Experts

Dr Luke Sibieta is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Education Policy Institute. He currently leads IFS’s ongoing work on education spending and resources. His research covers education spending, the teacher labour market and educational inequalities

Luigi Siciliani has specialised in the economics of hospitals and has published over 85 articles in peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include waiting times for non-emergency treatment, hospital quality competition, contracting theory applied to health care, pay for performance and coordination between health and social care. He is an Editor of the Journal of Health Economics, and member of the European Commission Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health.

Abu is a postdoctoral researcher in economics at the Technical University of Munich. His main research interest lies in the field of development economics, particularly in the economic consequences of ethnic discrimination, mental health, endogenous formation of preferences, and the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in developing countries. Abu holds a PhD in economics from the University of Southampton, an MSc in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Southampton, and a

Hans is a senior lecturer in economics at the University of Bristol and an affiliated researcher at VIVE – The Danish Center for Social Science Research. He is an applied micro-economist working on topics in education, health, gender and inequality in general

Adan Silverio Murillo is an Assistant Professor in the School of Government at Tecnologico de Monterrey. His research focuses on development economics and family economics. In particular, he works on two important issues affecting individuals living in developing countries: women’s empowerment and violence. In Mexico, he worked as Deputy Director of Econometric Analysis for the PROGRESA-Oportunidades conditional cash transfer program, and as Deputy General Director of Impact Evaluation at the

Rob Simmons teaches Sports Economics at the Lancaster University Management School. Rob has published many articles in economics and statistics journals on professional sports covering pay and performance of players, audience demand, corruption, referee behaviour and betting markets. Current work includes analysis of European football covering pay disparities and also the effects of Video Assistant Referee technology.