Nigel O’Leary

WISERD Co-Director Prifysgol Abertawe

n.c.oleary@swansea.ac.uk 01792 602113

Nigel is a Professor of Economics at Swansea University and deputy director of WELMERC (Welsh Labour Market Evaluation and Research Centre). He is an applied economist with a special interest in labour market and well-being considerations. He has a wealth of research and consultancy experience in the areas of labour economics and regional labour markets, economic development and inequalities, and educational attainment. Clients have included BP, Welsh Government, Welsh Development Agency, Equal Opportunities Commission and CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) amongst others.

Cyfweliad gyda’r Athro Nigel O’Leary, Prifysgol Abertawe

Mae’r Athro Nigel O’Leary o Brifysgol Abertawe yn esbonio sut mae ei ymchwil ar hunaniaeth a rhaniadau dinesig yn y DU yn archwilio’r canlyniadau gwahaniaethol ar draws grwpiau ymylol mewn cymdeithas. Mae llawer o’r ymchwil yn canolbwyntio ar dair hunaniaeth allweddol: hunaniaeth grefyddol, hunaniaeth rywiol a’r rheini sydd â salwch neu anabledd cyfyngu tymor hir.

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Rhaniadau hunaniaeth a dinesig yn y DU

Mae Rhaniadau hunaniaeth a dinesig yn y DU yn ystyried y berthynas rhwng ffurfiau gwahanol ar hunaniaeth (anabledd, rhywioldeb, crefydd) a chyfranogiad gwleidyddol a lles. Mae’n ystyried a oes gallu gwahanol gan grwpiau hunaniaeth wrth arfer hawliau, ac esboniadau posibl ar gyfer unrhyw wahaniaethau. Y dyddiad dechrau a ddarperir yw dyddiad dechrau Canolfan Cymdeithas Sifil…

Tîm Ymchwil: David Blackaby (Prifysgol Abertawe), Melanie Jones (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Nigel O'Leary (Prifysgol Abertawe)

The Gender Pay Gap in Wales

Aims The aims of the project were to examine the pay statistics for Wales, for 2008 and other relevant years to determine possible reasons for the widening of the pay gap between women and men. Methodology The research methodology was desk based analysis of published data sets, primarily, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)…

Tîm Ymchwil: David Blackaby (Prifysgol Abertawe), Nigel O'Leary (Prifysgol Abertawe), Philip Murphy (Prifysgol Abertawe), Sami Souabni (Prifysgol Abertawe)

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Sexual orientation, political trust, and same-sex relationship recognition policies: evidence from Europe

This study uses data from the European Social Survey to analyze the impact of same-sex relationship recognition policies on the political trust of sexual minorities. We exploit temporal and geographical variation in the passage of same-sex relationship recognition policies to test the effect of these policies on the political trust of sexual minorities. Findings suggest…

Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Awst 2022

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Wellbeing trajectories around life events in Australia

Economic Modelling 93 pp 499-509 Wellbeing trajectories around key life events are calculated using HILDA data for Australia. Employing a panel quantile approach, a pan-distributional analysis of these major events identifies distinctive adjustment patterns across the subjective wellbeing distribution and differing orders of magnitudes. For all life aspects analysed, immediate impacts tend to be more…

Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Lleoliadau | Rhagfyr 2020

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Understanding What Has Been Happening to the Public-Sector Pay Premium in Great Britain: A Distributional Approach Based on the Labour Force Survey

This article investigates what has been happening to the public‐sector wage differential in Great Britain over the period 1994–2017. The evidence indicates that apart from men in the lower part of the pay distribution, the public‐sector pay premium has declined for all public‐sector workers. This decline has coincided with a decline in the overall pay…

Anghydraddoldeb, Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Labour Market Implications of Changes in the Public Sector: Public Sector Pay | Mai 2019

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Sexual identity and wellbeing: A distributional analysis

The relationship between sexual identity and wellbeing is analysed in an unconditional panel quantile setting. There is heterogeneity across sexual identity and gender for homosexuals and, for all but lesbians, sexual minorities are less satisfied than heterosexuals below the median of the wellbeing distribution. Meanwhile, bisexuals of any gender are the least satisfied of any…

Anghydraddoldeb, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol | Mai 2019

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Regional pay? The public/private sector pay differential

Regional pay? The public/private sector pay differential. Regional Studies. This paper extends the debate on making public sector wages more responsive to those in the private sector. The way in which the public/private sector wage differential is calculated dramatically alters conclusions, and far from there being substantial regional disparity in wages offered to public sector workers,…

Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Mehefin 2017

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The Impact of Domestic Mobility on Early Career Earnings: A quantile regression approach for UK graduates

