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

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Working Papers

2025

  1. Daniel Kahneman: a legacy
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads

2024

  1. Do wages underestimate the inequality in workers' rewards? The joint distribution of job quality and wages across occupations
    Post-Print, HAL
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2024)

    See also Journal Article Do wages underestimate the inequality in workers' rewards? The joint distribution of job quality and wages across occupations, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2024) Downloads View citations (1) (2024)
  2. Spending public money to create happier lives
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads
  3. The Easterlin paradox at 50
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library Downloads
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2024) Downloads
  4. Value for money: How to improve wellbeing and reduce misery
    CEP Reports, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads
  5. Wellbeing
    CEP Election Analysis Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads
    Also in CEP Insights, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2022) Downloads

    See also Book Wellbeing, Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2023) (2023)

2023

  1. Wellbeing: science and policy
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (12)

2022

  1. The Full Returns to the Choice of Occupation and Education
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb), CEPREMAP (2022) Downloads View citations (1)

2021

  1. A Local Community Course That Raises Wellbeing and Pro-sociality: Evidence from a Randomised Controlled Trial
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article A local community course that raises wellbeing and pro-sociality: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2021) Downloads View citations (7) (2021)
  2. Beyond income inequality: non-monetary rewards to work
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads
  3. Build back happier
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads
  4. The true returns to the choice of occupation and education
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2021) Downloads

2020

  1. A Happy Choice: Wellbeing as the Goal of Government
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (50)
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2020) View citations (51)
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2019) Downloads View citations (8)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2019) Downloads View citations (9)

    See also Journal Article A happy choice: wellbeing as the goal of government, Behavioural Public Policy, Cambridge University Press (2020) Downloads View citations (77) (2020)
  2. A local community course that raises mental wellbeing and pro-sociality
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2020) Downloads
  3. Can we be happier?
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (21)
  4. Happier lives: exploring what matters
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads
  5. Taking a wellbeing years approach to policy choice
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (5)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2020) View citations (5)
  6. When to Release the Lockdown? A Wellbeing Framework for Analysing Costs and Benefits
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER Downloads View citations (47)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2020) Downloads View citations (32)
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2020) Downloads View citations (51)

2018

  1. The Origins of Happiness: The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (111)
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2018) View citations (110)
  2. World Happiness Report 2018
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences Downloads View citations (95)

2017

  1. Do More of Those in Misery Suffer from Poverty, Unemployment or Mental Illness?
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (13)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2015) Downloads
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015) Downloads
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2015) Downloads View citations (1)
    SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2015) Downloads

    See also Journal Article Do More of Those in Misery Suffer from Poverty, Unemployment or Mental Illness?, Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell (2017) Downloads View citations (22) (2017)
  2. Head-to-head: is it time for a dedicated tax to fund the NHS?
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library Downloads
  3. Origins of happiness
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (15)
  4. The key determinants of happiness and misery
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (24)

2016

  1. Misery and mental health
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads

2015

  1. A New Priority for Mental Health
    CEP Election Analysis Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (4)
  2. In brief... A Global Apollo Programme to tackle climate change
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (4)

2014

  1. Policy for better mental health
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads
  2. What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-course Model of Well-being
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (113)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2013) Downloads View citations (14)
    Post-Print, HAL (2014) View citations (120)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2014) Downloads View citations (120)
    Working Papers, HAL (2013) Downloads View citations (10)
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2013) Downloads View citations (15)
    Sciences Po Economics Discussion Papers, HAL (2013) Downloads

    See also Journal Article What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life‐course Model of Well‐being, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2014) Downloads View citations (78) (2014)

2013

  1. Enhancing Recovery Rates: Lessons from Year One of the English Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2013) Downloads
  2. Mental Health: The New Frontier for Labour Economics
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (46)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2013) Downloads View citations (42)

    See also Journal Article Mental health: the new frontier for labour economics, IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Springer (2013) Downloads View citations (46) (2013)
  3. Mental Illness and Unhappiness
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER Downloads View citations (17)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2013) Downloads View citations (5)
    SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2013) Downloads View citations (18)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2013) Downloads View citations (20)

2012

  1. Big ideas: wellbeing and public policy
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (4)
  2. How Mental Illness Loses Out in the NHS A report by The Centre for Economic Performance's Mental Health Policy Group
    CEP Reports, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (2)
  3. In brief: Mental illness and the NHS
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads
  4. The causes of happiness and misery
    Post-Print, HAL Downloads View citations (66)
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2012) Downloads View citations (59)
  5. World happiness report
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library Downloads View citations (95)

