Hi, I am a Professor of Economics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). My research interests are public policy and applied microeconomics. This includes issues in a variety of areas including education, labour, health, transportation, and too many other things. I received my PhD from the University of Queensland and previously worked at Lancaster University.
I am the Editor in Chief at Education Economics, an Associate Editor at JEBO. I co-organise the annual International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education (IWAEE). I am a Research Fellow at IZA, a member of the RWI Research Network, and an Affiliate of the Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO) at UCL.
More information in my cv
contact: colin.green@ntnu.no
Current Working Papers
How does testing young children influence educational attainment and well-being? (with O.H. Nyhus and K.V. Salvanes) , revise and resubmit
The Role of Within-Occupation Task Changes in Wage Development (with R. Bachmann, Goekay Demir and Arne Uhlendorff).
Press coverage: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
Immigrant Peers and Foreign Language Acquisition (with. K. Haaland and J. Iversen)
** NEW BOOK - The Economics of Education: A Comprehensive Overview, 2nd Ed.
Selected Recent and Representative Publications
Green, C., Wilson, L, and Zhang, A. (2023) Beauty, Underage Drinking, and Adolescent Risky Behaviours, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Draca, M., Green, C. and Homroy, S (2023) Financing UK Democracy: A Stocktale of 20 years of Political Donations, Fiscal Studies 44(4)
Press coverage: Independent
E. Farina, C. Green and D. McVicar (2024) Is Precarious Employment Bad for Worker Health? The Case of Zero Hours Contracts in the UK British Journal of Industrial Relations, 62(1)
Green, C. and Heywood, J (2023) Performance Pay, Work Hours and Employee Health in the UK (with J. Heywood), Labour Economics, 84.
Green, C. and Krehic, L. (2022) An Extra Hour Wasted? Bar Closing Hours and Traffic Accidents in Norway, Health Economics , 31,, 1752-1769
Green, C. and Iversen, J. (2022) Refugees and the Educational Attainment of Natives: Evidence from Norway, Economics of Education Review, 88.
Winner Best Paper Published in Economics of Education Review, 2022.
Bracco, E., De Paola, M., Green, C. and Scoppa, V. (2022) The Spillover of Anti-Immigration Politics to the Schoolyard (with. E. Bracco, M. De Paola and V. Scoppa), Labour Economics, 75.
Green, C. and Homroy, S. (2022) "Incorporated in Westminster: Channels and Returns to Political Connection in the United Kingdom" Economica, 354, 377-408
Press coverage: LSE Blogs
Green, C., Mao, L. and O'Sullivan, V. (2021) "Internet Usage and the Cognitive Function of Retirees". Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 190, 747-767.
Press coverage: the Sunday Telegraph, ScienceDaily, Medical Express.
Artz, B., Green, C. and Heywood (2021, July). Does Performance Pay Increase Alcohol and Drug Use? Journal of Population Economics, 34, 969 – 1002.
Press coverage: Forskning.no
Green, C., Heywood, J. and Theodoropolous, N. (2021) 'Hierarchy and the Employer Size Effect on Wages', Economica, 88, 671-696.
Green, C., Heywood, J. and Navarro, M. (2020) 'Did the London Congestion Charge Reduce Pollution?, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 84.
Press coverage: New Scientist,
Farina, E., Green, C. and McVicar, D. (2020) 'Zero Hours Contracts and Their Growth" British Journal of Industrial Relations, 58, 507-531.
Bachmann, R., Cim, M. and Green, C. (2019) 'The Long Run Patterns of Labour Market Polarization: Evidence from German Micro Data" British Journal of Industrial Relations, 57, 350-376
Bracco, E., De Paola, M., Green, C. and Scoppa, V. (2018) 'The Effect of Far Right Parties on the Location Choice of Immigrants: Evidence from Lega Nord Mayors', Journal of Public Economics, 166, 12-28.
Green, C. and Homroy, S. (2018) 'Female Directors, Board Committees and Firm Performance', European Economic Review, 102, 19-38.
Press coverage: Management Issues,
Garcia, I., Green, C. and Navarro, M. (2018) `The Effect of Permanent Employment on Absenteeism: Evidence from Labor Reforms in Spain’, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 71, 525-49.
Bilanakos, C., Green, C., Heywood, J. and Theodoropolous, N. (2017) ‘Do Dominant Firms Provide More Training?’ Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 26, 67-95.
Bryson, A., Clark, A., Freeman, R., and Green, C. (2016) 'Share Capitalism and Worker Wellbeing', Labour Economics, 42, 151-158.
Green, C., Heywood, J., and Navarro, M. (2016) ‘Traffic Accidents and the London Congestion Charge’ Journal of Public Economics, 133, 11-22.
Press coverage: Wired, Financial Times
Green, C. and Navarro, M. (2016) ‘Play Hard, Shirk Hard? The Effect of Bar Hours Regulation on Absence’ Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 78, 248-264.
Press coverage; Daily Mail
Green, C. and Heywood, J. (2016) `Don’t Forget the Gravy! Are Bonuses and Time Rates Complements?’ Industrial Relations, 55, 490-513.
Bracco, E., De Paola, M., and Green, C. (2015) ‘Long Lasting Differences in Social Capital: Evidence from a Unique Immigration Event in Italy’ Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 120, 160-173.
Green, C., Heywood, J. and Navarro, M. (2014) `Did Liberalising English Bar Hours Cause Traffic Accidents?’ Journal of Health Economics, 35, 189-198.