Dr Luke Wilson

Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Research Associate

Health Economist's Study Group ECR Subcommittee Member

l.b.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0815

Ground floor, Regent Court (ScHARR)

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Dr Luke Wilson
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Ground floor
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Profile

I joined ScHARR (HEDS) as a Research Associate in July 2018, working within the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group.

Current Projects:
I currently work on Syntax project: Integrated evidence synthesis for joint appraisal of tobacco and alcohol tax interventions for harm reduction in the UK. The aim is to investigate how tobacco and alcohol taxation can be changed to improve health for all.

SPARC - Social Practice in Alcohol Research Collaboration. Understanding stability and change in British drinking using 16 years of market research data. An ERSC funded project.

CRUK Tobacco Tax Pass-through - Analysis of tax pass-through of tobacco in small and local retailers.

Qualifications: Health Economics PhD Lancaster University
Economics MSc Lancaster University
Economics BSc Lancaster University

Research interests

The economics and modelling of alcohol consumption and alcohol taxation.
Microeconomics and public policy – research in labour, education, health and personnel economics.
Applied Microeconometrics and behavioural economics.

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Journal articles

Maxwell J, Pryce R & Wilson LB (2022) The impact of increasing the United Kingdom national minimum wage on self‐reported health. Health Economics, 31(6), 1167-1183.
Wilson LB, Angus C, Pryce R, Holmes J, Brennan A & Gillespie D (2021) Do dual purchasers behave differently? An analysis of purchasing data for households that buy both alcohol and tobacco in the United Kingdom. Addiction.
Wilson LB, Pryce R, Angus C, Hiscock R, Brennan A & Gillespie D (2021) The effect of alcohol tax changes on retail prices: how do on-trade alcohol retailers pass through tax changes to consumers?. The European Journal of Health Economics.
Wilson LB, Pryce R, Hiscock R, Angus C, Brennan A & Gillespie D () Quantile regression of tobacco tax pass-through in the UK 2013–2019. How have manufacturers passed through tax changes for different tobacco products?. Tobacco Control.

Research group: Sheffield Alcohol Research Group

Teaching interests: Economics, Health Economics, Statistics

Teaching activities: HAR6522 Confronting Public Health Problems