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Professor Simon Burgess FBA

I study education using the tools of applied economics: schools (choice, competition, accountability), teachers (effectiveness, development, pay), and pupils (motivations, effort, ethnicity)
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Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2022
Subjects
Economics, Education
Sections
Economics and Economic History , Education
Website
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cmpo/people/researchers/burgess/
https://simonburgesseconomics.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/profsimonb?lang=en-GB

Current Post

University of Bristol Professor of Economics

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