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Working Papers

2013

1. Musn't Grumble: Immigration, Health and Health Service Use in the UK and Germany
   SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2012)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2012)
   Norface Discussion Paper Series, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London (2012)

2012

2. Immigration and the UK Labour Market: The latest evidence from economic research
   CEP Policy Analysis Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
3. Musn’t Grumble. Immigration, Health and Health Service Use in the UK and Germany
   CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London

2011

4. In brief: Chernobyl: the long-term health and economic consequences
   CentrePiece - The Magazine for Economic Performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
5. The Impact of Chernobyl on Health and Labour Market Performance
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2011)
6. The Role of Worker Flows in the Dynamics and Distribution of UK Unemployment
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)
   Also in The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2011) View citations (2)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2011) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Oxford Review of Economic Policy (2011)

2010

7. Employment, Inequality and the UK National Minimum Wage over the Medium-Term
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2010)
   See also Journal Article in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2012)
8. Jobs in the recession
   CentrePiece - The Magazine for Economic Performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
9. The Impact of Immigration on the Structure of Wages: Theory and Evidence from Britain
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2012)

2009

10. Anatomy of a Health Scare: Education, Income and the MMR Controversy in the UK
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2008)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2011)
11. Did the National Minimum Wage Affect UK Prices?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2009)
    See also Journal Article in Fiscal Studies (2010)
12. The Impact of Chernobyl on Health and Labour Market Performance in the Ukraine
    ESCIRRU Working Papers, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research View citations (3)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2009) View citations (1)
    Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna (2009) View citations (1)

2008

13. On the Relative Gains to Immigration: A Comparison of the Labour Market Position of Indians in the USA, the UK and India
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (3)

2006

14. Changing Patterns in the Relative Economic Performance of Immigrants to Great Britain and the U.S., 1980-2000
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (1)
15. 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 (26)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2006) View citations (35)
    CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2006) View citations (57)
16. The Impact of the Minimum Wage on the Incidence of Second Job Holding in Britain
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in Cardiff Economics Working Papers, Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School, Economics Section (2006)

2005

17. The Incidence and Cost of Job Loss in the Ukrainian Labor Market
    Upjohn Working Papers and Journal Articles, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (6)
    Also in CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University (2005) View citations (2)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2005) View citations (6)
    Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna (2005) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2006)

2004

18. Did The Minimum Wage Affect The Incidence Of Second Job Holding In Britain?
    Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2004, Royal Economic Society View citations (1)
19. Everyone's A Winner? Union Effects on Persistence in Private Sector Wage Settlements: Longitudinal Evidence from Britain
    School of Economics Discussion Papers, School of Economics, University of Surrey View citations (3)
20. Is There an Impact of Household Computer Ownership on Childrens Educational Attainment in Britain?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Economics of Education Review (2006)
21. Reconciling Workless Measures at the Individual and Household Level. Theory and Evidence from the United States, Britain, Germany, Spain and Australia
    Royal Holloway, University of London: Discussion Papers in Economics, Department of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London View citations (7)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2004) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (2010)
22. Two Sides to Every Story: Measuring the Polarisation of Work
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)
    Also in Royal Holloway, University of London: Discussion Papers in Economics, Department of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London (2004) View citations (6)

2003

23. Labour market performance of immigrants in the UK labour market
    Open Access publications from University College London, University College London View citations (21)
    Also in Open Access publications from University College London, University College London (2003) View citations (16)
24. The local labour market effects of immigration in the UK
    Open Access publications from University College London, University College London View citations (7)
25. Wage Arrears, Pay Gaps and the Distribution of Earnings: What can we learn from Russia?
    Royal Holloway, University of London: Discussion Papers in Economics, Department of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London View citations (1)

2002

26. Gays' Pay in the UK
    Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2002, Royal Economic Society View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Economica (2005)
27. Give PCs a Chance: Personal Computer Ownership and the Digital Divide in the United States and Great Britain
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (3)
28. Is the OECD Jobs Strategy Behind US and British Employment and Unemployment Success in the 1990s?
    SCEPA Working Papers, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School View citations (9)
29. The Incidence and Cost of Job Loss in a Transition Economy: Displaced Workers in Estonia, 1989-1999
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (7)
    Also in CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University (2002)
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (2002) View citations (4)
30. Wage Arrears and the Distribution of Earnings in Russia
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations (1)
    Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (2001) View citations (7)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2001) View citations (10)

