Sarah Jewell

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+44 (0) 118 378 6720
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Professor in Economics
- Employability Lead for Economics
- Module Convenor for Economics of Labour, Advances in Causal Inference
- Module Convenor for Core Competencies
Office
Room 184Building location
Edith MorleyAreas of interest
Labour Economics: the graduate labour market, gender inequality: women's health, fertility and the workplace; human capital. Sport Economics: economics of cricket
Postgraduate supervision
I am interested in supervising applied labour economics research related to the graduate labour market; gender and the labour market; women's health, fertility and the workplace; and the economics of cricket.
Research centres and groups
Background
I have been at the University of Reading since 2005, first as a PhD student, then as a lecturer and I was promoted to Professor in 2022. I am an applied labour economist and microeconomist. I am currently working on a series of projects relating to women's health, fertility and the workplace and I am principal investigator for the Nuffield Foundation funded project "Maternal well-being, infant feeding and return to paid work decisions”. I am also working on projects related to: the graduate labour market, with a particular interest in creative graduates; and testing economic ideas using cricket data. My PhD research focused on Human Capital acquisition in higher education. Before my PhD I spent two years as a research assistant at the Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO) at the University of Bristol, working on executive pay and firm performance.
Academic qualifications
- PhD (Economics), University of Reading
- Msc, Bsc (Economics), Royal Holloway, University of London
Awards and honours
- Nuffield Foundation funded project:"Maternal well-being, infant feeding and return to paid work decisions”, Principal Investigator (2022-2025).
- ERASMUS+ Project:“Employability in programme development: Establishing a labour market to higher education feedback loop drawing on local labour market intelligence”, partner institution (2021-2023)
- Australian Research Council Discovery Projects Project: "So What Do You Do? Graduates in the Creative and Cultural Industries", partner investigator (2016-2019)
- Centre for Career Management Skills (CCMS) PhD Scholarship, University of Reading (2005-2009)
Publications
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de Bernard, M.
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Comunian, R.
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Jewell, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4413-6618 , Salvador, E. , O'Brien, D. (2023) The role of higher education in sustainable creative careers: exploring UK theatre graduates and theatre careers. Industry and Higher Education ISSN: 2043-6858 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09504222231186366
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Comunian, R.
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Jewell, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4413-6618 , Sunmoni, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3496-0168 , Dent, T. (2023) For what it’s worth: European Arts & Humanities graduates’ employability and their engagement in society. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education , 22 (2). pp. 211-232. ISSN: 1741-265X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14740222231156892
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Jewell, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4413-6618 , Park, S. , Crociata, A. (2022) Glass ceilings sticky floors, and satisfaction: rewards and remuneration. In: Brook, S. , Comunian, R. , Corcoran, J. , Faggian, A. , Jewell, S. , Webb, J. , (eds.) Gender and the creative labour market: graduates in Australia and the UK. Palgrave Macmillan Cham ISBN: 9783031050664 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05067-1_3
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Brook, S.
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Comunian, R.
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Corcoran, J.
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Faggian, A.
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Jewell, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4413-6618 , Webb, J. , eds. (2022) Gender and the creative labour market: graduates in Australia and the UK. Palgrave Macmillan Cham ISBN: 9783031050664 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05067-1
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Clot, S.
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Della Giusta, M.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3959-4451 , Jewell, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4413-6618 (2022) Once good, always good? Testing nudge’s spillovers on pro environmental behavior. Environment and Behavior , 54 (3). pp. 655-669. ISSN: 1552-390X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00139165211060524
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Gschwandtner, A.
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Jewell, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4413-6618 , Kambhampati, U. (2022) Lifestyle and life satisfaction: the role of delayed gratification. Journal of Happiness Studies , 23 pp. 1043-1072. ISSN: 1573-7780 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-021-00440-y
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Della Giusta, M.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3959-4451 , Di Tommaso, M. , Jewell, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4413-6618 , Bettio, F. (2021) Quashing demand or changing clients? Evidence of criminalisation of sex work in the UK. Southern Economic Journal , 88 (2). pp. 527-544. ISSN: 2325-8012 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/soej.12532
- Jewell, S. and Kazakis, P. (2021) Migration patterns and job satisfaction: evidence from European doctorate holders. Annals of Regional Science , 66 pp. 359-407. ISSN: 0570-1864 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00168-020-01024-z
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Reade, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8610-530X , Singleton, C.
ORCID: 0000-0001-8247-8830 , Jewell, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4413-6618 (2021) It’s just not cricket: rules and the gentleman’s game. In: Butler, R. , (eds.) Advances in Sports Economics. Agenda Publishing , Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. ISBN: 9781788213554
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Jewell, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4413-6618 and Reade, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8610-530X (2020) On fixing international cricket matches. The Journal of Gambling Business and Economics , 13 (2). pp. 37-82. ISSN: 1751-8008 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5750/jgbe.v13i2.1869
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Brook, S.
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Comunian, R.
