Email: N.Apfel@soton.ac.uk
Nicolas is a Lecturer based within the Department of Economics at the University of Southampton.
His research focuses on applying and developing machine learning methods to address problems of causal inference in applied economics. He is involved in teaching modules mainly in econometrics.
Nicolas’ current research involves applications of statistical learning techniques to questions of causal inference. One aspect of his research is the application and development of these methods to improve instrumental variable estimation. The second aspect is the estimation of causal effects in a range of applied fields: the effect of immigration on the labour market, of trade agreements on trade, of imprisonment on recidivism and of epidemiological exposures on health outcomes.
Nicolas teaches the undergraduate module Econometrics with Big Data (ECON2042) and will teach further courses in econometrics in the coming semesters.
Nicolas joined the University in 2023. Before joining the University, Nicolas worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Surrey. He completed his PhD at the University of Regensburg in Germany in the international doctoral program “Evidence-Based Economics” under the supervision of Prof. Andreas Roider and Prof. Frank Windmeijer.