James Cockett
BSc (Econ)
Research Economist
james.cockett@employment-studies.co.uk
01273 763 412
James Cockett, Research Economist, joined IES in 2017. James has experience of using a variety of national- and EU-level datasets, undertaking statistical and econometric analyses. He has experience of working with both survey and administrative data. James is also a competent user of several quantitative software packages including Stata, SPSS and Excel.
His research interests include microeconomics with a focus on education (in particular, higher education), as well as the barriers facing disadvantaged groups in the labour market.
In his time at IES James’ project work has included a feasibility study for the European Commission on how to evaluate the European Social Fund using counterfactual impact evaluation methods. James has also evaluated the effect of the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) and change in National Minimum wage (NMW) on employment and hours including the effect on younger workers for the Low Pay Commission using LFS and ASHE data. James has also undertaken econometric analysis for the JPMorgan Chase Foundation analysing progression in employment using EU-SILC and EWCS data.
More recently James has worked on a project for the Social Mobility Commission investigating the link between internal migration and social mobility. James undertook analysis of Understanding Society as well as analysis of migration flows. He has also been involved in undertaking weekly analysis of vacancy trends using Adzuna data for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
He is currently working on the impact evaluation and the Cost Benefit Analysis for the Health Led Trials project.
Education
| 2017 | University of Sussex | BSc Hons Economics |
Research publications
- Moving out to move on, Papoutsaki D, Buzzeo J, Gray H, Williams M, Cockett J, Akehurst G, Alexander K, Newton B, Pollard E, , Institute for Employment Studies / Social Mobility Commission , Jul 2020
- Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week-ending 31 May 2020, Cockett J, Gray H, Papoutsaki D, Williams M, Wilson T, , Institute for Employment Studies, Jun 2020
- Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week-ending 24 May 2020, Papoutsaki D, Cockett J, Gray H, Williams M , , Institute for Employment Studies, May 2020
- Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week-ending 17 May 2020, Williams M, Cockett J, Gray H, Papoutsaki D, , Institute for Employment Studies, May 2020
- Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week-ending 10 May 2020, Wilson T, Cockett J, Gray H, Papoutsaki D, Williams M, , , Institute for Employment Studies, May 2020
- Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week-ending 3 May 2020, Gray H, Cockett J, Papoutsaki D, Williams M, Wilson T, , , Institute for Employment Studies, May 2020
- Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week-ending 26 April 2020, Cockett J, Papoutsaki D, Williams M, Wilson T, , , Institute for Employment Studies, May 2020
- Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week-ending 19 April 2020, Papoutsaki D, Cockett J, Williams M, Wilson T,, , Institute for Employment Studies, Apr 2020
- Real time vacancy analysis: Early findings on changes in vacancy levels by local area and job type , Wilson T, Papoutsaki D, Cockett J, Williams M, , Institute for Employment Studies, Apr 2020
- Getting back to work, Wilson T, Cockett J, Papoutsaki D, Takala H, , Institute for Employment Studies, Apr 2020
- Getting Back to Work, Wilson T, Cockett J, Papoutsaki D, Takala H, , Institute for Employment Studies, Apr 2020
- Progression in Employment: A cross country data analysis, Cockett J, Capuano S, , Institute for Employment Studies, Feb 2020
- The impact of the minimum wage on employment and hours, Capuano S, Cockett J, Gray H, Papoutsaki D, , Institute for Employment Studies, Dec 2019
- Research to inform workforce planning and career development in legal services, Williams M, Buzzeo J, Cockett J, Capuano S, Takala H , , The Law Society of England and Wales, Dec 2019
- Pilot and feasibility study on the sustainability and effectiveness of results for European Social Fund participants using counterfactual impact evaluations, Ciffolilli, A., De Castris, M., Kluve, J., Naldini, A., Paggiaro, A., Pompili, M., Capuano, S., Gray, H. and Broughton, A. , , European Commission Directorate-General for Employment Social Affairs and Inclusion, Jul 2019
- The impact of the minimum wage on employment and hours, Capuano S, Cockett J, Gray H, , Low Pay Commission, Feb 2019
- Optometrists' Futures 2018, Robinson D, Edwards M, Cockett J, Hey L, , Association of Optometrists, Oct 2018