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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

CURRENT WORKING PAPERS

“The Public-Private Sector Wage Differential for Full-Time Male Employees in Britain: A Preliminary Analysis.” IZA Discussion Paper no. 2871. (with Chatterji, Monojit) Most recent version

“The Gender Pay Gap for Private Sector Employees in Canada and Britain.” IZA Discussion Paper no. 3957. (with Drolet, Marie). Most recent version

“Flying High and Laying Low in the Public and Private Sectors: A Comparison of Pay Differentials for Full-Time Male Employees in Britain”. University of Dundee Discussion Paper no 209. (with Chatterji, Monojit). Most recent version

“Gender Gaps across the Earnings Distribution in Britain.” IZA Discussion Paper no 4331. (with Chzhen, Yekaterina). Most recent version

“Aspirations, Expectations and Education Outcomes for Children in Britain: Considering Relative Measures of Family Efficiency.” (with Li, Yuxin). Most recent version

Mumford, K.A. and Smith, Peter N. “Gender, Job Satisfaction and Relative Wages.” IZA Discussion Paper forthcoming. Most recent version

Mumford, K.A. A. “A Structural Model of Labour Supply for the Simulation of Family Policy Impacts.” IZA Discussion Paper no.1908. (with PareraNicolau, Antonia) Most recent version.

IN JOURNALS:

“The Public-Private Sector Gender Wage Differential: Evidence from Matched Employee-Workplace Data”. Forthcoming in Applied Economics. (with Monojit, Chatterji. and Smith, Peter N.). Paper

“Employee Training and Wage Dispersion: White and Blue Collar Workers in Britain.” Research in Labour Economics 30: 35-60. May 2010. (with Almeida-Santos, Filipe, and Chzhen, Yekaterina). Paper

“Family Structure and the Educational Outcomes of British Children: Some Preliminary Evidence.” International Journal of Learning 16(7): 643-656. September 2009. (with Li, Yuxin). Paper

“What Determines the Part-Time and Gender Earnings Gaps in Britain: Evidence from the Workplace.” Oxford Economics Papers 61(1): 56-75. April 2009 (with Smith, Peter N.). Paper

"The Gender Earnings Gap in Britain." Manchester School 75(6); 653-672. December 2007 (with Smith, Peter N.). Paper

"The Gender Wage Gap in Four Countries: A Rehearsal of the Gregory Contribution." Economic Record 82(257); 165-176 June 2006 (with Daly, Anne. Kawaguchi, Akira. and Meng, Xin). Paper

"Family Friendly Work Practices in Britain: Availability and Awareness." Human Resource Management Journal 45(1); 23-42 Spring 2006 (with Budd, John.W). Paper

“Employee Training and Wage Compression in Britain.” Manchester School 73(3); 321-342 June 2005 (with Almeida-Santos, Filipe). Paper

“Trade Unions and Family Friendly Work Practices in Britain.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 57(2); 204-222, January 2004 (with Budd, John.W). [Finalist, 2005 Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research]. Paper

“Job Reallocation, Employment Change and Average Tenure: Theory and Workplace Evidence from Australia”. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 51(3); 402-431, August 2004 (with Smith, Peter N.). Paper

“Employee Training and Wage Compression in Australia: Evidence from the AWIRS.” Economic Record 80; 53-64, September 2004 . (with Almeida-Santos, Filipe). Paper

“Job Tenure in Britain: Individual versus Workplace Effects.” Economica 71; 275-298 September, 2004 (with Smith, Peter N.). Paper

“The Labour Force Participation of Married Mothers in Spain and Britain.” The Australian Journal of Labour Economics 6(3); 435-451, September 2003 (with PareraNicolau, Antonia) Paper.

“Determinants of Current Job Tenure: A Cross Country Comparison.” The Australian Journal of Labour Economics 6(4); 597-608, December 2003 (with Smith, Peter N.). Paper

“Absenteeism in the UK: A Comparison across Genders.” The Manchester School 69(3); 276284, June 2001 (with Bridges, Sarah). Paper

“The Relative Positions of Women and Men in Australian Academic Economics.” Economic Papers 19(1), 18-27, March 2000. Paper

“The Position of Women in UK Academic Economics.” Economic Journal 110(464); F312-F334, June 2000 (with Booth, Alison and Burton, Jonathan). Paper

“Men, Women and the Hiring Function.” Economic Record 76(235); 380391, December 2000 (with Smith, Peter N.). Paper

"The Hiring Function Reconsidered: On Closing the Circle." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 61(3); 343-364, August 1999 (with Smith, Peter N.). Paper

"Arbitration and ACAS in Britain: A Historical Perspective." British Journal of Industrial Relations 34(2); 287-305, June 1996.

