Augustin De Coulon

Impact of migration policies on employment and wages in the host and source country; evaluations of public policies targeted at the disadvantaged (low skilled, ethnic minorities); Detection of moral hazard in the market for healthcare.

Augustin’s main interest is in applied micro-econometrics. He moved to King’s in 2009 from the Institute of Education. Previously, he was at Queen Mary, University of London. He studied at the London School of Economics and the University of Geneva, where he obtained his PhD in economics. His PhD work focused on the labour market assimilation of immigrants. Beside immigration, he also works in the fields of the economics of education (basic skills and vocational training) and health economics (risky behaviours).