2011

  1. A Model for the Delivery of Evidence-Based PSHE (Personal Wellbeing) in Secondary Schools
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2011) Downloads
  2. Measuring Subjective Wellbeing for Public Policy: Recommendations on Measures
    CEP Reports, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (70)
  3. Measuring subjective well-being for public policy
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library Downloads View citations (80)

2010

  1. In brief: Job guarantee: a new promise on long-term unemployment
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (1)
  2. In brief: The future of finance
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (7)

2009

  1. Does Relative Income Matter? Are the Critics Right?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (54)
    Also in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2009) Downloads View citations (74)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2009) Downloads View citations (51)

2008

  1. Improving Access to Psychological Therapy: Initial Evaluation of the Two Demonstration Sites
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2008) Downloads View citations (1)

2007

  1. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Psychological Therapy
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (18)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) Downloads View citations (15)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) Downloads View citations (13)

    See also Journal Article Cost-benefit analysis of psychological therapy, National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (2007) Downloads View citations (11) (2007)
  2. The Marginal Utility of Income
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (8)
    Also in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2007) Downloads View citations (7)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) Downloads View citations (7)

    See also Journal Article The marginal utility of income, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2008) Downloads View citations (351) (2008)

2006

  1. Happiness and public policy: a challenge to the profession
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library Downloads View citations (206)
    See also Journal Article Happiness and Public Policy: a Challenge to the Profession, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2006) View citations (214) (2006)
  2. Tackling Depression and Anxiety Disorders
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads
  3. The Depression Report: A New Deal for Depression and Anxiety Disorders
    CEP Reports, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (8)

2005

  1. Mental Health: the Choice of Therapy for All
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2005) Downloads
  2. Tackling Unemployment: Europe's Successes and Failures
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2005) Downloads

2004

  1. Good Jobs and Bad Jobs
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (17)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2004) Downloads View citations (12)
  2. Policies for full employment
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library Downloads View citations (8)

2003

  1. Full employment is not just a dream
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library Downloads View citations (2)

2002

  1. Britain's record on skills
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in CEE Discussion Papers, Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE (2002) Downloads View citations (2)
  2. The status quo is not an option
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library Downloads

2001

  1. Welfare to Work and the New Deal
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2001) Downloads View citations (5)

    See also Journal Article Welfare-to-work and the New Deal, World Economics, World Economics, 1 Ivory Square, Plantation Wharf, London, United Kingdom, SW11 3UE (2000) Downloads View citations (16) (2000)

1998

  1. Labour Market Institutions and Economic Performance
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (54)
    Also in Working Papers, Centre for Economic Performance & Institute of Economics (1997) View citations (118)

    See also Chapter Labor market institutions and economic performance, Handbook of Labor Economics, Elsevier (1999) Downloads View citations (790) (1999)

1997

  1. European versus US Unemployment: Different Responses to Increased Demand for skill?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (23)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1997) Downloads View citations (16)
  2. Investment Prospects In Russia
    CEP Reports, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

1996

  1. Combating unemployment: is flexibility enough?
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library Downloads View citations (41)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (1996) Downloads View citations (59)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1996) Downloads View citations (45)
  2. The Road Back to Full Employment
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1996) Downloads View citations (2)

1995

  1. How Much Unemployment is Needed for Restructuring?: The Russian Experience
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (47)
    See also Journal Article How much unemployment is needed for restructing: the Russian experience, The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1995) Downloads View citations (45) (1995)
  2. Lifelong Learning
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1995) Downloads View citations (1)
  3. The Current State and Future of Economic Reform
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1995) Downloads

1994

  1. Unemployment: The Way Forward for Europe
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Downloads
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1994) Downloads
  2. Who Gains and Who Loses from Russian Credit Expansion
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)

1993

  1. Can Russia Control Inflation?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
  2. The Conditions of Life
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

1992

  1. A Code of Conduct for Inter-State Trade
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
  2. Japanese Capitalism, Anglo-Saxon Capitalism; How Will the Darwinian Contest Turn Out?
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
  3. Unemployment in the OECD Countries
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (1991) View citations (113)

1991

  1. How to Privatise
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)

1990

  1. Economic Change in Poland
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (4)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (1990) View citations (3)
  2. Mismatch: A Framework for Thought
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (13)
  3. Understanding Unemployment
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)
  4. Wage Bargaining and Incomes Policy: Possible lessons for Eastern Europe
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (3)

