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. 6152
published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2014, 38 (5), 1221-1246
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6044
published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2013, 88, 18-29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5809
published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2016, 54 (4), 742 - 767
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4430
published in: Economic Record, 2010, 88 (s1), 101 - 114
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3677
published in: Labour, 2009, 23 (Special Issue), 139 - 175
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2595
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1690
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1411
published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2008, 46 (2), 268-282.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 936
revised version published as 'Disability, gender, and the British labour market ' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2006, 58 (3), 407-449
