“Channel Crossings,” (Evidence Submitted to Home Affairs Committee) September 2020 . link
“Book Review: Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System by Colin Yeo,” (LSE Review of Books) August 2020 . link
“Pay rather than visa system will tackle social care recruitment,” (Local Government Chronicle) July 2020 . link
“No Recourse to Public Funds: More than a quick fix needed for immigration rules,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) June 2020 . link
“Abolishing the NHS surcharge for health and care workers is not as generous as it sounds: a pay rise is needed,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) May 2020 . link
“Economics of Migration,” (LSE Public Lecture - podcast and slides) January 2016 . link
“Immigrant's access to social housing: perception and reality,” (Centrepiece) May 2014 . link
“Despite what many believe, there is no evidence that immigrants have preferential access to social housing,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) June 2014 . link
“The debate on migrations should be less about controlling the flows and more about managing the consequences,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) October 2013 . link
“The Tier 1 Investor Route: An Economic Analysis,” (Submission to Migration Advisory Committee) October 2013 . link
“We have set up a system in which immigrants and natives are forced into conflict over access to a limited supply of social housing,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) May 2013 . link
“The evidence shows that multiculturalism in the UK has succeeded in fostering a sense of belonging among minorities, but it has paid too little attention to how to sustain support among parts of the white population,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) April 2011 . link
“The integration of immigrants and their children in Europe,” (Centrepiece) February 2010 . link
“The Labour Market Effects of Immigration,” (Centrepiece) Winter 2008 . link
“Culture Clash or Culture Club? The Identity and Attitudes of Immigrants in Britain ,” (Centrepiece) June 2007 . link
Labour Market Competition, Monopsony and Regulation
“Why we need to do something about the monopsony power of employers,” (LSE US Politics and Policy) August 2020 . link
“Shifting the balance of power: workers, employers and wages over the next parliament,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) March 2015 . link
“National Pay Bargaining: Please write to Tesco not The Times,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) October 2012 . link
“Does Germany really have a less regulated labour market than Britain? The lesson from abroad is that success depends not on less or more regulation ? it's about how smart that regulation is,” (The Guardian) February 2012 . link
“We need to be smart about regulating the labour market: individual rights rather than collective bargaining need to be the way forward,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) September 2011 . link
“More Sellers Than Buyers,” (Centrepiece) February 2003 . link
Job Polarization/Squeezed Middle/Technology and the Labour Market
“The rise of the robots means we need progressive politics more than ever,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) April 2014 . link
“Lovely and lousy jobs,” (Centrepiece) December 2013 . link
Regional Inequalities
“UK economic problems: diagnosing is easier than coming up with solutions,” (LSE Business Review) July 2020 . link
“Residential mobility in the UK: how distance and local economic conditions drive residential choices,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) August 2019 . link
“Who voted Leave: the characteristics of individuals mattered, but so did those of local areas,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) July 2016 . link
Minimum Wages
“The Truth About the Minimum Wage: Neither Job Killer Nor Cure-All,” (Foreign Affairs) Jan/Feb 2018 . link
“The National Living Wage: A Policy Experiment Well Worth Trying,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) May 2014 . link
“Does Minimum Wage Make Sense?,” (CNN) May 2014 . link
“Minimum wages: the economics and the politics,” (Centrepiece) May 2014 . link
“More than a minimum: The review of the minimum wage - Final report,” (Resolution Foundation's review of the future of the National Minimum Wage) March 2014. link
“+25%? To raise, or not to raise, the minimum wage - again,” (Milken Institute Review) July 2013 . link
“How to make the National Minimum Wage young again,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) June 2013 . link
“Minimum Wage: TMaximum Impact,” (Resolution Foundation's review of the future of the National Minimum Wage) April 2012. link
“Ein Mindestlohn muss keine Arbeitspl�tze vernichten. Entscheidend ist seine H�he,” (Focus Magazine - Germany) November 2011 . link
“Big ideas: The UK's National Minimum Wage,” (Centrepiece) October 2009 . link
Gender and the Labour Market
“The slowdown in the economic progress of women,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) August 2013 . link
“The Gender Pay Gap,” (Centrepiece) Summer 2006 . link
“The Part-Time Pay Penalty,” (Centrepiece) December 2005 . link
“Women Looking for Work,” (Centrepiece) June 2004 . link
Redistribution and the Welfare State
“How will Covid-19 shape the future economic role of the British state?,” (LSE Business Review) April 2020 . link
“Top Rate of Income Tax,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) April 2015 . link
“The Top Rate of Income Tax,” (CEP ELection Brief) April 2015 . link
“The rise of the robots means we need progressive politics more than ever,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) April 2014 . link
“The 50p tax rate is a small price to pay for the privilege of being able to live and work in our society,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) April 2014 . link
“Wage inequality and job polarization show that it is time to be pursuing redistribution from the highest-earners to those with middle and lower incomes,” (LSE British Politics and Policy) September 2011 . link
“Spend it like Beckham,” (Centrepiece) October 2008 . link
Economists and Public Policy
“The Letters Page,” (Centrepiece) Winter 2011 . link