Gibbons, Steve


Dr Steve Gibbons  

Department

Position held

Department of Geography and Environment

Reader in Economic Geography

Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)

Research Associate

Spatial Economics Research Centre

Research Director

Experience keywords:

crime and housing; spatial issues in education; value of rail transport access to commuters; labour markets; measuring school performance on house prices

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6245

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2013

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen and Silva, Olmo (2013) Valuing school quality using boundary discontinuity. Journal of urban economics, 75 pp. 15-28. ISSN 0094-1190

Gibbons, Stephen and Silva, Olmo and Weinhardt, Felix (2013) Everybody needs good neighbours: evidence from student outcomes in England. Economic journal, online ISSN 0013-0133

D'Costa, Sabine and Gibbons, Stephen and Overman, Henry G. and Pelkonen, Panu (2013) Agglomeration and labour markets: the impact of transport investments on labour market outcomes. In: Crescenzi, Riccardo and Percoco, Marco, (eds.) Geography, institutions and regional economic performance. Springer, pp. 263-280. ISBN 9783642333941

2012

Gibbons, Steve (2012) The link between schools and house prices is now an established fact. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Gibbons, Steve (2012) Urban schools: funding matters and cuts will have consequences for academic achievement. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Cooper, Zack and Gibbons, Stephen and Jones, Simon and McGuire, Alistair (2012) Economic studies showing positive competition effects on hospital performance fully controlled for the factors cited by recent critics. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Gibbons, Stephen (2012) NHS competition: bad blogging etc (part II). Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Gibbons, Stephen and Telhaj, Shqiponja (2012) Peer effects: evidence from secondary school transition in England. IZA discussion paper, 6455. Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany

Gibbons, Stephen (2012) NHS competition: a response to critics. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Gibbons, Stephen (2012) Is NHS competition good for patients?: it depends on who's competing. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Cooper, Zack and Gibbons, Stephen and Jones, Simon and McGuire, Alistair (2012) Does competition improve public hospitals’ efficiency?: evidence from a quasi-experiment in the English National Health Service. CEPDP, 1125. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen (2012) Geography, choice and participation in higher education. Regional science and urban economics, 42 (1-2). pp. 98-113. ISSN 0166-0462

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen and Silva, Olmo (2012) Valuing school quality using boundary discontinuities. CEE discussion papers, CEE DP 132. Centre for the Economics of Education, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and McNally, Sandra and Viarengo, Martina (2012) Does additional spending help urban schools?: an evaluation using boundary discontinuities. IZA discussion paper, 6281. Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany

Gibbons, Stephen and McNally, Sandra and Viarengo, Martina (2012) In brief: urban schools: does money make a difference? Centrepiece, 17 (1). pp. 12-13. ISSN 1362-3761

Gibbons, Stephen and Overman, Henry G. (2012) Mostly pointless spatial econometrics. Journal of regional science, 52 (2). pp. 172-191. ISSN 0022-4146

2011

Overman, Henry G. and Gibbons, Stephen (2011) In unequal Britain who you are is much more important than where you live in determining earnings. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Gibbons, Stephen (2011) NHS evidence: seriously flawed? Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Overman, Henry G. and Gibbons, Stephen (2011) Unequal Britain: how real are regional disparities? Centrepiece, 17 (1). pp. 23-25. ISSN 1362-3761

Gibbons, Stephen and Telhaj, Shqiponja (2011) Pupil mobility and school disruption. Journal of public economics, 95 (9-10). pp. 1156-1167. ISSN 0047-2727

Gibbons, Steve (2011) Urban schools: more money, better outcomes? Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Gibbons, Stephen and McNally, Sandra and Viarengo, Martina (2011) Does additional spending help urban schools?: an evaluation using boundary discontinuities. CEE DP, 128. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Silva, Olmo and Weinhardt, Felix (2011) Everybody needs good neighbours?: evidence from students' outcomes in England. IZA discussion paper, 5980. Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany

Gibbons, Stephen and McNally, Sandra and Viarengo, Martina (2011) Does additional spending help urban schools?: an evaluation using boundary discontinuities. SERC discussion paper, 90. Spacial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Cooper, Zack and Gibbons, Stephen and Jones, Simon and McGuire, Alistair (2011) Does hospital competition save lives?: evidence from the English NHS patient choice reforms. The economic journal, 121 (554). ISSN 0013-0133

