Richard Dickens

Richard Dickens is Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex. He is a leading academic on labour markets and the minimum wage and his research is influential in both policy and academic debates. He is Impact Co-Lead for the Digit Research Centre.

Aside from his positions at Sussex, he has held visiting academic positions at Melbourne, Australian National University and the National Bureau for Economic Research in Boston, USA.

Richard was appointed to the Low Pay Commission on 1 May 2014. His term ended on 16 January 2021.

Previous Posts: Formerly at Centre for Economic Performance, LSE, Queen Mary University of London, Institute for Economics and statistics, Oxford.

Acted as Advisor: HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, DWP.