Publications in Refereed Journals
Fathers taking leave: evaluating the impact of shared parental leave in the United Kingdom (joint with Eleonora Fichera, Melanie Jones and Ezgi Kaya). Fiscal Studies, 2025, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-5890.70000
International student migration: Did Brexit close the door to EU students? (joint with Ines Homburg, Anneleen Huyghe and Suncica Vujic), forthcoming in Research in Labor Economics.
The "Friday effect": school attendance over the week (joint with Jonathan James), British Educational Research Journal, 2025, 51:1, 73-92. DOI: 10.1002/berj.4066
Previously circulated as a working paper: The "Friday effect": school attendance over the week (joint with Jonathan James), University of Bath, Department of Economics Working Paper no 98/23, 2023. Link
Should I stay or should I go? Migration intentions of teenagers with parents working abroad, Journal of Applied Economics, 2022, 25:1, 563-582, DOI: 10.1080/15140326.2022.2052001
Note: the empirical analysis in the papers "Out of sight, out of mind? The education outcomes of children with parents working abroad." and "Educational spillovers and parental emigration." has been done using data I collected in Poland. For details on the data, see MECP2012 Data section of this website.
The paper was previously circulated under the same title as a working paper: Edinburgh School of Economics Discussion Paper Number 252
Other refereed publications
Clifton-Sprigg, J. & Papps, K. L. (2021) Bilingualism in the labour market, in Labor Markets, Migration, and Mobility – Essays in Honor of Jacques Poot. Cochrane, W., Cameron, M. P. & Alimi, O. (eds.). Springer, Singapore, p. 77-95 19 p. (New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives; vol. 45, no. 1).
Working papers
Hate in the time of COVID-19: Racial crimes against East Asians (joint work with Joel Carr, Jonathan James and Suncica Vujic), IZA Discussion Paper 15718, 2022. Link
Love thy neighbour? Brexit and hate crime (joint work with Joel Carr, Jonathan James and Suncica Vujic), IZA Discussion Paper 13902, 2020. Link (submitted)
Maternity leave take-up in UK academia. Why are they hurrying back? (joint work with Eleonora Fichera and Simona Tudor), Department of Economics, University of Bath Working Papers no 97/23. Link (submitted)
A bad break up? Assessing the effects of the 2016 Brexit referendum on migration (joint work with Ines Homburg, Jonathan James and Suncica Vujic), IZA Discussion Paper 16468, 2023. Link (submitted)
Working from Home and School Absence (joint with Jonathan James, submitted)
Refugee Exposure and Political Backlash: Poland during the Russia-Ukraine War (joint with Ines Homburg and Suncica Vujic, submitted)
Policy reports
What price is free? Evolution of nursery prices in England in the wake of 2024 childcare reform (joint with Kerry Papps and Sara Linjawi), Institute for Policy Research Report, September 2025.
Costs and benefits of improved leave for fathers in the first year: too good to ignore (joint with Alistair Hunt, Lily Zelezetskii, James Bailey and Working Families), Institute for Policy Research Brief, June 2025.
Shared Parental Leave: did it work? (joint with Eleonora Fichera, Melanie Jones and Ezgi Kaya), Institute for Policy Research Brief, September 2024.
Work in progress
Long-term effects of school absence (joint with Zhanghaifan Fu and Jonathan James)
Determinants and consequences of parental leave policies in the UK: case study of higher education (joint with Eleonora Fichera, Melanie Jones, Ezgi Kaya and Kathrin Morosow)
Determinants and consequences of parental leave policies in the UK: use of survey and administrative data (joint with Maria Cubel, Eleonora Fichera, Melanie Jones, Ezgi Kaya, Kathrin Morosow and Ana Weeks)
Price effects of UK's free childcare expansion (joint with Kerry Papps)
Effects of targeted programmes on female labour market participation in Jordan (joint with Maria Cubel, Katharina Lenner and Tewodros Kebede)
Poverty and productivity: role of disruptions in life (joint with Elnaz Bajoori and Ajit Mishra)