Principal Economist

Lucy Stokes

Principal Economist Phone: +44 (0)20 7654 1928 Twitter: Follow @LucyStokesNIESR

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, NIESR

2010-2012- Senior Research Officer, NIESR

2003-2010 - Research Officer, NIESR

2000-2001 - Research Assistant, Global Economics Department, Lehman Brothers

Publications by Lucy Stokes

The Performance Pay Premium and Wage Dispersion in Britain Bryson, A, Forth, J, Stokes, L

The relative effectiveness of blended versus face-to-face... Dorsett, R, Stokes, L

Quantitative programme of research for adult English and... Dorsett, R, Stokes, L, Weale, M

Quantitative programme of research for adult English and... Dorsett, R, Stokes, L, Weale, M

Better schools for all? Introduction to National Institute... Bryson, A, Stokes, L, Wilkinson, D.

Assessing the variance in pupil attainment: how important... Wilkinson, D., Bryson, A, Stokes, L

Who Fared Better? The Fortunes of Performance Pay and Fixed... Stokes, L, Bryson, A, Forth, J, Weale, M

How much performance pay is there in the public sector and... Bryson, A, Forth, J, Stokes, L

Does employees’ subjective well-being affect workplace... Bryson, A, Forth, J, Stokes, L

Older workers and the workplace: Evidence from the... Stokes, L, Bryson, A, Forth, J

Are firms paying more for performance? Forth, J, Stokes, L

Ethnic minorities and attainment: the effects of poverty Stokes, L, Rolfe, H, Nathan Hudson-Sharp, Sarah Stevens

Blog posts by Lucy Stokes

What might an ageing workforce mean for workplace performance?

03 Feb 2017, Stokes, L

Getting better with age? The experiences of older workers

02 Feb 2017, Stokes, L

Evaluating impact in the social sector: a practical perspective

21 Aug 2015, Stokes, L

Projects

Better Schools for All? School effectiveness and the impact on pupils

Educational attainment, ethnicity and disadvantage

Educational outcomes of vulnerable children

Employers’ Pension Provision Survey 2017

Employment Relations in Recession

Evaluation of Mathematical Reasoning

Fairer Active Ageing for Europe (FACTAGE) - Exploring emerging inequalities associated with longer working lives

School performance in coastal communities

Smart Public Intangibles (SPINTAN)

The Access Project: evaluation support

The Prevalence and Effects of Performance-Related Pay in Britain

Understanding work-life balance in Scotland