Dr Eva Pocher

Dr Eva Pocher
Dr Eva Pocher
Dr Eva Pocher

Lecturer in Economics

About
Email Address
eva.pocher@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address
S42 Edward Wright Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
Dunbar Street
AB24 3QY

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School/Department
Business School

Biography

Shortly after the completion of my Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Aberdeen in 2011, I joined the Employment Research Institute (ERI) at the Edinburgh Napier University as Research Assistant and subsequently worked as a Research Associate in the EU & Welsh Government project “Women Adding Value to the Economy” (WAVE) at the Cardiff University. From 2016 to 2021, I was employed as Lecturer in Economics at the University of Glasgow, teaching and coordinating courses at both undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA level. I also led the development of new courses and programmes, and acting as Undergraduate Convenor for year 1, 2 and 3 in Economics and as Undergraduate Assessment officer in Economics. In 2022, I joined the University of Aberdeen Business School as Lecturer in Economics teaching Macroeconomic Courses such as Labour Market Economics and Global Economy. Furthermore, I am the UG Economics studies convenor for Joint Honours, the Student Experience lead in Economics and the Deputy Education lead for the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) committee at the Business School. 

My research interest is based in Labour Economics, International labour migration and Gender Pay Gaps.

Qualifications

  • SFHEA Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy 
    2023 - University of Aberdeen, UK 
  • PgCAP Postgraduate Certificate Academic Practice 
    2018 - University of Glasgow, UK 
  • RET - Recognising Excellence in Teaching 
    2018 - University of Glasgow, UK 
  • Ph.D. Economics 
    2011 - University of Aberdeen, UK 
  • M.Sc. International Economics 
    2007 - University of Glasgow, UK 
  • M.A. Hons (German Diploma) International Economics 
    2006 - Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel & University of Passau, Germany 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships
External Memberships

Editorial conference committee member at the International Academic Institute (IAI) - IA-Institute

Latest Publications

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Research

Research Overview

Research Interests

  • International labour migration
  • Labour market
  • Gender pay gap
  • Minimum wages
  • International trade 

 

Research Fields

  • Labour immigration: Regional Immigration, Skill Complementarities, Wages and Employment

      JEL code: J31, F22, J61, E24, R23

  • Gender Pay Gap: Gender pay gap, part-time work, occupational segregation, wage distribution, unconditional quantile regression

      JEL code: J16, J31, J41, C31, I24

Research Areas

Economics

Supervising

Research Specialisms

  • Economics
  • Applied Economics
  • Econometrics
  • Macroeconomics

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

  • Pocher, E. and Kushwah, L., (ongoing). Enhancing student engagement: Group discussions using students' personal experiences. Working paper in progress, University of Glasgow.
  • Pocher, E., Cheng, W. and Kushwah, L., (working paper 2021). Teaching interdisciplinary courses at Universities: A new teaching approach to improve the learning outcome of Undergraduate Engineering students in Economics. Case study/working paper, University of Glasgow.

