Dr Margaret Leighton

Lecturer

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 462442

Email

mal22@st-andrews.ac.uk

Office

G21A

Location

Castlecliffe

Office hours

Mondays and Tuesdays, 3pm to 4pm in Maths Tutorial Room 1E

Biography

Dr Margaret Leighton joined the University of St Andrews in 2015, after receiving her PhD from the Toulouse School of Economics. Originally from Canada, she completed her undergraduates studies at Mount Allison University in Economics.

Research areas

Margaret uses data to answer questions and to test economic hypotheses. While education is her primary field of interest, she has also worked on projects in development economics and labour economics. In recent research, she has gathered and analysed data to better understand how education policies shape students? school choices and performance, and how those choices determine important later outcomes such as occupations, wages, and career satisfaction.

PhD supervision

• Michelle Moore

Selected publications

• Social promotion in primary school: effects on grade progression

  Leighton, M. A., Souza, P. & Straub, S., 30 Jun 2019, In : Brazilian Review of Econometrics. 39, 1, p. 1-33

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Unpaid work and access to science professions

  Fournier, A. M. V., Holford, A. J., Bond, A. L. & Leighton, M. A., 19 Jun 2019, In : PLoS ONE. 14, 6, 16 p., e0217032.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Labor market returns to college major specificity

  Leighton, M. & Speer, J., 21 Dec 2017, St Andrews: University of St Andrews, 52 p. (School of Economics and Finance Discussion Paper; no. 1709).

  Research output: Working paper ? Discussion paper

• Social promotion in primary school: immediate and cumulated effects on attainment

  Leighton, M. A., Souza, P. & Straub, S., 26 Apr 2016, St Andrews: University of St Andrews, p. 1-92, 92 p. (School of Economics and Finance Discussion Paper; no. 1607).

  Research output: Working paper ? Discussion paper

• The major decision: Labor market implications of the timing of specialization in college

  Bridet, L. & Leighton, M. A., 16 Oct 2015, St Andrews: University of St Andrews, p. 1-74, 74 p. (School of Economics & Finance Discussion Paper; no. 1510).

  Research output: Working paper ? Discussion paper

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