Fellow

Prof. Alex Bryson

Fellow Email: a.bryson [at] niesr.ac.uk Phone: +44 (0)7969 179755 Twitter: Follow @AlexanderBryson Google Scholar: View profile Linked In: View profile

Research interests:

Alex Bryson is Professor of Quantitative Social Science at UCL’s Department of Social Science, and a Visiting Research Fellow at IZA, Rutgers and NIESR. He is an applied labour economist with a background in sociology and employment relations. His research focuses on labour economics, employment relations and programme evaluation.

Education:

2013: University of Bristol, PhD Sociology

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2015 - Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Department of Social Science, University College London https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=ABRYS65

2014 - IZA Research Fellow Alex's webpage at IZA

Publications in 2018

Bryson, A. and Dale-Olsen, H. (forthcoming) “The Role of Employer-Provided Sick Pay in Britain and Norway”, Research in Labor Economics (previously IZA Discussion Paper No. 11222)

Bryson, A., Stokes, L. and Wilkinson, D. (2018) ”Is Pupil Attainment Higher in Well-managed Schools?”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 11969

White, M. and Bryson, A. (2018) ”HPWS in the Public Sector: Are There Mutual Gains?”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 11965

Barry, M., Bryson, A., Gomez, R., Kaufman, B., Lomas, G. and Wilkinson, A. (2018) ”The ’Good Workplace’: The Role of Joint Consultative Committees, Unions and HR Policies in Employee Ratings of Workplaces in Britain”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 11860

Bryson, A. and Freeman, R. B. (2018) "The Role of Employee Stock Purchase Plans - Gift and Incentive? Evidence from a Multinational Company", British Journal of Industrial Relations, DOI:10.1111/bjir.12420 (previously NIESR Discussion Paper No. 439, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1307 and IZA Discussion Paper No. 8537)

Bryson, A. and White, M. (2018) ”HRM and Small-Firm Employee Motivation: Before and After the Recession”, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, DOI: 10.1177/0019793918774524 (previously IZA Discussion Paper No. 10737)

Bryson, A. and Davies, R. (2018) "Family, Place and Intergenerational Transmission of Union Membership", British Journal of Industrial Relations, DOI: 10.1111/bjir.12345

Viinikainen, J., Bryson, A., Böckerman, P., Elovainio, M., Pitkänen, N., Pulkki-Råback, L., Lehtimäki, T., Raitakari, O. and Pehkonen, J. (2018) ”Does education protect against depression? Evidence from the Young Finns Study using Mendelian Randomization”, Preventive Medicine, 115: 134-139

Forth, J. and Bryson, A. (2018) “State substitution for the trade union good: the case of paid holiday entitlements”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 11615

Bryson, A. (2018) “Mutual Gains? The role for employee engagement in the modern workplace”, in Bosio, G., Miola, T., Origio, F. and Tomelleri, S. (eds.) Rethinking entrepreneurial human capital, Springer, pp. 43-62 (previously IZA Discussion Paper No. 11112)

Bryson, A., Stokes, L. and Wilkinson, D. (2018) "Are Schools Different? Wellbeing and Commitment Among Staff in Schools and Elsewhere", IZA Discussion Paper No. 11456

Bryson, A. and Forth, J. (2018) "The Impact of Managerial Practices on SME Performance", NIESR Discussion Paper No. 488

Bryson, A., Stokes, L. and Wilkinson, D. (2018) ”Can HRM Improve Schools’ Performance?”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 11348

Bryson, A., Forth, J. and Stokes, L. (2018) "The Performance Pay Premium and Wage Dispersion in Britain", The Manchester School, 86, 2: 139-154

Bryson, A. and Green, F. (2018) ”Do Private Schools Manage Better?”, National Institute Economic Review, No. 243, R17-R26

Bryson, A., Stokes, L. and Wilkinson, D. (2018) ”Better Schools for All?”, National Institute Economic Review, No. 243, R1-R3

Wilkinson, D., Bryson, A. and Stokes, L. (2018) ”Assessing the variance in pupil attainment: how important is the school attended?”, National Institute Economic Review, No. 243, R4-R16

Bryson, A. and MacKerron, G. (2018) ”How Does Terrorism Affect Individuals’ Wellbeing?”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 11273