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Education

University of Cambridge, BA 1972 (Natural Sciences Tripos part 1A, Economics Tripos, part 2), MA 1976.

Princeton University, PhD 1977 (Thesis title: Essays in Human Capital Accumulation and Labour Supply).

Employment

University of Southampton, Lecturer 1976-1987, Senior Lecturer 1987-1989, Professor 1992-1999.

Tilburg University, The Netherlands, Center for Economic Research, Professor, part-time, 1988-1990.

Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, Professor, 1989-1992.

Birkbeck College, University of London, Professor, 1999-

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1983-1984

Visiting Fellow, Institute for International Economic Studies, University of Stockholm, September 1985 -- March 1986.

Houblon Norman Research Fellow, Bank of England, London, April--September 1986.

Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, 1985--

Visiting Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark, February--July 1993.

Research Fellow, Centre for International Research on the Japanese Economy, University of Tokyo, October -December 1999

Visiting Professor, Université de Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne, 2004-5

Editorial

Review of Economic Studies, Editorial Board Member, 1986--1993.

The Economic Review, Editorial Board Member, 1983--1989, 1993--1999

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Associate Editor, 1988--1997.

Economica, Associate Editor, 1996--

Other Activities

Royal Economic Society, Member of Council 2000-2005, and Member of Executive Committee, 2000-2004.

Specialist Adviser, House of Lords, Select Committee on European Union, Sub-Committee A Enquiry, "How is the Euro Working?" July -November, 2000.

ESRC, member of the Politics, Economics and Geography research college, October 2001 - March 2005

Member of the Institute of Learning and Teaching, December 2001 --

Specialist Adviser, House of Lords, Select Committee on European Union, Sub-Committee A, Enquiry into the Stability and Growth Pact, Dec 2002 -- Feb 2003. Follow-up enquiry in Jan-Feb 2004.