This paper assesses the impact that trade unions have on the wage rates paid to workers in Great Britain using data from the Labour Force Survey. By employing a quantile regression model, this analysis is conducted over the entire range of the earnings distribution, where it is found that unions...

In this paper we show that whilst there appear to be substantial private earnings gains to be had from a university education, these are greater for women than they are for men. Due to substantial asymmetries in post-graduation earnings performance, choice of subject is more important for men.

This article utilizes the panel element of the UK Labour Force Survey (LFS) to identify for individual regions total inflows and outflows and hazards for those individuals paid at or below the National Minimum Wage (NMW). In particular, it examines the extent and direction of the correlation...

DRINKWATER S. J. and O'LEARY N. C. (1997) Unemployment in Wales: does language matter?, Reg. Studies 31, 583-591. This paper examines the relationship between the ability to speak the Welsh language and unemployment in Wales. Using the Sample of Anonymised Records from the 1991 Census of the...