Research Interests
Melanie Jones is Professor of Economics at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. Prior to this she has held academic positions at the University of Sheffield and Swansea University.
Melanie has worked on a range of policy relevant issues in empirical labour economics but has a particular interest in the impact of disability on labour market outcomes.
This work has been published in international journals such as Economica, Oxford Economic Papers, Economics Letters, Cambridge Journal of Economics, British Journal of Industrial Relations and Social Science and Medicine.
She is currently an Editor at the British Journal of Industrial Relations.
She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in March 2017.
IZA Publications
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17679
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17290
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17161
published in: China Economic Review, 2025, 93, 102448
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17076
forthcoming in: Fiscal Studies, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15817
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15342
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14177
published as 'The gender pay gap in medicine: evidence from Britain' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2024, 76 (4), 1033 - 1051
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13318
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2022, 74 (1), 94–114
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11186
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2022, 74 (3), 936–957,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9609
published in Oxford Economic Papers, 2018, 70 (3), 635–657