"Wage Bargaining with Endogenous Profits, Overtime Working and Heterogenous Labor" Review of Economics and Statistics, 76(2); 329-336, May 1994 (with Dowrick, Steve). Paper

"A History of the New South Wales Coal Industry, 1952-1987: Structure and Disputation." Australian Economic History Review, 34(1); 51-71, March 1994.

"Possibilities for the Future of Arbitration in Australia: Learning from International Experience." Economic Papers, 13(3); 91-103, September 1994.

"A Critical Comparison of Models of Strike Activity." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 55(3); 285-312, August 1993.

"Policy Options for Full Employment: Which Way Forward for Australia" Australian Journal of Political Science 27(3); 401-414, November 1992 (with Castles, Francis).

BOOKS:

Mumford, K.A. Women Working: Economics and Realities. Allen and Unwin, Sydney. 1989, x + 153pp.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:

Almeida-Santos, Filipe and Mumford, Karen. A “Employee Training and Wage Compression in Australia: Evidence from the AWIRS.” Originally published in the Economic Record 80; 53-64, September 2004. Reprinted in Francis Green (editor) Recent Developments In The Economics Of Training. Volume 1 Theory and Evidence on Training Determinants (Edgar Elgar, Cheltenham UK, 2007).

Castles, Francis and Mumford, Karen. "The Vision of a Full Employment Australia: A Structural and Comparative Analysis", in Fred Argy (editor) A Long-Term Economic Strategy for Australia. Volume Two. CEDA, Canberra, 1992, pp. 74-99.

Mumford, K.A. "Assistance to Australian Agriculture: Analysis and Policy", in C.Terry, R.Jones, and R.Braddock (eds), Australian Microeconomic Policies. Third Edition. Prentice Hall, Sydney, 1991, pp. 280-299.

Mumford, Karen and Tuckwell, Roger. "Australian Wage Policy", in A.W.Hooke and R.D.Reilly (eds), Macroeconomic Policy. MacMillan, Sydney, 1991, pp. 214-243.

NON-REFEREED CONTRIBUTIONS:

“Mentoring But Not As We Know It.” Royal Economic Society Newsletter, 149: 12-14, April 2010.

“The Royal Economic Society Women’s Committee Survey 2008.” Royal Economic Society Newsletter 148: 11-16, January 2010.

“Explaining the Public Sector Earnings Gap” Centre for Market and Public Organisation Bulletin, Issue 6, 4-5, Spring 2008.

“Why it’s the Wage-Earner Who Pays the Price” Yorkshire Post page 13, January 23, 2008.

“Changes in the Position of Women in UK Academia.” Royal Economic Society Newsletter 108; 1517, January 2000 (with and Propper, Carol).

‘What is happening to the UK graduate student in economics?’ Royal Economic Society Newsletter 104; 15-18, January 1999.

“Women in UK Academic Economics.” Royal Economic Society Newsletter 100; 7-9, January 1998.

“The Inaugural Report of the Royal Economic Society Women’s Committee”. American Economic Association Committee for the Status of Women in the Economics Profession Newsletter, Spring/Summer 1998 (with Osborn, Denise).

"Unemployment in the OECD: Are Economic and Political Explanations Enough?" Occasional Paper Series, Department of Social Policy, University of Manchester, June 1993 (with Castles, Francis).

RESEARCH STUDENTS

Current students -

Laura C. Rojas Blanco, University of York, 2010 - .

Andrew Sutton, University of York, 2010 - .

Yuanyuan Xie, University of York, 2010 - .

Previous students -

Yekaterina Chzhen, University of York, degree submitted 2010. Topic: “ Gender Differences in Earnings and Occupational Attainment in Europe ”. (Now at the University of Oxford)

Francesco Mariotti, University of York, degree submitted 2010. Topic: “Household Labour Supply Responses to Wage and Employment Uncertainty.” (Now at the University of York)

Yuxin Li, University of York, degree awarded 2008. Topic: “The Accumulation of Human Capital: Evidence from a UK Longitudinal Study.” (Now at the Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick).

Filipe Almeida Santos, University of York, degree awarded 2006. Topic: “Training, Wage Compression and Productivity Outcomes.” (Now at Martifer Solar Group, Portugal).

Antonia Nicolau Perara, University of York, degree awarded 2004. Topic: “European Families’ Labour Supply: Empirical Analysis for Britain and Spain.” (Now at Institut Catala d'Avaluacio de Politiques Publiques).

Vitor Escaria Alvarez, University of York, degree awarded 2004. Topic: “Job Creation and Job Destruction over the Business Cycle in Portugal.” (Now at Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao, ISEG, Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa).

Luis Murillo-Zamorano, University of York, degree awarded 2004. Topic: “Essays on Economic Efficiency and Productivity Growth. (Now at University of Extremadura, Department of Economics.)