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Long-run PPP under the presence of near-to-unit roots: The case of the British Pound-US dollar rate
(2009)
Empirical tests typically provide evidence that the British pound-US dollar exchange rate and the relative wholesale price index contain exact unit roots and exhibit cointegration. However, the cointegrating vector is ...
The effect of variable pay schemes on workplace absenteeism
(2012)
The effect of variable pay schemes on workplace absenteeism is estimated using two cross-sections of private sector British establishments. Establishments that explicitly link pay with individual performance are found to ...
Employment Outcomes in the Welfare State
(2008)
We examine the implications of tax and subsidy policies for employment in the "three worlds of welfare", Anglo-Saxon, Continental European and Scandinavian. We argue that home production is key to a proper evaluation of ...