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Journal and Journal Article

Sexual Orientation, Legal Partnerships and Wages in Britain

This article uses data from the Labour Force Survey to examine the effect sexual orientation has on wages in Britain. In doing so it provides the first empirical investigation of the effect being in a same-sex legal partnership has on wages. The results show that gay...

Work and Labour Markets | October 2019

Reports and Briefings

Understanding the Gender Pay Gap within the UK Public Sector

Acknowledgements: We gratefully acknowledge funding from the OME who supported this project under their 2018 Open Call for Research on Public Sector Pay and Workforces. The OME is an independent organisation that provides impartial secretariat support to the independent Pay...

Inequalities, Work and Labour Markets | August 2019

Journal and Journal Article

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...

Inequalities, Work and Labour Markets | May 2019

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Accounting for geographical variance in the union satisfaction gap

Evidence of spatial variance in the relationship between trade union membership and job satisfaction is limited. Using three nationally representative data sets, we examine lower levels of satisfaction among union members and considers how this relationship varies...

Civil Society, Data & Methods, Work and Labour Markets | March 2019

Journal and Journal Article

Everyday practices of memory: Authenticity, value and the gift

This article develops theories of collective memory by attending to the everyday practices and meaning-making involved in creating and sustaining sites of heritage. While research across disciplines linked to memory studies has increased in recent years, with a notable...

Civil Society, Work and Labour Markets | Trade Union Membership, Associational Life and Wellbeing | February 2019

Journal and Journal Article

Family, Place and the Intergenerational Transmission of Union Membership

This article examines the importance of family, gender and place to the intergenerational transmission of trade union membership. Using data from the British Household Panel Survey, we show that union membership among parents influences the union joining behaviour of young...

Civil Society, Work and Labour Markets | Trade Union Membership, Associational Life and Wellbeing | September 2018

Journal and Journal Article

Unravelling the Global Wool Assemblage: researching place and production networks in the global countryside

This article applies an assemblage reading to the contemporary global woollen industry to demonstrate how assemblage thinking has value as a methodology for generating insights into the local impact of global economic restructuring; bridging concerns with the relationality...

Civil Society, Localities, Work and Labour Markets | July 2018