[…] a wide range of individual, area and job related characteristics and household circumstances, as well as taking into account unobserved differences, we are able to assess the impact of moving home, the distance moved and reasons for moving on household income and individual earnings. We also examine time dimensions in the returns to moving […]

This paper examines the conversion from PAPI to CAPI of the British Household Panel Survey at Wave 9 (1999). The paper describes the procedures adopted by the BHPS and examines the impact of the introduction of CAPI on key variables within the data.

[…] experiences. This paper demonstrates the value of focusing on transitions between employment and non-employment (as opposed to tracking transitions in and out of unemployment) when examining the impact of the flexible labour market on earnings and poverty. We also examine the consistency of individual employment histories, and propose strategies for dealing with inconsistencies in […]

[…] medical, developmental and temperament measures collected from the same families in cycle 1. This work attempts to establish whether the NLSCY makes it possible to identify the impact of early childhood conditions on later behavior, and particularly whether the children’s previous experiences are a better predictor of their current aggressive behavior compared to their […]

[…] those capital gains are anticipated or unanticipated? Unanticipated capital gains will, in a life-cycle model, lower the marginal utility of wealth and so reduce labour supply. The impact of anticipated gains should have already been incorporated into the individual’s life-cycle program. This paper uses micro data from the British Household Panel Survey to investigate […]

We investigate the use of various job search strategies and their impact on the probability of subsequent employment and the re-employment wage among working age men in Britain. We find that replying to advertisements and using Job Centres are the two most common methods of job search, and that job search intensity, and direct […]

We investigate the use of various job search strategies and their impact on the probability of subsequent employment and the re-employment wage among working age men in Britain. We find that replying to advertisements and using Job Centres are the two most common methods of job search, and that job search intensity, and direct […]