National
Institute of
Economic and
Social Research

National Institute of Economic and Social Research

Research interests: 

This member of staff no longer works at NIESR

Cinzia Rienzo is a senior economist with a strong interest in immigration and the labour market outcomes. Her research has included analysis of the role of immigration, compositional skills and regional variation in the cost-of-living on wage inequality. Her other research interests include Randomized Control trials in education, development economics and applied microeconomics.

Affiliations:

July    2010 -                Research Associate at COMPAS (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society), University of Oxford.        

March 2011-                 Contributor, Migration Observatory, University of Oxford.

May    2013-June 2015  Honorary Fellow at the School of Education, Durham University.

Education: 

Employment: 

• Sep    2011 -July 2012  Sussex University, Teaching Fellow in Economics
• March 2011-June 2011 COMPAS (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society), University of Oxford, Research Assistant
• May    2009 -Aug 2010  MES (Managerial Economics &Strategy Group) London School of Economics, Project Support Assistant
• Sept   2008 -Sept 2009 CEP (Centre for Economic Performance) London School of Economics, Occasional Research Assistant
• Oct    2009 -June 2012 London School of Economics, EROB (Employment Relation and Organizational Behaviour) Guest Teacher
• July   2009, 2010, 2011 London School of Economics, LSE Summer School, Class Teacher
• Sept  2006  -Dec  2010 Royal Holloway University of London, Teaching Assistant/Teaching Fellow

1. “Real Wages, Wage inequality and the Regional Cost of Living in the UK”  Empirical Economics, September 2016.
2. “Targeting Migration with Limited Control: The Case of the UK and the EU” (with C. Vargas-Silva)  IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2015. 4:16.
3.  “Residual Wage Inequality and Immigration in the USA and in the UK.”  LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations. 2014. 28(3): 288-308.
4. “An Assessment of Bank Lending to UK SMEs in the wake of the crisis.” (with Armstrong, A.; Davis, P.; Liadze. I.). National Institute Economic Review, August 2013 225: R39-R51.

Other publications:

1. “Migrants in the UK labour market”, Migration Observatory Briefing, University of Oxford, 2016.
2. “Characteristics and outcomes of migrants in the labour market”, Migration Observatory Briefing, University of Oxford, 2016.
3. “Migrants in the UK: an overview” (with C. Vargas‐Silva), Migration Observatory Briefing, University of Oxford, 2016.
4. "Highly Skilled Migration to the UK 2007-2013: Policy Changes, Financial Crises and a Possible ‘Balloon Effect’?” (with C. Vargas‐Silva), Migration Observatory. 2014.

Working papers:

1. “Intergenerational and inter-ethnic well-being: an analysis for the UK” (with R. Dorsett, and M. Weale).  NIESR DP 451.
2. “Increasing Wage Inequality: a Comparative Analysis between Italy, UK and U.S.” under revision.
3. “The Impact of Unionization on the Wage of Hispanic Workers” (with C. Vargas-Silva).
4. "Job satisfaction among young workers in Eastern and Southern Africa: a comparative analysis" (with A. McKay and A. Newell).
5. "The changing path to adulthood for girls in six African countries from the 1990s to the 2010s” (with A. McKay; J. Mariara; A. Newell).

Policy Reports:

1. “National evaluation of the Troubled Families programme: National impact studies report”, (with H. Bewley, A. George, and J. Portes). Department for Communities and Local Government. October 2016.
2. “Powerful learning conversation: evaluation report” (with H. Rolfe and D. Wilkinson). Education Endowment Foundation, May 2016.
3. “Changing mindset: evaluation report” (with H. Rolfe and D. Wilkinson) Education Endowment Foundation, November 2016.
4. “Relationship between graduates and economic growth across countries” (with D. Holland, I. Liadze, and D. Wilkinson), BIS Research paper no. 110. August 2013.
5. “Mind the Gap: evaluation report” (with R. Dorsett, H. Rolfe, H. Burns, B. Robertson, B. Thorpe, K. Wall) October 2014.
6. "Highly Skilled Migration to the UK 2007-2013: Policy Changes, Financial Crises and a Possible ‘Balloon Effect’?” (with C. Vargas-Silva), Migration Observatory. 2014.
7. “Evaluating changes in bank lending to UK SMEs over 2001-12-ongoing tight credit?” (with Armstrong, A.; Davis, P.; Liadze. I.). BIS/13/857 April 2013.
8. “The economic impact of migration liberalisation: evidence and issues” (withJ. Portes and A. Rosso), written for the Think 20 meeting, G20 Summit. 2013.
9. “Migration and productivity: employers’ practices, public attitudes and statistical evidence” (with H. Rolfe, M. Lalani, and J. Portes), 2013.

Journalists: for a high resolution of Cinzia Rienzo for print, please use the following file: CinziaR/hires

Blog posts by Dr Cinzia Rienzo

Subjective well-being varies across ethnic group and across migrant generations in the UK

13 Jul 2015, Rienzo, C

What’s the link between labour productivity and immigration in the UK?

05 Nov 2013, Rienzo, C

Projects

Changing Pupils' Mindsets

Evaluation of the Troubled Families programme

Examining women’s early labour market transitions in sub-Saharan Africa

How to Thrive - improving pupils' non-cognitive skills

Migration and productivity: employers’ practices, public attitudes and statistical evidence

Powerful Learning Conversation

The evaluation of traineeships