2000

31. Tenures that Shook the World: Worker Turnover in Russia, Poland and Britain
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (10)
    Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (1999) View citations (15)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (1999) View citations (15)
    LICOS Discussion Papers, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven (2000) View citations (9)
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University (1999) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2000)

1999

32. Grime and Punishment: Insecurity and Wage Arrears in the Russian Federation
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (63)
33. Grime and Punishment: Job Insecurity and Wage Arrears in the Russian Federation
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations (52)
    Also in LICOS Discussion Papers, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven (1999) View citations (52)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (1998) View citations (9)
    Economics Technical Papers, Trinity College Dublin, Economics Department (1998) View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (1999)

1997

34. Free to Choose? Dimensions of Private Sector Wage Contract Re-Negotiation since 1979
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
35. Grime and Punishment: Employment, Wages and Wage Arrears in the Russian Federation
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (4)
36. The Price is Right: Inflation and Nominal Wage Adjustment in Britain
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)

1996

37. Everyones A Winner?: Persistence in British Private Sector Wage Settlements
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
38. Mind the Gap
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (6)
39. New Jobs, Worklessness and Households in Poland
    Economics Technical Papers, Trinity College Dublin, Economics Department
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (1997)

1994

40. The Effect of Minimum Wages on UK Agriculture
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Agricultural Economics (1995)

1993

41. Job Search Activity and Changing Unemployment Benefit Entitlement: Pseudo-Panel Estimates for Britain
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (3)

1992

42. Do Strikes Pay?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (5)
43. The Eastern German Labour Market in Transition: Gross Flow Estimates from Panel Data
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (1995)
44. Unemployment Benefits and Labour Market Transitions in Britain
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)

1991

45. A Test of the Effect of Benefits on Search Activity in a Model of Endogenous Job Offer Arrivals
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

1990

46. Who are the Unemployed?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)

1989

47. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND SEARCH EFFORT IN THE UK LABOUR MARKET
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Economica (1991)

1988

48. ON-THE-JOB SEARCH: SOME EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics View citations (20)

Undated

49. How effective are state employment agencies? Job centre use and job matching in Britain
    NIESR Discussion Papers, National Institute of Economic and Social Research View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (1996)
50. More work in fewer households?
    NIESR Discussion Papers, National Institute of Economic and Social Research View citations (7)

Journal Articles

2012

1. Employment, Inequality and the UK National Minimum Wage over the Medium‐Term
   Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 74, (1), 78-106
   See also Working Paper (2010)
2. THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON THE STRUCTURE OF WAGES: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM BRITAIN
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10, (1), 120-151 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2011

3. Anatomy of a health scare: Education, income and the MMR controversy in the UK
   Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30, (3), 515-530 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2009)
4. The impact of Chernobyl on health and labour market performance
   Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30, (5), 843-857
   See also Working Paper (2011)
5. The role of worker flows in the dynamics and distribution of UK unemployment
   Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2011, 27, (2), 338-363 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2011)

2010

6. Did the National Minimum Wage Affect UK Prices?
   Fiscal Studies, 2010, 31, (1), 81-120 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2009)
7. Employment in the 2008–2009 recession
   Economic and Labour Market Review, 2010, 4, (8), 37-43 View citations (2)
8. On the relative rewards to immigration: a comparison of the relative labour market position of Indians in the USA, the UK and India
   Review of Economics of the Household, 2010, 8, (1), 147-169 View citations (1)
9. Reconciling workless measures at the individual and household level. Theory and evidence from the United States, Britain, Germany, Spain and Australia
   Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23, (1), 139-167 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2004)
10. THE UK LABOUR MARKET AND THE 2008-9 RECESSION
    National Institute Economic Review, 2010, 212, (1), R61-R72
11. The UK Labour Market and Immigration
    National Institute Economic Review, 2010, 213, (1), R35-R42 View citations (4)
12. The UK National Minimum Wage in Retrospect
    Fiscal Studies, 2010, 31, 509-534 View citations (2)
13. Unemployment and inactivity in the 2008–2009 recession
    Economic and Labour Market Review, 2010, 4, (8), 44-50

