David Wilkinson is a Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. He specialises in the statistical analysis of Education and labour market policy.

His work looks at issues in Education from early years through to Higher Education with recent studies considering the impact of part-time HE study and the impact of school and pre-school quality on pupil attainment.

Other areas of research cover inequality and disadvantage in the labour market, with a particular focus on the impact of the National Minimum Wage on earnings and employment.