Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Business Economics, University of Bath
My research is positioned in the general area of empirical labour economics and I have also written recent articles on behavioural economics/finance. I am particularly interested in how optimism influences occupational choice, labour market performance and individual utility.
Why optimism and entrepreneurship are not always a good mix for business
Oct 04, 2018 14:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
Most business start-ups end badly. While the number of new businesses created in the UK in 2016 414,000 looks impressive at first, it is less so when set against the number that failed that same year: 328,000. Failure...
The truth behind the ‘migrant work ethic’
May 25, 2017 13:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The European Union was expanded back in 2004 to include the eight nations of Central and Eastern Europe, known as the A8. Immediately afterwards, the United Kingdom was one of only three member states to allow full access...
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