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Research interests
Kerry Papps is a labour economist, working mostly in the areas of personnel economics and sports economics. He joined the University of Bath in 2011 and became a senior lecturer in 2013. Kerry undertook his undergraduate education in New Zealand and worked for the New Zealand Department of Labour before completing a PhD at Cornell University, where he held a Fulbright Scholarship.
From 2007-2010 he was a research fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, and in 2011 was a visiting assistant professor at Cornell University. In 2017-2018, he was based at Motu Research in New Zealand.
Kerry is a research fellow of the IZA, Bonn and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and he is an associate member of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy at Bath. He has been commissioned to provide research for the World Bank and the Low Pay Commission.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University
Bachelor of Science with Honours, University of Canterbury
Master of Commerce and Administration, Victoria University of Wellington
External positions
Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Research Fellow, IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Network
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Projects 2013 2015
- 3 Finished
How the national minimum wage affects flows in and out of employment: An investigation using worker-level data
10/03/15 → 31/12/15
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
Global Research Scholarship Scheme - Pensions, labour economics, gender inequality and public policy (Onyinye Ezeyi)
28/01/15 → 1/05/15
Project: Research-related funding › International Relations Office Funding
Beyond the wage: Changes in employment and compensation patterns in response to the national minimum wage
11/03/13 → 31/10/13
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
Research Output 2000 2018
The effects of income inequality on economic growth : evidence from China
Chen, W., 2018, 146 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
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Income inequality
China
Economic growth
Household
Empirical results
How the national minimum wage affects flows in and out of employment: An investigation using worker-level data
Dickson, M. & Papps, K. L., 17 Mar 2016, Low Pay Commission. 37 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open Access
Workers
National minimum wage
Minimum wage
Wages
Industry
Multilateral restrictions on industrial policy: the impact of eliminating local content requirements in the automotive sector
Martinelli, L., 1 Apr 2016, 240 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
Open Access
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industrial policy
liberalization
investment policy
regression
trade barrier
The effects of different types of taxes and government expenditure on economic performance
Perez Fuentes Aleman, L., 2016, 312 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
Open Access
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Fiscal policy
Government expenditure
Economic performance
Tax expenditures
Mexico
Beyond the wage: Changes in employment and compensation patterns in response to the national minimum wage
Papps, K. L. & Gregg, P., 13 Mar 2014, Low Pay Commission. 56 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open Access
Wages
Minimum wage
National minimum wage
Workers
Labor force
Thesis
Multilateral restrictions on industrial policy: the impact of eliminating local content requirements in the automotive sector
Author: Martinelli, L., 30 Jun 2016Supervisor: Copestake, J. (Supervisor), Charles, A. (Supervisor), Subasat, T. (External person) (Supervisor) & Papps, K. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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The effects of different types of taxes and government expenditure on economic performance
Author: Perez Fuentes Aleman, L., 6 Sep 2017Supervisor: Feldmann, H. (Supervisor) & Papps, K. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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The effects of income inequality on economic growth : evidence from China
Author: Chen, W., 8 May 2018Supervisor: Papps, K. L. (Supervisor) & Mishra, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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