Arnaud
Chevalier
“Magrathea is a
myth, a fairy story, it’s what parents tell their kids
about at night if they want them to grow up to become economists…”
Douglas Adams, “The
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, p 88, Pan Books, Macmillan, London, 1992
I
am a Professor in the Economics department at Royal Holloway, University of
London, where since 2017, I am also the
head of department.
I
am also
a research fellow at IZA
a research fellow at ROA
a research fellow at the Danish Centre for
Social Research
a research fellow at the Life Course Centre
My
research interest is in Labour economics and more precisely in issues related
to Education, Family and Health.
Teaching
All information regarding teaching at
Royal Holloway is available from Moodle
I
am always happy to supervise PhDs, please contact me to discuss possibilities
Research
Selected Publications in
the last 5 years:
2017 “Make it count: Students incentives and effort” (with P. Dolton
and M. Luehrmann), Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, (forthcoming)
http://voxeu.org/article/incentives-effort-and-performance-higher-education
2017 “Economic
Uncertainty, Parental Selection, and Children’s Educational Outcomes” (with O. Marie), Journal of Political Economy,125,
393-430. .
2017 “To be or not to be a Scientist?” – Research
in Labor Economics, 45, 1-39.
2016 “Subject
Specific League Tables and Students’ Application Decisions” (with Xiaoxuan Jia), Manchester School , 84, 600-620
2015 “Is There
a Taste for Racial Discrimination Amongst Employers?” (with
A. Bryson), Labour Economics, 34, 51-63
2014 “Does
Higher Education Quality Matter in the UK?” Research
in Labor Economics, 40, 257-292
2014 “How to
Attract International Students?”, IZA-World of Labor, 2014-36
2013 “Parental
Education, Income and Child’s Education” (with C. Harmon, V. O’Sullivan and I.
Walker), IZA Journal of Labor Economics,
2:8
2011 “An introduction to anchoring vignettes” (with A. Fielding), Journal of the Royal Statistical Society,
Series A, 174, 569–574.
2011 “Health
and Knowledge: The UK Measles, Mumps and Rubella Controversy” (with D.
Anderberg and J. Wadsworth), Journal of
Health Economics, 30, 515-530. IZA
Top 10 Download manuscript (IZA DP 3590)
Submitted manuscript:
Current Projects:
“Asian Gold - Expected Returns to Crime and Thieves Behaviour”
(with N. Braakmann and T. Wilson)
“Does Competition drive out Discrimination?” (with
A. Bryson)
“Economic Uncertainty, Parental
Selection and the Criminal Activity of the “Children of the Wall” (with O.
Marie), IZA, DP 7712
“What’s in a
score?” (with P. Bingley and V. Jensen)
“Own and local unemployment and suicide” ( with D. Avdic)
“Immigration and Redistribution- Evidence from Post-war Population
Transfers” (with B. Elsner, A. Lichter
and N. Pestel)
You
can contact me on:
: Department
of Economics
Royal Holloway,
University London
Egham, TX20 0EX
England
'+44/(0) 1784414xxx
Last updated:
06/02/17