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Working Papers

2017

1. Head-to-head: is it time for a dedicated tax to fund the NHS?
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
2. Origins of happiness
   CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (15)

2016

3. Misery and mental health
   CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

2015

4. A New Priority for Mental Health
   CEP Election Analysis Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (4)
5. Do More of Those in Misery Suffer from Poverty, Unemployment or Mental Illness?
   SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2015) View citations (1)
6. In brief... A Global Apollo Programme to tackle climate change
   CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (4)

2014

7. Policy for better mental health
   CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
8. What predicts a successful life? A life-course model of well-being
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (114)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (15)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2013) View citations (14)
   See also Journal Article What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life‐course Model of Well‐being, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2014) View citations (73) (2014)

2013

9. Enhancing Recovery Rates: Lessons from Year One of the English Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2013)
10. Mental Health: The New Frontier for Labour Economics
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (41)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2013) View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article Mental health: the new frontier for labour economics, IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Springer (2013) View citations (41) (2013)
11. Mental Illness and Unhappiness
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (13)
    Also in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2013) View citations (13)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2013) View citations (13)

2012

12. Big ideas: wellbeing and public policy
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (3)
13. How Mental Illness Loses Out in the NHS A report by The Centre for Economic Performance's Mental Health Policy Group
    CEP Reports, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)
14. In brief: Mental illness and the NHS
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
15. The causes of happiness and misery
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (64)

2011

16. A Model for the Delivery of Evidence-Based PSHE (Personal Wellbeing) in Secondary Schools
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
17. Measuring Subjective Wellbeing for Public Policy: Recommendations on Measures
    CEP Reports, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (70)
18. Measuring subjective well-being for public policy
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (80)

2010

19. In brief: Job guarantee: a new promise on long-term unemployment
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
20. In brief: The future of finance
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (7)

2009

21. Does Relative Income Matter? Are the Critics Right?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (53)
    Also in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2009) View citations (74)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2009) View citations (51)

2008

22. Improving Access to Psychological Therapy: Initial Evaluation of the Two Demonstration Sites
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2008) View citations (1)

2007

23. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Psychological Therapy
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (17)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) View citations (15)
24. The Marginal Utility of Income
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (8)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) View citations (7)
    SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2007) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article The marginal utility of income, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (337) (2008)

2006

25. Happiness and public policy: a challenge to the profession
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (201)
    See also Journal Article Happiness and Public Policy: a Challenge to the Profession, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2006) View citations (207) (2006)
26. Tackling Depression and Anxiety Disorders
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
27. The Depression Report: A New Deal for Depression and Anxiety Disorders
    CEP Reports, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (8)

2005

28. Mental health: the choice of therapy for all
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
29. Tackling unemployment: Europe's successes and failures
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2004

30. Good Jobs and Bad Jobs
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (16)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2004) View citations (12)
31. Policies for full employment
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (8)

2003

32. Full employment is not just a dream
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (2)

2002

33. Britain's record on skills
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (2)
    Also in CEE Discussion Papers, Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE (2002) View citations (2)
34. The status quo is not an option
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2001

35. Welfare to Work and the New Deal
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (5)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2001) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Welfare-to-work and the New Deal, World Economics, World Economics, 1 Ivory Square, Plantation Wharf, London, United Kingdom, SW11 3UE (2000) View citations (16) (2000)

1998

36. Labour Market Institutions and Economic Performance
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (54)
    Also in Working Papers, Centre for Economic Performance & Institute of Economics (1997) View citations (118)
    See also Chapter Labor market institutions and economic performance, Handbook of Labor Economics, Elsevier (1999) View citations (756) (1999)

1997

37. European versus US Unemployment: Different Responses to Increased Demand for skill?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (22)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1997) View citations (16)
38. Investment Prospects In Russia
    CEP Reports, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

1996

39. Combating unemployment: is flexibility enough?
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (39)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (1996) View citations (56)
40. The Road Back to Full Employment
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1996) View citations (2)

1995

41. How Much Unemployment is Needed for Restructuring?: The Russian Experience
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (47)
    See also Journal Article How much unemployment is needed for restructing: the Russian experience, The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1995) View citations (45) (1995)
42. Lifelong Learning
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1995) View citations (1)
43. The Current State and Future of Economic Reform
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

1994

44. Unemployment: The Way Forward for Europe
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1994)
45. Who Gains and Who Loses from Russian Credit Expansion
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)

1993

46. Can Russia Control Inflation?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
47. The Conditions of Life
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

