Research
Published Work
More Education, Less Volatility? The Effect of Education on Earnings Volatility over the Life Cycle. Journal of Labor Economics (2019), Volume 37, no. 1, January, pages 101-137 (with Paul Devereux)
Understanding Gender Differences in STEM: Evidence from College Applications. Economics of Education Review (2019), Volume 72, October, pages 219-238 (with Paul Devereux) Vox column: (https://voxeu.org/article/understanding-gender-differences-stem )
Risk-Adjusted Returns to Education. Education Economics (2019), Volume 27, Issue 5, pages 472-487
Minimum Wage Non-Compliance. Applied Economics Letters (2020), (with Seamus McGuinness and Paul Redmond)
Math Matters! The Importance of Mathematical and Verbal Skills for Degree Performance. Economics Letters (2020), Volume 186, January (with Paul Devereux)
Examining the Link Between Educational Expansion and Overeducation in Europe. Oxford Review of Education (2020), Volume 46, January, pages 10-29 (with Seamus McGuinness, Konstantinos Pouliakas, and Paul Redmond)
How Gender and Prior Disadvantage Predict Performance in College. Economic and Social Review (2020), Volume 51, No.2, Summer, pages 189-239 (with Paul Devereux) Awarded Brendan Walsh prize for best paper published in ESR in 2020
Choosing Differently? College Application Behaviour and the Persistence of Educational Advantage Economics of Education Review (2020) Volume 77, 101998 (with Paul Devereux)
Gender Differences in College Applications: Aspiration and Risk Management Economics of Education Review (2021) Volume 80, February, 102077 (with Paul Devereux)
High School Rank in Math and English and the Gender Gap in STEM Labour Economics (2021) Volume 69, April,101969 (with Paul Devereux)
Gender and Educational Achievement: Stylized Facts and Causal Evidence (2021) Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance (with Paul Devereux)
Rank Effects in Education: What do we know so far? (2022) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics (with Paul Devereux)
Gender Differences in STEM Persistence After Graduation (2022) Economica (with Paul Devereux)
Working Papers
Gender Differences in Teacher Judgement of Comparative Advantage (with Paul Devereux)
Gender Differences in Graduate Degree Choices (with Paul Devereux)
The Effect of Grade Inflation on Student Outcomes (with Matthew Collins and Therese Nilson) Draft coming soon...
Wages and Vacancy Durations: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design (with Charles Carter and Kerry Papps) Draft coming soon...
Levelling the Playing Field: Graduate Degrees and Family Background (with Paul Devereux) Draft coming soon...
Work in Progress
Understanding Grade Inflation in English Universities (with Matt Dickson, Pia Iocco, and Robertas Zubrikas)
To Go to College or Not? The Role of Ability, Family Background, and Risk
Born Unequal? Understanding the Components of Life Time Inequality
The Effect of Distance to Colleges on Application Behaviour (with Paul Devereux)