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Emma Tominey is a Professor of Economics at the University of York. She specialises in is child development – evaluating the role of parent behaviours in reaction to unexpected events and of public policy. Recent research explores socio-economic gaps in child cognitive and socio-emotional skills. Emma has expertise in policy analysis and has analysed the effect of youth unemployment, government incentive schemes and currently the effect of universal credit.