Gibbons, Stephen (2011) Street level crime maps may be an example of a nudge in the wrong direction if they lead to fewer crimes being reported. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Gibbons, Steve (2011) Crime nudge. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Gibbons, Stephen and Silva, Olmo (2011) Faith primary schools: better schools or better pupils? Journal of labor economics, 29 (3). pp. 589-635. ISSN 0734-306X

Silva, Olmo and Gibbons, Stephen (2011) School quality, child wellbeing and parents' satisfaction. Economics of education review, 30 (2). pp. 312-331. ISSN 0272-7757

Gibbons, Steve and Mourato, Susana and Resende, Guilherme (2011) The amenity value of English nature: a hedonic price approach. SERC Discussion Papers, SERCDP0074. Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Sciences, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Overman, Henry G. and Resende, Guilherme (2011) Real earnings disparities in Britain. SERC Discussion Papers, SERCDP0065. Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Sciences, London, UK

Bloom, Nicholas and Cooper, Zack and Gaynor, Martin and Gibbons, Stephen and Jones, Simon and McGuire, Alistair and Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo and Propper, Carol and Van Reenen, John and Seiler, Stephan (2011) In defence of our research on competition in England's National Health Service. The Lancet, 378 (9809). pp. 2064-2065. ISSN 0140-6736

Bateman, Ian J. and Abson, David and Beaumont, Nicola and Darnell, Amii and Fezzi, Carlo and Hanleys, Nick and Kontoleon, Andreas and Maddison, David and Morling, Paul and Morris, Joe and Mourato, Susana and Pascual, Unai and Perino, Grischa and Sen, Antara and Tinch, Dugald and Turner, Kerry and Valatin, Gregory and Andrews, Barnaby and Asara, Viviana and Askew, Tom and Aslam, Uzma and Atkinson, Giles and Beharry-Borg, Nesha and Bolt, Katherine and Cole, Matt and Collins, Murray and Comerford, Emma and Coombes, Emma and Crowe, Andrew and Dugdale, Steve and Dunn, Helen and Foden, Jo and Gibbons, Stephen and Haines-Young, Roy and Hattam, Caroline and Hulme, Mark and Ishwaran, Mallika and Lovett, Andrew A. and Luisetti, Tiziana and MacKerron, George and Mangi, Stephen and Moran, Dominic and Munday, Paul and Paterson, James and Resende, Guilherme and Siriwardena, Gavin and Skea, Jim and van Soest, Daan and Termansen, Mette (2011) Economic values from ecosystems. In: UK National Ecosystem Assessment: understanding nature’s value to society: technical report. United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK, pp. 1067-1152. ISBN 9789280731644

Firdous, Naila and Gibbons, Stephen and Modell, Bernadette (2011) Falling prevalence of beta-thalassaemia and eradication of malaria in the Maldives. Journal of community genetics, 2 (3). pp. 173-189. ISSN 1868-310X

2010

Gibbons, Stephen and Silva, Olmo and Weinhardt, Felix (2010) Do neighbours affect teenage outcomes?: evidence from neighbourhood changes in England. Serc discussion papers, 63. Spatial Economics Research Centre, London, UK

Graham, Daniel J. and Gibbons, Stephen and Martin, Ralf (2010) The spatial decay of agglomeration economies: estimates for use in transport appraisal. Department for Transport

Gibbons, Stephen and Overman, Henry G. and Pelkonen, Panu (2010) Wage disparities in Britain: people or place? SERC Discussion Papers, SERCDP0060. Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Graham, Daniel J. and Gibbons, Stephen and Martin, Ralf (2010) The spatial delay of agglomeration economies: estimates for use in transport appraisal. Department for Transport

Gibbons, Steve and Overman, Henry G. (2010) Mostly pointless spatial econometrics? SERC Discussion Papers, SERCDP0061. Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Lyytikainen, Teemu and Overman, Henry G. and Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa and Laird, James (2010) Evaluating the productivity impacts of road transport schemes: report on pilot study findings. Department for Transport

