Professor Joanna K. Swaffield 

Deputy Head of Department, Research

BSc(Bristol), MSc(York), PhD(Warwick)

Research interests

I am interested in supervising students in the areas of labour economics and applied microeconometrics.

Recent research output

Swaffield JK (2012) “Minimum wage hikes and the wage growth of low-wage workers”, March, DERS Discussion Papers No.12/10

Crawford C, Greaves E, Jin W and Vignoles A (2011) “The impact of the minimum wage regime on the education and labour market choices of young people” December, Final Report to the Low Pay Commission

Meschi E, Swaffield JK, and Vignoles A (2011) “The relative importance of local labour market conditions and pupil attainment on post-compulsory schooling decisions”, November, IZA DP No. 6143

Swaffield JK (2011) Chapter "Gender and the labour market" in The Labour Market in Winter: The State of Working Britain (Eds: P Gregg and J Wadsworth).

Selected publications

Full details of publications can be found at RePEc

and SJ Nickell and S Redding. “The uneven pace of deindustrialization in the OECD”, The World Economy, 2008, 31(9), 1154-1184.

and A Manning. "The Gender Gap in Early-Career Wage Growth", Economic Journal, 2008, 118(530), 983-1024.

and M B Stewart. “The other margin: do minimum wages cause working hours adjustments for low-wage workers?”, Economica, 2008, 75(297), 148-167.

"Estimates of the impact of labour market attachment and attitudes on the female wage", The Manchester School, 2007, 74(3), 349-371.

and M B Stewart. "Constraints on the desired hours of work of British men", Economic Journal, 1997, 107(441), 520-535.

Departmental duties

  • Deputy Head of Department (Research)
  • Chair, Departmental Research Committee
  • Strategy Committee
  • Performance Reviewer
 
Joanna K Swaffield

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Feedback & Office hours
Summer term: weeks 2-9
Monday 15:00-16:00
and
Friday 15:00-16:00

(Please note that you can make additional times to see me by appointment, please contact me on jo.swaffield@york.ac.uk)