1989

  1. EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT: CAUSE AND CURE
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics View citations (2)
  2. LAY-OFFS BY SENIORITY AND EQUILIBRIUM EMPLOYMENT
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics
    See also Journal Article Lay-offs by seniority and equilibrium employment, Economics Letters, Elsevier (1990) Downloads View citations (4) (1990)
  3. THE REAL EFFECTS OF TAX-BASED INCOMES POLICIES
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics
  4. THE THATCHER MIRACLE?
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics View citations (22)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1989) Downloads View citations (22)

    See also Journal Article The Thatcher Miracle?, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1989) Downloads View citations (22) (1989)

1988

  1. IS UNEMPLOYMENT LOWER IF UNIONS BARGAIN OVER EMPLOYMENT?
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Is Unemployment Lower if Unions Bargain over Employment?, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1990) Downloads View citations (91) (1990)
    Chapter Is Unemployment Lower if Unions Bargain Over Employment?, Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan (1990) View citations (82) (1990)
  2. WHY DOES UNEMPLOYMENT PERSIST?
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics View citations (10)

1980

  1. Income Policy and Wage Differentials
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. Downloads

Undated

  1. Home Production - A Survey
    University of Chicago - Population Research Center, Chicago - Population Research Center View citations (26)
  2. Layard-Nickell
    Instructional Stata datasets for econometrics, Boston College Department of Economics Downloads

Journal Articles

2024

  1. Do wages underestimate the inequality in workers' rewards? The joint distribution of job quality and wages across occupations
    Economica, 2024, 91, (362), 497-546 Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Do wages underestimate the inequality in workers' rewards? The joint distribution of job quality and wages across occupations, Post-Print (2024) (2024)

2021

  1. A local community course that raises wellbeing and pro-sociality: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 188, (C), 322-336 Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper A Local Community Course That Raises Wellbeing and Pro-sociality: Evidence from a Randomised Controlled Trial, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) Downloads View citations (7) (2021)

2020

  1. A happy choice: a response to the responses
    Behavioural Public Policy, 2020, 4, (2), 263-271 Downloads View citations (2)
  2. A happy choice: wellbeing as the goal of government
    Behavioural Public Policy, 2020, 4, (2), 126-165 Downloads View citations (77)
    See also Working Paper A Happy Choice: Wellbeing as the Goal of Government, Post-Print (2020) View citations (50) (2020)

2017

  1. Do More of Those in Misery Suffer from Poverty, Unemployment or Mental Illness?
    Kyklos, 2017, 70, (1), 27-41 Downloads View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper Do More of Those in Misery Suffer from Poverty, Unemployment or Mental Illness?, Post-Print (2017) View citations (13) (2017)

2016

  1. The economics of mental health
    IZA World of Labor, 2016, 321 Downloads View citations (7)

2014

  1. What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life‐course Model of Well‐being
    Economic Journal, 2014, 124, (580), F720-F738 Downloads View citations (78)
    See also Working Paper What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-course Model of Well-being, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2014) View citations (113) (2014)

2013

  1. Mental health: the new frontier for labour economics
    IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2013, 2, (1), 1-16 Downloads View citations (46)
    See also Working Paper Mental Health: The New Frontier for Labour Economics, CEP Discussion Papers (2013) Downloads View citations (46) (2013)

2010

  1. The Greatest Happiness Principle: Its Time Has Come
    ifo DICE Report, 2010, 8, (04), 26-31 Downloads View citations (1)

2008

  1. Introduction
    Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (8-9), 1773-1776 Downloads
  2. The marginal utility of income
    Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (8-9), 1846-1857 Downloads View citations (351)
    See also Working Paper The Marginal Utility of Income, CEP Discussion Papers (2007) Downloads View citations (8) (2007)

2007

  1. Cost-benefit analysis of psychological therapy
    National Institute Economic Review, 2007, 202, 90-98 Downloads View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Cost-Benefit Analysis of Psychological Therapy, CEP Discussion Papers (2007) Downloads View citations (18) (2007)

2006

  1. Happiness and Public Policy: a Challenge to the Profession
    Economic Journal, 2006, 116, (510), C24-C33 View citations (214)
    See also Working Paper Happiness and public policy: a challenge to the profession, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2006) Downloads View citations (206) (2006)

2000

  1. Welfare-to-work and the New Deal
    World Economics, 2000, 1, (2), 29-39 Downloads View citations (16)
    Also in Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 2000, 136, (III), 277-287 (2000) Downloads View citations (19)

    See also Working Paper Welfare to Work and the New Deal, CEP Occasional Papers (2001) Downloads View citations (5) (2001)

1997

  1. Sweden's Road Back to Full Employment
    Economic and Industrial Democracy, 1997, 18, (1), 99-118 Downloads

1995

  1. How much unemployment is needed for restructing: the Russian experience
    The Economics of Transition, 1995, 3, (1), 39-58 Downloads View citations (45)
    See also Working Paper How Much Unemployment is Needed for Restructuring?: The Russian Experience, CEP Discussion Papers (1995) View citations (47) (1995)

