DR CLAIRE CRAWFORD
Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick
Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies
Education
2012
2004
2003
PhD Economics of Education, Institute of Education, University of London
MSc Economics, University College London
BA (Hons) Economics (1st class), Lancaster University
Employment
Jan 2014 to date
Nov 2004 to Dec 2013
Sep 2008 to Jul 2012
Assistant Professor Economics, University of Warwick
Research Fellow, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Institute for Fiscal Studies (Programme Director from July 2010; Senior
Research Economist from November 2007; Research Economist before that)
Research Officer, Department of Quantitative Social Science, IoE
Selected Recent Publications
What can wages and employment tell us about the UK's productivity puzzle?, forthcoming in the
Economic Journal (with R. Blundell and W. Jin)
The choice between fixed and random effects models: some considerations for educational research,
forthcoming in Education Economics (with P. Clarke, F. Steele & A. Vignoles)
Productivity, Investment and Profits during the Great Recession: Evidence from UK Firms and
Workers, Fiscal Studies, Vol. 34, pp.153-177, June 2013 (with W. Jin and H. Simpson)
Identifying the drivers of month of birth differences in educational attainment, IFS Working Paper
W13/09, May 2013 (with L. Dearden and E. Greaves)
The drivers of month of birth differences in children’s cognitive and non-cognitive skills: a regression
discontinuity analysis, IFS Working Paper W13/08, May 2013 (with L. Dearden and E. Greaves)
(revise and resubmit from the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A)
Widening participation in higher education: analysis using linked administrative data, Journal of the
Royal Statistical Society: Series A, Vol. 176, pp. 431-457, February 2013 (with H. Chowdry, L.
Dearden, A. Goodman & A. Vignoles)
Cohabitation, marriage and child outcomes: an empirical analysis of the relationship between marital
status and child outcomes in the UK using the Millennium Cohort Study, Child and Family Law
Quarterly, Issue 2, July 2012 (with A. Goodman, E. Greaves & R. Joyce)
The role of attitudes and behaviours in explaining socio-economic differences in attainment at age 16,
Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 59-76, February 2011 (with H. Chowdry &
A. Goodman)
Explaining the socio-economic gradient in child outcomes: the intergenerational transmission of
cognitive skills, Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 77-93, February 2011 (with
A. Goodman & R. Joyce)
Starting school and leaving welfare: the impact of public education on lone parents’ welfare receipt,
IFS Working Paper W10/19, September 2010 (with M. Brewer) (revise and resubmit from the Journal
of Labor Economics)
When you are born matters: the impact of date of birth on educational outcomes in England, IFS
Working Paper W10/06, May 2010 (with L. Dearden & C. Meghir) (revise and resubmit from the
Economic Journal)
The impact of early cognitive and non-cognitive skills on later outcomes, CEE Discussion Paper,
October 2007 (with P. Carneiro & A. Goodman)