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Research interests
I am an applied economist aiming to understand the effects of education (further education, apprenticeships, university and lifelong learning) on economic outcomes such as life-time earnings, labour productivity and social mobility. I am also studying whether social policy programmes, which support disadvantaged people in the labour market (e.g. young people, single parents or disabled people) are effective and help improve life chances and reduce inequality.
My research is mainly based on large scale unstructured ("big") data, including government registers. In order to test hypotheses of economic relationships and evaluate their magnitude using such empirical material, I combine data science techniques with econometric analysis, which relates the statistical analysis to models/hypothesis derived from economic theory.
Most of my work has been published in scientific journals, discussion papers and government reports. Some studies have been discussed in national media, including The Times, The Guardian, and The Financial Times. I also publish blogs and pieces for non-specialists and make submissions to Parliament and Government to summarise scientific evidence in my field of research if relevant to Parliamentary debate and legislation on education issues.
A complete list of my research publications can be found on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=MeWDVYYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Mannheim
1 Oct 1999 → 2 Jun 2004
Master
1 Oct 1992 → 6 Dec 1996
External positions
Associate Research Director
5 Jul 2017 → 9 Jun 2020Chief Economist, Institute for Employment Studies
20 Sep 2010 → 4 Jul 2017Senior Lecturer
1 Aug 2006 → 19 Sep 2010Senior Research Fellow
1 Apr 2004 → 31 Jul 2006Lecturer/Ph.D. student, University of Mannheim
1 Oct 1999 → 31 Jul 2004Lecturer/Ph.D. student
15 Jun 1999 → 30 Sep 1999Associate
1 Oct 1998 → 31 Mar 1999Student Research Assistant/Research Fellow, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
15 Feb 1994 → 30 Sep 1998Keywords
- HA Statistics
- HJ Public Finance
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Research Output
Peer effects and social influence in post-16 educational choice
Battiston, A., Hedges, S., Lazarowicz, T. & Speckesser, S., 2020, London School of Economics, (Centre for Vocational Educational Research Discussion Paper series; no. CVERDP025).Research output: Working paper
The long-term impact of improving non-cognitive skills of adolescents: Evidence from an English remediation programme
De Coulon, A., Vahé, N. & Speckesser, S., 2020, London School of Economics, (Centre for Vocational Educational Research Discussion Paper series; no. CVERDP028).Research output: Working paper
A comparison of earnings related to higher level vocational/technical and academic education
Espinoza Bustos, H. & Speckesser, S., 2019, London School of Economics, 45 p. (Centre for Vocational Educational Research Discussion Paper series; no. CVERDP019).Research output: Working paper
Active labour market policies for young people and youth unemployment: An analysis based on aggregate data
Speckesser, S., Gonzalez Carreras, F. & Kirchner Sala, L., 4 Nov 2019, In : International Journal of Manpower. 40, 8, p. 1510-1534Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Estimating the impact of Traineeships
Dorsett, R., Gray, H., Speckesser, S. & Stokes, L., 2019, Department for Education. 106 p. (Research report)Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Activities
- 1 Consultancy
Impact Evaluation of the 2014-2020 ESF Programme in England
Stefan Speckesser (Consultant), Sergio Salis (Consultant)2019 → 2021
Activity: Consultancy