Simon Appleton

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Biography

Simon joined the University of Nottingham in the summer of 2000. In September 2017, he became Head of the School of Economics at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. His research interests lie primarily in the areas of poverty, labour markets, health and education, with application to China and sub-Saharan Africa. He is a research associate of the Institute of Labour Economics, IZA, and has served as a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of African Economies, the Journal of Development Studies and African Development Review. He has published in a range of journals including Economic Development and Cultural Change, the Journal of African Economies, the Journal of International Development, the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics and World Development.

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Recent Publications

• SAMER MATTA, SIMON APPLETON and MICHAEL BLEANEY, 2016. The Impact of the Arab Spring on the Tunisian Economy World Bank Economic Review.
• WENJIN LONG, SIMON APPLETON and LINA SONG, 2016. The Impact of Job Contact Networks on Wages of Rural-Urban Migrants in China: A Switching Regression Approach Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 15(1), 29-45
• QINNJIE XIA, LINA SONG, SHI LI and SIMON APPLETON, 2014. The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988–2007 Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 12(1), 29-45
• SIMON APPLETON, LINA SONG and QINGJIE XIA, 2014. Understanding Urban Wage Inequality in China 1988-2008: Evidence from Quantile Analysis World Development. 62, 1-13

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• SAMER MATTA, SIMON APPLETON and MICHAEL BLEANEY, 2016. The Impact of the Arab Spring on the Tunisian Economy World Bank Economic Review.
• WENJIN LONG, SIMON APPLETON and LINA SONG, 2016. The Impact of Job Contact Networks on Wages of Rural-Urban Migrants in China: A Switching Regression Approach Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 15(1), 29-45
• QINNJIE XIA, LINA SONG, SHI LI and SIMON APPLETON, 2014. The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988–2007 Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 12(1), 29-45
• SIMON APPLETON, LINA SONG and QINGJIE XIA, 2014. Understanding Urban Wage Inequality in China 1988-2008: Evidence from Quantile Analysis World Development. 62, 1-13
• ATHERTON, P., APPLETON, S. and BLEANEY, M., 2011. Growth regressions and data revisions in Penn World Tables Journal of Economic Studies. 38(3), 301-312
• APPLETON, S., SONG, L. and XIA, Q., 2010. Growing out of poverty: trends and patterns of urban poverty in China 1988-2002 World Development. 38(5), 665-678
• APPLETON, S., KNIGHT, J., SONG, L. and XIA Q., 2009. The economics of Communist Party Mmembership: the curious case of rising numbers and wage premium during China’s transition Journal of Development Studies. 45(2), 256-275
• APPLETON, S., KNIGHT, J., SONG, L. and XIA, Q., 2009. Impact of China’s State-owned Enterprises Reform on the Labour Market in 1990s World Economy. 368(4), 58-68
• SONG, L. and APPLETON, S., 2008. Social protection and migration in China: what can protect migrants from economic uncertainty?. In: NIELSEN, I. and SMYTH, R., eds., Migration and social protection in China World Scientific.
• APPLETON, S. and SONG, L., 2008. Life satisfaction in urban China: components and determinants World Development. 36(11), 2325-2340
• APPLETON, S., MCKAY, A. and ALAYANDE, B.A., 2008. Poverty in Nigeria. In: COLLIER, P., SOLUDO, C.C. and PATTILLO, C., eds., Economic policy options for a prosperous Nigeria Palgrave Macmillan.
• LAWSON, D. and APPLETON, S., 2007. Child Health in Uganda – Policy Determinants and Measurement European Journal of Development Research. 19(2), 210-233
• SONG, L., APPLETON, S. and KNIGHT, J., 2006. Why do girls in rural China have lower school enrollment? World Development. 34(9), 1639-1653
• APPLETON, S., MORGAN, W. J. and SIVES, A., 2006. Should Teachers Stay at Home? The Impact of International Teacher Mobility Journal of International Development. 18(6), 771-786
• SIVES, A., MORGAN, W. J. and APPLETON, S., 2005. Teachers as Community Leaders:: The potential impact of teacher migration on Education for All and Millennium Development Goals International Journal of Adult and Lifelong Education. 3(1), 3-11
• MORGAN, W. J., SIVES, A. and APPLETON, S., 2005. Managing the International Recruitment of Health Workers and Teachers: Do the Commonwealth Agreements Provide an Answer? The Round Table. ISSU 379, 225-238
• APPLETON, S., SONG, L. and XIA, Q., 2005. Has China crossed the river? The evolution of wage structure in urban China during reform and retrenchment Journal of Comparative Economics. 33(4), 644-663
• APPLETON, S., KNIGHT, J., SONG, L. and XIA, Q., 2004. Contrasting Paradigms: Segmentation and Competitiveness in the Formation of the Chinese Labour Market JOURNAL OF CHINESE ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS STUDIES. VOL 2(NUMB 3), 185-206
• HADDAD, L., ALDERMAN, H., APPLETON, S., SONG, L. and YOHANNES, Y., 2003. Reducing child malnutrition: how far does income growth take us? World Bank Economic Review. 17(1), 107-131
• APPLETON, S., 2003. Regional or National Poverty Lines? The Case of Uganda in the 1990s JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ECONOMIES. VOL 12(NUMBER 4), 598-624
• APPLETON, S., KNIGHT, J., SONG, L. and XIA, Q., 2002. Labor retrenchment in China: Determinants and consequences China Economic Review. VOL 13(NOS 2-3), 252-275
• APPLETON, S., 2001. 'The rich are just like us, only richer': poverty functions or consumption functions? Journal of African Economies. 10(4), 433-469
• SONG, L., APPLETON, S., KNIGHT, J. and XIA, Q., 2001. Urban Workers, Rural Migrants, Redundancies and Hardship in Urban China In: Annual Meeting of American Economic Association.
• BIGSTEN, A., ISAKSSON, A., SODERBOM, M., COLLIER, P., ZEUFACK, A., DERCON, S., FAFCHAMPS, M., GUNNING, J. W., TEAL, F. and APPLETON, S., 2000. Rates of Return on Physical and Human Capital in Africa's Manufacturing Sector Economic Development and Cultural Change. VOL 48(PART 4), 801-828
• APPLETON, S., HODDINOTT, J. and KRISHNAN, P., 1999. The Gender Wage Gap in Three African Countries Economic Development and Cultural Change. VOL 47(NUMBER 2), 289-312
• APPLETON, S., 1996. How Does Female Education Affect Fertility? A Structural Model for the Cote d'Ivoire Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. VOL 58(NUMBER 1), 139-166