Dr. Antonio Rodriguez-Gil

Profile

Antonio is a Lecturer (Teaching and Scholarship) in Economics. He is a Co-lead in the Research theme for Research-led teaching, Lead Head for Final Year of Year 3, the Economics Academic Misconduct (Plagiarism) Representative, as well as, a member of the School’s Assessment and Feedback Strategy Groups.

Antonio’s areas of expertise lay in interactions between macroeconomic policy and the labour market, as well as, the degree of competition in markets for goods and services and employment. I have published my work in journals, such as, Empirical Economics. He is also interested in Scholarship and research in Economics Education. He has studied whether nudges can change the behavior of students and has developed methods to bridge the gap between the classroom and the real world. He has also developed a Podcast on plagiarism to improve students’ literacy on academic misconduct.

Antonio has secured educational research funds from the European Economic Association, Laidlaw and Nuffield Foundations, UoL Curriculum Redefined project, and LUBS Student Education Fund. 

Responsibilities

• Co-Research Theme Leader for Pedagogy and Research-led teaching
• Academic Misconduct Lead (Economics Department)
• Lead head of Year 3. I coordinate a team of up-to-four personal tutors in final year of the degree.

Research interests

Peer Reviewed Journals:

da Costa Antonio, A. E. and Rodriguez-Gil, A, (2020) "Oil shocks and fiscal policy procyclicality in Angola: Assessing the role of asymmetries and institutions” Review of Development Economics. January. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12633

Rodriguez-Gil, A (2018)"Hysteresis and Labour Market Institutions: Evidence from the UK and the Netherlands" Empir Econ. 55: 1985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-017-1338-y

Working papers:

Rodriguez-Gil, A., Hughes, P., Scheffel, J., Balliester-Reis, T. (2023) “Does feedback improve student performance? Are there differences between high and low achieveing students? Evidence from a feedback programme controlling for self-selection effects. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4404986

da Costa Antonio, A. E. and Rodriguez-Gil, A, (2018) “Oil-Shocks and the Cyclicality of Fiscal Policy in a Developing Oil-Exporting Economy: The Case of Angola” LUBS Working paper no.18-08. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3100172

Other publication:

Rodriguez-Gil, A., Robinson, J. (2024), ‘Plagiarism Podcast’. Available: See here

Rodriguez-Gil, A., Raza, A. (2023), ‘Using Excel conditional formulae to provide individual exam feedback in large groups’. Economics Network. Bank of Ideas. Assessment and Monitoring. Available: https://doi.org/10.53593/n3593a

Rodriguez-Gil, A (2016), ‘Using current affairs essays to provide feedback and improve realism in teaching economics’. Economics Network. Bank of Ideas. Assessment and Monitoring. Available: https://doi.org/10.53593/n2882a

Schweiger H. and Rodriguez-Gil, A. (2007). Wage distribution in Spain (in Spanish). Seminario de Economia Critica Taifa, Economic Report number 4: 4-20. Available at http://informes.seminaritaifa.org/informe-04/

Grants and funding:

Q-Step programme, Nuffield Foundation, ESRC and HEFCE– 2024 UK (Principal Investigator, £1,200)

Curriculum Redefined, Experiential Learning, Seedcorn Grant - (Principal Investigator, £500) UK 2024/25

European Economic Association, Seedcorn Grant - (Princial Investigator, 2,000eur) Europe 2024

Laidlaw Undergraduate Research and Leadership Scholarship Fund -  (Co-Principal Investigator, £3,500x2 over 2 academic years)          UK, 2017-19

LUBS Student Education Fund - Leeds, (Co-Principal Investigator, £2,000x2 over 2 academic years)    UK, 2017-18       

The University of Leeds Crucible 2018 – Leeds, UK, 2018

Qualifications

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK, 2016
• PhD in Economics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 2012
• MA in Economics, University College of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 2003
• BSc in Economics, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 2002

Professional memberships

• Royal Economic Society (RES)
• European Economic Association (EEA)
• European Association for Labour Economics (EALE)
• British University Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA)
• Spanish Economic Association (AEE)
• Economics Network
• Association of European Economics Education (AEEE)
• Post-Keynesian Economics Society (PKES)

Student education

Currently:

LUBS 3505 Advanced Macroeconomics (Undergraduate Level)

LUBS 2050 Industrial Economics (Undergraduate Level)

In previous years, I have also taught:

LUBS 5100 Macroeconomics (Postgraduate Level)

LUBS 1585  Economic Institutions (Undergraduate Level)

LUBS 1290 Economic Controversies (Undergraduate Level)

Research groups and institutes

• Applied Institute for Research in Economics