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Blanchflower, David G. (contributor); … - 2008

This paper investigates the demise of unionisation in British private sector workplaces over the last quarter century. We show that dramatic union decline has occurred across all types of workplace. Although the union wage premium persists it is quite small in 2004. Negative union effects on...

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Workplace industrial relations in Britain, 1980 - 2004

Blanchflower, David G. (contributor); … - 2006

There was a time before the first Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (WIRS80) in 1980 when what we knew of industrial relations was based primarily upon small scale surveys and case studies. WIRS80 marked a radical departure in the study of industrial relations for two reasons. First,...

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Do more of those in misery suffer from poverty, unemployment or mental illness?

Fleche, Sarah; Layard, Peter R. G. - 2015

Studies of deprivation usually ignore mental illness. This paper uses household panel data from the USA, Australia …

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The scarring effects of unemployment, low pay and skills under-utilisation in Australia compared

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Sloane, Peter J.; Zhang, Wei - 2013

Australia, focussing on differences by gender and educational pathways. It shows that skills under-utilisation also exhibits …

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The problem of overskilling in Australia and Britain

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Leary, Nigel - 2007

This paper examines the parallel trends in education and labour market developments in Australia and Britain. It uses … Australia, but the wage penalty associated with overskilling increases with education. Although the general patterns of … overskilling (prevalence and penalties) are fairly similar between Australia and Britain, the problem appears to be greater in …

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