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Working Papers

2008

1. Do Reservation Wages Really Decline? Some International Evidence on the Determinants of Reservation Wages
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
   Also in
   SOEPpapers, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2008)
2. In the Beginning, There Was Social Policy: Developments in Social Policy in the European Union from 1972 through 2008
   Working Paper Series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis
3. The Effect of Minimum Wages on Labor Market Outcomes: County-Level Estimates from the Restaurant-and-Bar Sector
   Working Paper Series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis
4. The Effect of Minimum Wages on Wages and Employment: County-Level Estimates for the United States
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
5. Unemployment Benefits and Reservation Wages: Key Elasticities from a Stripped-Down Job Search Approach
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
6. Unions, Training, and Firm Performance
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
   See Also Journal Article in Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research (2007)

2007

7. Are Good Industrial Relations Good for the Economy?
   Working Paper Series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis
8. German Works Councils and The Anatomy of Wages
   Working Paper Series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis
9. How Do Different Entitlements to Unemployment Benefits Affect the Transitions from Unemployment into Employment?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
10. The Determinants of Performance Appraisal Systems: A Note (Do Brown and Heywood’s Results for Australia Hold Up for Britain?)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

2006

11. Does Atypical Work Help the Jobless? Evidence from a CAEAS/CPS Cohort Analysis
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
12. Does the Quality of Industrial Relations Matter for the Macro Economy? A Cross-Country Analysis Using Strikes Data
    GEMF Working Papers, GEMF - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra
    Also in
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2006)
13. Politico-Economic Causes of Labor Regulation in the United States: Rent Seeking, Alliances, Raising Rivals’ Costs (Even Lowering One’s Own?), and Interjurisdictional Competition
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
14. The (Parlous) State of German Unions
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in
    Working Paper Series in Economics, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics (2006) View citations
15. The Impact of Works Councils on Wages
    GEMF Working Papers, GEMF - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra View citations
16. Works Councils and the Anatomy of Wages
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research (2006) View citations
17. Works Councils, Labor Productivity and Plant Heterogeneity: First Evidence from Quantile Regressions
    GEMF Working Papers, GEMF - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra View citations
    Also in
    Working Paper Series in Economics, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics (2006) View citations

2005

18. Building Blocks in the Economics of Mandates
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham (2000)
    GEMF Working Papers, GEMF - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra (2005)
    See Also Journal Article in Portuguese Economic Journal (2006)
19. Do Works Councils Inhibit Investment?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Industrial and Labor Relations Review (2007)
20. Politico-Economic Causes of Labor Regulation in the United States: Alliances and Raising Rivals’ Costs (and Sometimes Lowering One’s Own)
    GEMF Working Papers, GEMF - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra
21. The Demand for Labor: An Analysis Using Matched Employer-Employee Data from the German LIAB. Will the High Unskilled Worker Own-Wage Elasticity Please Stand Up?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in
    GEMF Working Papers, GEMF - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra (2005) View citations
22. The Determinants of Firm Performance: Unions, Works Councils, and Employee Involvement/High Performance Work Practices
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in
    GEMF Working Papers, GEMF - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra (2005) View citations
23. The Effect of Works Councils on Employment Change
    GEMF Working Papers, GEMF - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra View citations
24. Works Councils in the Production Process
    GEMF Working Papers, GEMF - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra
    See Also Journal Article in Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften (2006)
25. ‘Atypical Work’ and Compensation
    GEMF Working Papers, GEMF - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra
    Also in
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2005) View citations

2004

26. How Does the Unemployment Insurance System Shape the Time Profile of Jobless Duration?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2004)
27. Key Elasticities in Job Search Theory: International Evidence
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
28. Reservation Wages, Search Duration, and Accepted Wages in Europe
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
29. The Effect of Worker Representation on Employment Behavior in Germany: Another Case of -2.5%
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
30. The Use of Alternative Work Arrangements by the Jobless: Evidence from the CAEAS/CPS
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Research (2006)
31. Unions, Training, and Firm Performance: Evidence from the British Workplace Employee Relations Survey
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
32. What Have We Learned About The Employment Effects of Severance Pay? Further Iterations of Lazear et al
    GEMF Working Papers, GEMF - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra View citations
    Also in
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2003) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Empirica (2005)
33. Works Councils, Labor Productivity and Plant Heterogeneity: Evidence from Quantile Regressions
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations

2003

34. German Works Councils in the Production Process
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
35. Six Ways to Leave Unemployment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
36. The Course of Research into the Economic Consequences of German Works Councils
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in British Journal of Industrial Relations (2004)
37. The Impact of Deunionisation on Earnings Dispersion Revisited
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
38. Union Voice
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Research (2004)

