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      Dr Michela Vecchi

      BSc Politial Science, MSc Economics, PhD Economics, PGCERT HE
      ROLE: Associate Professor in Economics
      SCHOOL: Business School
      DEPARTMENT: Economics
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 4853
      EMAIL: M.Vecchi@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Dr Michela Vecchi is the Research Leader for the Department of Economics, Research Fellow at the Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research (CEEDR), Visiting fellow at National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). She is module leader for Econometrics, Applied Econometrics and Data analysis and year 2 leader for undergraduate programmes.

        Dr Vecchi has over 20 years' research experience and has worked on a variety of topics within the productivity and labour economics spectrum. Her three main areas of research are skill mismatch and productivity, human capital, productivity and technical change, ageing, dance and cognitive abilities.

        For a list of Michela Vecchi's publications you can visit her Google Scholar page and Researchgate account

        Information about qualifications and job experience can be found on Michela's Linkedln profile

        Papers in the pipeline

        Castelnovo, P., Morretta, V., Vecchi, M. (2020). Regional disparities and industrial structure: territorial capital and productivity in Italian firms. Regional Studies, forthcoming.

        O’Mahony, M., Vecchi, M., Venturini, F. (2020). The dynamics of the labour share in a world with heterogeneous capital. Under revision with  Economica.

        Domenech, J., Rizov, M., Vecchi, M. (2020). Going online: the impact of websites on market structure. Under revision with International Journal of Production Economics.

        Savic, M., Vecchi, M., Romiti, M., Mari, P. (2020). How much is a degree worth? Educational Mismatch and wages in the UK. Evidence from the Annual Population Survey. Middlesex University mimeo.

        Upcoming presentations

        11th March: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow 

        26th - 28th April: Scottish Economic Society Conference, Perth -  cancelled

        20th - 22nd May: ESCoE Conference, King's College London -  cancelled

         

        Recent blogs

        Saturday night fever during a pandemic

        Dance, cognition and ageing

        Overeducation in the UK labour market

        The labour share of the national income

        Closing the US-EU productivity gap

        Recent reports

        Melgaard, J., Prabhat, V., Vecchi, M., Ritchie, F., Weber, D. (2016). Regional Growth Fund Stage 1 evaluation: Economic impact.

        Melgaard, J., Thol, C., Vase, P., Ritchie, F., Vecchi, M. Weber, D. (2016). Exploring the feasibility of a productivity based approach for evaluating business support interventions, BIS research paper n. 295. July 2016.

        McGregor, N.F., Poschl, J., Rincon, A., Stehrer, R., Vecchi, M., Venturini, F. (2013). Reducing Productivity and Efficiency Gaps: the role of knowledge assets, absorptive capacity and institutions, Chapter 3 of the 2013 EU Competitiveness Report.

        Foster-McGregor, N., Pöschl, J., Rincon, A., Stehrer, R., Vecchi, M., Venturini, F. (2013) Reducing productivity and efficiency gaps: the role of knowledge assets, absorptive capacity and institutions - Background chapter. Technical Report. European Commission

        Recent Conferences

        O’Manhoy, M., Vecchi, M., Venturini, F., The dynamics of the labour share in a world with heterogeneous capital. ESCOE conference, 8-10 May 2019, King’s College London.

        Pieri, F., Vecchi, M., Venturini, F., Modelling the joint impact of R&D and ICT on productivity: a frontier analysis approach. ZEW conference on the Economics of Information and Communication Technologies, Mannheim, 23-24 June 2017; 15th European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (EWEPA), London, 12-15 June 2017.

        O’Mahony, M., Vecchi, M., Venturini, F.,  The dynamics of the labour share in a world with heterogeneous capital. RES conference 2018, International Network for Economic Research (INFER) 19th Annual conference. Bordeaux, 7-9 June 2017; International Workshop on Productivity, Innovation and Intangible Investments, Assisi, 22-23 September 2017.

        Lenkei, B., Mustafa, G., Vecchi, M., Human capital and growth in Asian countries: does one size fit all? INFER workshop, Horokopio University, Athens, September 2016.

        Link with Partner/Business Organisations:

        • Visiting Fellow, National Institute of Economic and Social Research

        • Associate staff, CEEDR, Middlesex University


        Languages Spoken

        English, Italian, French

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        • Econometric Methods
        • Labour Economics
        • Microeconomics

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        • Labour Economics
        • Productivity and innovation
        • Skill, congnitive and non-cognitive abilities, education
        • The relationship between dance and economic outcomes

         

        Publication Feed

        Regional disparities and industrial structure: territorial capital and productivity in Italian firms

        Castelnovo, Paolo and Morretta, Valentina and Vecchi, Michela (2020) Regional disparities and industrial structure: territorial capital and productivity in Italian firms. Regional Studies . ISSN 0034-3404 (Accepted/In press)

        Technology, intangible assets and the decline of the labor share

        O'Mahony, Mary and Vecchi, Michela and Venturini, Francesco (2019) Technology, intangible assets and the decline of the labor share. Discussion Paper. Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE), London.

        Overeducation and hourly wages in the UK labour market; 2006 to 2017

        Savic, Maja and Vecchi, Michela and Lewis, Adama (2019) Overeducation and hourly wages in the UK labour market; 2006 to 2017. Economic Review: April 2019 .

        Technology, market regulations, and labour share dynamics

        O'Mahony, Mary and Vecchi, Michela and Venturini, Francesco (2019) Technology, market regulations, and labour share dynamics. In: Labor Income Share in Asia: Conceptual Issues and the Drivers. Fields, Gary and Paul, Saumik , eds. ADB Institute Series on Development Economics (ADBISDE) . Springer, Singapore, pp. 81-101. ISBN 9789811378027

        Modelling the joint impact of R&D and ICT on productivity: a frontier analysis approach

        Pieri, Fabio and Vecchi, Michela and Venturini, Francesco (2018) Modelling the joint impact of R&D and ICT on productivity: a frontier analysis approach. Research Policy , 47 (9). pp. 1842-1852. ISSN 0048-7333

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      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        Estimating the extent and the effect of skills/education mismatches on wages and firm level productivity. Funded by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

        Assessing the economy-wide impacts of business support interventions (RE140187BIS), funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).

        Regional Growth Fund: impact and economic evaluation, funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).

        Reducing Productivity and Efficiency Gaps: the role of knowledge assets, absorptivecapacity and institutions, Background study for the 2013 EU Competitiveness Report, funded by the European Commission.

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        External examiner for Postgraduate Taught Programme, Imperial College Business School

        Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce

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