Rosa Sanchis-Guarner

EDUCATION

• PhD Economic Geography, London School of Economics, 2012
  
• MSc Economics, London School of Economics, 2007
  
• Masters in Quantitative Economics, University of Barcelona, Spain, 2006
  
• BSc Economics, University of Valencia, Spain, 2004

RESEARCH

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Urban and Spatial Economics, Policy Evaluation, Labour Economics

current RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Assessing the Impact of Road Investment on Traffic and the Environment in Great Britain (funded by the British Academy)
  
• Impact of Broadband Speed on Education and Local Growth
  
• Impact of Town Centre First Policy on Shopping Travel Sustainability

PUBLICATIONS

DISCUSSION PAPERS

– “ICT and Education: Evidence from Student Home Addresses”, with Ben Faber (UC Berkeley & NBER) and Felix Weinhardt (Humboldt-University Berlin & CEP), NBER Working Paper No. 21306, June 2015
- “First-Come First-Served: Identifying the Demand Effect of Immigration Inflows on House Prices”, SERC Discussion Paper no. 160, May 2014
– “Driving up Wages: The Effects of Road Construction in Great Britain”, SERC Discussion Paper no. 120, October 2012
– “New Road Infrastructure: the Effects on Firms”, with Steve Gibbons (LSE & SERC), Henry Overman (LSE & SERC) and Teemu Lyytikainen (VATT), SERC Discussion Paper no. 117, September 2012

POLICY REPORTS

– “Quantitative Analysis of Wellbeing and Practices in Environmental Spaces” with Susana Mourato (LSE) and Steve Gibbons (LSE & SERC), chapter prepared for the NEA 2 report “Cultural Ecosystem Services and Indicators (WP4)” (PI Andrew Church – University of Brighton), November 2013
– “Evaluating the Productivity Impacts of Road Transport Schemes: Report on Pilot Study Findings”, with Steve Gibbons (LSE & SERC), Henry Overman (LSE & SERC) & Teemu Lyytikinen (VATT & SERC), Report for the UK Department for Transport, August 2010

AWARDS AND HONORS

• 3-year British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2014
  
• EU “Data without Boundaries DWB” funding, 2013
  
• LSE PhD Studentship, 2011
  
• Bank of Spain PhD Scholarship, 2009-2011
  
• Ramon Areces Postgraduate Scholarship,  2007-2009
  
• Research Student Award RSAI - British and Irish section, 2008
  
• Fundacion Caja Madrid Postgraduate Scholarship, 2006-2007
  
• PhD Fellowship Spanish Department of Education, 2004-2007
  
• Prize for Best Performance in BSc Economics, University of Valencia, 2005

OTHER

• Teaching experience: Introduction to Economics, Econometrics and Spatial Analysis
  
  • Extensive experience using British micro-datasets (Secure Data Service user)
    
  • Member of the Urban Economics Association and the Royal Economic Society
    
• Proficient user of Stata and ArcGIS