Research Interests:

Labour economics. The economics of discrimination. Public sector wage determination. The economics of education. The Welsh economy.

PhD Areas and Topics in Economics

Some Recent Publications:

• "English Language Fluency and the Ethnic Wage Gap for Men in England and Wales", Economic Issues, vol. 6, 2001, pp. 21-32 (with PD Murphy, SJ Drinkwater and DH Blackaby)
• The Gender Pay Gap in Wales, Research Discussion Series, Equal Opportunities Commission, 2001, Manchester, pp. 85, ISBN 1 84206 004 X (with DH Blackaby, NJ Moore and PD Murphy)
• "White/Ethnic Minority Earnings and Employment Differentials in Britain: Evidence from the LFS", Oxford  Economic Papers, vol. 54, 2002, pp. 270-297 (with DH Blackaby, DG Leslie and PD Murphy) [http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oep/54.2.270].
• "The Effect of Unionisation on Wages in Great Britain: Estimates from the Labour Force Survey", Economic Issues, vol.8, 2003, pp. 33-45 (with DH Blackaby and PD Murphy)
• "Inactivity and Unemployment in Wales: A Contribution to the Policy Debate", Welsh Economic Review, vol. 15, 2003, pp. 28-32 with DH Blackaby, MK Jones and PD Murphy)
• "Quantile Regression Estimates of the Union Wage Effect for Great Britain", The Manchester School, vol. 72, 2004, pp. 497-514 (with PD Murphy and DH Blackaby) [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9957.2004.00405.x  ]
• "The Public-Private Sector Training Gap For Full-Time Male Employees in Britain: Evidence from SCELI", International Journal of Economic Research, 2005, vol. 2, pp. 125-145 (with PL Latreille, DH Blackaby and PD Murphy)
• "The Return to a University Education in Great Britain", National Institute Economic Review, vol. 193, pp. 75-89 (with PJ Sloane)[http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0027950105058559]
• "Born in Britain: How are Native Ethnic Minorities Faring in the British Labour Market", Economics Letters, vol. 88, pp. 370-375 (with DH Blackaby, DG Leslie and PD Murphy) [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2005.03.008].
• An Analysis of Reservation Wages for the Economically Inactive, Economics Letters, vol 97 (1), pp. 1-5, 2007, (with D. Blackaby, N. O’Leary, P. Latreille, and P. Sloane).[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.02.005].
• Employment Discrimination in Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement, forthcoming Economics Letters, 2008, vol 99, pp. 282-285 (with D. Blackaby and N. O’Leary). [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.07.003].