Professor Simon Burgess
M.A.(Cantab.), D.Phil.(Oxon.)
Current positions
Professor of Economics
School of Economics
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Research interests
Simon Burgess's current research interests are in the economics of education, including the importance of teachers, pupils and schools, market structure in education, incentives, and choice. He has also worked on the performance of ethnic minorities in schools and ethnic segregation. Previously he worked on labour economics more generally, including: an economic model of poverty dynamics, empirical models of incentives in organisations, the role of markets in education and health, unemployment and gross job and worker flows.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
CMPO Video Production
Principal Investigator
Dates
01/10/2010 to 01/04/2011
ESRC centre grant
Principal Investigator
Dates
01/10/2009 to 01/04/2015
An examination of the impact of family socio-economic status on outcomes in late childhood and adolescence
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Description
•71 published (or accepted) papers and a sizable number still in the assessment process or awaiting submission.
•3 journal special issues around social mobility, educational development and SES gradients in…Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/04/2007 to 01/04/2012
CMPO USER FELLOW IN PUBLIC POLICY
Principal Investigator
Dates
01/04/2007 to 01/06/2007
PLASC/NPD USERS GROUP
Principal Investigator
Dates
05/10/2005 to 05/10/2008
Thesis supervisions
Evidence of Peer Effects in English Schools
Supervisors
The economics of school choice and sorting
Supervisors
Essays on Education Market Design
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/12/2023Beyond the threshold: The implications for pupil achievement of reforming school performance metrics
Economics of Education Review
Teachers’ use of class time and student achievement
Economics of Education Review
Deregulating Teacher Labor Markets
Economics of Education Review
The importance of external assessments: High school math and gender gaps in STEM degrees
Economics of Education Review
Inter-ethnic relations of teenagers in England’s schools
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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