1993

  1. The Training Reform Act of 1994
    International Journal of Manpower, 1993, 14, (5), 5-16 Downloads
  2. The future of the Russian reform1
    The Economics of Transition, 1993, 1, (3), 357-362 Downloads

1990

  1. Is Unemployment Lower if Unions Bargain over Employment?
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1990, 105, (3), 773-787 Downloads View citations (91)
    See also Working Paper IS UNEMPLOYMENT LOWER IF UNIONS BARGAIN OVER EMPLOYMENT?, Working Papers (1988) View citations (1) (1988)
    Chapter Is Unemployment Lower if Unions Bargain Over Employment?, Palgrave Macmillan Books, 1990, 304-322 (1990) View citations (82) (1990)
  2. Lay-offs by seniority and equilibrium employment
    Economics Letters, 1990, 32, (3), 295-298 Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper LAY-OFFS BY SENIORITY AND EQUILIBRIUM EMPLOYMENT, Working Papers (1989) (1989)

1989

  1. Das Thatcher-Mirakel?
    Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft - WuG, 1989, 15, (4), 495-510 Downloads
  2. On Vacancies
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1989, 51, (4), 377-94 View citations (44)
  3. The Thatcher Miracle?
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (2), 215-19 Downloads View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper THE THATCHER MIRACLE?, Working Papers (1989) View citations (22) (1989)

1987

  1. Introduction
    European Economic Review, 1987, 31, (1-2), 285-287 Downloads
  2. Labour market flexibility in Japan in comparison with Europe and the U.S.: By T. Tachibanaki
    European Economic Review, 1987, 31, (3), 678-681 Downloads

1985

  1. The Causes of British Unemployment
    National Institute Economic Review, 1985, 111, (1), 62-85 Downloads View citations (78)
    Also in National Institute Economic Review, 1985, 111, 62-85 (1985) Downloads View citations (3)
  2. Unemployment, real wages, and aggregate demand in Europe, Japan and the United States
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1985, 23, (1), 143-202 Downloads View citations (11)
  3. Why Are More Women Working in Britain?
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1985, 3, (1), S147-76 Downloads View citations (20)

1984

  1. Neoclassical Demand for Labour Functions for Six Major Economies
    Economic Journal, 1984, 94, (376), 788-99 Downloads View citations (29)

1983

  1. Marginal Employment Subsidies Again: A Brief Response to Whitely and Wilson
    Economic Journal, 1983, 93, (372), 881-82 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Wage rigidity and unemployment in OECD countries
    European Economic Review, 1983, 21, (1-2), 11-39 Downloads View citations (63)

1982

  1. An inflation tax
    Fiscal Studies, 1982, 3, (2), 47-59 View citations (5)
  2. Causes of the Current Stagflation
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1982, 49, (5), 707-730 Downloads View citations (42)
  3. Special Issue on Unemployment
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1982, 49, (5), 675-677 Downloads View citations (1)

1981

  1. Measuring the Duration of Unemployment: A Note
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1981, 28, (3), 273-77 View citations (10)
  2. Reply to John Creedy's comment
    Journal of Public Economics, 1981, 15, (2), 273-273 Downloads View citations (1)

1980

  1. Human Satisfactions and Public Policy
    Economic Journal, 1980, 90, (363), 737-50 Downloads View citations (272)
  2. On the Use of Distributional Weights in Social Cost-Benefit Analysis
    Journal of Political Economy, 1980, 88, (5), 1041-47 Downloads View citations (7)
  3. The Case for Subsidising Extra Jobs
    Economic Journal, 1980, 90, (357), 51-73 Downloads View citations (26)

1979

  1. Education versus cash redistribution: The lifetime context
    Journal of Public Economics, 1979, 12, (3), 377-385 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Family Income Distribution: Explanation and Policy Evaluation
    Journal of Political Economy, 1979, 87, (5), S133-61 Downloads View citations (8)
  3. Human Capital and Earnings: British Evidence and a Critique
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1979, 46, (3), 485-503 Downloads View citations (44)

1975

  1. Capital-Skill Complementarity, Income Distribution, and Output Accounting
    Journal of Political Economy, 1975, 83, (2), 279-301 Downloads View citations (116)
  2. Cost Functions for University Teaching and Research
    Economic Journal, 1975, 85, (337), 55-74 Downloads View citations (19)

1974

  1. The Screening Hypothesis and the Returns to Education
    Journal of Political Economy, 1974, 82, (5), 985-98 Downloads View citations (117)

