Rachel Scarfe
PhD Student
- Supervisors: Maia Guell & Mike Elsby
- Start Date: 01-Oct-2017
- School of Economics
Contact details
- Email: Rachel.Scarfe@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Room 4.16, 31 Buccleuch Place
- City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9JT
Background
Rachel graduated with an MMATH in mathematics from Durham University in 2011. She worked as an economic and financial consultant for four years, before returing to university in 2016 to study the MSc in economics at Edinburgh University.
Undergraduate teaching
Lecturer - Topics in Macroeconomics
Tutor - Economics 1 (first year)
Postgraduate teaching
Tutor - Macroeconomics 1 (Growth, consumption, labour)
Tutor - Macroeconomics 2 (Business cycles)
Research summary
Rachel's main research interest is labour economics, particularly non-standard work. She is currently researching zero-hours contracts and part-time work. She also has an interest in using sports data to answer questions about labour economics.