Stephen Machin is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. Previously he has been visiting Professor at Harvard University (1993-1994) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2001-2002). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, has been President of the European Association of Labour Economists, is a Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists and was a member of the United Kingdom Low Pay Commission from 2007-2013. His current research interests include inequality, education and crime, and the interactions between them.