1992

48. A Code of Conduct for Inter-State Trade
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
49. Japanese Capitalism, Anglo-Saxon Capitalism; How Will the Darwinian Contest Turn Out?
    CEP Occasional Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
50. Unemployment in the OECD Countries
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (1991) View citations (113)

1991

51. How to Privatise
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)

1990

52. Economic Change in Poland
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (3)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1990) View citations (4)
53. Mismatch: A Framework for Thought
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (14)
54. Understanding Unemployment
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)
55. Wage Bargaining and Incomes Policy: Possible lessons for Eastern Europe
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (3)

1989

56. EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT: CAUSE AND CURE
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics View citations (2)
57. LAY-OFFS BY SENIORITY AND EQUILIBRIUM EMPLOYMENT
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics
    See also Journal Article Lay-offs by seniority and equilibrium employment, Economics Letters, Elsevier (1990) View citations (3) (1990)
58. THE REAL EFFECTS OF TAX-BASED INCOMES POLICIES
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics
59. THE THATCHER MIRACLE?
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics View citations (22)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1989) View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article The Thatcher Miracle?, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1989) View citations (22) (1989)

1988

60. IS UNEMPLOYMENT LOWER IF UNIONS BARGAIN OVER EMPLOYMENT?
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Is Unemployment Lower if Unions Bargain over Employment?, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1990) View citations (90) (1990)
61. WHY DOES UNEMPLOYMENT PERSIST?
    Working Papers, London School of Economics - Centre for Labour Economics View citations (10)

1980

62. Income Policy and Wage Differentials
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.

Undated

63. Home Production - A Survey
    University of Chicago - Population Research Center, Chicago - Population Research Center View citations (26)
64. Layard-Nickell
    Instructional Stata datasets for econometrics, Boston College Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2016

1. The economics of mental health
   IZA World of Labor, 2016, 321 View citations (7)

2014

2. What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life‐course Model of Well‐being
   Economic Journal, 2014, 124, (580), F720-F738 View citations (73)
   See also Working Paper What predicts a successful life? A life-course model of well-being, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2014) View citations (114) (2014)

2013

3. Mental health: the new frontier for labour economics
   IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2013, 2, (1), 1-16 View citations (41)
   See also Working Paper Mental Health: The New Frontier for Labour Economics, CEP Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (41) (2013)

2008

4. Introduction
   Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (8-9), 1773-1776
5. The marginal utility of income
   Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (8-9), 1846-1857 View citations (337)
   See also Working Paper The Marginal Utility of Income, CEP Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (8) (2007)

2006

6. Happiness and Public Policy: a Challenge to the Profession
   Economic Journal, 2006, 116, (510), C24-C33 View citations (207)
   See also Working Paper Happiness and public policy: a challenge to the profession, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2006) View citations (201) (2006)

2000

7. Welfare-to-work and the New Deal
   World Economics, 2000, 1, (2), 29-39 View citations (16)
   Also in Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 2000, 136, (III), 277-287 (2000) View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper Welfare to Work and the New Deal, CEP Occasional Papers (2001) View citations (5) (2001)

1995

8. How much unemployment is needed for restructing: the Russian experience
   The Economics of Transition, 1995, 3, (1), 39-58 View citations (45)
   See also Working Paper How Much Unemployment is Needed for Restructuring?: The Russian Experience, CEP Discussion Papers (1995) View citations (47) (1995)

1993

9. The future of the Russian reform1
   The Economics of Transition, 1993, 1, (3), 357-362

1990

10. Is Unemployment Lower if Unions Bargain over Employment?
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1990, 105, (3), 773-787 View citations (90)
    See also Working Paper IS UNEMPLOYMENT LOWER IF UNIONS BARGAIN OVER EMPLOYMENT?, Working Papers (1988) View citations (1) (1988)
11. Lay-offs by seniority and equilibrium employment
    Economics Letters, 1990, 32, (3), 295-298 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper LAY-OFFS BY SENIORITY AND EQUILIBRIUM EMPLOYMENT, Working Papers (1989) (1989)

1989

12. Das Thatcher-Mirakel?
    Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft - WuG, 1989, 15, (4), 495-510
13. On Vacancies
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1989, 51, (4), 377-94 View citations (44)
14. The Thatcher Miracle?
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (2), 215-19 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper THE THATCHER MIRACLE?, Working Papers (1989) View citations (22) (1989)

1987

15. Introduction
    European Economic Review, 1987, 31, (1-2), 285-287
16. Labour market flexibility in Japan in comparison with Europe and the U.S.: By T. Tachibanaki
    European Economic Review, 1987, 31, (3), 678-681