Past Research

  • Pocher, E. and Döring, H., 2019. Does immigration lead to a reduction of wages and employment of British natives? Regional labour market outcomes of migration in the UK. Working Paper (collaboration with Cardiff University Business School)
  • Pocher, E., Cheung, S.Y. and Parken, A., 2018. Are low-waged women worse off in highly segregated and high part-time density occupation? New Evidence on the Gender Pay Gap. Working Paper (Unpublished). Glasgow, UK: University of Glasgow
  • Parken, A., Pocher, E., & Davies, R., 2014. Working patterns in Wales: Gender occupations and pay. In Research report for Women Adding Value to the Economy (WAVE), ESF funded through the Welsh Government. Cardiff, UK: Cardiff University.
  • Parken, A., Sloan, L., & Pocher, E., 2014. Employer case study B: Phase 1 results. Research report for the Women Adding Value to the Economy (WAVE) programme, ESF funded through the Welsh Government. Cardiff, UK: Cardiff University.
  • Parken, A., Pocher, E., & Sloan, L., 2013. Employer case study A: Phase 1 results. Research report for the Women Adding Value to the Economy (WAVE) programme. Cardiff, UK: Cardiff University.
  • McQuaid, R. and Pocher, E., 2013. Strengthening the contribution of non-executive directors and trustees to Scottish boards in the private, public and Third sectors. Report of the Employment Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh.
  • Raeside, R.,Chen, T., Canduela, J. and Pocher, E.,  The position of migrants in the UK labour market and its relation to well-being. In: RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, 3-5 July 2012, Edinburgh.
  • Raeside, R. and Pocher, E., 2012. Scottish Female Graduates in Science and Engineering: Their Employment Experiences in Comparison to their Counterparts in the United Kingdom. Project Report for the Scottish Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering & Technology, Employment Research Institute (ERI), Edinburgh Napier University Business School, Edinburgh.
  • Pocher, E., 2011.Does immigration lead to a reduction of native wages and employment? A review of the regional labour market outcomes of migration in Germany and the UK (Doctoral dissertation, University of Aberdeen).
  • Pocher, E., 2011 Does immigration lead to a reduction of wages and employment of British natives? Regional labour market outcomes of migration in the UK. In: 51st European Congress of the Regional Science Association (ERSA 2011), peer-reviewed. (Unpublished)

Supervision

My current supervision areas are: Economics.

Past PhD supervision at the University of Glasgow in areas such as gender pay gap and housing market volatilities

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

EC1506 - Global Economy (Course coordinator (CC))

EC3024 - International Economics

EC3524 - Health Economics (CC)

EC3527 - Labour Economics (CC)

EC4505 - Advanced Macroeconomics

EC50C4 - Quantitative Methods - online

EC50D1 - Advanced Corporate Finance -online

EC5005 - Petroleum Economics and Project Evaluation (on-campus) (CC) - service course

EC5006 - Petroleum Economics and Project Evaluation (online) (CC) - service course

Publications

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  • Enhancing student engagement and subject knowledge using task-based team learning

    Kushwah, L., Pocher, E.
    Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites
  • Does immigration lead to a reduction of wages and employment of British natives? Regional labour market outcomes of migration in the UK

    Pocher, E., Döring, H.
    Working Papers: Working Papers
  • Are low-waged women worse off in highly segregated and high part-density occupation? New evidence on the gender pay gap

    Pocher, E., Cheng, S. Y., Parken, A.
    Working Papers: Working Papers
  • New developmentalism in Brazil? The need for sectoral analysis

    Doering, H., Salles Pereira dos Santos, R., Pocher, E.
    Review of International Political Economy, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 332-362
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Working patterns in Wales: gender, occupations and pay

    Parken, A., Pocher, E., Davies, R.
    Cardiff: WAVE - Women Adding Value to the Economy. 63 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
  • Employer case study B: Phase 1 results. Research report for the Women Adding Value to the Economy

    Parken, A., Sloan, L., Pocher, E.
    Cardiff: WAVE - Women Adding Value to the Economy
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
  • Strengthening the contribution of non-executive members to Scottish boards in the private, third and public sectors

    Mcquaid, R., Pocher, E.
    Edinburgh: Employment Research Institute - Edinburgh Napier University. 46 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
  • Employer Case Studies, Case Study A: Phase 1 Results

    Parken, A., Pocher, E., Slaon, L.
    Cardiff: WAVE - Women Adding Value to the Economy
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
  • The position of migrants in the UK labour market and its relation to well-being

    Raeside, R., Chen, T., Canduela, J., Pocher, E.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers
  • Scottish Female Graduates In Science and Engineering: Their Employment Experiences in Comparison to their Counterparts in the United Kingdom

    Raeside, R., Pocher, E.
    Commissioned by Scottish Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering & Technology. Employment Research Institute - Edinburgh Napier University
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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