Publications

‘School Competition and the Quality of Education’ (with F. Foliano); in S. Bradley and C. Green (eds.), THE ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION: A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW (2ND EDITION), Elsevier, 2020 (revised 2026).

‘Free to Improve? The Impact of Free School Attendance in England’ (with M. Bertoni and G. Heller-Sahlgren); Economics of Education Review, vol.109, 2025 (CEP DP 1946).

‘Judge Dread: Court Severity, Repossession Risk and Demand in Mortgage and Housing Markets’ (with P. Montebruno-Bondi and N. Szumilo); Economic Journal, vol. 135(669, 1677-1710, 2025 (CEP DP1766).

‘School Choice During a Period of Radical Reform. Evidence from the Academy Programme’ (with M. Bertoni and S. Gibbons); Economic Policy, vol. 35(104), pp. 739-795, 2020 (IZA DP 11162).

‘Tales of the City: What Do Agglomeration Cases Tell Us About Agglomeration in General?’ (with G. Faggio and W. Strange); Journal of Economic Geography, vol. 20(5), pp. 1117-1143, 2020 (CEP DP1619).

‘The Bedroom Tax’ (with S. Gibbons and M. Sanchez-Vidal); Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 82(2020), pp. 1-13, 2020 (CEP DP 1537).

‘Mortgage Debt and Entrepreneurship’ (with P. Bracke and C. Hilber); Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 103(1), pp. 52-66, 2018 (Bank of England Staff WP 560).

‘Academies 2: The New Batch – The Changing Nature of Academy Schools in England’ (with A. Eyles and S. Machin); Fiscal Studies, vol. 39(1), pp. 121-158, 2017 (CEP DP 1370).

‘Neighbourhood Turnover and Teenage Attainment’ (with S. Gibbons and F. Weinhardt); Journal of the European Economics Association, vol. 15(4), pp. 746-783, 2017 (IZA DP 8381).

‘Heterogeneous Agglomeration’ (with G. Faggio and W. Strange); Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 99(1), pp. 80-94, 2017 (SERC DP 0152).

‘Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship in Urban and Rural Labour Markets’ (with G. Faggio); Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 83(1), pp. 67-85, 2014 (SERC DP 0109).

‘Targeting Non-Cognitive Skills to Improve Cognitive Outcomes: Evidence from a Remedial Education Intervention’ (with H. Holmlund); Journal of Human Capital, vol. 8(2), pp. 126-160, 2014 (IZA DP 4476).

‘Everybody Needs Good Neighbours? Evidence from Students’ Outcomes in England’ (with S. Gibbons and F. Weinhardt); Economic Journal, vol. 123, pp. 831-874, 2013 (IZA DP 5980).

‘Valuing School Quality Using Boundary Discontinuity Regressions’ (with S. Gibbons and S. Machin); Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 75(1), pp. 15-28, 2013 (SERC DP 0018). Award for “Top 5 Most Cited Papers” in the Journal of Urban Economics in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

‘The Good, The Bad and The Average: Evidence on Ability Peer Effects in Schools’ (with V. Lavy and F. Weinhardt); Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 30(2), pp. 367-414, 2012 (NBER WP 15600).

‘Faith Primary Schools: Better Schools or Better Pupils?’ (with S. Gibbons); Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 29(3), pp. 589-635, 2011 (IZA DP 4089).

‘School Quality, Child Wellbeing and Parents’ Satisfaction’ (with S. Gibbons); Economics of Education Review, vol. 30(2), pp. 312-331, 2011 (CEE DP 103).

‘Choice, Competition and Pupil Achievement’ (with S. Gibbons and S. Machin), Journal of the European Economic Association, vol. 6(4), pp. 912-947, 2008 (IZA DP 2214).

‘Urban Density and Pupil Attainment’ (with S. Gibbons), Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 63(1), pp. 631-650, 2008 (IZA DP 2728).

‘Why So Many Local Entrepreneurs?’ (with C. Michelacci), Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 89(4), pp. 615-633, 2007 (CEMFI WP 0506 and CEPR DP 5828).

‘The Jack-of-All-Trades Entrepreneur: Innate Talent or Acquired Skill?’, Economics Letters, vol. 97, pp. 118-123, 2007 (IZA DP 2264).

‘New Technology in Schools: Is there a Payoff?’ (with S. Machin and S. McNally), Economic Journal, vol. 117, pp.1145- 1167, 2007 (IZA DP 2234).

‘Not only Nokia: What Finland tells us about new economy growth’ (with F. Daveri), Economic Policy, vol. 19(38), pp. 117-163, 2004.