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Biography

Simon joined the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ in the summer of 2000. In September 2017, he became Head of the School of Economics at the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Ningbo China. His research interests lie primarily in the areas of poverty, labour markets, health and education, with application to China and sub-Saharan Africa. He is a research associate of the Institute of Labour Economics, IZA, and has served as a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of African Economies, the Journal of Development Studies and African Development Review. He has published in a range of journals including Economic Development and Cultural Change, the Journal of African Economies, the Journal of International Development, the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics and World Development.

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Recent Publications

• SAMER MATTA, SIMON APPLETON and MICHAEL BLEANEY, 2016. World Bank Economic Review.
• WENJIN LONG, SIMON APPLETON and LINA SONG, 2016. The Impact of Job Contact Networks on Wages of Rural-Urban Migrants in China: A Switching Regression Approach Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 15(1), 29-45
• QINNJIE XIA, LINA SONG, SHI LI and SIMON APPLETON, 2014. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 12(1), 29-45
• SIMON APPLETON, LINA SONG and QINGJIE XIA, 2014. World Development. 62, 1-13

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• SAMER MATTA, SIMON APPLETON and MICHAEL BLEANEY, 2016. World Bank Economic Review.
• WENJIN LONG, SIMON APPLETON and LINA SONG, 2016. The Impact of Job Contact Networks on Wages of Rural-Urban Migrants in China: A Switching Regression Approach Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 15(1), 29-45
• QINNJIE XIA, LINA SONG, SHI LI and SIMON APPLETON, 2014. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 12(1), 29-45
• SIMON APPLETON, LINA SONG and QINGJIE XIA, 2014. World Development. 62, 1-13
• ATHERTON, P., APPLETON, S. and BLEANEY, M., 2011. Journal of Economic Studies. 38(3), 301-312
• APPLETON, S., SONG, L. and XIA, Q., 2010. World Development. 38(5), 665-678
• APPLETON, S., KNIGHT, J., SONG, L. and XIA Q., 2009. Journal of Development Studies. 45(2), 256-275
• APPLETON, S., KNIGHT, J., SONG, L. and XIA, Q., 2009. Impact of China’s State-owned Enterprises Reform on the Labour Market in 1990s World Economy. 368(4), 58-68
• SONG, L. and APPLETON, S., 2008. Social protection and migration in China: what can protect migrants from economic uncertainty?. In: NIELSEN, I. and SMYTH, R., eds., Migration and social protection in China World Scientific.
• APPLETON, S. and SONG, L., 2008. World Development. 36(11), 2325-2340
• APPLETON, S., MCKAY, A. and ALAYANDE, B.A., 2008. Poverty in Nigeria. In: COLLIER, P., SOLUDO, C.C. and PATTILLO, C., eds., Economic policy options for a prosperous Nigeria Palgrave Macmillan.
• LAWSON, D. and APPLETON, S., 2007. Child Health in Uganda – Policy Determinants and Measurement European Journal of Development Research. 19(2), 210-233
• SONG, L., APPLETON, S. and KNIGHT, J., 2006. World Development. 34(9), 1639-1653
• APPLETON, S., MORGAN, W. J. and SIVES, A., 2006. Journal of International Development. 18(6), 771-786
• SIVES, A., MORGAN, W. J. and APPLETON, S., 2005. Teachers as Community Leaders:: The potential impact of teacher migration on Education for All and Millennium Development Goals International Journal of Adult and Lifelong Education. 3(1), 3-11
• MORGAN, W. J., SIVES, A. and APPLETON, S., 2005. Managing the International Recruitment of Health Workers and Teachers: Do the Commonwealth Agreements Provide an Answer? The Round Table. ISSU 379, 225-238
• APPLETON, S., SONG, L. and XIA, Q., 2005. Journal of Comparative Economics. 33(4), 644-663
• APPLETON, S., KNIGHT, J., SONG, L. and XIA, Q., 2004. JOURNAL OF CHINESE ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS STUDIES. VOL 2(NUMB 3), 185-206
• HADDAD, L., ALDERMAN, H., APPLETON, S., SONG, L. and YOHANNES, Y., 2003. World Bank Economic Review. 17(1), 107-131
• APPLETON, S., 2003. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ECONOMIES. VOL 12(NUMBER 4), 598-624
• APPLETON, S., KNIGHT, J., SONG, L. and XIA, Q., 2002. China Economic Review. VOL 13(NOS 2-3), 252-275
• APPLETON, S., 2001. Journal of African Economies. 10(4), 433-469
• SONG, L., APPLETON, S., KNIGHT, J. and XIA, Q., 2001. Urban Workers, Rural Migrants, Redundancies and Hardship in Urban China In: Annual Meeting of American Economic Association.
• BIGSTEN, A., ISAKSSON, A., SODERBOM, M., COLLIER, P., ZEUFACK, A., DERCON, S., FAFCHAMPS, M., GUNNING, J. W., TEAL, F. and APPLETON, S., 2000. Economic Development and Cultural Change. VOL 48(PART 4), 801-828
• APPLETON, S., HODDINOTT, J. and KRISHNAN, P., 1999. Economic Development and Cultural Change. VOL 47(NUMBER 2), 289-312
• APPLETON, S., 1996. How Does Female Education Affect Fertility? A Structural Model for the Cote d'Ivoire Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. VOL 58(NUMBER 1), 139-166