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Shqiponja TELHAJ
Research Economist -  Education and Skills
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Room: R447A, Zone 06
Tel: 020 7852 3578
Email: s.telhaj@lse.ac.uk
University of Sussex
Tel: (01273) 873359
Email: S.Telhaj@sussex.ac.uk
Expertise: Economics of Education, Labour Markets, Applied Econometrics, Economics of Transition, Urban Economics
Biography:
Shqiponja Telhaj is a Research Associate at the CEP, London School of Economics. She joined the CEP in 2004, and since then has been working on research projects focusing on pupil mobility, school segregation, peer effects, university quality and labour market outcomes. Other research interests include: school and university league tables (value-added indicators); education and labour markets in Transition Economics, teacher tenure and teachers' pay.

Selected Publications:
  • The Mobility of English School Children, Fiscal Studies,(with Steve Machin and Joan Wilson), 27(3): 253-280, (2006), leading article.
  • Are Schools Drifting Apart? Intake Stratification in English Secondary Schools, (with Steve Gibbons), Urban Studies, 44(7): 1281-1305, (2007).
  • Peer Effects and Pupil Attainment: Evidence from Secondary School Transition, (with Steve Gibbons), Centre for the Economics of Education London School of Economics Discussion Paper, Nr.63, (2006)

Education:
  • PhD in Economics
  • MA in Economics (Distinction)
  • BSc in Economics (1st Class Hons)
Affiliations/Professional activities with other institutions:
  • Department of Economics, University of Sussex - Lecturer