Cooper, Zack and Gibbons, Stephen and Jones, Simon and McGuire, Alistair (2010) Does hospital competition improve efficiency? An analysis of the recent market-based reforms to the English NHS. CEP discussion papers, No. 988. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Cooper, Zack and Gibbons, Stephen and Jones, Simon and McGuire, Alistair (2010) Does hospital competition save lives?: evidence from the English NHS patient choice reforms. LSE Health working papers, 16/2010. LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Cooper, Zack and Gibbons, Steve and Jones, Simon and McGuire, Alistair (2010) Does hospital competition save lives? Evidence from the English NHS patient choice reforms. SERC Discussion Papers, SERCDP0041. Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2009

Chevalier, Arnaud and Gibbons, Steve and Thorpe, Andy and Snell, Martin and Hoskins, Sherria (2009) Students' academic self-perception. Economics of education review, 28 (6). pp. 716-727. ISSN 0272-7757

Overman, Henry G. and Gibbons, Stephen and D'Costa, Sabine and Mion, Giordano and Pelkonen, Panu and Resende, Guilherme and Thomas, Mike (2009) Strengthening economic linkages between Leeds and Manchester: feasibility and implications. The Northern Way, Newcastle upon Tyne

Overman, Henry G. and Gibbons, Stephen and D'Costa, Sabine and Mion, Giordano and Pelkonen, Panu and Resende, Guilherme and Thomas, Mike (2009) Strengthening economic linkages between Leeds and Manchester: feasibility and implications: full report. The Northern Way, Newcastle upon Tyne

Chevalier, Arnaud and Gibbons, Stephen (2009) Assessing pupils' abilities: do teachers and tests disagree? Centrepiece, 14 (1). pp. 9-11. ISSN 1362-3761

Overman, Henry G. and Gibbons, Stephen and Tucci, Alessandra (2009) The case for agglomeration economies. Manchester Independent Economic Review, Manchester, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Overman, Henry G. (2009) Productivity in transport evaluation studies. Department for Transport

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen and Silva, Olmo (2009) Valuing school quality using boundary discontinuities. SERC discussion papers , 18. Spatial Economics Research Centre, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Silva, Olmo (2009) School quality, child wellbeing and parents' satisfaction. CEE Discussion Papers, CEEDP0103. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Steve and Vignoles, Anna (2009) Access, choice and participation in higher education. CEE Discussion Papers, CEEDP0101. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2008

Gibbons, Stephen and Muellbauer, John (2008) An asymmetric locally weighted regression smoother for housing sales price data: methodology report prepared for John D. Wood & Co.. John D. Wood & Co.

Gibbons, Stephen and Telhaj, Shqiponja (2008) Peers and achievement in England's secondary schools. SERC Discussion paper, SERCDP0001. Spatial Economics Research Centre, London, UK

Cheshire, Paul and Gibbons, Stephen and Gordon, Ian (2008) Policies for 'mixed communities': a critical evaluation. Spatial Economics Research Centre, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen and Silva, Olmo (2008) Choice, competition and pupil achievement. Journal of the European Economic Association, 6 (4). pp. 912-947. ISSN 1542-4774

Gibbons, Stephen and Chevalier, Arnaud (2008) Assessment and age 16+ education participation. Research papers in education, 23 (2). pp. 113-123. ISSN 0267-1522

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen and Silva, Olmo (2008) Competition, choice and pupil achievement. Journal of the European Economic Association, 6 (4). pp. 912-947. ISSN 1542-4766

Gibbons, Stephen and Silva, Olmo (2008) Urban density and pupil attainment. Journal of urban economics, 63 (2). pp. 631-650. ISSN 1095-9068

Gibbons, Stephen and Telhaj, Shqiponja (2008) School segregation and its consequences. Centrepiece, 12 (3). pp. 2-5. ISSN 1362-3761

Chevalier, Arnaud and Gibbons, Stephen and Thorpe, Andy and Snell, Martin and Hoskins, Sherria (2008) Students' academic self-perception. CEEDP, 90. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen (2008) Valuing school quality, better transport, and lower crime: evidence from house prices. Oxford review of economic policy, 24 (1). pp. 99-119. ISSN 1460-2121

2007

Gibbons, Stephen and Telhaj, Shqiponja (2007) Mobility and school disruption. CEEDP, 83. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Silva, Olmo (2007) In brief: faith primary schools: better schools or better pupils? Centrepiece, 12 (1). pp. 24-25. ISSN 1362-3761

