Outputs (5)

Don't look down: the consequences of job loss in a flexible labour market (2017)
Journal Article
Upward, R., & Wright, P. (2019). Don't look down: the consequences of job loss in a flexible labour market. Economica, 86(341), 166-200. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12254

We estimate the earnings, hours and income effects of job loss for a representative sample of UK workers from 1991–2007. We follow workers before and after job loss, regardless of their labour market state, and we match displaced workers with similar... Read More about Don't look down: the consequences of job loss in a flexible labour market.

Quantity restrictions and price adjustment of Chinese textile exports to the U.S. (2017)
Journal Article
Bernhofen, D. M., Upward, R., & Wang, Z. (2018). Quantity restrictions and price adjustment of Chinese textile exports to the U.S. World Economy, 41(11), 2983-3000. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12581

The elimination of the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) in 2005 provides an unusual opportunity to examine the effects of a trade policy shock on export prices and firm behaviour. It was massive in scale, discrete in timing and exogenous to firms and co... Read More about Quantity restrictions and price adjustment of Chinese textile exports to the U.S..

Off the waterfront: the long-run impact of technological change on dock workers (2017)
Journal Article
El-Sahli, Z., & Upward, R. (in press). Off the waterfront: the long-run impact of technological change on dock workers. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 55(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12224

We investigate how individual workers and local labour markets adjust over a long time period to a discrete and plausibly exogenous technological shock, namely the introduction of containerisation in the UK port industry. This technology, which was... Read More about Off the waterfront: the long-run impact of technological change on dock workers.

Job and worker turnover in German establishments (2017)
Journal Article
Bellmann, L., Gerner, H.-D., & Upward, R. (2018). Job and worker turnover in German establishments. Manchester School, 86(4), 417-445. https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12187

We use a simple non-parametric regression approach to measure the relationship between employment growth, hirings and separations in a large panel of German establishments over the period 1993--2014. Although it is often claimed that firms in Europe... Read More about Job and worker turnover in German establishments.

Do foreign workers reduce trade barriers? Microeconomic evidence (2017)
Journal Article
Andrews, M., Schank, T., & Upward, R. (2017). Do foreign workers reduce trade barriers? Microeconomic evidence. World Economy, 40(9), 1750-1774. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12486

This paper provides evidence that foreign workers reduce firms' trade costs and thus increase the probability that firms export. This informs both the literature on trade costs and the microeconomic literature on firms' export behaviour. We identif... Read More about Do foreign workers reduce trade barriers? Microeconomic evidence.