Professor Uta Schönberg FBA

Labour Economics, including wage inequality, minimum wages and immigration; Economics of Education; Family Economics; Public Policy
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Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2022
Subjects
Economics

Current post

University College London Professor of Economics

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