Dr Gurleen Popli
School of Economics
Senior Lecturer in Economics
+44 114 222 3485
Full contact details
School of Economics
Room C66
Elmfield Building
Northumberland Road
Sheffield
S10 2TU
- Profile
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Gurleen is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics. She has a BA (Economics) from University of Delhi, a MA (Economics) from Delhi School of Economics and a PhD (Economics) from University of California, Riverside.
She joined the School of Economics at Sheffield in September 2004, having previously taught at universities in the UK and the USA.
In 2020 Gurleen received a Leverhulme Research Fellowship to conduct research into 'Racial differences in the school-to-work transition: exploring the long-term implications'.
- Research interests
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I am an Applied Econometrician with research interests in Labour Economics and Education Economics. My work examines labour market inequalities by gender and ethnicity; educational and early labour market outcomes of young people; and the effects of child poverty and early-life deprivation on child development.
I am interested in supervising PhD students in any of these areas.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- The impact of intimate partner violence on women’s labour market outcomes. World Development, 164.
- Predictors of becoming not in education, employment or training: a dynamic comparison of the direct and indirect determinants. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General). View this article in WRRO
- Selection and performance in post-compulsory education. Review of Development Economics, 26(1), 3-31. View this article in WRRO
- Parental ethnic identity and child test scores. Fiscal Studies. View this article in WRRO
- Do environmental concerns affect commuting choices?: hybrid choice modelling with household survey data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General), 181(1), 299-320. View this article in WRRO
- The Many Dimensions of Child Poverty: Evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Fiscal Studies. View this article in WRRO
- Children’s Development and Parental Input: Evidence From the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Demography, 54(2), 485-511. View this article in WRRO
- Educational Attainment and Wage Inequality in Turkey. Labour. View this article in WRRO
- Persistent poverty and children's cognitive development: evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society, 179(2), 535-558. View this article in WRRO
- An epidemiological study to investigate the relationship between Meniere's disease and migraine. Clinical Otolaryngology, 41(6), 707-710.
- Examining the link between crime and unemployment: a time-series analysis for Canada. Applied Economics, 47(37), 4007-4019. View this article in WRRO
- Estimating the critical and sensitive periods of investment in early childhood: a methodological note.. Soc Sci Med, 97, 316-324.
- Gender wage differentials in Mexico: A distributional approach. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society.
- Changes in human capital and wage inequality in Mexico. Oxford Development Studies, 39(3), 369-387.
- Trade liberalization and the self-employed in Mexico. World Development, 38(6), 803-813.
- Minimum wages and the wage structure in Mexico. Review of Social Economy, 66(2), 181-208.
- Rising wage inequality in Mexico, 1984-2000: A distributional analysis. Journal of Income Distribution, 16(2), 49-67.
- Economic Fluctuations and Mortality in Canada Revisited. Southern Economic Journal.
- Decomposing the Gender Reservation Wage Gap in Italy: A Regional Perspective. Journal of Regional Science.
- The impact of intimate partner violence on women’s labour market outcomes. World Development, 164.
- Teaching activities
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I view teaching as an interactive process where both instructor and students learn and grow. My goal is to spark curiosity, encourage independent thinking, and communicate complex ideas in clear, accessible ways. I adapt course content to the audience—emphasizing core concepts and real-world applications for undergraduates, and focusing on advanced research tools and models for graduate students. I also stress the importance of linking course material to the broader curriculum to enhance coherence and understanding.
I teach on the undergraduate module ‘Economic Analysis of Inequality and Poverty’. I also supervise undergraduate and postgraduate dissertation students.