Jim Taylor came to Lancaster University in 1964 after graduating from Liverpool University. He has held visiting appointments at the Universities of Pennsylvania (Wharton School), British Columbia, Cambridge and Melbourne. He has been the Editor of Regional Studies and is currently European Editor of the Australasian Journal of Regional Studies. He has been a member of several national working groups (for the CVCP and HEFCE) relating to performance indicators in higher education and is a past President of the NW Economics Association. He has authored and co-authored several books including Unemployment and Wage Inflation, Regional Economics and Policy (with Harvey Armstrong) and Performance Indicators in Higher Education (with Jill Johnes) and has published many papers in all three areas. His most recent research is on the performance of secondary schools and on the effect of ethnicity on educational outcomes. He is currently researching into the gender gap in educational and labour market outcomes.
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