On the Job Search and Job Competition: Relevance and Wage Impact in the UK

[…] be a biased measure of job competition: various studies have suggested that on-the-job search varies over time and across groups of people, and might have a relevant impact on the outflow from unemployment. In the UK, for example, less than half of people who are actively looking for a job are unemployed; the other […]

On-the-job search and job competition: relevance and wage impact in the UK

[…] look for a (new) job while employed. Various studies have found that on-the-job search varies over time and across groups of people, and might have a relevant impact on the outflow from unemployment. For these reasons the unemployment rate is likely to be a biased measure of job competition; the bias might vary in […]

Essays on the measurement of poverty -PhD thesis-

[…] weak monotonicity property. The other conditions are simple consistency requirements.In the second chapter, we propose classes of intertemporal poverty measures which take into account both the debilitating impact of prolonged spells in poverty and the mitigating effect of periods of affluence on subsequent poverty. The weight assigned to the level of poverty in each […]

Lone Parent Obligations: an impact assessment

This report presents findings from an impact assessment of Lone Parent Obligations (LPO). LPO was introduced in November 2008 and since then lone parents have lost eligibility to Income Support (IS), based on the age of their youngest child, solely on the grounds of being a lone parent. In May 2012, the age of […]

Lone Parent Obligations: an impact assessment: research summary

This report presents findings from an impact assessment of Lone Parent Obligations (LPO). LPO was introduced in November 2008 and since then lone parents have lost eligibility to Income Support (IS), based on the age of their youngest child, solely on the grounds of being a lone parent. In May 2012, the age of […]

Job competition amongst university graduates

We test whether in Great Britain the recent increase in the supply of university graduates has a negative impact on their wages, and analyse to what extent the local labour market for graduates should be seen as regional rather than national. We do this by computing two measures of job competition amongst graduates: the […]

Does judicial review influence the quality of Local Authority Services?

This paper raises some of the key issues that have emerged from our study of the impact of judicial review litigation on the quality of local government services in England and Wales. Judicial Review is the High Court procedure by which those with a ‘sufficient interest’ can challenge decisions of public authorities on the […]

Tied migration and subsequent employment: evidence from couples in Britain

We use unique information on migration behaviour and reasons for migration to study the impact of tied migration on labour market outcomes among husbands and wives. Fewer than 2% of couples migrate for job-related reasons and the majority of these move for reasons associated with the husband’s job. Estimates from dynamic random-effects models indicate […]