Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods
Sefydliad Ymchwill Gymdeithasol ac Economaidd, Data a Dulliau Cymru
www.wiserd.ac.uk

Dr Stephen Drinkwater

Job Title: Senior Lecturer, WISERD (Quantitative Research team)

Institution: Swansea University

Email: s.j.drinkwater@swansea.ac.uk

Telephone: 01792 513684

Role: Stephen is a member of the WISERD Quantitative Research team

Biography 

Stephen returned to Swansea University in September 2009, following holding research fellowships at Manchester Metropolitan and Portsmouth Universities and a lectureship and then a senior lectureship at the University of Surrey. Stephen is also a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn and at the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), University College London.

Research Interests

Stephen’s main research interests lie in applied micro economics, particularly within the labour market as well as regional issues. His research has primarily focused on labour market discrimination, self-employment, industrial relations, international and interregional migration, the effect of language on economic activity and voting behaviour. He has received research funding from the European Commission (to investigate the impact of East-West migration following EU enlargement), the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (to examine the performance of ethnic minorities in the UK labour market) and the ESRC (for a socio-economic analysis of recent Polish migration to the UK and to evaluate the Census Programme).

Current Research

Temporary Migration, integration and the role of Policies (NORFACE)

Unlocking the potential of the Welsh Local Labour Force Survey: an investigation into labour market transitions in Wales (Welsh Government)

Welsh Speakers and the Labour Market (WISERD mini-project)

Graduate Migration to and from Wales (Joint WISERD/SKOPE project)

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Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Bristow G, Pill M, Davies R, Drinkwater S, 2011, ‘Stay, Leave or Return? Patterns of Graduate Welsh Mobility’ People, Place and Policy Online 5(3) pp 135-148 (Available here)

Drinkwater S, Latreille P, Knight KG, 2011, ‘The Post-Application Labour Market Experiences of Employment Tribunal Claims’ Human Resource Management Journal, 21(2) pp 171-189. (Available here)

Cox J, Collins A, Drinkwater S, 2010, ‘Seeders, Leechers and Social Norms: Evidence from the Market for Illicit Digital Downloading’ Information Economics and Policy 22(4) pp 299-305. (Available here)

Clark K, Drinkwater S, 2010, ‘Recent trends in minority ethnic entrepreneurship in Britain’ International Small Business Journal 28(2) pp 136-146 (Available here)

Clark K, Drinkwater S, 2010, ‘Patterns of Ethnic Self-Employment in Time and Space: Evidence from British Census Microdata’ Small Business Economics 34(3) pp 323-338 (Available here)

Drinkwater S, 2010, ‘Immigration and the economy’ National Institute Economic Review 213(R1) pp R1-R4 (Available here)

Cameron S, Collins A, Drinkwater S, Hickson F, Reid D, Roberts J, Stephens M, Weatherburn P, 2009, ‘Surveys and Data Sources on Gay Men’s Lifestyles and Socio-Sexual Behavior: Some Concerns and Issues’ Sexuality and Culture 13(3) pp 135-151 (Available here)

Clark K, Drinkwater S, 2009, ‘Immigrant self-employment adjustment: Ethnic groups in the UK’ International Journal of Manpower 30(1) pp 163-175 (Available here)

Clark K, Drinkwater S, 2009, ‘The Labour Market Impact of Recent Immigration on Ethnic Groups in the UK’ Nordic Journal of Political Economy 35(4) (Available here)

Clark K, Drinkwater S, 2009, ‘Dynamics and Diversity: Ethnic Employment Differences in England and Wales, 1991 – 2001″ Research in Labor Economics 29(5) pp 299-333 (Available here)

Drinkwater S, Eade J, Garapich M, 2009, ‘Poles Apart? EU Enlargement and the Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in the UK’ International Migration 47(1) pp 161-190 (Available here)

Drinkwater S, Ingram P, 2009, ‘How Different are the British in their Willingness to Move? Evidence from International Social Survey Data’ Regional Studies 43(2) pp 287-303 (Available here)

Clark K, Drinkwater S, 2008, ‘The Labour Market Performance of Recent Migrants’ Oxford Review of Economic Policy 24(3) pp 495-516 (Available here)

Reports

Drinkwater S, Garapich M, 2011, ‘The TEMPO Survey of Recent Polish Migrants in England and Wales’ WISERD/WDR/004 (Available here)

Davies R, et al, 2011, ‘An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in Wales‘ WISERD/RRS/002 (Available here)

Drinkwater S, Blackaby D, Murphy P, 2011, ‘The Welsh Labour Market Following the Great Recession’ WISERD/PBS/002 (Available here)

Drinkwater S, Garapich M, 2011, ‘’Using Survey Data to Identify Migration Patterns’’ WISERD/MBS/001 (Available here)

Bristow G, Davies R, Pill M, Drinkwater S, 2011, ‘Stay, Leave or Return? Understanding Welsh Graduate Mobility’ WISERD/WPS/005 (Available here)

Drinkwater S, 2011, ‘Informal care and labour market outcomes within England and Wales’ WISERD/WPS/004 (Available here)

Blackaby D, Drinkwater S, Jones M, Murphy P, O’Leary N, Perman M, Souabni S, 2010, ‘Modeling and Explaining Regional Differences in Economic Prosperity within Wales’ (A report to the Welsh Government) (Available here)