2009

14. Minimum Wages
    The Economic Record, 2009, 85, (271), 491-492 View citations (7)

2008

15. Two sides to every story: measuring polarization and inequality in the distribution of work
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2008, 171, (4), 857-875 View citations (3)

2007

16. Changes in the Relative Economic Performance of Immigrants to Great Britain and the United States, 1980-2000
    British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2007, 45, (4), 659-686 View citations (7)
17. IMPACT OF THE MINIMUM WAGE ON THE INCIDENCE OF SECOND JOB HOLDING IN BRITAIN
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 54, (4), 553-574 View citations (1)

2006

18. Is there an impact of household computer ownership on children's educational attainment in Britain?
    Economics of Education Review, 2006, 25, (6), 659-673 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
19. The incidence and cost of job loss in the Ukrainian labor market
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 34, (2), 248-271 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2005

20. Gay Pay in the UK
    Economica, 2005, 72, (286), 333-347 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper (2002)
21. The incidence and cost of job loss in a transition economy: displaced workers in Estonia, 1989 to 1999
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33, (1), 59-87 View citations (3)

2004

22. The Price is Right? Pay Settlements and Nominal Wage Rigidity in Britain
    British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2004, 42, (3), 507-525 View citations (3)

2002

23. Job Tenure in Britain, 1975-2000: Is a Job for Life or Just for Christmas?
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2002, 64, (2), 111-34 View citations (1)

2001

24. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Measuring Worklessness and Polarization at the Household Level but Were Afraid to Ask
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2001, 63, 777-806 View citations (5)

2000

25. Mind the Gap, Please: The Changing Nature of Entry Jobs in Britain
    Economica, 2000, 67, (268), 499-524 View citations (23)
26. New Labour and the Labour Market
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2000, 16, (1), 95-113 View citations (7)
27. Poles Apart
    World Economics, 2000, 1, (2), 55-72 View citations (2)
28. Tenures That Shook the World: Worker Turnover in Russia, Poland, and Britain
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2000, 28, (4), 639-664 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
29. The Political Economy of Sport
    World Economics, 2000, 1, (2), 101-109 View citations (1)

1999

30. Grime and Punishment: Job Insecurity and Wage Arrears in the Russian Federation
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1999, 27, (4), 595-617 View citations (52)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1998

31. Eyes Down for a Full House: Labour Market Polarisation and the Housing Market in Britain
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1998, 45, (4), 376-92 View citations (5)

1997

32. New jobs, worklessness and households in Poland
    European Economic Review, 1997, 41, (3-5), 915-923 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1996

33. How Effective Are State Employment Agencies? Jobcentre Use and Job Matching in Britain
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1996, 58, (3), 443-67 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper

1995

34. A Short History of Labour Turnover, Job Tenure, and Job Security, 1975-93
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 1995, 11, (1), 73-90 View citations (12)
35. Making work pay
    New Economy, 1995, 2, (4), 210-213
36. THE EFFECT OF MINIMUM WAGES ON UK AGRICULTURE
    Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1995, 46, (1), 1-19 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (1994)
37. The Eastern German Labor Market in Transition: Gross Flow Estimates from Panel Data
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1995, 20, (2), 139-170 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1994

38. On-the-job search: Some empirical evidence from Britain
    European Economic Review, 1994, 38, (2), 385-401 View citations (21)
39. The terrible waste
    New Economy, 1994, 1, (1), 25-27

1993

40. Strike incidence in British manufacturing in the 1980s
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1993, 46, (4), 704-717 View citations (2)
41. Unemployment Benefit Levels and Search Activity
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1993, 55, (1), 1-24 View citations (21)

1991

42. Unemployment Benefits and Search Effort in the UK Labour Market
    Economica, 1991, 58, (229), 17-34 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (1989)

1989

43. Unemployment and the Inter-regional Mobility of Labour
    Economic Journal, 1989, 99, (397), 739-55 View citations (76)

Edited books

2011

1. The Labour Market in Winter: The State of Working Britain
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press

Editor

1. Royal Holloway, University of London: Discussion Papers in Economics
   Department of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London