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Working Papers

2012

1. The Distribution of Social Capital, Confidence in Public Bodies, and Electoral Participation in India
   Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy

2011

2. Racial Disparity in Police Stop and Searches in England and Wales
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2010

3. Inequality in health outcomes in India: the role of caste and religion
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
4. On the Risks of Belonging to Disadvantaged Groups: A Bayesian Analysis of Labour Market Outcomes
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
5. Social Exclusion and Jobs Reservation in India
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
6. What Enhances Mathematical Ability? A Cross-Country Analysis Based on Test Scores of 15-year Olds
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
   See also Journal Article in Applied Economics (2010)

2009

7. Comparing levels of job satisfaction in the countries of Western and Eastern Europe
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in International Journal of Manpower (2009)
8. Home is Where the Hurt is: An Econometric Analysis of Injuries Caused By Spousal Assault
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
   See also Journal Article in Applied Economics (2009)
9. Maternal Literacy and Child Malnutrition in India
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
10. Missing women and India's religious demography
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
11. Terrorist Incidents in India, 1998–2004: A Quantitative Analysis of Fatality Rates
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2008

12. Deprivation, Violence, and Conflict: An Analysis of Naxalite Activity in the Districts of India
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)

2007

13. Measuring Regional Backwardness: Poverty, Gender, and Children in the Districts of India
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
14. Measuring economic inequality: deprivation, economising and possessing
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
15. Some Issues in the Calculation of Batting Averages: Ranking (and Re-Ranking) the Top 50 Batsmen in Test Cricket, 1877-2006
    Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics
16. The Effectiveness of Jobs Reservation: Caste, Religion, and Economic Status in India
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (10)
17. The unequal treatment of voters under a single transferable vote
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2006

18. Incumbency and Parliamentary Elections in India
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
19. Why is the World Short of Democracy? A Cross-Country Ananlysis of Barriers to Representative Government
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research
    See also Journal Article in European Journal of Political Economy (2007)

2005

20. Public Choice: an Overview
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
21. The Decomposition of Inter-Group Differences in a Logit Model: Extending the Oaxaca-Blinder Approach with an Application to School Enrolment in India
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (15)

2004

22. Earnings Inequality in Sri Lanka
    Development Economics and Public Policy Working Papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)
23. Gender Bias Among Children in India in their Diet and Immunisation Against Disease
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article in Social Science & Medicine (2004)
24. Religion and Fertility in India: The role of son preference and daughter aversion
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge View citations (2)

2003

25. Births, Infants and Children: an Econometric Portrait of Women and Children in India
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (11)

2002

26. A Duration-Sensitive Measure of the Unemployment Rate: Theory and Application
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research View citations (5)
27. A General Measure of the "Effective" Number of Parties in a Political System
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research
28. Employment Inequality, Employment Regulation, and Social Welfare
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
29. Rational Actor Models in Political Science
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research
30. The Role of Maternal Literacy in Reducing the Risk of Child Malnutrition in India
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research View citations (5)
31. Vidya, Veda, and Varna: The Influence of Religion and Caste on Education in Rural India
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Development Studies (2005)

2001

32. Do children in India benefit from having mothers who are literate?
    Working Papers, National Council of Applied Economic Research
33. The Measurement of Employment Inequality Between Population Subgroups: Theory and Application
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2000

34. Targeting Social Need: Why are Deprivation Levels in Northern Ireland Higher for Catholics than for Protestants?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

1997

35. Crime and Fear
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

1995

36. Was there a Regional Dimension to Changes in Income Inequality in the UK over 1982-92? An Analysis Based on a Joint Decomposition of Income Inequality by Region and by Employment Status
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Journal Articles

2012

1. Measuring competitive balance in sports using generalized entropy with an application to English premier league football
   Applied Economics, 2012, 44, (9), 1093-1102

2011

2. Driving under the influence: the breathalyser fallacy
   Applied Economics Letters, 2011, 18, (10), 935-938
3. Floreat Scuola: An International Analysis of Parental Satisfaction with Schools
   Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, 2011, 11, (3)
4. Social Identity and Educational Attainment: The Role of Caste and Religion in Explaining Differences between Children in India
   The Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 48, (7), 887-903
5. The Gender impact in Earnings Inequality: Evidence from Sri Lanka
   International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research (IJESAR), 2011, 4, (2), 71-80

2010

6. Gender Differences in the Incidence of Depression and Anxiety: Econometric Evidence from the USA
   Journal of Happiness Studies, 2010, 11, (6), 663-682
7. The "Bradman Class": An Exploration of Some Issues in the Evaluation of Batsmen for Test Matches, 1877-2006
   Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 2010, 6, (3), 14
8. What enhances mathematical ability? A cross-country analysis based on test scores of 15-year-olds
   Applied Economics, 2010, 42, (29), 3723-3733
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2009

9. Comparing levels of job satisfaction in the countries of Western and Eastern Europe
   International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30, (4), 304-325 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2009)
10. Decomposing the characteristics of undergraduate student attrition
    Applied Economics Letters, 2009, 16, (9), 933-937
11. Home is where the hurt is: an econometric analysis of injuries caused by spousal assault
    Applied Economics, 2009, 41, (21), 2779-2787
    See also Working Paper (2009)
12. Language and Occupational Status: Linguistic Elitism in the Irish Labour Market
    The Economic and Social Review, 2009, 40, (4), 435-460 View citations (1)
13. Multiculturalism versus Assimilation: Attitudes towards Immigrants in Western Countries
    International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research (IJESAR), 2009, 2, (2), 33-50

2008

14. Bridging the gap between the measurement of poverty and of deprivation
    Applied Economics, 2008, 40, (3), 349-356
    Also in Applied Economics Letters, 2005, 12, (6), 383-389 (2005)
15. Education, occupational class, and unemployment in the regions of the United Kingdom
    Education Economics, 2008, 16, (4), 351-370

2007

16. Health and Wealth in the North of Ireland: Is There a “Social Gradient” to Health Outcomes?
    The Economic and Social Review, 2007, 38, (1), 85-105
17. Living here, born there: The economic life of Australia's immigrants
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 23, (2), 486-511 View citations (2)
18. Love Thy Neighbour: How Much Bigotry Is There In Western Countries?
    Kyklos, 2007, 60, (3), 295-317
19. What Underpins Occupational Success? Race, Access, and Reward in Professional and Managerial Jobs in Australia
    LABOUR, 2007, 21, (4-5), 837-869 View citations (1)
20. Why is the world short of democracy?: A cross-country analysis of barriers to representative government
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 23, (3), 582-604 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

21. China and India: Income inequality and poverty north and south of the Himalayas
    Journal of Asian Economics, 2006, 17, (5), 797-817 View citations (1)
22. EQUITY-SENSITIVE INDICATORS OF LIVING STANDARDS WITH AN APPLICATION TO NORTHERN IRELAND
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2006, 53, (5), 616-635
23. How much happiness is there in the world? A cross-country study
    Applied Economics Letters, 2006, 13, (8), 483-488 View citations (6)
24. What Makes People Happy? Some Evidence from Northern Ireland
    Journal of Happiness Studies, 2006, 7, (4), 427-465 View citations (6)

2005

25. Caste, Inequality, and Poverty in India
    Review of Development Economics, 2005, 9, (3), 399-414 View citations (27)
26. How to assess happiness? A tale of three measures
    Applied Economics Letters, 2005, 12, (3), 191-194
27. The height-for-age of Indian children
    Economics & Human Biology, 2005, 3, (1), 45-65 View citations (6)
28. Vidya, Veda, and Varna: The influence of religion and caste on education in rural India
    The Journal of Development Studies, 2005, 41, (8), 1369-1404 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2004

29. Gender bias among children in India in their diet and immunisation against disease
    Social Science & Medicine, 2004, 58, (9), 1719-1731 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
30. On the incidence of diarrhoea among young Indian children
    Economics & Human Biology, 2004, 2, (1), 119-138 View citations (2)
31. THE EFFECT OF CAREER BREAKS ON THE WORKING LIVES OF WOMEN
    Feminist Economics, 2004, 10, (1), 65-84 View citations (4)
32. The politics of demography: a study of inter-community fertility differences in India
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 20, (3), 551-578 View citations (6)

2002

33. A Duration‐sensitive Measure of the Unemployment Rate: Theory and Application
    LABOUR, 2002, 16, (3), 453-468 View citations (2)
34. An Analysis of Occupational Outcomes for Indigenous and Asian Employees in Australia
    The Economic Record, 2002, 78, (240), 31-49 View citations (5)
35. Does unemployment make men less 'marriageable'?
    Applied Economics, 2002, 34, (12), 1571-1582
36. Economic analysis of police stops and searches: a reply
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 18, (3), 607-608 View citations (1)
37. The Proportionality of Electoral Systems: Electoral Welfare and Electoral Inequality
    Economics and Politics, 2002, 14, (1), 83-98 View citations (2)

2001

38. How Do Employees of Ethnic Origin Fare on the Occupational Ladder in Britain?
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 48, (1), 1-26 View citations (5)
39. Racial bias in police stops and searches: an economic analysis
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 17, (1), 17-37 View citations (10)

2000

40. The Welfare of Children in Central India: Econometric Analysis and Policy Simulation
    Oxford Development Studies, 2000, 28, (3), 263-287 View citations (9)

1999

41. Factors Affecting Self-Employment among Indian and Black Caribbean Men in Britain
    Small Business Economics, 1999, 13, (2), 111-29 View citations (15)
42. Is there a penalty to being a Catholic in Northern Ireland: an econometric analysis of the relationship between religious belief and occupational success1
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 15, (2), 163-192 View citations (2)
43. Occupational class and the probability of long-term limiting illness
    Social Science & Medicine, 1999, 49, (2), 253-266 View citations (1)

1998

44. Determinants of Workplace Injuries: An Econometric Analysis Based on Injuries Compensation Data for Queensland
    Economic Analysis and Policy (EAP), 1998, 28, (2), 149-168
45. Income Mobility, Temporary and Permanent Poverty
    Australian Economic Papers, 1998, 37, (1), 36-44
46. Why Has the Workplace Become Safer?
    Australian Economic Review, 1998, 31, (3), 224-236 View citations (2)

1996

47. How much did working wives contribute to changes in income inequality between couples in the UK?
    Fiscal Studies, 1996, 17, (1), 59-78 View citations (1)

1995

48. A decomposition method for analysing inter-group income differences with an application to Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland
    Applied Economics Letters, 1995, 2, (2), 34-37
49. Catholic-Protestant Income Differences in Northern Ireland
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1995, 41, (1), 41-56 View citations (1)

1994

50. Modelling Institutional Behaviour: A Microeconomic Analysis of University Management
    Public Choice, 1994, 81, (1-2), 101-24 View citations (5)

1993

51. The Allocation of Public Expenditure between the Countries of the United Kingdom: An Application of the Error Correction Mechanism
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1993, 40, (3), 295-310 View citations (1)
52. Trade unions, relative wages, and the employment of young workers
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1993, 9, (3), 333-355

1991

53. Consumer Expenditure and Disposable Income: Two Neglected Issues
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1991, 43, (4), 299-330
54. Introduction to the special issue on political-economic modelling
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1991, 7, (4), 435-437
55. The Measurement and Decomposition of Poverty: An Analysis Based on the 1985 Family Expenditure Survey for Northern Ireland
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1991, 59, (4), 357-77
56. Trade Union Behaviour and Inter-regional Variations in Unemployment Rates
    Public Choice, 1991, 72, (1), 1-12

1990

57. Economic Performance and Political Popularity in the Republic of Ireland
    Public Choice, 1990, 67, (1), 65-79 View citations (1)
58. The Decomposition of Income Inequality: An Analysis Based on the Northern Ireland Family Expenditure Survey for 1985
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1990, 42, (4), 265-83

1988

59. The Effect of Changes in Britain's Industrial Structure on Female Relative Pay and Employment
    Economic Journal, 1988, 98, (392), 818-32 View citations (6)

1987

60. The growth of public expenditure in the United Kingdom, 1960-86
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1987, 3, (4), 493-521

1986

61. Aggregate Consumption and the Distribution of Income in the United Kingdom: An Econometric Analysis
    Economic Journal, 1986, 96, (382), 449-66 View citations (2)

1985

62. Household Income, Consumption and Savings in the United Kingdom, 1966-82
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1985, 32, (3), 234-56

1982

63. British Government Popularity and Economic Performance: A Comment
    Economic Journal, 1982, 92, (366), 405-10 View citations (1)
64. Economic Conditions, Class and Voter Behaviour: A Study Based on the British General Election of 1966
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1982, 29, (2), 206-14
65. The Changing Criteria of Economic Success: Performance and Popularity in British Politics
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1982, 50, (1), 61-78

1980

66. High Interest Rates in Backward Agricultural Communities: An Examination of the 'Default Hypothesis.'
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1980, 4, (3), 265-69
67. The Cambridge multisectoral dynamic odel: An instrument for national economic policy analysis
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 1980, 2, (3), 319-344 View citations (1)