Department of Economics and
Centre for Economic Performance,
London School of Economics and Political Science
Monopsony, Competition & Regulation
(Monopsony in Motion is probably the only economics book with a song (by John diNardo) and a cover version)
Monopsony and the Wage Effects of Migration, (with Michael Amior), Economic Journal, forthcoming link.
Vacancy Duration and Wages (with Ihsaan Bassier and Barbara Petrongolo), Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming link.
Reservation wages and the wage flexibility puzzle (with Felix Koenig and Barbara Petrongolo), Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming link.
Monopsony and Employer Mis-optimization Account for Round Number Bunching in the Wage Distribution (2025) (with Arin Dube and Suresh Naidu), American Economic Review link.
The Immobile Incumbent Problem in a Model of Short-Term Wage-Posting, (2025) German Economic Review Special Issue on Monopsony link.
Monopsony in Local Labour Markets (2022). The IFS Deaton Review. [Link]
The Measure of Monopsony (2021). Journal of the European Economic Association. [Link]
Monopsony in Labor Markets: A review (2020). Industrial & Labor Relations Review. [Link]
Robot Arithmetic: New Technology and Wages (2019). American Economic Review: Insights. [Link]
Monopsony (2016). New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. [Link]
How Local Are Labour Markets? Evidence from a Spatial Job Search Model (2011). CEP Discussion Paper. [Link]
Imperfect competition in labor markets (2011). Handbook of Labor Economics. [Link]
You can't always get what you want: the impact of the uk jobseeker's allowance (2009). Labour Economics. [Link]
The plant size-place effect: agglomeration and monopsony in labour markets (2007). CEP Discussion Paper. [Link]
A generalised model of monopsony (2006). The Economic Journal. [Link]
Monopsony and the efficiency of labour market interventions (2004). Labour Economics. [Link]
Monopsony in motion: imperfect competition in labour markets (2003). BOOK. Princeton University Press. [Link]
The real thin theory: monopsony in modern labour markets (2003). Labour Economics. [Link]
Oligopsony & monopsonistic competition in labor markets (2002). Journal of Economic Perspectives. [Link]
Labour supply, search and taxes (2001). Journal of Public Economics. [Link]
Can supply create its own demand? Implications for rising skill differentials (1997). European Economic Review. [Link]
The employer size-wage effect: is monopsony the explanation? (1996). Oxford Economic Papers. [Link]
How do we know that real wages are too high? (1995). Quarterly Journal of Economics. [Link]
Immigration
Why Immigration Policy Is Hard and How To Make It Better, Polity Press, BOOK link
Monopsony and the Wage Effects of Migration, (with Michael Amior), Economic Journal, forthcoming link.
Background matters, but not whether parents are immigrants: outcomes of children born in Denmark” (2025) (with Mathias Jensen), American Economic Journal (Applied) link.
“Ethnic Minority and Migrant Pay Gaps Over the Life-Cycle” (2024) (with Tessa Hall and Rebecca Rose) Oxford Review of Economic Policy link.
“Diversity and Social Capital Within the Workplace: Evidence from Britain” (with Thomas Breda), Industrial Relations link.
Diversity and Neighbourhood Satisfaction (2019). The Economic Journal. [Link]
One nation under a groove? Understanding national identity (2013). Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organization. [Link]
The Impact of Immigration on the Structure of Male Wages: Theory and Evidence from Britain (2012). Journal of the European Economic Association. [Link]
Change and continuity among minority communities in Britain (2011). Journal of Population Economics. [Link]
The economic situation of immigrants and their children in France, Germany and the UK (2010). The Economic Journal. [Link]
Culture clash or culture club: national identity in Britain (2010). The Economic Journal. [Link]
Job Polarization & Regional Inequalities
Subjective Job Insecurity and the Rise of the Precariat: Evidence from the UK, Germany and the United States (2024), (with Graham Mazeine) Review of Economics and Statistics link
Residential Mobility and Unemployment in the UK (2022). Labour Economics. [Link]
The Urban Wage Premium in Imperfect Labour Markets (2020). Journal of Human Resources. [Link]
The Persistence of Local Joblessness (2018). American Economic Review. [Link]
How Local Are Labor Markets? Evidence from a Spatial Job Search Model (2017). American Economic Review. [Link]
Explaining job polarization. Routine-Biased Technological Change and Offshoring (2014). American Economic Review. [Link]
Job Polarization in Europe (2009). American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings. [Link]
Lousy and lovely jobs: the rising polarization of work in Britain (2007). Review of Economics and Statistics. [Link]
We can work it out: the impact of technological change on the demand for low-skill workers (2004). Scottish Journal of Political Economy. [Link]
Gender
Understanding the gender pay gap: what's competition got to do with it? (2010). Industrial and Labour Relations Review. [Link]
The gender gap in early-career wage growth (2008). Economic Journal. [Link]
The part-time pay penalty (2008). Economic Journal. [Link]
Gender gaps in unemployment rates in OECD countries (2006). Journal of Labor Economics. [Link]
Something in the way she moves: a fresh look at an old gap (2004). Oxford Economic Papers. [Link]
The equal pay act as an experiment to test different theories of the labour market (1996). Economica. [Link]
Minimum wage
The Elusive Employment Effect of the Minimum Wage (2021). Journal of Economic Perspectives. [Link]
The contribution of the minimum wage to US wage inequality over three decades: a reassessment (2016). American Economic Journal. [Link]
Minimum wages and wage inequality: some theory and an application to the UK (2012). CEP Discussion Paper. [Link]
Has the national minimum wage reduced UK wage inequality? (2004). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. [Link]
Spikes and spill-overs: the impact of the national minimum wage on the wage distribution in a low-wage sector (2004). The Economic Journal. [Link]
Where the minimum wage bites hard: the introduction of the UK national minimum wage to a low-wage sector (2003). Journal of the European Economic Association. [Link]
The impact of the national minimum wage on the wage distribution, poverty and the gender pay gap (2002). Report prepared for the Low Pay Commission. [Link]
The effect of minimum wages on employment: theory and evidence from Britain (1999). Journal of Labor Economics. [Link]
Estimating the effect of minimum wages on employment from the distribution of wages: a critical view (1998). Labor Economics. [Link]
Minimum wages and economic outcomes in Europe (1997). European Economic Review. [Link]
Employment and the introduction of a minimum wage in Britain (1996). The Economic Journal. [Link]
The economic impact of minimum wages in Europe (1996). Economic Policy. [Link]
After wages councils. Abolition has not as yet led to an increase in employment (1995). New Economy. [Link]
The effect of minimum wages on UK agriculture (1995). Journal of Agricultural Economics. [Link]
Minimum wages and employment: a theoretical framework with an application to the UK wages councils (1994). International Journal of Manpower. [Link]
Minimum wages, wage dispersion and employment: evidence from the UK wages councils (1994). Industrial & Labor Relations Review. [Link]
Wages councils: was there a case for abolition? (1993). British Journal of Industrial Relations. [Link]