1985

17. The Causes of British Unemployment
    National Institute Economic Review, 1985, 111, (1), 62-85 View citations (77)
18. Unemployment, real wages, and aggregate demand in Europe, Japan and the United States
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1985, 23, (1), 143-202 View citations (11)
19. Why Are More Women Working in Britain?
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1985, 3, (1), S147-76 View citations (20)

1984

20. Neoclassical Demand for Labour Functions for Six Major Economies
    Economic Journal, 1984, 94, (376), 788-99 View citations (29)

1983

21. Marginal Employment Subsidies Again: A Brief Response to Whitely and Wilson
    Economic Journal, 1983, 93, (372), 881-82 View citations (1)
22. Wage rigidity and unemployment in OECD countries
    European Economic Review, 1983, 21, (1-2), 11-39 View citations (63)

1982

23. An inflation tax
    Fiscal Studies, 1982, 3, (2), 47-59 View citations (5)
24. Special Issue on Unemployment
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1982, 49, (5), 675-677 View citations (1)

1981

25. Measuring the Duration of Unemployment: A Note
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1981, 28, (3), 273-77 View citations (9)
26. Reply to John Creedy's comment
    Journal of Public Economics, 1981, 15, (2), 273-273 View citations (1)

1980

27. Human Satisfactions and Public Policy
    Economic Journal, 1980, 90, (363), 737-50 View citations (269)
28. On the Use of Distributional Weights in Social Cost-Benefit Analysis
    Journal of Political Economy, 1980, 88, (5), 1041-47 View citations (7)
29. The Case for Subsidising Extra Jobs
    Economic Journal, 1980, 90, (357), 51-73 View citations (26)

1979

30. Education versus cash redistribution: The lifetime context
    Journal of Public Economics, 1979, 12, (3), 377-385 View citations (1)
31. Family Income Distribution: Explanation and Policy Evaluation
    Journal of Political Economy, 1979, 87, (5), S133-61 View citations (8)
32. Human Capital and Earnings: British Evidence and a Critique
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1979, 46, (3), 485-503 View citations (44)

1975

33. Capital-Skill Complementarity, Income Distribution, and Output Accounting
    Journal of Political Economy, 1975, 83, (2), 279-301 View citations (115)
34. Cost Functions for University Teaching and Research
    Economic Journal, 1975, 85, (337), 55-74 View citations (19)

1974

35. The Screening Hypothesis and the Returns to Education
    Journal of Political Economy, 1974, 82, (5), 985-98 View citations (110)

1973

36. Denison and the Contribution of Education to National Income Growth: A Comment
    Journal of Political Economy, 1973, 81, (4), 1013-16 View citations (2)

1971

37. Schultz, Theodore W., Investment in Human Capital; The Role of Education and of Research, New York, The Free Press, 1971, xii + 272 pp. ($8.75)
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1971, 53, (4), 692-693

Books

2016

1. Combatting Unemployment
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press
   Also in OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press (2011) View citations (7)

2005

2. Unemployment: Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (329)
   Also in OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press (1991) View citations (2150)

1993

3. Post-Communist Reform: Pain and Progress, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (33)

Edited books

1994

1. Cost-Benefit Analysis
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (21)

1987

2. Handbook of Labor Economics, vol 2
   Handbook of Labor Economics, Elsevier View citations (76)
3. Handbook of Labor Economics, vol 1
   Handbook of Labor Economics, Elsevier View citations (76)

1986

4. Restoring Europe's Prosperity: Macroeconomic Papers from the Centre for European Policy Studies, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (14)

Chapters

2009

1. Well-Being Measurement and Public Policy
   A chapter in Measuring the Subjective Well-Being of Nations: National Accounts of Time Use and Well-Being, 2009, pp 145-154 View citations (6)

1999

2. Labor market institutions and economic performance
   Chapter 46 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1999, vol. 3, Part C, pp 3029-3084 View citations (756)
   See also Working Paper Labour Market Institutions and Economic Performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (1998) View citations (54) (1998)

1987

3. The natural rate of unemployment: Explanation and policy
   Chapter 16 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1987, vol. 2, pp 921-999 View citations (39)

1982

4. Youth Unemployment in Britain and the United States Compared
   A chapter in The Youth Labor Market Problem: Its Nature, Causes, and Consequences, 1982, pp 499-542 View citations (12)

Editor

1. Handbook of Labor Economics
   Elsevier
2. Handbook of Labor Economics
   Elsevier