Dr Sara Lemos

After doing my PhD at UCL (1998-2003), during which time I worked there as TA, I started as a Lecturer at Leicester in 2003.  My main area of research is Applied Labour Economics, and my teaching over the years has been mostly around Econometrics, Statistics, Maths, Macroeconomics and Labour Economics.

My main area of research is Applied Labour Economics.

• (2021) “The Wounds That Do Not Heal: The Lifetime Scar of Youth Unemployment”, Economica, joint with Gianni De Fraja and James Rockey.

  http://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12384

• (2018) “The Employment and Earnings Gap between Natives and Immigrants in the UK between 1981 and 2006”, Fiscal Studies.

  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1475-5890.12161?author_access_token=CNtKqqFo6uWUWUMQlkp_4Ita6bR2k8jH0KrdpFOxC67h4Vpz_RJdiCaeLP1aCZvNtbcJU2szHzAthtiqB_cDzyfpqXRsEx6mYtkvvP5ktFaZgbH4xea3ipWBavT4D4quU_07YRqcN2RvVPwsVytYJA%3D%3D

• (2017)“Mind the Gap: A Detailed Picture of the Immigrant-Native Earnings Gap in the UK using Longitudinal Data between 1978 and 2006”, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 63: 57-75.

  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016604621630326X

• (2016) “Evidence on immigrants' assimilation into recipient labour markets using UK longitudinal data between 1981 and 2006”, Journal of Economic Geography, 16 (3): 547-583, joint with Luisa Gagliardi.

  https://academic.oup.com/joeg/article-abstract/16/3/547/2364401/Evidence-on-immigrants-assimilation-into-recipient?redirectedFrom=fulltext

• (2015) “The immigrant–native earnings gap across the earnings distribution”, Applied Economics Letters, 22(5): 361-369.

  http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504851.2014.943879.

• (2014) “Labour Market Effects of Eastern European Migration in Wales”, The Manchester School, 82(5):524-548.

  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/manc.12033/abstract

• (2014) “New Labour? The Effects of Migration from Central and Eastern Europe on Unemployment and Wages in the UK", The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 14(1):299-338, joint with Jonathan Portes.

  http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/bejeap.2014.14.issue-1/issue-files/bejeap.2014.14.issue-1.xml

• (2013) “Immigrant Economic Assimilation: Evidence from UK Longitudinal Data between 1978 and 2006”, Labour Economics, 24:339-353.

  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537113001085

• (2009) “Comparing Employment Estimates Using Different Minimum Wage Variables: the case of Brazil”, International Review of Applied Economics, 23(4):405-425.

  http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02692170902954759

• (2009) “Minimum Wage Effects in a Developing Country”, Labour Economics, 16(2): 224-237.

  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537108000547

• (2008) “A Survey of the Effects of the Minimum Wage on Prices”, Journal of Economic Surveys, 22(1), 187-212.

  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-6419.2007.00532.x/full

• (2007) "Minimum Wage Effects on Wages, Employment and Prices in Brazil” Research in Labor Economics, 26:397-413.

  http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?chapterid=1756445&show=abstract

• (2007) “The Effects of the Minimum Wage in the Private and Public Sectors in Brazil”, Journal of Development Studies, 43(4):700-720.

  http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220380701259947

   

• (2006) “Anticipated Effects of the Minimum Wage on Prices”, Applied Economics, 38(3):325-337.

  http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(qjrk2d45toxren451321et55)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,9,11;journal,3,156;searchpublicationsresults,1,1;homemain,1,1;

   

   

• (2005) “Political Variables as Instruments for the Minimum Wage”, Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, 4(1):1-31 (article 16).

  http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/contributions/vol4/iss1/art16

   

• (2004) “Do Minimum Wage Price Effects Hurt the Poor More?”, Revista Economica, 50(1):67-83.

  http://www.nipargentina.org/publications.htm

• (2004) “Minimum Wage Policy and Employment Effects: Evidence from Brazil”, Economia, 5(1):219-266.

  http://www.brookings.edu/press/books/economiafall2004.htm

   

   

• (2003) “The Effects of the Minimum wage on Prices in Brazil”, Anais do XXV Encontro Brasileiro de Econometria SBE, 2:925-946.

  http://www.sbe.org.br/ebe25selecionados.html

• (1998) “Minimum Wage and Average Wages in Brazil”, Anais do XXVI Encontro Nacional de Economia ANPEC, 2:1181-1198.

http://www.anpec.org.br/

Over the years my teaching has been mostly around Econometrics, Statistics, Maths, Macroeconomics and Labour Economics.

