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2024

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61
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786
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88

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Overview

Simon Burgess is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and contributes primarily to the field of Social Sciences, with a focus on Education. Their research spans 20 publications in this domain, addressing numerous subfields such as Education, Sociology and Political Science, Statistics and Probability, Clinical Psychology, and Information Systems and Management.

Burgess's research topics prominently include School Choice and Performance, Parental Involvement in Education, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, and innovations in educational methods. Other topics they explore are Advanced Causal Inference Techniques, Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies, and Racial and Ethnic Identity Research.

Recent papers authored by Burgess demonstrate a focus on educational outcomes and social dynamics within school settings. These works are:

  • Teacher Peer Observation and Student Test Scores: Evidence from a Field Experiment in English Secondary Schools (2020), Journal of Labor Economics
  • Inter-ethnic relations of teenagers in England's schools: the role of school and neighbourhood ethnic composition (2020), Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
  • The importance of external assessments: High school math and gender gaps in STEM degrees (2022), Economics of Education Review
  • Teachers' use of class time and student achievement (2023), Economics of Education Review

In terms of publication venues, Burgess frequently publishes in the Economics of Education Review, contributing three papers there. Other venues include the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance with two publications, and single contributions to the Journal of Labor Economics, the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

Collaboration with peers forms a part of Burgess's research activity. Frequent co-authors include Eric Taylor, with three joint works; Shenila Rawal and Ellen Greaves, each with two collaborations; and Daniel Sloth Hauberg and Beatrice Schindler Rangvid, each with one coauthored publication.

Best Publications

  • The Role of Incentives in the Public Sector: Issues and Evidence

    Simon Burgess;Marisa Ratto

  • Job flows, worker flows, and churning

    Simon Burgess;Julia Lane;David Stevens

  • What parents want: school preferences and school choice

    Simon M Burgess;Ellen J Greaves;Anna F Vignoles;Deborah J Wilson

  • Competition and Quality: Evidence from the NHS Internal Market 1991–9*

    Carol Propper;Simon Burgess;Denise Gossage

  • Does competition between hospitals improve the quality of care? Hospital death rates and the NHS internal market

    Carol Propper;Simon Burgess;Katherine Green

  • Test Scores, Subjective Assessment, and Stereotyping of Ethnic Minorities

    Simon Burgess;Ellen Greaves

  • The Effects of a Mother's Return to Work Decision on Child Development in the UK

    Paul Gregg;Elizabeth Washbrook;Carol Propper;Simon Burgess

  • Evaluating the impact of performance-related pay for teachers in England

    Adele Atkinson;Simon Burgess;Bronwyn Croxson;Paul Gregg

  • Cities, matching and the productivity gains of agglomeration

    Fredrick Andersson;Simon Burgess;Julia I. Lane

  • Do teachers matter? Measuring the variation in teacher effectiveness in England

    Helen Slater;Neil M. Davies;Simon Burgess

  • An International Comparison of Employment Adjustment to Exchange Rate Fluctuations

    Simon M. Burgess;Michael M. Knetter

  • The Class of '81: The Effects of Early Career Unemployment on Subsequent Unemployment Experiences

    Simon Burgess;Carol Propper;Hedley Rees;Arran Shearer

  • Local neighbourhood and mental health: evidence from the UK.

    Carol Propper;Kelvyn Jones;Anne Bolster;Simon Burgess

  • School assignment, school choice and social mobility

    Simon Burgess;Adam Briggs

  • Child health: evidence on the roles of family income and maternal mental health from a UK birth cohort.

    Carol Propper;Carol Propper;John A. Rigg;Simon Burgess

  • Empirical Matching Functions: Estimation and Interpretation Using State-Level Data

    Patricia M. Anderson;Simon M. Burgess

  • New Technology And Jobs: Comparative Evidence From A Two Country Study ‡

    David G. Blanchflower;Simon M. Burgess

  • A Model of Competition between Unemployed and Employed Job Searchers: An Application to the Unemployment Outflow Rate in Britain

    Simon M. Burgess

  • Neighbourhoods, households and income dynamics: a semi-parametric investigation of neighbourhood effects

    Anne Bolster;Simon Burgess;Ron Johnston;Kelvyn Jones

  • The teacher labour market, teacher turnover and disadvantaged schools: new evidence for England

    Rebecca Allen;Simon Burgess;Jennifer Mayo

  • Party support and the neighbourhood effect: spatial polarisation of the British electorate, 1991–2001

    Ron Johnston;Kelvyn Jones;Rebecca Sarker;Carol Propper

Frequent Co-Authors

Carol Propper
Carol Propper Imperial College London
Julia Lane
Julia Lane New York University
Anna Vignoles
Anna Vignoles Leverhulme Trust
Kelvyn Jones
Kelvyn Jones University of Bristol
Arnstein Aassve
Arnstein Aassve Bocconi University
Paul Gregg
Paul Gregg University of Bath
Richard Harris
Richard Harris University of Bristol
Diane Reay
Diane Reay University of Cambridge
Hilary Graham
Hilary Graham University of York
Frank J. Kelly
Frank J. Kelly Imperial College London

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