Staff Profile:Dr Simonetta Longhi
- Name:
- Professor Simonetta Longhi
- Job Title:
- Professor
- Responsibilities:
Economics Research Division Lead
Biography:
I am an applied economist with a background in regional science and labour economics. My research focuses on inequality in labour market outcomes by gender, ethnicity, and disability. I am also interested in determinants and effects of unemployment and on-the-job search, as well as retirement. Before joining the University of Reading in 2016, I was Research Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex.
Qualifications:
I earned my PhD in Economics from the Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) in 2005
- Areas of Interest:
- Determinants and impact of national and international migration
- Wage gaps and socio-economic integration of minority groups
- Unemployment and on-the-job search
- Regional and urban economics
Research Supervision:
I am interested in supervising empirical research on various aspects of internal and international migration, integration of migrants, wage and employment differentials across groups (e.g. by country of birth, ethnicity or disability), unemployment and on-the-job search.
- Research groups / Centres:
- Member of the Labour and Household Economics research cluster
- Research Affiliate, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM)
- Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA)
Personal Website:
- Publications:
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YNumber of items: 11.
2020
- Longhi, S. (2020) Does geographical location matter for ethnic wage gaps? Journal of Regional Science, 60 (3). pp. 538-557. ISSN 1467-9787 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12469
- Longhi, S. (2020) A longitudinal analysis of ethnic unemployment differentials in the UK. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46 (5). pp. 879-892. ISSN 1369-183X doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1539254
2019
- Brynin, M., Longhi, S. and Zwysen, W. (2019) The diversification of inequality. British Journal of Sociology, 70 (1). pp. 70-89. ISSN 1468-4446 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12341
2018
- Bryan, M. and Longhi, S. (2018) Couples' labour supply responses to job loss: growth and recession compared. The Manchester School, 86 (3). pp. 333-357. ISSN 1467-9957 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12186
- Zwysen, W. and Longhi, S. (2018) Employment and earning differences in the early career of ethnic minority British graduates: the importance of university career, parental background and area characteristics. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 44 (1). pp. 154-172. ISSN 1369-183X doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1338559
2017
- Longhi, S. (2017) Panel research methods. In: The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. Wiley. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118901731.iecrm0179
2016
- Longhi, S. (2016) Racial wage differentials in developed countries. IZA World of Labor. 365. ISSN 2054-9571
2015
- Longhi, S. (2015) Residential energy expenditures and the relevance of changes in household circumstances. Energy Economics, 49. pp. 440-450. ISSN 0140-9883 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2015.03.018
- Longhi, S. and Nandi, A. (2015) A practical guide to using panel data. Sage, Los Angeles, pp337. ISBN 9781446210864
2014
- Longhi, S. and Taylor, M. (2014) Employed and unemployed job seekers and the business cycle. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 76 (4). pp. 463-483. ISSN 1468-0084 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12029
- Longhi, S. (2014) Cultural diversity and subjective well-being. IZA Journal of Migration, 3 (13). ISSN 2193-9039 doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-9039-3-13