1973

  1. Denison and the Contribution of Education to National Income Growth: A Comment
    Journal of Political Economy, 1973, 81, (4), 1013-16 Downloads View citations (2)

1971

  1. Schultz, Theodore W., Investment in Human Capital; The Role of Education and of Research, New York, The Free Press, 1971, xii + 272 pp. ($8.75)
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1971, 53, (4), 692-693 Downloads

Books

2023

  1. Wellbeing
    Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press
    Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2023)

    See also Working Paper Wellbeing, CEP Election Analysis Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2024) Downloads (2024)

2016

  1. Combatting Unemployment
    OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press
    Also in OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press (2011) View citations (7)

2005

  1. Unemployment: Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market
    OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (345)
    Also in OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press (1991) View citations (2172)

1999

  1. Tackling Inequality
    Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan
  2. Tackling Unemployment
    Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan View citations (4)

1993

  1. Post-Communist Reform: Pain and Progress, vol 1
    MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (33)

Edited books

1994

  1. Cost-Benefit Analysis
    Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (22)

1987

  1. Handbook of Labor Economics, vol 2
    Handbook of Labor Economics, Elsevier Downloads View citations (76)
  2. Handbook of Labor Economics, vol 1
    Handbook of Labor Economics, Elsevier Downloads View citations (76)

1986

  1. Restoring Europe's Prosperity: Macroeconomic Papers from the Centre for European Policy Studies, vol 1
    MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (14)

Chapters

2009

  1. Well-Being Measurement and Public Policy
    A chapter in Measuring the Subjective Well-Being of Nations: National Accounts of Time Use and Well-Being, 2009, pp 145-154 Downloads View citations (6)

2000

  1. Joining Europe’s Currency
    Palgrave Macmillan

1999

  1. Can Russia Control Inflation? (1994)
    Palgrave Macmillan
  2. Economic Theories of Educational Planning (1972)
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)
  3. Education versus Cash Redistribution: The Lifetime Context (1979)
    Palgrave Macmillan
  4. How to End Pay Leapfrogging (1990)
    Palgrave Macmillan
  5. Human Satisfactions and Public Policy (1980)
    Palgrave Macmillan
  6. Introduction
    Palgrave Macmillan
  7. Introduction
    Palgrave Macmillan
  8. Introduction to Part I
    Palgrave Macmillan
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan (1999)
  9. Is Incomes Policy the Answer to Unemployment? (1982)
    Palgrave Macmillan
  10. Labor market institutions and economic performance
    Chapter 46 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1999, vol. 3, Part C, pp 3029-3084 Downloads View citations (790)
    See also Working Paper Labour Market Institutions and Economic Performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (1998) View citations (54) (1998)
  11. On Measuring the Redistribution of Lifetime Income (1977)
    Palgrave Macmillan
  12. On the Use of Distributional Weights in Social Cost-Benefit Analysis (1980)
    Palgrave Macmillan
  13. Preventing Long-term Unemployment: An Economic Analysis (1997)
    Palgrave Macmillan
  14. Preventing Long-term Unemployment: Strategy and Costings (1997)
    Palgrave Macmillan
  15. The Pool of Ability (1963)
    Palgrave Macmillan
  16. Unemployment in Britain: Causes and Cures (1981)
    Palgrave Macmillan
  17. Why I am an Economist
    Palgrave Macmillan
    Also in Palgrave Macmillan (1999)
  18. Why So Much Pain? (1998)
    Palgrave Macmillan

1990

  1. Is Unemployment Lower if Unions Bargain Over Employment?
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (82)
    See also Working Paper IS UNEMPLOYMENT LOWER IF UNIONS BARGAIN OVER EMPLOYMENT?, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics (1988) View citations (1) (1988)
    Journal Article Is Unemployment Lower if Unions Bargain over Employment?, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1990) Downloads View citations (91) (1990)

1987

  1. The natural rate of unemployment: Explanation and policy
    Chapter 16 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1987, vol. 2, pp 921-999 Downloads View citations (39)

1986

  1. Comment on L. Calmfors and H. Horn, “Classical Unemployment, Accommodation Policies and the Adjustment of Real Wages”
    Palgrave Macmillan

1982

  1. Youth Unemployment in Britain and the United States Compared
    A chapter in The Youth Labor Market Problem: Its Nature, Causes, and Consequences, 1982, pp 499-542 Downloads View citations (12)

1977

  1. On Measuring the Redistribution of Lifetime Income
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (9)

Editor

  1. Handbook of Labor Economics
    Elsevier
  2. Handbook of Labor Economics
    Elsevier
 
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