Genevieve Jeffrey

About me

I am a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Economics. My research focuses on the economics of health and education, with a particular interest in the inter-generational persistence of health inequalities and the ways early life conditions—from gestation through adolescence—shape long-run outcomes. I study how public policies can mitigate disparities in health, education, and labour market trajectories, and my current projects examine the long-run and intergenerational impact of the NHS introduction, the consequences of child developmental delays for maternal labour force participation, and the links between child health and educational attainment. I also work on gender and health, with recent research on barriers to women’s healthcare access and the prevalence of chronic disease in Singapore. Alongside my research, I teach mathematical techniques, microeconomics, applied econometrics and economics for business drawing on both quantitative and policy evaluation methods to help students connect economic analysis with real-world challenges. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE).