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Workplace:	Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE), University of London, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2009

1. Change and Continuity Among Minority Communities in Britain
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
2. One Nation Under a Groove? Identity and Multiculturalism in Britain
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
3. The Economic Situation of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in France, Germany, and the UK
   CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London
4. Theory of Values
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations

2008

5. The Plant Size-Place Effect: Agglomeration and Monopsony in Labour Markets
   Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.
   Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2007)
6. Understanding the Gender Pay Gap: Whats Competition Got to Do with It?
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

2007

7. Culture Clash or Culture Club? The Identity and Attitudes of Immigrants in Britain
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
8. Privatization, Entry Regulation and the Decline of Labors Share of GDP: A Cross-Country Analysis of the Network Industries
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007)
9. Respect
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
10. Spend It Like Beckham?Inequality and Redistribution in the UK, 1983-2004
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
11. The Part-Time Pay Penalty for Women in Britain
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2006) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2008)

2006

12. Comprehensive Versus Selective Schooling in England and Wales: What Do We Know?
    CEE Discussion Papers, Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE View citations
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2006)
13. The Impact of Immigration on the Structure of Male Wages: Theory and Evidence from Britain
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2006) View citations
    CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2006) View citations

2005

14. The Gender Gap in Early Career Wage Growth
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2008)
15. The Part-Time Pay Penalty
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
16. You Cant Always Get What You Want: the Impact of the Jobseekers Allowance
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations

2004

17. Gender Gaps in Unemployment Rates in OECD Countries
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (2006)

2003

18. The Impact of the National Minimum Wage on the Wage Distribution in a Low-Wage Sector
    Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003, Royal Economic Society View citations
19. The Real Thin Theory: Monopsony in Modern Labour Markets
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
    See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2003)
20. Where Minimum Wage Bites Hard: The Introduction of the UK National Minimum Wage to a Low Wage Sector
    Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003, Royal Economic Society View citations

2002

21. Has The National Minimum Wage Reduced UK Wage Inequality?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal Of The Royal Statistical Society Series A (2004)
22. The Structure of Wages in What Should be a Competitive Labour Market
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
23. Where the Minimum Wage Bites Hard: the Introduction of the UK National Minimum Wage to a Low Wage Sector
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations

2001

24. A Generalised Model of Monopsony
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2006)
25. Monopsony and the Efficiency of Labour Market Interventions
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
    See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2004)

2000

26. Labour Supply, Search and Taxes
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2001)

1999

27. Just Cant Get Enough:More On Skill-Biassed Change and Labour Market Performance
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
28. Pretty Vacant: Recruitment in Low Wage Labour Markets
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2000)

1998

29. Mighty Good Thing: The Returns to Tenure
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
30. Movin On Up: Interpreting the Earnings Experience Profile
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
    See also Journal Article in Bulletin of Economic Research (2000)
31. Something in the way She Movcs: A Fresh Look at an Old Gap
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (2004)
32. The Causes and Consequences of Long-Term Unemployment in Europe
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
    See also Chapter (1999)

1997

33. A Simple Test of the Shirking Model
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations

1994

34. Estimating the Effect of Minimum Wages on Employment from the Distribution of Wages: A Critical View
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
    See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (1998)
35. How do we Know that Real Wages are Too High?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1995)
36. Labour Markets with Company Wage Policies
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
37. The Effect of Minimum Wages on UK Agriculture
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Agricultural Economics (1995)
38. The Effects of Minimum Wages on Employment: Theory and Evidence from Britain
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (1999)
39. The Effects of Minimum Wages on Employment: Theory and Evidence from the US
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1993

40. Are Workers Paid their Marginal Product? Evidence from a Low Wage Labour Market
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
41. Endogenous Labour Market Segmentation in a Matching Model
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
42. The Equal Pay Act as an Experiment to Test Theories of the Labour Market
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    See also Journal Article in Economica (1996)
43. Wage Setting and the Tax System: theory and Evidence for the UK
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations

1992

44. An Economic Analysis of the Effects of Pre-Strike Ballots
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
45. How Robust is the Microeconomic theory of the Trade Union?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (1994)
46. Minimum Wages
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
47. Productivity Growth, Wage Setting and the Equilibrium Rate of Unemployment
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
48. The Employer Size-Wage Effect: Is Monopsony the Explanation?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
49. Wage Bargaining and the Phillips Curve: The Identification and Specification of Aggregate Wage Equations
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (1993)

1991

50. Authority in Employment Contracts: A Bilateral Bargaining Model
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (1996)
51. Multiple Equilibria in the British Labour Market: Some Empirical Evidence
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (1992)
52. Pre-Strike Ballots and Wage-Employment Bargaining
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (1993)
53. The Effects of union Density of Wages and Employment: A Dynamic Monopoly Union Model
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

1989

54. Imperfect Labour Markets, the Stock Market and the Inefficiency of Capitalism
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (1992)

1988

55. Wage Setting and Labour Market Adjustment in Europe, Japan and the USA
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. Job Polarization in Europe
   American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (2), 58-63
2. You can't always get what you want: The impact of the UK Jobseeker's Allowance
   Labour Economics, 2009, 16, (3), 239-250 View citations

2008

3. Review 1
   Economic Journal, 2008, 118, (526), F126-F128
4. The Part-Time Pay Penalty for Women in Britain
   Economic Journal, 2008, 118, (526), F28-F51 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2007)
5. The gender gap in early-career wage growth
   Economic Journal, 2008, 118, (530), 983-1024 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2007

6. Lousy and Lovely Jobs: The Rising Polarization of Work in Britain
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 89, (1), 118-133 View citations
7. Shifts in the Demand and Supply of Skills in the OECD: A Single-Index Model with a Continuous Distribution of Skills
   Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 69, (5), 635-666

2006

8. A Generalised Model of Monopsony
   Economic Journal, 2006, 116, (508), 84-100 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2001)
9. Gender Gaps in Unemployment Rates in OECD Countries
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, 24, (1), 1-38 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)
10. The incidence of UK housing benefit: Evidence from the 1990s reforms
    Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (4-5), 799-822 View citations

2005

11. Can a More Nuanced View of Skill Biased Technological Change Explain the Recent Changes in Wage Inequality ?
    Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique, 2005, XLIV, (2), 37-45
12. Monopsony and Labour Demand
    Brussels Economic Review/Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, 2005, 48, (1-2), 95-112

2004

13. A test of competitive labor market theory: The wage structure among care assistants in the South of England
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2004, 57, (3), 371-385
14. Has the national minimum wage reduced UK wage inequality?
    Journal Of The Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2004, 167, (4), 613-626 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2002)
15. Monopsony and the efficiency of labour market interventions
    Labour Economics, 2004, 11, (2), 145-163 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)
16. Something in the way she moves: a fresh look at an old gap
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2004, 56, (2), 169-188 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)
17. Spikes and spill-overs: The impact of the national minimum wage on the wage distribution in a low-wage sector
    Economic Journal, 2004, 114, (494), C95-C101 View citations
18. We Can Work It Out: The Impact of Technological Change on the Demand for Low-Skill Workers
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 51, (5), 581-608

2003

19. The real thin theory: monopsony in modern labour markets
    Labour Economics, 2003, 10, (2), 105-131 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)
20. Where the Minimum Wage Bites Hard: Introduction of Minimum Wages to a Low Wage Sector
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003, 1, (1), 154-180 View citations

2002

21. Oligopsony and Monopsonistic Competition in Labor Markets
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (2), 155-174 View citations

2001

22. Labour supply, search and taxes
    Journal of Public Economics, 2001, 80, (3), 409-434 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2000

23. Movin' on up: Interpreting the Earnings-Experience Profile
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 2000, 52, (4), 261-95 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)
24. Pretty Vacant: Recruitment in Low-Wage Labour Markets
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2000, 62, 747-70 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1999

25. The Effects of Minimum Wages on Employment: Theory and Evidence from Britain
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1999, 17, (1), 1-22 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)

1998

26. Comment on B. Holmlund, "Unemployment Insurance in Theory and Practice."
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1998, 100, (1), 143-45 View citations
27. Estimating the effect of minimum wages on employment from the distribution of wages: A critical view
    Labour Economics, 1998, 5, (2), 109-134 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)

1997

28. Can supply create its own demand? Implications for rising skill differentials
    European Economic Review, 1997, 41, (3-5), 507-516 View citations
29. Minimum wages and economic outcomes in Europe
    European Economic Review, 1997, 41, (3-5), 733-742 View citations
30. Skill-biassed change, unemployment and wage inequality
    European Economic Review, 1997, 41, (6), 1173-1200 View citations

1996

31. Authority in employment contracts: A bilateral bargaining model
    Labour Economics, 1996, 3, (1), 1-23
    See also Working Paper (1991)
32. Employment and the Introduction of a Minimum Wage in Britain
    Economic Journal, 1996, 106, (436), 667-76 View citations
33. The Employer Size-Wage Effect: Can Dynamic Monopsony Provide an Explanation?
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1996, 48, (3), 433-55 View citations
34. The Equal Pay Act as an Experiment to Test Theories of the Labour Market
    Economica, 1996, 63, (250), 191-212 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1995

35. Developments in Labour Market Theory and Their Implications for Macroeconomic Policy
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 42, (3), 250-66 View citations
36. How Do We Know That Real Wages Are Too High?
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1995, 110, (4), 1111-25 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)
37. THE EFFECT OF MINIMUM WAGES ON UK AGRICULTURE
    Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1995, 46, (1), 1-19 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)

1994

38. How Robust Is the Microeconomic Theory of the Trade Union?
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1994, 12, (3), 430-59 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)
39. The effects of minimum wages on wage dispersion and employment: Evidence from the U.K. Wages Councils
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1994, 47, (2), 319-329 View citations

1993

40. A Dynamic Model of Union Power, Wages and Employment
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1993, 95, (2), 175-93 View citations
41. Pre-strike Ballots and Wage-Employment Bargaining
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1993, 45, (3), 422-39 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)
42. Wage Bargaining and the Phillips Curve: The Identification and Specification of Aggregate Wage Equations
    Economic Journal, 1993, 103, (416), 98-118 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)
43. Wage setting and the tax system theory and evidence for the United Kingdom
    Journal of Public Economics, 1993, 52, (1), 1-29 View citations

1992

44. Imperfect Labour Markets, the Stock Market and the Inefficiency of Capitalism
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1992, 44, (2), 257-51
    See also Working Paper (1989)
45. Multiple equilibria in the British labour market: Some empirical evidence
    European Economic Review, 1992, 36, (7), 1333-1365 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)
46. Testing Dynamic Models of Worker Effort
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1992, 10, (3), 288-305 View citations

1991

47. Tests of alternative wage employment bargaining models with an application to the UK aggregate labour market
    European Economic Review, 1991, 35, (1), 23-37 View citations
48. The Determinants of Wage Pressure: Some Implications of a Dynamic Model
    Economica, 1991, 58, (231), 325-39 View citations

1990

49. Imperfect Competition, Multiple Equilibria and Unemployment Policy
    Economic Journal, 1990, 100, (400), 151-62 View citations

1989

50. An Asymmetric Information Approach to the Comparative Analysis of Participatory and Capitalist Firms
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1989, 41, (2), 312-26 View citations
51. Dynamic Wage-Employment Bargaining with Employment Adjustment Costs
    Economic Journal, 1989, 99, (398), 1143-58 View citations

1988

52. A model of the labour market with some Marxian and Keynesian features
    European Economic Review, 1988, 32, (9), 1797-1816
53. Inequality and inefficiency in a model of occupational choice with asymmetric information
    Journal of Public Economics, 1988, 37, (2), 147-169
54. Wage setting and unemployment persistence in Europe, Japan and the USA
    European Economic Review, 1988, 32, (2-3), 698-706 View citations

1987

55. An Integration of Trade Union Models in a Sequential Bargaining Framework
    Economic Journal, 1987, 97, (385), 121-39 View citations
56. Collective bargaining institutions and efficiency: An application of a sequential bargaining model
    European Economic Review, 1987, 31, (1-2), 168-176 View citations

1986

57. The Profitability of Private Information in Unionised Capitalist Enterprises
    Economic Journal, 1986, 96, (380a), 122-33

1985

58. A note on capital markets and bankruptcy constraints in contracting
    Economics Letters, 1985, 19, (4), 311-314

Chapters

2004

1. Mobility and Joblessness
   A chapter in Seeking a Premier Economy: The Economic Effects of British Economic Reforms, 1980-2000, 2004, pp 371-410 View citations

1999

2. The causes and consequences of longterm unemployment in Europe
   Chapter 47 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1999, vol. 3, Part C, pp 3085-3139 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1998)

Editor

1. Economica
   London School of Economics and Political Science