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Worker Needs and Voice in the US and the UK

Bryson, Alex - 2006

Workers have responded differently to declining union density in the US and UK. US workers have unfilled demand for unions whereas many UK workers free-ride at unionized workplaces. To explain this difference, we create a scalar measure of worker needs for representation and relate desire for...

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Changes over time in union relative wage effects in the UK and the US revisited

Blanchflower, David - 2002

countries, such as Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Spain …

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Labour Market Expectations and Unemployment in Europe

Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2023

Unemployment is notoriously difficult to predict. In previous studies, once country and year fixed effects are added to panel estimates, few variables predict changes in unemployment rates. Using panel data for 29 European countries collected by the European Commission over 444 months between...

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The Impact of One Parent Family Payment Reforms on the Labour Market Outcomes of Lone Parents

Redmond, Paul - 2020

worked of lone parents of between two and five hours per week. Two and a half years following the reform, lone parents …

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Explaining Cross-National Variation in Workplace Employee Representation

Forth, John - 2016

Across Europe, there are many differing opinions on whether workplace employee representation should be encouraged or discouraged. Yet there is very little evidence on the variations in workplace employee representation across Europe or the reasons for this. We use a workplace survey covering 27...

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The Problem of Overskilling in Australia and Britain

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Seamus; O'Leary, Nigel C. - 2021

This paper examines the parallel trends in education and labour market developments in Australia and Britain. It uses … at least for 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 …

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The Female Happiness Paradox

Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Using data across countries and over time we show that women are unhappier than men in unhappiness and negative affect equations, irrespective of the measure used - anxiety, depression, fearfulness, sadness, loneliness, anger - and they have more days with bad mental health and more restless...

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The Declining Mental Health Of The Young And The Global Disappearance Of The Hump Shape In Age In Unhappiness

Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex; Xu, Xiaowei - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Across many studies subjective well-being follows a U-shape in age, declining until people reach middle-age, only to rebound subsequently. Ill-being follows a mirror-imaged hump-shape. But this empirical regularity has been replaced by a monotonic decrease in illbeing by age. The reason for the...

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The problem of overskilling in Australia and Britain

Mavromaras, Kostas; McGuinness, Seamus; O'Leary, Nigel C.; … - 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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When Does HRM 'Work' in Small British Enterprises?

White, Michael R. - 2016

Using nationally representative workplace data we find substantial use of high-performance work systems (HPWS) in Britain's small enterprises. We find empirical support for the proposition that HPWS have a non-linear association with employees' overall job attitude, with a positive association...

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