Profile
He has a BSc in Economics (University of York, 1999) and an MSc (2001) and PhD (2006) in Economics (University of Leceister). He then moved to University College London as a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM). He has taught at the University of Leicester (Teaching Fellow) and at the University of Cyprus (Visiting Lecturer). In June 2008, he joined the Department of Economics at the University of Cyprus.
Research Interests
Labour Economics, Applied Econometrics
Research Highlights: Nikos wins a Steven H. Sandell grant through the Boston College Center for Retirement Research and the U.S. Social Security Administration to work on a project on disability insurance.
Here is the project homepage:
http://crr.bc.edu/social_security/networks_and_disability_insurance-2.html
Selected Publications
1. “Interethnic marriage decisions: A choice between ethnic and education similarities” (2011) Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 24 (4), pp. 1257-1279 (with D. Furtado)
2. “Why Does Intermarriage Increase Immigrant Employment? The Role of Networks” (2010) The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 1(1) , Article 101 (with D. Furtado)
3. “Ethnic minority immigrants and their children in Britain” (2010) Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 62 (2), pp. 209-233, Lead Article of the Issue (with C. Dustmann)
4. “I’ll marry you if you get me a job: Marital assimilation and immigrant employment rates” (2009) International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 30 Iss: 1/2, pp. 116 – 126 (with D. Furtado)
5. “Ethnicity and second generation immigrants” (2011) Chapter 15, pp. 220-239, in “The Labour Market in Winter: The State of Working Britain” (with C. Dustmann and T. Frattini), edited by J. Wadsworth and P. Gregg, Oxford University Press Click here to download CV |