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Prof Lorraine Dearden
110, 55-59 Gordon Square
UCL Institute of Education, University College London
20 Bedford Way
London
WC1H 0AL
Appointment
- Chair of Economics and Social Statistics
- IOE - Social Science
- UCL Institute of Education
Role
UCL Principal Supervisor
Biography
PhD in
Economics, University College London, 1995
MSc in
Economics, London School of Economics, 1991.
LLB, Australian National University,
1986.
Bachelor of Economics (Hons in
Econometrics), Australian National University, 1983.
Currently Professor
of Economics and Social Statistics in Quantitative Social Science, Department of Social Science at UCL, IOE
and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Elected Fellow of the Academy of Social
Science (since 2009) and an IZA Fellow (since 2008). Elected member of the
Royal Economic Society’s Committee for Women in Economics from 2001 to
2011. Part of the leadership team of the former English Administrative Data Research Centre and currently
chairs the research commissioning board (RCB) of ADR UK. Previously head of two major ESRC
research centres: the first on methodological issues involved with linking
Administrative Data with Survey Data (ADMIN – 2009-2012) and the second on
Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis (PEPA – 2012 -2015).
Research Summary
Lorraine’s work involves using data and advanced quantitative techniques
to understand, evaluate and inform public policy. She has a wide range of policy
interests including the impact of education and training on labour market
outcomes and company performance; the returns to higher education by subject
and university; evaluation of education and labour market policies; impact of
month of birth on childhood and adult outcomes; the impact of income support
for students on school and college participation; the evaluation of childcare,
home learning environment and early years policies on children's and parents'
outcomes; looked after children; ethnic inequality and discrimination; the determinants
of the demand for different types of schooling; higher education funding
issues; inter-generational income and education mobility; and programme
evaluation issues and methods. Lorraine is currently involved in the design of student loans in a number of countries as part of her work for the ESRC, Office for Students and Research England funded Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE). This includes key methodological innovations in simulating lifetime earnings for graduates for different countries using country specific micro-economic data. Here recent research also exploits linked health, pollution,
economic and education administrative data and has led to publications in leading
epidemiological journals with collaborators.
Teaching Summary
Teaching:
Module Leader: Impact
Evaluation Methods, MSc
in Public Administration
Lecturer: Policy
Analysis and Evaluation, Philosophy,
Politics and Economics BSc, Department of Politics
Current PhD Students:
Luke Sibieta
Nicolas Libuy Rios
Current EdD students:
Eden Bolívar Crucillo
Former PhD Students:
Gillian Wyness
Jake Anders
Maria Constanza
Gonzalez Parrao
Gabriel
Gutierrez
Louise
McGrath-Lone
Samuel Sims
Rodrigo
Torres
Tammy Campbell
