Research outputs

The Manpower Human Resource Lab publishes a series of working papers based around its three research themes: organisational flexibility; lifelong learning and skills; and the changing labour market. All of these will be available to download for free from this website.

MHRL Discussion Paper Series

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Performance Pay and Within-Firm Wage Inequality
Erling Barth (University of Oslo), Bernt Bratsberg (Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research), Torbjørn Hægeland (Statistics Norway) and Oddbjørn Raaum (Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research)
April 2008

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From the Two Faces of Unionism to the Facebook Society: Union Voice in a 21st Century Context
Rafael Gomez (London School of Economics), Alex Bryson (Manpower Research Fellow & PSI) and Paul Willman (London School of Economics)
April 2008

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Overqualification, Job Dissatisfaction and Increasing Dispersion in the Returns to Graduate Education
Francis Green (University of Kent) and Yu Zhu (University of Kent)
November 2007

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Are There Day of the Week Productivity Effects?
Alex Bryson (Manpower Research Fellow & PSI) and John Forth (NIESR)
July 2007

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Temporary Agency Workers and Workplace Performance in the Private Sector
Alex Bryson (Manpower Research Fellow & PSI)
May 2007

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Leeway for the Loyal: A Model of Employee Discretion
Francis Green (University of Kent)
April 2007

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The Theory and Practice of Pay Setting
Alex Bryson (Manpower Research Fellow & PSI) and John Forth (NIESR)
December 2006

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Briefing Papers

Overqualification, Job Dissatisfaction and Increasing Dispersion in the Returns to Graduate Education
November 2007

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Bad Timing: Are workers more productive on certain days of the week?
August 2007

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Special Report

Human Resources, the Labour Market and Economic Performance: A look back and a look forward from the Manpower Human Resources Lab at the Centre for Economic Performance
Romesh Vaitilingam, September 2006

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