Email: g.knight@psi.org.uk
Research group: Employment Group
Position: Research Fellow
Direct line: 020 7468 2206
Fax: 020 7388 0914
Postal address
Policy Studies Institute
100 Park Village East
London NW1 3SR
Education
1989-1992: Bachelor of Economics (Honours) University of Sydney, Australia with Econometrics major
1992: awarded Australian Bureau of Statistics Honours Year Scholarship
1994-1995: joint Masters in Economics and Econometrics with Honours, University of Sydney, Australia
1996-current: Doctor of Philosophy, Economics, part time, University of Sydney & London School of Economics, submission date: 31 August 2002, supervisors: Prof. Russell Ross & Prof. Denzil Fiebig
Expertise
Genevieve is an applied economist/econometrician, with a quantitative emphasis. Her main field of interest is the labour market, with a focus on youth, labour market programmes, survey development and econometric methods. She has previously worked with macroeconometrics and time series at the Australian Bureau of Statistics; on various academic research projects; and carried out microeconometric panel analysis of the cost of job loss with Paul Gregg and Jonathan Wadsworth at the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics.
Current and recent projects
None
Bonjour, D., Dorsett, R., Knight, G. (2001) Joint Claims for Jobseekers Allowance, stage 1 quantitative survey potential claimants, Employment Service Research and Development Report ESR94, Employment Service, Sheffield, UK.
Bonjour, D., Knight, G., Lissenburgh, S. (2001) New Deal for Youths in Scotland Stage 2 Quantitative Evaluation, Scottish Executive Central Research Unit, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Bonjour, D., Dorsett, R., Knight, G., Lissenburgh, S., Mukherjee, A., Payne, J., Range, M., Urwin, P., & White, M. (2001) New Deal for Young People: National Survey of Participants: Stage 2, Employment Service Research and Development Report ESR67, Employment Service, Sheffield, UK.
Lakey, J. & Knight, G. (2001) Evaluation of New Deal for Young People in Scotland: phase 1, Scottish Executive Central Research Unit, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Knight, G. & McKay, S. (2000) Lifetime experiences of self-employment, Department of Social Security Research Report no 120, HMSO.
Bryson, A., Knight, G. & White, M. (2000) New Deal for Young People: national survey of participants stage 1, Employment Service Research and Development Report ESR44, Employment Service, Sheffield, UK.
Gregg, P., Knight, G., Wadsworth, J. (1999) 'Displaced Workers in the UK', chapter in Displaced Workers in International Perspective, Kuhn, P (ed), CILN-Upjohn Institute, Canada. Visit http://labour.ciln.mcmaster.ca/papers/dw/ for further information.
Gregg, P. Knight, G., Wadsworth, J. (1999) 'They get knocked down - do they get up again?', chapter in Heery, E, conference volume, Cardiff University.
Gregg, P., Knight, G., Wadsworth, J. (1999) 'The cost of job loss', chapter in Gregg, P. (ed) Britain in Work, Routledge.
Gregg, P., Knight, G., Wadsworth, J. (1997) 'Heaven knows I'm miserable now: job insecurity in the British labour market', Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics Working Paper.
Knight, G. and Johnson, L. (1995) 'Tradables: developing output and price measures for Australia's tradable and non-tradable sectors', Australian Bureau of Statistics Working Paper no.95/2. Visit www.statistics.gov.au for further information.
Content maintained by Genevieve Knight. Last updated April 2002.