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Precarious employment and workplace health outcomes in Britain (2023)
Journal Article

Rationale: The world of work is changing rapidly, and precarious employment is becoming more prevalent in Britain and elsewhere, particularly since the 2008 financial crisis. This is despite the evidence linking employment precarity to adverse health... Read More about Precarious employment and workplace health outcomes in Britain.

Organizational leadership: How much does it matter? (2022)
Journal Article

I study the influence of leadership on organizational performance and worker wellbeing using data from the 2004 and 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS). Our most conservative estimates from fixed effects regressions on a panel of organi... Read More about Organizational leadership: How much does it matter?.

Organisational accreditation, workforce training and perceptions of performance (2021)
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The paper examines if the 'Investors in People' (IiP) organisational accreditation scheme promoted worker training and organisational performance in Britain using a panel of organisations. DID matching estimators relating to both employee and employe... Read More about Organisational accreditation, workforce training and perceptions of performance.

Workplace disability and job satisfaction in Britain: A co-worker test? (2021)
Journal Article

The article examines the link between workplace disability (WD) and workplace job satisfaction (JS) using data from WERS2011. Controlling for a rich set of workplace characteristics including organisational culture, the study finds a significant nega... Read More about Workplace disability and job satisfaction in Britain: A co-worker test?.

Men, Women and Unions (2021)
Journal Article

The paper examines whether workplace gender dynamics contributed to the decline of unions. To this end, it reviews relevant literature and proposes three hypotheses, which it then tests using alternative empirical analyses and data from WERS and BSAS... Read More about Men, Women and Unions.

Are high performance work systems compatible with the extending working life agenda? (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose: The paper examines the compatibility of two UK policy priorities – extending working life (EWL) and the promotion of national economic performance through high performance work practices (HPWP). Design/methodology/approach: Empirical analysi... Read More about Are high performance work systems compatible with the extending working life agenda?.

Does class size matter in postgraduate education? (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 The University of Manchester and John Wiley & Sons Ltd The paper examines the impact of class size on postgraduate (PG) grades using administrative data from one of the largest Schools of a Russell Group University in the UK. As well as esti... Read More about Does class size matter in postgraduate education?.

Intergenerational mobility in socio-economic status in Ethiopia (2018)
Journal Article

Using data from two comprehensive national Labour Force Surveys and monetary and non-monetary outcomes, we examine the extent of intergenerational mobility in Ethiopia. Results from OLS and Quantile regression suggest moderate to high levels of earni... Read More about Intergenerational mobility in socio-economic status in Ethiopia.

School meals and educational outcomes in rural Ethiopia (2017)
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We investigate the relationship between providing school meals programme and educational outcomes in Ethiopia. Using data from school catchment areas across rural Ethiopia, the paper examines the role played by programme modalities and their implemen... Read More about School meals and educational outcomes in rural Ethiopia.

Imported technology and manufacturing employment in Ethiopia (2016)
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There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change over employment in least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization and consequent international technological transfer. Using a panel of 1,940 Ethiopian firms over the pe... Read More about Imported technology and manufacturing employment in Ethiopia.

Union Decline in Britain: Does Gender Have Anything to Do with It (2016)
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The paper examines whether gender dynamics contributed to the decline of unions. To this end, it reviews different strands of the literature and conducts empirical analyses using data from WERS. The results obtained confirm that men have been deserti... Read More about Union Decline in Britain: Does Gender Have Anything to Do with It.

Spillover effects of unionisation on non-members' wellbeing (2015)
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We investigate whether unionisation has a spillover wellbeing effect on non-members. To this end, we adapt the Social Custom Model of trade unions and conduct empirical analyses using linked employer–employee data on private establishments in Britain... Read More about Spillover effects of unionisation on non-members' wellbeing.

Workplace job satisfaction in Britain: evidence from linked employer-employee data (2015)
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The paper examines the nature of workplace job satisfaction in Britain using an 'overall' and domain-specific job satisfaction outcomes from linked employer-employee data. A measure of aggregate job satisfaction alone might mask domain-specific diffe... Read More about Workplace job satisfaction in Britain: evidence from linked employer-employee data.

Unhappy working with men? Workplace gender diversity and employee job- related well-being in Britain: a WERS2004 based analysis (2012)
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This paper attempts to establish empirically the link between workplace gender diversity and employee job-related well-being in Britain. Using nationally representative linked employer-employee data and accounting for unobserved workplace heterogenei... Read More about Unhappy working with men? Workplace gender diversity and employee job- related well-being in Britain: a WERS2004 based analysis.