The paper provides an introduction to the research potential of household panel studies in general, and the British Household Panel, in particular. The relative strengths of longitudinal and cross sectional analysis are discussed. Panel studies however, are only one type of longitudinal design...

This paper presents the first longitudinal estimates for covered union member and covered non-member wage effects in Great Britain. Cross-sectional estimates showed covered union members received a premium of about 10 percent over other workers. These estimates were considered to be...

Are social (occupational) classes coherent, distinct entities? While they reflect an underlying reality, they are more fragmented than theory suggests. It is hypothesised that skill mismatches mean that each class includes a substantial proportion of poorly paid people who could be in the class...