2002

39. Changes in Collective Bargaining in the U.K
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
40. German Works Councils Old and New: Incidence, Coverage and Determinants
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
41. The Long Awaited Reform of the German Works Constitution Act
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
42. Unions and Employment Growth: The One Constant?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
43. Unions and Establishment Performance: Evidence from the British Workplace Industrial/Employee Relations Surveys
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
44. Unions, Works Councils and Plant Closings in Germany
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations

2001

45. Employment Adjustment in Portugal: Evidence from Aggregate and Firm Data
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
46. Job Search Methods and Outcomes
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research (1998) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (2002)
47. The Economics of Employment Protection
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Research (2003)
48. Unemployment Duration: Competing and Defective Risks
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
49. Unions and Plant Closings in Britain: New Evidence from the 1990/98 WERS
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations

1999

50. Is Portugal really so arteriosclerotic?: Results from a cross-country analysis of labor adjustment
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research

1998

51. Mandated benefits, welfare, and heterogeneous firms
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research
    Also in
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham (1995)
52. Minimum Wages and Poverty
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Industrial and Labor Relations Review (1999)

1996

53. Trade Sensitivity, Technology, and Labor Displacement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1993

54. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: Effects on Notice Provision (forthcoming Industrial & Labor Relations Review 1994)
    Discussion Paper Series In Economics And Econometrics, University of Southampton, Economics Division, School of Social Sciences
55. Voluntary Notice
    Discussion Paper Series In Economics And Econometrics, University of Southampton, Economics Division, School of Social Sciences

Journal Articles

2007

1. Atypical Work and Pay
   Southern Economic Journal, 2007, 73, (4), 1038–1065
2. Do Works Councils Inhibit Investment?
   Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007, 60, (2), 187-203 View citations
   See Also Working Paper (2005)
3. Unions, training and firm performance
   Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research, 2007, 40, (4), 361-381
   See Also Working Paper (2008)

2006

4. Building blocks in the economics of mandates
   Portuguese Economic Journal, 2006, 5, (2), 69-87
   See Also Working Paper (2005)
5. Special issue on contemporary labor economics: Editor’s introduction
   Portuguese Economic Journal, 2006, 5, (2), 67-68
6. The Use of Alternative Work Arrangements by the Jobless: Evidence from the CAEAS/CPS
   Journal of Labor Research, 2006, 27, (2), 149-162 View citations
   See Also Working Paper (2004)
7. Works Councils in the Production Process
   Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, 2006, 126, (2), 251-283 View citations
   See Also Working Paper (2005)

2005

8. Employment adjustment in two countries with poor reputations: Analysis of aggregate, firm, and flow data for Portugal and Germany
   International Economics and Economic Policy, 2005, 1, (4), 329-348
9. THE DETERMINANTS OF FIRM PERFORMANCE: UNIONS, WORKS COUNCILS, AND EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT/HIGH-PERFORMANCE WORK PRACTICES
   Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 52, (3), 406-450 View citations
10. What Have We Learned about the Employment Effects of Severance Pay? Further Iterations of Lazear Et al
    Empirica, 2005, 32, (3), 345-368 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2004)

2004

11. How does the unemployment insurance system shape the time profile of jobless duration?
    Economics Letters, 2004, 85, (2), 229-234 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2004)
12. The Course of Research into the Economic Consequences of German Works Councils
    British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2004, 42, (2), 255-281 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2003)
13. Union Voice
    Journal of Labor Research, 2004, 25, (4), 563-596 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2003)
14. Works Councils and Plant Closings in Germany
    British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2004, 42, (1), 125-148 View citations

2003

15. The Economics of Employment Protection
    Journal of Labor Research, 2003, 24, (1), 85-129 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2001)

2002

16. Job search methods and outcomes
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2002, 54, (3), 505-533 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2001)
17. Labor Policy in the EU: The New Emphasis on Education and Training under the Treaty of Amsterdam
    Journal of Labor Research, 2002, 23, (2), 303-317
18. What Do We Know about the New European Works Councils? Some Preliminary Evidence from Britain
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 49, (4), 418-44 View citations

2001

19. Technology, Employment and Wages
    LABOUR, 2001, 15, (2), 191-219
20. Updating the Determinants of Firm Performance: Estimation using the 1998 UK Workplace Employee Relations Survey
    British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2001, 39, (3), 341-366
21. Work Councils in Germany: Their Effects on Establishment Performance
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2001, 53, (4), 659-94 View citations

