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Economics and Finance
UK
2024

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
77
Citations
49861
World Ranking
314
National Ranking
31

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1997 - Foreign Honorary Member, the American Economic Association
  • 1980 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Stephen Nickell is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research expertise lies primarily within the broad field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a particular focus on Economics and Econometrics, as well as General Economics, Econometrics, and Finance.

The central topics of Stephen Nickell's work include labor market dynamics and wage inequality, monetary policy and economic impact, and economic policies and their consequences. These topics have been covered in multiple publications contributing to their research profile.

Stephen Nickell has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Luca Nunziata
  • Wolfgang Ochel
  • Glenda Quintini
  • John Van Reenen

Over the course of their career, Stephen Nickell has received several distinctions. These include being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006, a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Economic Association in 1997, and a Fellow of the Econometric Society since 1980.

Best Publications

  • Biases in Dynamic Models with Fixed Effects

    Stephen J Nickell

  • Unemployment: Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market

    Richard Layard;Stephen J Nickell;Richard Jackman

  • Competition and corporate performance

    Stephen J. Nickell

  • Unemployment and Labor Market Rigidities: Europe versus North America

    Stephen Nickell

  • Labor market institutions and economic performance

    Stephen Nickell;Richard Layard

  • Unemployment in the OECD Since the 1960s. What Do We Know

    Stephen Nickell;Luca Nunziata;Wolfgang Ochel

  • Unemployment in Britain

    Richard Layard;Stephen Nickell

  • What makes firms perform well

    Stephen Nickell;Daphne Nicolitsas;Neil Dryden

  • The marginal utility of income

    Richard Layard;Guy Mayraz;Stephen J Nickell

  • Estimating the Probability of Leaving Unemployment

    Stephen Nickell

  • THE COLLAPSE IN DEMAND FOR THE UNSKILLED AND UNEMPLOYMENT ACROSS THE OECD

    Stephen Nickell;Brian Bell

  • UNIONS, REAL WAGES AND EMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN 1951–79

    S. J. Nickell;M. Andrews

  • The Analysis of Re‐Employment Probabilities for the Unemployed

    Tony Lancaster;Stephen Nickell

  • Changes in the Distribution of Wages and Unemployment in OECD Countries.

    Stephen Nickell;Brian Bell

  • The Causes of British Unemployment

    Richard Layard;S. Nickell

  • Unemployment: Questions and Some Answers

    Stephen Nickell

  • The Beveridge Curve, Unemployment and Wages in the OECD from the 1960s to the 1990s

    Stephen Nickell;Luca Nunziata;Wolfgang Ochel;Glenda Quintini

  • How does financial pressure affect firms

    Stephen Nickell;Daphne Nicolitsas

  • The Unemployment Crisis

    Richard Layard;Stephen J Nickell;Richard Jackman

  • The investment decisions of firms

    S. J. Nickell

  • Chapter 46 Labor market institutions and economic performance

    Stephen Nickell;Richard Layard

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Layard
Richard Layard London School of Economics and Political Science
Stephen J. Redding
Stephen J. Redding Stanford University
Jan C. van Ours
Jan C. van Ours Erasmus University Rotterdam
John Van Reenen
John Van Reenen London School of Economics and Political Science
Nicoletta Batini
Nicoletta Batini International Monetary Fund
Charles R. Bean
Charles R. Bean London School of Economics and Political Science
Grayham E. Mizon
Grayham E. Mizon University of Southampton
Simon Burgess
Simon Burgess University of Bristol
Geoffrey Wood
Geoffrey Wood University of Western Ontario
Peter J. Hammond
Peter J. Hammond University of Warwick

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