Professor Karen Mumford

BEc(Monash), PhD(ANU)

Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis
Research Fellow, IZA Institute for the Study of Labour
Associate Editor, Australian Journal of Labour Economics
Member, WPEG Steering Committee
Chair, Royal Economics Society Women's Committee
Director of the Applied Microeconometrics Research Cluster (AME)

Research and supervisory interests

Labour economics and applied economics (especially macro, micro and microeconometrics).

Current and former PhD supervisees (PDF , 53kb)

Selected Publications

Full details of publications can be found at RePEc

and Smith, Peter N. “What Determines the Part-Time and Gender Earnings Gaps in Britain: Evidence from the Workplace”, Oxford Economics Papers 61(1): 56-75. April 2009. Paper (PDF , 126kb)

and Smith, Peter N. "Job Tenure in Britain: Employee Characteristics versus Workplace Effects" Economica 71, 275-298, September 2004. Paper (PDF , 169kb)

and Budd, John. "Trade Unions and Family Friendly Work Policies in Britain" Industrial and Labor Relations Review 57(2); 204-222, January 2004. [Finalist, 2005 Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research] Paper (PDF , 141kb)

and Smith, Peter N. "The Hiring Function Reconsidered: On Closing the Circle." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 61(3); 343-364, August 1999. Paper (PDF , 203kb)

and Dowrick, Steve. "Wage Bargaining with Endogenous Profits, Overtime Working and Heterogenous Labor", Review of Economics and Statistics, 76 (2); 329-336, May 1994. Paper (PDF , 265kb)

"The Position of Women in UK Academic Economics.” Economic Journal 110(464); F312-F334, June 2000 (with Booth, Alison and Burton, Jonathan). Paper (PDF , 248kb)

"The Gender Balance of Academic Economics in the UK", Royal Economics Society Women's Committee Report. June 1997. Paper (PDF , 1,283kb)

Complete List of Publications

Departmental Duties

Editor, Department Discussion Paper Series
Director of Teaching Fellows
Applied Microeconometrics Cluster Leader
Departmental Teaching Committee (ex officio Director of Teaching Fellows)
Performance Reviewer

Teaching

Cost Benefit Analysis - 2nd year students
Cost Benefit Analysis - Masters students
Labour Economics - Masters students
Vitaes for Grad Students

For further information on these modules please consult the Yorkshare VLE.

Department of Economics and Related Studies