This paper evaluates the impact of dependent interviewing (DI) on interviewer burden and data quality using qualitative data collected from a survey carried out in 2006 on the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) interviewers. We find that: (i) DI has a minor effect on interviewer burden, (ii) this effect is perceived by interviewers to […]
We use unique information on ex ante migration preferences, actual migration behaviour and ex post reasons for migration to study the impact of tied migration on labour market outcomes among husbands and wives. Our results indicate that for husbands, job-related migration increases the transition rate into employment but has little impact on employment stability. […]
We use unique information on ex ante migration preferences, actual migration behaviour and ex post reasons for migration to study the impact of tied migration on labour market outcomes among husbands and wives. Our results indicate that for husbands, job-related migration increases the transition rate into employment but has little impact on employment stability. […]
We use unique information on ex ante migration preferences, actual migration behaviour and ex post reasons for migration to study the impact of tied migration on labour market outcomes among husbands and wives. Our results indicate that for husbands, job-related migration increases the transition rate into employment but has little impact on employment stability. […]
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 […]
[…] in foreign born workers, whereas regions like the North east of England, Wales and Scotland gained popularity between 2005 and 2016. This thesis aims at understanding the impact of immigration on UK regional wages between 1991 and 2016. The analysis presented in this thesis is split by the pre-and post-recession periods using the BHPS […]
[…] and economic goals – poverty and inequality reduction, and employment promotion, among others. Tax expenditures are widely used by EU Member States. However, their fiscal and equity impacts are not always clear and their effectiveness and efficiency as a policy instrument needs to be carefully evaluated, especially in the present context of constrained public […]
[…] in the context of a general move towards retrenchment in benefit expenditures. We consider two important conceptual issues that affect the presentation and interpretation of the likely impacts of reform: the definition of income used to examine the distributional effects of reforms; and the method of allowing for the costs of disability when comparing […]
[…] many countries, and as migration flows are becoming more complex with temporary, return and repeat migrations becoming commonplace, the need for careful scientific study of the socioeconomic impact of immigration across a wide range of countries and immigrant types is great. Central to public discourse on immigration is the impact on the labour market […]
[…] many countries, and as migration flows are becoming more complex with temporary, return and repeat migrations becoming commonplace, the need for careful scientific study of the socioeconomic impact of immigration across a wide range of countries and immigrant types is great. Central to public discourse on immigration is the impact on the labour market […]