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Research interests
Ben is completing a PhD in Economics across the three institutions participating in the South Coast DTP, under the supervision of Rob Hayward, Stefan Speckesser (University of Brighton) and Jonathan Wadsworth (London School of Economics).
His research, fully funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, seeks to ascertain whether previous UK studies' failure to detect adverse effects to natives' wages owes to the existence of other labour market adjustment mechanisms. Specifically, Ben examines whether the wage and employment impacts of immigration differ for heterogenous labour market groups, and whether it induces firms to locate their production activities in the UK (as opposed to overseas) or change their production methods (and use the abundant labour type more intensively).
Ben has previously worked at the Centre for Economic Performance (LSE), the Department for Work and Pensions, and the UN's migration agency, the International Organization for Migration.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Labour Market Adjustments to Immigration in the United Kingdom: 2008-2019, University of Brighton
Award Date: 19 Jul 2022
Master, University of Southampton
Award Date: 19 Jul 2019
Bachelor, University of Brighton
Award Date: 27 Jun 2017
External positions
Research Economist, Department for Work and Pensions
Nov 2021 → Jun 2022
Migration Research Division, International Organization for Migration
Jan 2020 → Dec 2020
Research Assistant, Centre for Economic Performance (LSE)
Jul 2019 → Oct 2019
Data Impact Fellow, UK Data Service
Apr 2019 → …
Lecturer, University of Brighton
Sept 2017 → Jun 2019
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