Outputs (3)

Determinants of International Student Migration (2015)
Journal Article
Abbott, A., & Silles, M. (2016). Determinants of International Student Migration. The World economy, 39(5), 621-635. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12319

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This paper considers what factors determine the migration of overseas students, when students cross borders for higher education. We utilise a gravity model for international student mobility and derive estimates for a... Read More about Determinants of International Student Migration.

The impact of children on women’s labour supply and earnings in the UK: evidence using twin births (2015)
Journal Article
Silles, M. A. (2016). The impact of children on women’s labour supply and earnings in the UK: evidence using twin births. Oxford economic papers, 68(1), 197-216. https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpv055

The objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of children on women’s labour supply and earnings for the United Kingdom. Estimating the causal relationship between family size and economic status is complicated because the same factors that... Read More about The impact of children on women’s labour supply and earnings in the UK: evidence using twin births.

The causal effect of schooling on smoking behavior (2015)
Journal Article
Silles, M. (2015). The causal effect of schooling on smoking behavior. Economics of education review, 48, 102-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2015.06.004

This paper, using data for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, examines the hypothesis that there is a causal relationship between schooling and cigarette smoking. Compulsory schooling laws are exploited to isolate for causation. Cohorts who were tee... Read More about The causal effect of schooling on smoking behavior.