Gibbons, Stephen and Silva, Olmo (2007) Urban density and pupil attainment. CEEDP, 80. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Telhaj, Shqiponja (2007) Are schools drifting apart?: intake stratification in English secondary schools. Urban studies, 44 (7). pp. 1281-1305. ISSN 0042-0980

Novas, Carlos and Gibbons, Stephen, (eds.) (2007) Genetics, biosociality and the social sciences: making biologies and identities. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415401371

2006

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen and Silva, Olmo (2006) The educational impact of parental choice and school competition. Centrepiece, 11 (3). pp. 6-9. ISSN 1362-3761

Gibbons, Stephen and Telhaj, Shqiponja (2006) Are schools drifting apart? Intake stratification in English secondary schools. CEEDP, 64. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Silva, Olmo (2006) Faith primary schools: better schools or better pupils? CEEDP, 72. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Silva, Olmo (2006) Competition and accessibility in school markets: empirical analysis using boundary discontinuities. In: Gronberg, Timothy J. and Jansen, Dennis W., (eds.) Improving school accountability: check-ups or choice. JAI Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 157-184. ISBN 9780762313518

Gibbons, Stephen and Telhaj, Shqiponja (2006) Peer effects and pupil attainment: evidence from secondary school transition. CEEDP, 63. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Manning, Alan (2006) The incidence of UK housing benefit: evidence from the 1990s reforms. Journal of Public Economics, 90 (4-5). pp. 799-822. ISSN 0047-2727

Gibbons, Stephen and Blanden, Jo (2006) The persistence of poverty across generations: a view from two British cohorts. The Policy Press on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Bristol, UK. ISBN 9781861348531

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen (2006) Paying for primary schools: admission constraints, school popularity or congestion? The economic journal, 116 (510). ISSN 1468-0297

Gibbons, Stephen and Blanden, Jo (2006) In brief: cycles of disadvantage. Centrepiece, 11 (1). pp. 27-28. ISSN 1362-3761

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen and Silva, Olmo (2006) Competition, choice and pupil achievement. CEEDP, 56. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen (2006) Transport and labour market linkages: empirical evidence, implications for policy and scope for further UK research. Department of Transport

2005

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen (2005) Valuing rail access using transport innovations. Journal of urban economics, 57 (1). pp. 148-169. ISSN 0094-1190

Gibbons, Stephen and Green, A and Gregg, P and Machin, Stephen (2005) Is Britain pulling apart?: area disparities in employment, education and crime. In: Pearce, Nick and Paxton, Will, (eds.) Social justice: building a fairer Britain. Politico's, London, UK. ISBN 9781842751336

2004

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen (2004) Paying for primary schools: supply constraints, school popularity or congestion? CEEDP, 42. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen (2004) The costs of urban property crime. The economic journal, 114 (499). ISSN 0013-0133

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen (2004) Valuing rail access using transport innovations. CEPDP, 611. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2003

Gibbons, Stephen and Manning, Alan (2003) The incidence of UK housing benefit: evidence from the 1990s reforms. CEPDP, 597. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen (2003) Rail access and house prices: an evaluation of the wider benefits of transport improvements. Department of Transport

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen (2003) Employment and rail access: an evaluation of the wider benefits of transport improvements. Department of Transport

Gibbons, Stephen (2003) Crime and property prices. Centrepiece, 8 (3). pp. 16-19. ISSN 1362-3761

Gibbons, Steve (2003) The costs of urban property crime. CEPDP, 574. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Machin, Stephen (2003) Valuing English primary schools. Journal of urban economics, 53 (2). pp. 197-219. ISSN 0094-1190

Gibbons, Stephen (2003) Paying for good neighbours: estimating the value of an implied educated community. Urban studies, 40 (4). pp. 809-833. ISSN 0042-0980

2002

Gibbons, Steve (2002) Geography, resources and primary school performance. CEEDP, 25. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Steve (2002) Neighbourhood effects on educational achievement. CEEDP, 18. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2001

Gibbons, Steve (2001) Paying for good neighbours?: neighbourhood deprivation and the community benefits of education. CEEDP, 17. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Steve and Machin, Stephen (2001) Valuing primary schools. CEEDP, 15. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Vignoles, Anna Geography, choice and participation in higher education in England. Regional science and urban economics, 42 (1-2). pp. 98-113. ISSN 0166-0462

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