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Jewell, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4413-6618 , Lee, J. (2020) More than a day job, a fair job: music graduate employment in education. Music Education Research , 22 (5). pp. 541-554. ISSN: 1469-9893 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2020.1840539
- Jewell, S. , Razzu, G. , Singleton, C. (2020) Who works for whom and the UK gender pay gap. British Journal of Industrial Relations , 58 (1). pp. 50-81. ISSN: 0007-1080 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12497
- Comunian, R. and Jewell, S. (2018) ‘Young, Talented and Highly Mobile’: exploring creative human capital and graduates mobility in the UK. In: Biagi, B. , Faggian, A. , Rajbhandari, I. , Venhorst, V. , (eds.) New Frontiers in Interregional Migration Research. Advances in Spatial Science Springer International Publishing AG pp. 205-230. ISBN: 9783319758855
- Comunian, R. , Jewell, S. , Faggian, A. (2017) Graduates migration in the UK: an exploration of gender dynamics and employment patterns. In: Corcoran, J. and Faggian, A. , (eds.) Graduate migration and regional development: an international perspective. Edward Elgar , Cheltenham. pp. 220-238. ISBN: 9781784712150 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781784712167
- Della Giusta, M. , Di Tommaso, M. , Jewell, S. (2017) Men buying sex. Differences between urban and rural areas in UK. Urban Studies , 54 (3). pp. 713-729. ISSN: 1360-063X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098016645267
- Della Giusta, M. , Di Tommaso, M. , Jewell, S. (2017) Stigma and risky behaviors among male clients of sex workers in the UK in 2001. Feminist Economics , 23 (3). pp. 23-48. ISSN: 1466-4372 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2016.1203453
- Della Giusta, M. , Di Tommaso, M. , Jewell, S. (2016) Stigma and risky behaviors among clients of prostitutes. In: Cunningham, S. and Shah, M. , (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Prostitution. Oxford University Press
- Comunian, R. , Faggian, A. , Jewell, S. (2016) Geography, skills and careers patterns at the boundary of creativity & innovation: digital technology and creative arts graduates in the UK. In: Shearmur, R. , Carrincazeaux, C. , Doloreux, D. , (eds.) Handbook on the Geography of Innovation. Edward Elgar ISBN: 9781784710767
- Comunian, R. , Faggian, A. , Jewell, S. (2016) Talent on the move: creative human capital migration patterns in UK. In: Comunian, R. and Gilmore, A. , (eds.) Higher Education and the Creative Economy: Beyond the Campus. Routledge , Abingdon. pp. 102-122. ISBN: 9781138918733
- Comunian, R. , Faggian, A. , Jewell, S. (2015) Digital technology and creative arts career patterns in the UK creative economy. Journal of Education and Work , 28 (4). pp. 346-368. ISSN: 1363-9080 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2014.997683
- Jewell, S. and Kambhampati, U. (2015) Are happy youth also satisfied adults? An analysis of the impact of childhood factors on adult life satisfaction. Social Indicators Research , 121 (2). pp. 543-567. ISSN: 1573-0921 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-014-0642-6
- Della Giusta, M. and Jewell, S. (2015) Unpaid work and conformity: why care?. Cambridge Journal of Economics , 39 (3). pp. 689-710. ISSN: 1464-3545 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cje/beu061
- Comunian, R. , Faggian, A. , Jewell, S. (2014) Exploring music careers: music graduates and early career trajectories in UK. In: Crossley, N. , McAndrew, S. , Widdop, P. , (eds.) Social Networks and Music Worlds. Routledge Advances in Sociology Routledge , Abingdon. pp. 165-188. ISBN: 9780415718882
- Comunian, R. , Faggian, A. , Jewell, S. (2014) Embedding arts and humanities in the creative economy: the role of graduates in the UK. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy , 32 (3). pp. 426-450. ISSN: 1472-3425 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1068/c11153r
- Jewell, S. and Faggian, A. (2014) Interregional migration 'wage premia': the case of creative and science and technology graduates in the UK. In: Kourtit, K. , Nijkamp, P. , Stimson, R. , (eds.) Applied Modeling of Regional Growth and Innovation Systems. Advances in Spatial Science Springer pp. 197-216.
- Faggian, A. , Communian, R. , Jewell, S. , Kelly, U. (2013) Bohemian graduates in the UK: disciplines and location determinants for entering creative careers. Regional Studies , 47 (2). pp. 183-200. ISSN: 1360-0591 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2012.665990
- Pemberton, J. , Jewell, S. , Faggian, A. , King, Z. (2013) Higher education as a portfolio investment: students’ choices about studying, term time employment, leisure, and loans. Oxford Economic Papers , 65 (2). pp. 268-292. ISSN: 1464-3812 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oep/gps026
- Gregg, P. , Jewell, S. , Tonks, I. (2012) Executive pay and performance: did bankers’ bonuses cause the crisis?. International Review of Finance , 12 (1). pp. 89-122. ISSN: 1468-2443 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2443.2011.01136.x
- Della Giusta, M. , Jewell, S. , Kambhampati, U. (2011) Gender and life satisfaction in the UK. Feminist Economics , 17 (3). pp. 1-34. ISSN: 1466-4372 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2011.582028
- Comunian, R. , Faggian, A. , Jewell, S. (2011) Winning and losing in the creative industries: an analysis of creative graduates' career opportunities across creative disciplines. Cultural Trends , 20 (3-4). pp. 291-308. ISSN: 1469-3690 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09548963.2011.589710
- Faggian, A. , Jewell, S. , King, Z. (2010) The effect of term-time employment on UK higher education students. In: Valencia, L. and Hahn, B. , (eds.) Employment and Labor Issues: Unemployment, Youth Employment and Child Labor. Nova Science Publishers pp. 39-68. ISBN: 9781608762828