James Rockey

James Rockey

The Department of Economics
Professor in Economics
Head of Department of Economics

Contact details

Address
Department of Economics
Birmingham Business School
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TY
United Kingdom

Prior to joining the department, James was Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Leicester and previously also taught at the University of Bristol. An applied economist, his substantive research interests are broadly in the areas of Political Economy and Inequality.  He also enjoys interdisciplinary collaborations.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Economics, University of Bristol
  • MSc in Economics, University of Bristol
  • BA Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, University of Oxford

Teaching

  • Contemporary Economic Challenges A
  • Contemporary Economic Challenges B
  • Extended Essay Supervision

Research

Political Economy & Inequality

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Brown, D, Dattilo, M & Rockey, J 2025, 'Explaining international differences in excess mortality due to Covid-19', Scientific Reports, vol. 15, no. 1, 13879. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92403-z

Broadfoot, P & Rockey, J 2025, 'Generative AI and the social functions of educational assessment', Oxford Review of Education, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 281-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2025.2455549

Lockwood, B, Porcelli, F & Rockey, J 2025, 'In the grip of Whitehall? The effects of party control on local fiscal policy in England', European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 89, 102697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2025.102697

Lockwood, B, Porcelli, F & Rockey, J 2025, 'In the Grip of Whitehall? The Effects of Party Control on Local Fiscal Policy in the UK', European Journal of Political Economy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2025.102697

Gebrewolde, T, Rockey, J & Ullah, A 2025, 'The global gender gap in labour income', Oxford Economic Papers. https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpaf011

Lockwood, B, Rockey, J & Le, M 2024, 'Dynamic electoral competition with voter loss-aversion and imperfect recall', Journal of Public Economics, vol. 232, 105072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105072

Harvey, LA, Mierau, JO & Rockey, J 2024, 'Inequality in an Equal Society', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12611

De Fraja, G, Matheson, J, Mizen, P, Rockey, J & Taneja, S 2024, 'Remote working and the new geography of local service spending', Economica.

Ghosh, A, Flowe, H & Rockey, J 2023, 'Estimating excess mortality due to female genital mutilation', Scientific Reports, vol. 13, no. 1, 13328. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38276-6

Rockowitz, S, Rockey, J, Stevens, LM, Colloff, MF, Kanja, W & Flowe, HD 2023, 'Evaluating Case Attrition along the Medico-Legal Case Referral Pathway for Sexual and Domestic Violence Survivors in Kenya: A Secondary Data Analysis', Victims and Offenders, pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2023.2214550

Colloff, MF, Flowe, HD, Smith, HMJ, Seale-Carlisle, TM, Meissner, CA, Rockey, JC, Pande, B, Kujur, P, Parveen, N, Chandel, P, Singh, MM, Pradhan, S & Parganiha, A 2022, 'Active exploration of faces in police lineups increases discrimination accuracy', American Psychologist, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 196-220. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000832

Gebrewolde, T & Rockey, J 2022, 'The effectiveness of industrial policy in developing countries: causal evidence from Ethiopian manufacturing firms', Journal of Development Effectiveness, vol. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2022.2090997

Stevens, L, Rockey, J, Rockowitz, S, Kanja, W, Colloff, M & Flowe, H 2021, 'Children's vulnerability to sexual violence during COVID-19 in Kenya: recommendations for the future', Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, vol. 2, 630901. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2021.630901

Preprint

Christie, C, Rockey, JC, Bradbury-Jones, C, Bandyopadhyay, S & Flowe, HD 2023 'Domestic Abuse links to Suicide: Rapid Review, Fieldwork, and Quantitative Analysis Report' OSF Preprints, pp. 1-126. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/4t9ab

Stevens, L, Rockey, J, Rockowitz, S, Kanja, W, Colloff, MF & Flowe, HD 2021 'Children’s vulnerability to sexual violence during COVID-19 in Kenya: recommendations for the future' PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7sn3w

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