Microeconomic & Public Policy Research
Education and Labour
Does the Provision of Universal Free School Meals Improve School Attendance and Behaviour?, with Borbely, D, Gehrsitz, M., and Rossi, G. Current status: Revisions requested
The sticking plasters aren’t working: the ongoing UK workforce crisis in adult social care, new evidence from an expansive database of job adverts, with Darby, J., and Roy, G.
Rurality, socio-economic disadvantage and educational mobility: a Scottish case study, with Borbely, D, Gehrsitz, M., Rossi, G., and Roy, G., 2023, British Educational Research Journal, Vol. 50, 1, pp. 62-182
Early-Years Multi-Grade Classes and Pupil Attainment, with Borbely, D, Gehrsitz, M., Rossi, G., and Roy, G., 2022, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 85, 6, pp. 1295-1319 [Project Report; IZA Working Paper; Working Paper]
What can analysis of 47 million job advertisements tell us about how opportunities for homeworking are evolving in the UK?, with Darby, J., and Roy, G, 2022, Industrial Relations Journal Vol. 53, 4, pp. 281-302. [Working Paper]
Crime
Permanent School Closures and Crime: Evidence from Scotland, with Borbely, D, Gehrsitz, M., and Rossi, G. [IZA Working Paper]
Drink, Death and Driving, Do BAC Limit Reductions Improve Road Safety?, with Cooper, B., and Gehrsitz, M., 2020, Health Economics, Vol. 29, 7, pp. 841-847
Personal indebtedness, community characteristics and theft crimes, 2016, Urban Studies, Vol. 54, 10, pp. 2395–2419.
Personal indebtedness, spatial effects and crime, with Lacombe D.J., 2012, Economics Letters, Vol. 117, 2, pp. 455-459.
Devolution & the Scottish Economy
Revisiting the dimensions of rural resilience: the CoVid-19 pandemic, with Roy, G., 2023, Journal of Rural Studies, Vol. 103, 103107
Fiscal Devolution and the Accountability Gap: Budget Scrutiny following tax devolution to Scotland, with Mitchell, J., and Roy, G., 2022, Regional Studies, Vol. 57, 7, pp. 1380-1391
Careful what you wish for? Risk and Reward Tax with Scottish Tax Devolution, with Mitchell, J., and Roy, G., 2022, Political Quarterly, Vol. 93, 3, pp. 392-400
Trade-offs: understanding future trade options for Scotland, with Figus, G., McGregor, P., and Roy, G., 2022, National Institute Economic Review, Vol. 260. pp. 26 - 39 [Final pre-publication version]
Selected Research Funding Awards
ESRC, “Amplifying Employee Voice and Hearing the Unheard: A Multidisciplinary Study of Contemporary Working Lives in Deindustrialised Communities”, with Johnstone, S., Briken, K., Cunningham, I., Hadjisolomou, T., McCarthy, T., Scholarios, D. & Taylor, P.
Data for Children’s Collaborative, NORAL Attainment and Socioeconomic Disadvantage, 2020, with Congreve, E., and Gehrsitz, M.
Nuffield Foundation, Class Size and Human Capital Accumulation, with Gehrsitz, M and Roy, G., 2018