Department of Economics and
Centre for Economic Performance,
London School of Economics and Political Science
Monopsony, Competition & Regulation
Monopsony and the Wage Effects of Migration, (with Michael Amior), Economic Journal, forthcoming link.
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Vacancy Duration and Wages (with Ihsaan Bassier and Barbara Petrongolo), Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming link.
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Reservation wages and the wage flexibility puzzle (with Felix Koenig and Barbara Petrongolo), Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming link.
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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.
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The Immobile Incumbent Problem in a Model of Short-Term Wage-Posting, (2025) German Economic Review Special Issue on Monopsony link.
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Monopsony in Local Labour Markets (2022). The IFS Deaton Review. [Link]
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The Measure of Monopsony (2021). Journal of the European Economic Association. [Link]
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Monopsony in Labor Markets: A review (2020). Industrial & Labor Relations Review. [Link]
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Robot Arithmetic: New Technology and Wages (2019). American Economic Review: Insights. [Link]
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Monopsony (2016). New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. [Link]
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How Local Are Labour Markets? Evidence from a Spatial Job Search Model (2011). CEP Discussion Paper. [Link]
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Imperfect competition in labor markets (2011). Handbook of Labor Economics. [Link]
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​You can't always get what you want: the impact of the uk jobseeker's allowance (2009). Labour Economics. [Link]
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The plant size-place effect: agglomeration and monopsony in labour markets (2007). CEP Discussion Paper. [Link]
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A generalised model of monopsony (2006). The Economic Journal. [Link]
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Monopsony and the efficiency of labour market interventions (2004). Labour Economics. [Link]
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Monopsony in motion: imperfect competition in labour markets (2003). BOOK. Princeton University Press. [Link]
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The real thin theory: monopsony in modern labour markets (2003). Labour Economics. [Link]
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Oligopsony & monopsonistic competition in labor markets (2002). Journal of Economic Perspectives. [Link]
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Labour supply, search and taxes (2001). Journal of Public Economics. [Link]
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Can supply create its own demand? Implications for rising skill differentials (1997). European Economic Review. [Link]
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​The employer size-wage effect: is monopsony the explanation? (1996). Oxford Economic Papers. [Link]
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How do we know that real wages are too high? (1995). Quarterly Journal of Economics. [Link]
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Immigration
Why Immigration Policy Is Hard and How To Make It Better, Polity Press, forthcoming, BOOK link
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Monopsony and the Wage Effects of Migration, (with Michael Amior), Economic Journal, forthcoming link.
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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.
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“Diversity and Social Capital Within the Workplace: Evidence from Britain” (with Thomas Breda), Industrial Relations link.
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Diversity and Neighbourhood Satisfaction (2019). The Economic Journal. [Link]
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One nation under a groove? Understanding national identity (2013). Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organization. [Link]
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The Impact of Immigration on the Structure of Male Wages: Theory and Evidence from Britain (2012). Journal of the European Economic Association. [Link]
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​​Change and continuity among minority communities in Britain (2011). Journal of Population Economics. [Link]
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The economic situation of immigrants and their children in France, Germany and the UK (2010). The Economic Journal. [Link]
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Culture clash or culture club: national identity in Britain (2010). The Economic Journal. [Link]
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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
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Residential Mobility and Unemployment in the UK (2022). Labour Economics. [Link]
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The Urban Wage Premium in Imperfect Labour Markets (2020). Journal of Human Resources. [Link]
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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]
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Explaining job polarization. Routine-Biased Technological Change and Offshoring (2014). American Economic Review. [Link]
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Job Polarization in Europe (2009). American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings. [Link]
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Lousy and lovely jobs: the rising polarization of work in Britain (2007). Review of Economics and Statistics. [Link]
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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]
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The gender gap in early-career wage growth (2008). Economic Journal. [Link]
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The part-time pay penalty (2008). Economic Journal. [Link]
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Gender gaps in unemployment rates in OECD countries (2006). Journal of Labor Economics. [Link]
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Something in the way she moves: a fresh look at an old gap (2004). Oxford Economic Papers. [Link]
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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]​
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The contribution of the minimum wage to US wage inequality over three decades: a reassessment (2016). American Economic Journal. [Link]
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Minimum wages and wage inequality: some theory and an application to the UK (2012). CEP Discussion Paper. [Link]
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Has the national minimum wage reduced UK wage inequality? (2004). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. [Link]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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The effect of minimum wages on employment: theory and evidence from Britain (1999). Journal of Labor Economics. [Link]
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Estimating the effect of minimum wages on employment from the distribution of wages: a critical view (1998). Labor Economics. [Link]
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Minimum wages and economic outcomes in Europe (1997). European Economic Review. [Link]
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Employment and the introduction of a minimum wage in Britain (1996). The Economic Journal. [Link]
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The economic impact of minimum wages in Europe (1996). Economic Policy. [Link]
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After wages councils. Abolition has not as yet led to an increase in employment (1995). New Economy. [Link]
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The effect of minimum wages on UK agriculture (1995). Journal of Agricultural Economics. [Link]
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Minimum wages and employment: a theoretical framework with an application to the UK wages councils (1994). International Journal of Manpower. [Link]
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Minimum wages, wage dispersion and employment: evidence from the UK wages councils (1994). Industrial & Labor Relations Review. [Link]
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Wages councils: was there a case for abolition? (1993). British Journal of Industrial Relations. [Link]