2000

22. Short- and long-term unemployment
    Economics Letters, 2000, 66, (1), 107-112 View citations
23. The Impact of Financial Participation and Employee Involvement on Financial Performance: A Re-estimation Using the 1998 WERS
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 47, (5), 571-83
24. The effects of unemployment insurance on postunemployment earnings
    Labour Economics, 2000, 7, (1), 21-53 View citations
25. Worker Participation and Firm Performance: Evidence from Germany and Britain
    British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2000, 38, (1), 7-48 View citations

1999

26. Minimum wages and poverty
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1999, 52, (3), 393-409 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1998)

1998

27. Self-Enforcing Union Contracts: Efficient Investment and Employment
    Journal of Business, 1998, 71, (3), 349-69 View citations
28. Some specification issues in unemployment duration analysis
    Labour Economics, 1998, 5, (1), 53-66 View citations

1997

29. A puzzling aspect of the effect of advance notice on unemployment
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1997, 50, (2), 268-288 View citations
30. Nondisclosure as a Contract Remedy: Explaining the Advance-Notice Puzzle
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1997, 15, (1), 143-64

1996

31. German Works Councils, Profits, and Innovation
    Kyklos, 1996, 49, (4), 555-82 View citations

1995

32. Short- and Long-Term Unemployment. A Parametric Model with Time-Varying Effects
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1995, 57, (2), 205-27 View citations

1994

33. Recent developments in social policy in the new European Union
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1994, 48, (1), 5-27 View citations
34. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994, 8, (1), 181-90 View citations
35. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: Effects on notice provision
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1994, 47, (4), 650-662 View citations
36. Vocational Training and the European Community
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1994, 46, (4), 696-724 View citations

1992

37. Advance notice and unemployment: New evidence from the 1988 Displaced Worker Survey
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1992, 45, (4), 645-664
38. The Distributional Shape of Unemployment Duration: A Reply
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1992, 74, (4), 717-21
39. The impact of advance notice: A comment. See "The impact of advance notice of plant closings on earnings and the probability of unemployment," by Stephen Nord and Yuan Ting (44:4, July 1991, p. 681)
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1992, 45, (4), 665-682

1991

40. Does advance notice facilitate better job matches?
    Economics Letters, 1991, 36, (2), 209-212
41. Internal Labour Markets: Causes and Consequences
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 1991, 7, (1), 76-92 View citations
42. Paying for productivity: A look at the evidence:, Washington, DC: The Brookings Institute, 1990. xii + 297 pp., index, $29.95
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1991, 15, (3), 505-511
43. The Social Charter of the European Community: Evolution and controversies
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1991, 44, (4), 597-625 View citations

1990

44. Problems of sample construction in studies of the effects of unemployment insurance on unemployment duration
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1990, 43, (4), 463-477 View citations

1989

45. Job Displacement, Relative Wage Changes, and Duration of Unemployment
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1989, 7, (3), 281-302 View citations
46. Union Effects on Productivity, Profits, and Growth: Has the Long Run Arrived?
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1989, 7, (1), 72-105 View citations

1987

47. On the Distributional Shape of Unemployment Duration
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1987, 69, (3), 521-26 View citations
48. The effect of advance notification of plant closings on unemployment
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1987, 41, (1), 3-16 View citations
49. The importance of lifetime jobs: Differences between union and nonunion workers
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1987, 40, (3), 393-405

1986

50. Output-inflation tradeoffs in 34 countries
    Journal of Economics and Business, 1986, 38, (4), 353-360 View citations

1985

51. Relative Prices, Concentration, and Money Growth: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (1), 279-80

1984

52. Causation, Social Science and Sir John Hicks
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1984, 36, (1), 1-11
53. The sociopolitical analysis of inflation
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 1984, 120, (1), 90-120 View citations

1983

54. Relative Prices, Concentration, and Money Growth
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (5), 1122-26

1982

55. Keynes's Analysis of Wages and Unemployment Revisited
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1982, 50, (1), 1-23

1981

56. "On the Causation of Inflation": Some Further Clarifications
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1981, 49, (4), 355-56
57. A Geometric Derivation of the Firm's Input Decision
    Australian Economic Papers, 1981, 20, (36), 142-49
58. Are Strikes Accidential?
    Economic Journal, 1981, 91, (362), 389-404 View citations

1980

59. On the Causation of Inflation
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1980, 48, (2), 140-56

1979

60. The Identification of Market and Spillover Forces in Wage Inflation: A Cautionary Note
    Applied Economics, 1979, 11, (1), 95-104 View citations

1976

61. Information Flows: The Employers' View of the Market
    Applied Economics, 1976, 8, (1), 37-57

1974

62. Productivity Bargaining: The Externalities Question
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1974, 21, (2), 123-42