Professor Jesse Matheson
School of Economics
Professor in Economics
j.matheson@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3310
+44 114 222 3310
Room C11, Elmfield Building
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Professor Jesse Matheson
School of Economics
Room C11
Elmfield Building
Northumberland Road
Sheffield
S10 2TU
School of Economics
Room C11
Elmfield Building
Northumberland Road
Sheffield
S10 2TU
- Profile
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Jesse studied economics in Canada at the University of Calgary (BA, PhD) and Queen’s University (MA), receiving his PhD in 2010. In 2011 he moved to the UK, joining the Department of Economics at the University of Leicester as a lecturer, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2017. In 2018 Jesse joined the University of Sheffield, where he was promoted to Professor in 2023.
Jesse is also experienced outside of academia. For his previous research he worked closely with UK police forces and city councils in the design of policies addressing domestic violence. Prior to pursuing a PhD he worked as a business analyst for one of Canada’s largest railways. He also has more than ten years of experience working in the hotel and restaurant industry.
- Research interests
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Jesse’s research focuses in applied micro-econometrics, with contributions to public, labour and health economics. His recent research agenda focuses on understanding the how the distribution of people within an urban environment affects the local economy. As part of this, his research has studied how the rise in remote working affects housing markets, local services and even crime.
Previous research looks at the provision of public services to vulnerable populations. This includes a large, randomised field experiment, run with a UK Police Force, which found that improving the access to public support services for victims of domestic violence leads to more efficient use of police resources.
He also has a series of projects that measure the effect of social environment on individual decision making in the context of smoking, marital decisions, and raising children.PhD student supervision
Jesse is interested in supervising PhD students working in applied micro-econometrics. Specifically, he is interested in three areas:
- estimating social interactions and social spill-overs
- the economics of health, particularly with respect to individual choice
- urban sorting and amenities
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- A “food insecurity poverty line” to replace the official threshold in Canadian rural and urban settings? A single-person household perspective. Journal of Public Health Policy. View this article in WRRO
- The contemporaneous healthcare cost of particulate matter pollution for youth and older adult populations. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. View this article in WRRO
- Neighbourhood labour structure, lockdown policies, and the uneven spread of COVID‐19: within‐city evidence from England. Economica. View this article in WRRO
- The impact of improving access to support services for victims of domestic violence on demand for services and victim outcomes. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 16(1), 292-324. View this article in WRRO
- Secondary schools and teenage childbearing : evidence from the school expansion in Brazilian municipalities. The World Bank Economic Review, 35(4), 1019-1037. View this article in WRRO
- Zoomshock : the geography and local labour market consequences of working from home. Covid Economics(64), 1-41. View this article in WRRO
- Teaching by example and induced beliefs in a model of cultural transmission. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 145, 511-529. View this article in WRRO
- A simple model of homophily in social networks. European Economic Review, 90, 18-39.
- Prices and social behaviour: Evidence from adult smoking in Canadian Aboriginal communities. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 48(5), 1661-1693.
- Women respondents report higher household food insecurity than do men in similar Canadian households. Public Health Nutrition, 17(1), 40-48.
- Resource allocation, affluence and deadweight loss when relative consumption matters. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 91, 159-178.
- Should income transfers be targeted or universal? Insights from public pension influences on elderly mortality in Canada, 1921–1966. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 45(1), 247-269.
- Evidence of the Association between Household Food Insecurity and Heating Cost Inflation in Canada, 1998–2001. Canadian Public Policy, 38(2), 181-215.
- Remote working and the new geography of local service spending. Economica.
Book chapters
- Teleworking: Spatial Analysis and Well Being, Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics (pp. 1-23). Springer International Publishing
- Addiction, Encyclopedia of Health Economics (pp. 19-25). Elsevier
Working papers
- Do remote workers deter neighborhood crime? Evidence from the rise of working from home. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2023020. View this article in WRRO
- How the rise of teleworking will reshape labor markets and cities. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series, 2022013. View this article in WRRO
- How important is neighbourhood labour structure in the spread of COVID-19? Within-city evidence from England. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series, 2022011. View this article in WRRO
- Covid reallocation of spending : the effect of remote working on the retail and hospitality sector. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2021006. View this article in WRRO
Preprints
- Do Remote Workers Deter Neighborhood Crime? Evidence from the Rise of Working from Home.
- Remote Working and the New Geography of Local Service Spending.
- Remote Working and the New Geography of Local Service Spending.
All publications
Journal articles
- A “food insecurity poverty line” to replace the official threshold in Canadian rural and urban settings? A single-person household perspective. Journal of Public Health Policy. View this article in WRRO
- The contemporaneous healthcare cost of particulate matter pollution for youth and older adult populations. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. View this article in WRRO
- Neighbourhood labour structure, lockdown policies, and the uneven spread of COVID‐19: within‐city evidence from England. Economica. View this article in WRRO
- The impact of improving access to support services for victims of domestic violence on demand for services and victim outcomes. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 16(1), 292-324. View this article in WRRO
- Secondary schools and teenage childbearing : evidence from the school expansion in Brazilian municipalities. The World Bank Economic Review, 35(4), 1019-1037. View this article in WRRO
- Zoomshock : the geography and local labour market consequences of working from home. Covid Economics(64), 1-41. View this article in WRRO
- Teaching by example and induced beliefs in a model of cultural transmission. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 145, 511-529. View this article in WRRO
- A simple model of homophily in social networks. European Economic Review, 90, 18-39.
- Prices and social behaviour: Evidence from adult smoking in Canadian Aboriginal communities. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 48(5), 1661-1693.
- Women respondents report higher household food insecurity than do men in similar Canadian households. Public Health Nutrition, 17(1), 40-48.
- Resource allocation, affluence and deadweight loss when relative consumption matters. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 91, 159-178.
- Should income transfers be targeted or universal? Insights from public pension influences on elderly mortality in Canada, 1921–1966. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 45(1), 247-269.
- Evidence of the Association between Household Food Insecurity and Heating Cost Inflation in Canada, 1998–2001. Canadian Public Policy, 38(2), 181-215.
- Remote working and the new geography of local service spending. Economica.
Book chapters
- Teleworking: Spatial Analysis and Well Being, Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics (pp. 1-23). Springer International Publishing
- Addiction, Encyclopedia of Health Economics (pp. 19-25). Elsevier
Working papers
- Do remote workers deter neighborhood crime? Evidence from the rise of working from home. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2023020. View this article in WRRO
- How the rise of teleworking will reshape labor markets and cities. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series, 2022013. View this article in WRRO
- How important is neighbourhood labour structure in the spread of COVID-19? Within-city evidence from England. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series, 2022011. View this article in WRRO
- Covid reallocation of spending : the effect of remote working on the retail and hospitality sector. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2021006. View this article in WRRO
Preprints
- Do Remote Workers Deter Neighborhood Crime? Evidence from the Rise of Working from Home.
- Remote Working and the New Geography of Local Service Spending.
- Remote Working and the New Geography of Local Service Spending.
- A “food insecurity poverty line” to replace the official threshold in Canadian rural and urban settings? A single-person household perspective. Journal of Public Health Policy. View this article in WRRO
- Teaching activities
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I currently teach the first year module ECN130, Economic Analysis and Policy. This full-year module covers both micro and macro-economics, providing students with fundamental tools for modelling and analysis.
We apply these tools to contemporary economic problems; students are encouraged to think about the relationship between model assumptions and conclusions.