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Name Professor Simon Burgess
Job title Professor of Economics
Department Department of Economics University of Bristol
Personal web page http://www.ecn.bris.ac.uk/www/ecsb/home.html
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Telephone number work(0117)3310764
Qualifications M.A.(Cantab.), D.Phil.(Oxon.)
Professional details
Membership of professional bodies Royal Economic Society
American Economic Association
European Association of Labour Economists
Keywords poverty
unemployment
public sector incentives
area effects
education outcomes
Areas of expertise I do research within an economics framework on poverty, unemployment, education, incentives in the public sector, and local area effects.
Media experience I have written articles for newspapers, and given radio and tv interviews