performance-Related Pay and Health: An Interdisciplinary Study', ESRC (please see the following website for more information: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/business/research/PRPH.php)
- 'Performance Pay and Stress: A Pilot Study', Scottish Economic Society
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
For the 2022-23 first teaching session, I will be coordinating EC1006 (Economics of Business and Society) and teaching BU501S: Employment Relations (part of the MSc in International Human Resource Management). In the second teaching session, I will be coordinating the Economics Dissertation (EC4526) and teaching Employment Relations to the Qatar version of the MSc in International Human Resource Management.
- Publications
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Performance-related Pay, Mental and Physiological Health
Industrial RelationsContributions to Journals: ArticlesJust Transition for Workers and Communities in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire: Rapid Evidence Review
University of Aberdeen. 57 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsPerformance-related pay, mental and physiological health
Industrial RelationsContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12334
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Salivary cortisol in university students after the COVID-19 pandemic
Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, vol. 12, 100160Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPerformance-Related Pay: The Expected and the Unexpected
Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Zimmermann, K. (ed.), 28 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_316-1
Athena SWAN Gender Equality Plans and the Gendered Impact of COVID-19
Gender, Work and Organization, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 591-608Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12784
Performance-Related Pay and Objective Measures of Health after Correcting for Sample Selection
Working Papers: Discussion Papers- [ONLINE] https://docs.iza.org/dp15000.pdf
The Political Economy of Skilled Workers and Innovation
Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Zimmermann, K. F. (ed.). Springer, pp. 1-33, 33 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6
How does the type of payment you receive impact your health?
FuturumContributions to Journals: ArticlesPerformance pay and assortative matching
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 485-493Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12232
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15169/1/PRP_and_Matching_Accepted_version.pdf
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