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Biography
I joined the University of Dundee as Professor of Economics in September 2014. After completing my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Economics at the University of Oslo, I became a Research Economist at Statistics Norway prior to moving to the UK in 1994. I undertook a PhD in Economics at the University of Cambridge which was awarded in 1998. Before coming to Dundee, I was Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader in Labour Economics at the University of Kent. Prior to that, I had also been a Research Officer at Keele University and a Research Fellow at Warwick University.
My main research interests include the economics of education, labour economics, and applied microeconometrics. I am Research Fellow of the IZA - Institute of Labor Economics and Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO). I also have consulting experience with the UK Department for Education (DfE),Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), among others. I have been an elected council member of the Scottish Economic Society (SES) and a Visiting Professorial Fellow at UNSW Canberra, Australia.
I am currently member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Family and Economic Issues.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
1 Oct 1994 → 30 Sep 1997
Award Date: 31 Jul 1998
External positions
Research Fellow, IZA Institute of Labor Economics
31 Jul 2018 → …Fellow
31 Jul 2017 → …Keywords
- HB Economic Theory
- Education and Labour Economics
- HC Economic History and Conditions
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Projects
- 2 Finished
Sheepskin Effects in the Returns to Education: Evidence from UK Natives and Immigrants
1/07/13 → 30/04/14
Project: Research
Research Output
Elite School Designation and Housing Prices - Quasi-experimental Evidence from Beijing, China
Huang, B., He, X., Xu, L. & Zhu, Y., 2 Sep 2020, In : Journal of Housing Economics. 50, 18 p., 101730.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The Effect of Deficiency at English on Female Immigrants’ Wage in the UK: correcting for measurement error, endogenous treatment, and sample selection bias
Miranda, A. & Zhu, Y., 20 Apr 2020, In : Applied Economics. 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Does the higher education expansion in the UK reduce the returns to education? A comparison of returning-from-work versus fresh out-of-school graduates
Huang, B., Xu, L. & Zhu, Y., 1 Jun 2019, In : Economic Modelling. 79, p. 276-285 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Multiple job holding in the United Kingdom: Evidence from the British household panel survey
Wu, Z., Baimbridge, M. & Zhu, Y., 2019, In : Applied Economics. 41, 21, p. 2751-2766 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
17
Citations
(Scopus)
Returns to higher education subjects and tiers in China: Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies
Kang, L., Peng, F. & Zhu, Y., 11 Dec 2019, In : Studies in Higher Education. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
1
Citation
(Scopus)