Harminder Battu

University of Aberdeen

Contact Information

Telephone Number: 01224 272718

Email address: h.battu@abdn.ac.uk

Homepage: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/economics/staffmember.php?ID=pec131

Department Telephone Number: 01224 272167

Department Fax Number: 01224 272181

Current Research Interests

Labour and regional economics

PhD Supervision Interests

Economics of Education, Employment Contracts, Regional Inequality

Recent Publications

(Battu, H. and Sloane, P. J.), Overeducation and Ethnic Minorities in Britain, The Manchester School, Vol 72 No. 4 July, 535–559, 2004

(Battu, H., Gerova, V. and Phimister, E.), Residential Mobility: A Comparison of England and Scotland, Living in Scotland: Findings from the British Household Panel Survey (Ermisch, J.F. and R.E. Wright, Living in Scotland), 2004

(Battu, H. and Sloane, P. J. ), Labour Market Mismatch and Ethnic Minorities in England and Wales in Overeducation in Europe: What Do We Know?, forthcoming, 2004

(Belfield, C.R. Battu, H. and Sloane, P. J.), Human capital spillovers in the workplace: Evidence for the service sector in Britain, InternationalJournal of Manpower, vol. 25(1), 123-138, 2004

(Battu, H., Büchel, F.), The Theory of Differential Overqualification: Does it Work?, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 50(1), 1-16, 2003

(Belfield, C.R., Battu, H. and Sloane, P. J.), Externalities from co-workers education: the effects on earnings, job satisfaction and establishment performance, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, vol. 65 (5), pp. 575-594, 2003

(Battu, H., McMaster, R. and White, M.), An Empirical Investigation of Oliver Williamson's 'Organisation of Work', Applied Economics , Vol. 34, 1657-1669, 2002

(Battu, H., McMaster, R. and White, M.), The Determinants of Employment Tenure: An Empirical Investigation, Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 29(2), 131-149, 2002

(Battu, H., Sloane, P.), To What Extent Are Ethnic Minorities in Britain Overeducated?, International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 23 (3), 192-208, 2002

(Battu, H., McMaster, R. and White, M. J.), Tenure and Employment Contracts: An Empirical Investigation, Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 29 (2), pp. 131-149, 2002

(Battu, H., McMaster, R., and White, M.), Tenure and Employment Contracts: An Empirical Investigation, Journal of Economic Studies, 29(2), pp. 131-149, 2002