Asma Benhenda
Senior Research Fellow at University College London, Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities
Lecturer (Teaching) at University College London, Social Research Institute
I completed my Ph.D. at the Paris School of Economics in 2020 under the supervision of Julien Grenet and Thomas Piketty. During my PhD, I was a visiting scholar at Columbia University and UC Berkeley.
Research fields: Education and Labour Economics.
Latest news:
Principal Investigator, The Medium Term Impact of the Pandemic on Pupils' with SEND Education, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
Main Lead, Workshop on the medium-run impact of Covid on education in Paris and London, funded by UCL Global Engagement Fund, forthcoming.
Matrix Completion For Panel Data (with O. Cassagnau-Francis), UCL SRI Advanced Quantitative Methods, January 19, 2023.
"How might Teacher Shortages be Reduced ?", Economics Observatory Blog Post, November 1st, 2022.
Podcast on School Segregation, French Ministry of Education Training Program for Headteachers, October 14, 2022.
Comment revaloriser le metier d'enseignant ? Interview on B-Smart TV, October 3, 2022.
Post-pandemic Funding for SEND Pupils: Is It Enough ?, UCL CEPEO Briefing Note, August 2022.
"Pourquoi le système de recrutement des enseignants ne fonctionne plus", Le Monde, July 8, 2022.
Explore Econ 2022: Ignite Session, UCL economics, June 8, 2022.
"Pénurie d’enseignants en Île-de-France : «À la rentrée, il y aura plus de postes vacants que d’habitude»", Le Parisien, May 19, 2022.
Written Evidence for the Public Accounts Committee on SEND Review, Schools White Paper and the National Tuition Programme (with Claire Crawford, Laura Outhwaite, Jo Van Herwegen), May 2022.
"Getting into the zone and collaborating beyond academia", UCL IOE podcast, with Jake Anders, April 2022.
The Effect of Financial Incentives on the Retention of Shortage-Subject Teachers: Evidence from England , UCL CEPEO Working Paper (with Sam Sims), April 2022.