Lucy Stokes
Lucy is a Principal Economist at NIESR, her work primarily focuses on issues relating to education and employment.
Job Title
Principal Economist
Research Interests
Lucy’s research interests focus primarily on issues relating to education and employment. Research on education includes consideration of school performance and effectiveness, as well as evaluation of educational interventions. She also conducts research on various issues concerning employment and labour markets, with a particular interest in employees’ experiences at work.
Education
1998-2002 – BSc Economics (First Class Honours), University of Surrey
Employment
2012-present – Principal Economist, National Institute of Economics and Social research
2010-2012– Senior Research Officer, National Institute of Economics and Social research
2003-2010 – Research Officer, National Institute of Economics and Social research
2000-2001 – Research Assistant, Global Economics Department, Lehman Brothers
Additional Information
Publications
Discussion Papers
What Does Leadership Look Like in Schools and Does it Matter for School Performance?
18 Oct 2019
Discussion Papers
Who Fared Better? The Fortunes of Performance-Pay and Fixed-Pay Workers Through Recession
12 Nov 2014
Discussion Papers
Developing new approaches to measuring NHS outputs and productivity
02 Dec 2005
Discussion Papers
Economic Outlooks
Implications of school re-openings in the UK
28 Oct 2020
UK Economic Outlook Box Analysis
National Institute Economic Review
Assessing the variance in pupil attainment: how important is the school attended?
07 Feb 2018
National Institute Economic Review
Better schools for all? Introduction to National Institute Economic Review February 2018
07 Feb 2018
National Institute Economic Review
Does early education influence Key Stage I attainment? Evidence from England for the millennium cohort study
02 Nov 2012
National Institute Economic Review
Using foundation stage profile assessments to assess outcomes from early years education
04 Feb 2009
National Institute Economic Review
A new approach to measuring health system output and productivity
30 Apr 2007
National Institute Economic Review
Research Report
Domestic Abuse and Schools: Evidence from the Supervision for Designated Safeguarding Leads Evaluations
04 Jul 2023
Research Report
Supervising Designated Safeguarding Leads in Primary Schools
27 Apr 2023
Research Report
Supervision for Designated Safeguarding Leads Scale-Up Evaluation
27 Apr 2023
Research Report
Supervising Designated Safeguarding Leads in Schools: Focus on Child Sexual Abuse
27 Apr 2023
Research Report
Group Supervision for Designated Safeguarding Leads in Secondary Schools
27 Apr 2023
Research Report
URLEY (Using Research Tools to Improve Language in the Early Years) Evaluation Report
26 Feb 2020
Research Report
Blog Posts
Safeguarding the Safeguards – more Support Needed, But How?
Lucy Stokes
Johnny Runge
Adrian Pabst
02 May 2023
6 min read
Are Some Types of Employers Under-Represented in the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings?
Lucy Stokes
Adrian Pabst
11 Jul 2022
5 min read
What’s Happening to Pension Provision Among Private Sector Employers? A Pre-Pandemic Picture
Lucy Stokes
Chiara Manzoni
29 Jun 2022
4 min read
Can Texting Parents Help Improve Children’s Development?
Lucy Stokes
Ceri Williams
Anneka Dawson
12 May 2022
5 min read
Safeguarding the safeguards – A case for more support in schools
Lucy Stokes
Chiara Manzoni
Johnny Runge
Lei Xu
Richard Dorsett
15 Feb 2021
5 min read
Can an app help spot the gap? How technology might help address attainment gaps among early years children
Lucy Stokes
Johnny Runge
Chiara Manzoni
Anneka Dawson
Clare Huxley
28 May 2020
5 min read
You can count on it – how mathematical reasoning can help children do the maths
Lucy Stokes
Nathan Hudson-Sharp
Richard Dorsett
03 Jan 2019
4 min read
Should schools bother with modern human resources management?
Lucy Stokes
Alex Bryson
David Wilkinson
26 Mar 2018
6 min read
What might an ageing workforce mean for workplace performance?
Lucy Stokes
Alex Bryson
03 Feb 2017
4 min read
Getting better with age? The experiences of older workers
Lucy Stokes
Alex Bryson
02 Feb 2017
4 min read