Experts

Melisa Sayli is a Postgraduate Research Fellow at the University of Surrey where she works on the The Health Foundation funded project ‘Retention of the clinical and ambulance workforce in English Hospitals’, the goal of which is to understand how staff retention can be improved to ease workforce pressures in the NHS. Melisa’s expertise lies in labour economics, health economics and applied econometrics. Melisa studied household labour supply during her PhD at the University of Manchester and

Ariane Scanlon-Jennings graduated from the University of Bristol with a BSc in Economics. Her interests lie in political and environmental economics. In the domain of political economics, she completed a dissertation studying the effect of increasing ethnic diversity on support for far-right political parties in the UK. Following graduation, she is working in public equity.

Rachel is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on the economics of non-standard working, including zero-hours contracts and part-time work. She is also interested in the application of labour economics to sports data. She was previously an economic consultant, preparing damages calculations and business valuations for international arbitrations and disputes in the UK courts. She worked across a range of industries, including healthcare, energy and financial services.

Kimberley Scharf is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy and Head of the Economics Department at the University of Birmingham. Her research interests span several subfields of economics, including political economy, public finance, international trade and finance, and industrial organisation. It also reaches out to other disciplines – e.g., marketing and decision sciences. Her research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals and has been funded by the ESRC, the Social Sciences

Jakob Schneebacher is an economist at the CMA’s research-focused Microeconomics Unit. Jakob’s research focuses on when markets work well (and when they do not), and on what makes firms resilient, innovative and productive.

Patrick is a PhD candidate in economics at LSE, and he previously worked as an economist for the Bank of England. His past research has analysed the UK’s productivity slowdown, as well as the likely impacts of Brexit and Scottish independence.