| Post: | Senior Lecturer in Economics |
| Other posts: | Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange (Bmec School) |
| Location: | Mantell Building 3B25 |
| Email: | A.T.Newell@sussex.ac.uk |
| Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 2866 or 8889 |
| UK: | (01273) 872866 or (01273) 678889 |
| International: | +44 1273 872866 or +44 1273 678889 |
Biography
Andrew Newell is a labour economist. His current research is into the rise of living standards among working households in 20th century Europe. He also works on agricultural labour markets in developing countries. Previously his research focused on labour markets in the former communist countries. He has worked as a consultant on labour market issues for the World Bank, UNDP, UNICEF among other international agencies. He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 1999.He teaches macroeconomics, econometrics and labour economics.
Role
Senior Lecturer in Economics, Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange, BMEC
Research
Econometric analysis of survey data on wages, employment and living standardsTeaching
Labour Economics, MA Econometric Methods, World Economy since 1945
Selected publications
2010
Poverty in Britain in 1904: An Early Social Survey Rediscovered (with Ian Gazeley) in Economic History Review, Awaiting Publication
2009
Farm Size (with Robert Eastwood and Lipton, Michael) R. Evenson, P.Pingal,, ed., in Handbook of Agricultural Economics, 4: Agricultural Development: Farm Policies and Regional Development,¿ North-Holland. North-Holland, Awaiting Publication
2007
Structural Change Crafts, Gazeley, Newell, ed., in Work and Pay in 20th Century Britain Oxford: Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0-19-928058-2
The Polish Wage Inequality Explosion (with Socha,M.) in Economics of Transition Volume 15 pp. 733-758
Work and Pay in 20th Century Britain Oxford University Press, 369 pp. ISBN 019921266X
2006
Regional Unemployment and Industrial Restructuring in Poland (with Pastore, F.) in Eastern European Economics Volume 44 pp. 5-28
Skill Mismatch and Regional Unemployment in Poland in The European Labour Market: Regional Dimensions PHYSICA VERLAG pp. 187-202 ISBN 3790816795
2002
Comparative advantages, job destruction and the regional pattern of Polish unemployment (with F. Pastore and M. Socha) in Acta Oeconomica Volume 52 pp. 18
2001
The gender pay gap in the transition from communism: some empirical evidence (with Barry Reilly) in Economic Systems Volume 25 pp. 287-304
2000
Rowntree revisited: poverty in Britain 1900 (with Ian Gazeley) Explorations in Economic History. Published by Academic Press: Explorations in Economic History. Published by Academic Press Volume 37 pp. 174-188 ISBN 0014-4983