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National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)

Kemar Whyte

Kemar Whyte is a senior economist in the macroeconomic modelling and forecasting division at NIESR. His main research topics are financial stability and macroprudential policy, with a particular interest in the linkages between the financial and real sector. Most recently, he has also focused on applied macroeconomics and economic policy.

Birmingham City University

Gemma Williams

Gemma Williams is a Research Fellow at Birmingham City University (BCU), and co-leads their Family, Gender & Health Research Cluster. Gemma’s research interests include period poverty, menstruation and chronic illness/disabilities. Gemma is currently Project Lead for an ESRC funded research project looking at how UK period poverty initiatives are mitigating Covid-19 related challenges.

Queen Mary University of London

Mark Williams

Mark Williams is a Professor of Human Resource Management in the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London. Mark’s expertise is on the quality of jobs (e.g., wages, security, nature of job content, job control, job demands) in the United Kingdom. He has particular expertise in job quality disparities across occupations and classes. His research has also explored disparities in job attitudes (e.g., job satisfaction, job meaningfulness).

Brigham Young University

Riley Wilson

Riley is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University. He studies labor markets and the impacts of government social programs. His recent work explores people’s decisions to move to economic opportunity, behavioral responses to programs like the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic violence.

University of Glasgow, Institute of Labour Economics (IZA)

Tanya Wilson

Tanya Wilson is a Lecturer in Economics at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow. She is the recipient of the 2016 Royal Economic Society Prize, and was awarded the Sir Alec Cairncross Prize from the Scottish Economic Society in 2017. Her research interests are in the economics of labour markets and the economics of the family. Tanya has contributed reports to recent Scottish Parliamentary inquiries on the Gender Pay Gap in Scotland, and Scotland’s Economic Performance as

St Andrews

John Wilson

John Wilson is Director of the Centre for Responsible Banking & Finance based at the University of St Andrews. His research interests include financial institutions (such as banks and credit unions), industrial organization, SME Financing and household finance (including post-COVID consumer spending).