Simonetta Longhi
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Professor
Economics Research Division Lead
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
Postgraduate 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.Background
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.Academic qualifications
I earned my PhD in Economics from the Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) in 2005Professional bodies/affiliations
- 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)
Websites/blogs
Personal Website: www.simonettalonghi.com
Publications
- 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://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1539254
- 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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jors.12469
- Brynin, M. , Longhi, S. , Zwysen, W. (2019) The diversification of inequality. British Journal of Sociology , 70 (1). pp. 70-89. ISSN: 1468-4446 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12341
- 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://dx.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://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1338559
- Longhi, S. (2017) Panel research methods. The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118901731.iecrm0179
- Longhi, S. (2016) Racial wage differentials in developed countries. IZA World of Labor ISSN: 2054-9571
- Longhi, S. and Nandi, A. (2015) A practical guide to using panel data. Sage , Los Angeles. pp 337. ISBN: 9781446210864
- 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://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2015.03.018
- Longhi, S. (2014) Cultural diversity and subjective well-being. IZA Journal of Migration , 3 (13). ISSN: 2193-9039 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-9039-3-13
- 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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obes.12029