Professor Gerald Makepeace

Teaching profile

Introductory Microeconomics (UG)
Applied Micro-econometrics (Masters)
Final Year and Masters Microeconomics (contributor)

Research interests

Applied labour economics
Comparing labour market outcomes for different groups
Applied micro-econometrics

Selected publications

"Use it or lose it”, (2007), Manchester School, (with P Dolton and H Robinson), pp.673-694

“Understanding the Effects of Siblings on Child Mortality: Evidence from India”, forthcoming, Journal of Population Economics, (with Sarmistha Pal)

"Growth and Profitability of Small and Medium Size Enterprises: Some Welsh Evidence", 2006, Regional Studies, vol.40, pp. 307-319 (with J Foreman-Peck and B Morgan)

“Computer use and earnings in Britain”, 2004, Economic Journal, No.114, pp.C1-C13 (with P Dolton)

“How unequally has equal pay progressed since the 1970s? A study of two British cohorts”, 1999, Journal of Human Resources, vol.34, no.3, pp.534-556 (with P Paci, H Joshi and PJ Dolton)

“Equal Worth, Equal Opportunities: Pay and Promotion in an Internal Labour Market”, 1996, Economic Journal, vol.106, pp.401-409 (with DR Jones)

Activities

Member of the ERSC's Birth Cohort Studies Scientific Committee.
Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), University of Bonn