This paper uses HESA data from the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education survey 2002/03 to examine whether more mobile students have an earnings advantage over those who are less mobile. We define mobility in terms of both choice of institution and location of employment. A clear finding that emerges is that mobility is associated…

Addysg, Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur, Lleoliadau | Wellbeing, Deprivation & Social Cohesion | Ionawr 2017

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Too Many Graduates? An Application of the Gottschalk-Hansen Model to Young British Graduates between 2001-2010

A model of supply and demand is applied to UK data over the period 2001–2010 to define graduate jobs in terms of the proportion of graduates and/or the graduate earnings mark-up within occupations. Within such a framework it is found that there has been an upward shift in the likelihood of young British university graduates…

Addysg, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Mehefin 2016

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Making the Case for the Social Sciences: Wales

WISERD, in partnership with the Research Institute for Applied Social Science (RIASS) and the Academy of Social Science, have today launched a new booklet showcasing the vast array of social science research taking place in Wales; titled ‘Making the Case for the Social Sciences 10 – Wales’. It includes a new study by Welsh researchers which…

Addysg, Anghydraddoldeb, Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Rhwydweithiau Ymchwil, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Gorffennaf 2015

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Too Many Graduates? An Application of the Gottschalk-Hansen Model to Young British Graduates between 2001-2010

There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates of return to graduates or graduate mark-ups show high returns, suggesting that demand has kept up with a rapidly rising supply of graduates, the literature on over-education suggests that many graduates are unable to find employment…

Addysg, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Awst 2014

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Job Mismatches and Labour Market Outcomes: Panel Evidence on University Graduates

The interpretation of graduate mismatch manifested either as over‐education or as over‐skilling remains problematical. This article analyses the relationship of educational and skills mismatch with pay, job satisfaction and job mobility using unique data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. Over‐education and over‐skilling are found to be distinct phenomena and…

Addysg, Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Mehefin 2013

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Public-private sector pay differential in UK: A recent update

This document updates and extend our previous analysis on the public-private sector wage differential using six new quarters of Labour Force Survey (LFS) data. The data are split into two sub-samples – 2009Q1-2010Q4 and 2011Q-2012Q3. The results presented are based on a linear regression of log-hourly earnings against independent variables. The measure of pay we…

Anghydraddoldeb, Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Labour Market Implications of Changes in the Public Sector, Labour Market Implications of Changes in the Public Sector: Public Sector Pay, Labour Market Implications of Changes in the Public Sector: Public Sector Pay | Ionawr 2013

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An investigation of the IFS public-private sector pay differential: A robustness check

The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Autumn Statement of 2011 that the public sectorpay freeze would come to an end in 2012/13, with public sector pay awards of 1 per cent planned overthe next 2 years thereafter. Emphasis was also placed on making public sector pay more responsive tolocal labour market conditions. Evidence…

Anghydraddoldeb, Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Labour Market Implications of Changes in the Public Sector, Labour Market Implications of Changes in the Public Sector: Public Sector Pay, Labour Market Implications of Changes in the Public Sector: Public Sector Pay | Medi 2012

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An Economic Analysis of the Implications of introducing a Living Wage in Wales

WAG’s policies on area regeneration, child poverty, public service provision, equality and workforce development all help Wales move closer towards the vision set out in the One Wales coalition agreement. If introduced, a Living Wage policy has the potential to make a further contribution towards many of these policy areas and the overall One Wales…

Anghydraddoldeb, Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | A Living Wage in Wales | Medi 2010

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Modeling and Explaining Regional Differences in Economic Prosperity within Wales

Enormous changes have taken place in the labour market during the last four decades. The number of women in the labour market has increased dramatically, with the greatest increase in labour market participation found amongst married women. The composition of the labour force changed over this period as the jobs in male-intensive industries declined and…

Anghydraddoldeb | Ionawr 2010

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Erthyglau Cyfnodolyn

The Employment and Earnings of Britain’s Senior Citizen

Britain’s senior citizens, in common with the rest of Europe, are the fastest growing age group among the population and the numbers working have grown substantially. In 2007 the numbers working at or beyond the state pension age (65 and over for men, 60 and over for women) was 1.26 million, a number that hasdoubled…

Anghydraddoldeb, Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur | Medi 2009

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Understanding ethnicity pay gaps in the UK public sector

14 Medi 2023 | Nigel O'Leary

We were tasked in a recent research project for the Office of Manpower Economics to provide an overview and understanding of the nature of variation in workers’ remuneration within the public sector, and how this varied by ethnicity. As our project comes to an end, we take this opportunity to reflect – what have we…

Anghydraddoldeb, Gwaith a marchnadoedd llafur, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Rhaniadau hunaniaeth a dinesig yn y DU