CONSULTANCY-SECONDMENT

National Science Centre, Poland (2017)

International Labour Organization (2012, 2014, 2015)

Department of Work and Pensions (2003-2010)

Welsh Assembly Government (2006, 2009)

IMPACT

Immigrant-Native Earnings Gap in the UK in 2015

Introduction of a Minimum Wage in Cabo Verde in 2012-2014

EU Enlargement – Eastern European Immigration in Wales 2006

EU Enlargement – Eastern European Immigration in the UK 2006

Minimum Wage Increase in Brazil in 2006

EXTERNAL PhD EXAMINING

University of Sienna

University of Lancaster

University of Essex

REFEREEING REQUESTS

African Journal of Business and Economic Research

Latin American Research Review

Journal of Economic Surveys

Papers in Regional Science

ESRC Peer Review

Journal of Ethic and Migration Studies

Empirical Economics

Applied Economics

Journal of International Trade and Economic Development

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Oxford Economic Papers

Economies

REStat

Research in Labour Economics

World Development

World Bank Economic Review

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Journal of Population Economics

IZA Journal of Labor Policy

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Journal of Labor Research

Economica

Oxford Economic Papers

Economic Journal

German Economic Review

Industrial & Labor Relations Review

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Empirical Economics

Revista de Economia Aplicada

Applied Economics Quarterly

Revista de Economia Política

Quarterly Journal of Economics

FWU Journal of Social Sciences

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Journal of Comparative Economics

Economia Aplicada

Labour Economics

Brazilian Review of Econometrics

Economic Journal

Journal of Labor Economics

Bulletin of Economic Research

Journal of Development Studies

Journal of Development Economics

Revista Brasileira de Economia

LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

World Economy

AWARDS

1/50 ESRC Fellowship 2003                                               

1/30 Marie Curie Visiting Fellowship 2002            

1/6 Royal Economic Society Fellowship 2001      

1/1 Ricardo Scholarship at UCL 2001                    

1/300 CAPES Scholarship to do Ph.D. 1997

1/8 CAPES Scholarship to do MSc 1994

CONFERENCES

RES – Manchester, UK, 2014                                                                                             

IEA – Beijing, China, 2011 (accepted)

ESPE –  Hangzhou, China, 2011  (accepted)

MECSC – London, UK, 2011

EEA – Glasgow, UK, 2010

ESPE – Essen, Germany, 2010

WPGE – Nottingham, UK, 2009

ESPE – Seville, Spain, 2009

EEA – Barcelona, Spain, 2009

ESEM – Vienna, Austria, 2006

WPGE – Kent, UK, 2006

IZA-World Bank Conference – Berlin, Germany, 2006

AM2 – Bonn, Germany, 2006

Migration Topic Week – Bonn, Germany, 2006

MEM – Bonn, Germany, 2006

SOLE – Boston, USA, 2006

CReAM – London, 2006

LACEA – Paris, 2005

ESWC – London, 2005

WPEG – York, UK, 2005

IZA-EBRD – Bologna, Italy, 2005

LACEA BID World Bank NIP – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2004

ANPEC – Joao Pessoa, Brazil, 2004                                 

World Bank NIP – San Jose, Costa Rica, 2004

LACEA – San Jose, Costa Rica, 2004                          

WPEG – London, UK, 2004

EEA – Madrid, Spain, 2004

Economia Panel Meeting, Cambridge, 2004

SBE – Porto Seguro, Brazil, 2003                          

ANPEC – Porto Seguro, Brazil, 2003                                 

LACEA - Cholula Puebla, Mexico, 2003                       

RES – Warwick, UK, 2003                                                                                      

SMYE – Louvain, Belgium, 2003

ENTER – Tilburg, Netherlands, 2003                    

SOLE – Baltimore, US, 2002                                              

EEA – Venice, Italy, 2002                                       

LACEA – Madrid, Spain, 2002

LAMES – Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2002                          

ESPE – Bilbao, Spain, 2002

SPiE – Lisbon, Portugal, 2001

Policy Modelling – Brussels, 2001

Global Business – Paris, 2001

ESPE – Munhein, Germany, 2001

ENTER – London, UK, 2000

ANPEC – Vitoria, Brazil, 1999

LAMES – Rio, Brazil, 1997

INVITED SEMINARS

Nottingham Talks – UK, 2018

UK Migration Network – UK, 2015

University of Keele – UK, 2014

Department for Work and Pensions – UK, 2014

Department for Work and Pensions – UK, 2013

Welsh Assembly Government for Economic Research Advisory Panel – UK, 2009

University of Siena – Italy, 2009

University of Lancaster – UK, 2008

University of Essex – UK, 2008

Department for Work and Pensions – UK, 2008

University of Leicester – UK, 2008

Department for Work and Pensions – UK, 2007

University of Leicester – UK, 2007

Welsh Assembly Government for Economic Research Advisory Panel – UK, 2006

Department for Work and Pensions – UK, 2006

University of Leicester – UK, 2006

London Business School – UK, 2005

University of Leicester – UK, 2005

University of Cincinnati – US, 2004

University of Leicester – UK, 2004

University College London – UK, 2003    

University of Leicester – UK, 2003                         

Institute of Latin America Studies – UK, 2003

University of Liverpool – UK, 2003                         

Birmingham University – UK, 2003                        

Tilburg University – Netherlands, 2003  

Tinbergen Institute – Netherlands, 2002

Tilburg University – Netherlands, 2002

University College London – UK, 2001

Pontificia Universidade Catolica – Brazil, 2000

Universidade Federal de PE – Brazil, 1999                          

Universidade Federal do RS – Brazil, 2000

Universidade Federal de MT – Brazil, 1999