Published Papers

1. ‘An Exposition on the Nature of the Wage Curve.’ Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 95(2), 239-244, 1993.

2. ‘Saudi Arabia: Problems of Economic Development in the 1990’s.’ (with J. Presley and A. J. Westaway). In R. Kimber (ed), Middle East Studies. (BRISMES: London), 1993.

3. ‘Unemployment Stigma, Multiple Equilibria and Shirking: A Social-Psychological Interpretation of Hysteresis.’ Labour, 8(3), 355-375, 1994.

4. ‘Islamic Economics: The Emergence of a New Paradigm.’ (with J. Presley). Economic Journal, 104, pp. 584-596, 1994.

5. ‘Absenteeism, Efficiency Wages and Shirking.’ (with T. Barmby and J. Treble). Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 96(4), pp. 561-566, 1994.

6. ‘The Economics of Absence: Theory and Evidence.’ (with S. Brown). Journal of Economic Surveys, 10(1), pp. 23-53, 1996.

7. ‘Implications of Liberalised European Labour Markets.’ (with S. Brown and K. Button). Contemporary Economic Policy, 14(1), January, pp. 58-70, 1996.

8. ‘Real Business Cycles: Sectoral Versus Aggregate Shocks and the Elasticity of Demand for Income in Terms of Work Effort.’ (with J. Presley). Review of Political Economy, 9(4), pp. 479-484, 1997.

9. ‘Unemployment, Vacancies and Unjust Dismissals: The Cyclical Demand for Individual Grievance Procedures in Germany and Great Britain.’ (with S. Brown). Labour, 11(2), pp. 329-349, 1997.

10. ‘Housing Privatisation and the ‘Right to Buy’. (with S. Brown). Applied Economics, 29, pp. 581-590, 1997.

11. ‘A Profile of British Unemployment: Regional Versus Demographic Influences.’ (with S. Brown). Regional Studies, 31(4), pp. 351-366, 1997.

12. ‘Jurassic Union Man?’ (with S. Brown). Labour, 12(4), pp. 773-796, 1998.

13. ‘Nature Nurtured? A Comparative Test of the Strong Screening Hypothesis.’ (with S. Brown). Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 45(5), pp. 586-592, 1998.

14. ‘Education and Employment Status.’ (with S. Brown). Economics of Education Review, 18, pp. 397-404, 1999.

15. ‘Profit Sharing and Absence.’ (with S. Brown and F. Fakhfakh). Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 52(2), pp. 234-251, 1999.

16. ‘Employee Militancy in Britain.’ (with S. Brown). Applied Economics, 32(13), pp. 1767-1774, 2000.

17. ‘The Effects of International Competition on the Labor Market Prospects of Union and Nonunion Workers.’ (with S. Brown). Journal of Labor Research, 12(3), pp. 22-40, 2001.

18. ‘Actual and Optimal Labour Supply.’ (with S. Brown). Applied Economics Letters, 8(2), pp. 111-13, 2001.

19. ‘Experience-Earnings Profiles, Education and Gender.’ (with S. Brown). Journal of Economic Studies, 28(6), pp. 408-421, 2001.

20. ‘Supervisor Heterogeneity: An Analysis of UK Microdata.’ (with S. Brown). Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 49(4), pp. 407-17, 2002.

21. ‘Alternative Vision of International Monetary Reform: Comments.’ In M. Iqbal and D. T. Llewellyn (eds), Islamic Banking and Finance: New Perspective on Profit Sharing and Risk. (Edward Elgar: Cheltenham), 2002.

22. ‘Changing Labour Market Flexibility in the European Union.’ (with E. J. Pentecost). Review of World Economics, 138, pp. 148-160, 2002.

23. Earnings, Education, and Fixed-Term Contracts. Scottish Journal of Political Economy. 50(4), pp. 492-506. 2003.

24. ‘Attitudes, Expectations and Sharing.’ (with S. Brown). Labour, 17(4), pp. 543-69, 2003.

25. ‘International Competition and Trade Unions.’ (with S. Brown). In P. V. Wunnava (ed.), The Changing Role of Unions. (M. E. Sharpe: New York), 2004.

26. ‘Absenteeism, Presenteeism and Shirking.’ (with S. Brown). Economic Issues, 9(1), pp. 15-21, 2005.

27. ‘Windfalls, Wealth, and the Transition to Self-Employment.’ (with Y. Georgellis and N. Tsitsianis). Small Business Economics, 25(5), pp. 407-428, 2005.

28. ‘Employee Attitudes, Earnings and Fixed-Term Contracts: International Evidence.’ (with S. Brown). Review of World Economics, 141(2), pp. 296-317, 2005.

29. ‘Signalling and Screening.’ (with S. Brown). In G. Johnes and J. Johnes (eds), International Handbook on the Economics of Education. (Edward Elgar: Cheltenham). 2005.

30. ‘Some Evidence on the Relationship Between Performance Related Pay and the Shape of the Experience-Earnings Profile.’ (with S. Brown). Southern Economic Journal. 72(3), pp. 660-676, 2006.

31. ‘Self-Employment Longitudinal Dynamics: A Review of the Literature.’ (with Y. Georgellis and N. Tsitsianis). Economic Issues. 10(2), pp. 51-84, 2006.

32. ‘Labour Market Flexibility and Macroeconomics Policy in the European Union.’ (with E. J. Pentecost). Developments in Economics, 22, pp. 43-57, 2006.

33. ‘Risk Preference and Employment Contract Type.’ (with S. Brown, L. Farrell, and M. N. Harris). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series A). Forthcoming 2006.

34. ‘The Relative Contributions of Wage and Hours Constraints to Working Poverty in Britain.’ (with S. Brown and D. Watson). Journal of Population Economics. Forthcoming 2006.

35. ‘Employment Contract Matching: An Analysis of Dual Earner Couples and Working Households.’ (with S. Brown and L. Farrell). Small Business Economics. Forthcoming 2006.

36. ‘Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Aspects of Self-Employment Survival?’ (with Y. Georgellis and N. Tsitsianis). Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. Forthcoming 2006.

37. ‘Screening, Education and Earnings: An Empirical Analysis of Personality and Competency Tests.’ (with S. Brown). Economics of Education Review. Forthcoming 2006.