Fellow

Prof. Alex Bryson

Fellow Email: a.bryson [at] niesr.ac.uk Phone: +44 (0)7969 179755 Twitter: @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 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 2019

Breda, T., Bryson, A. and Forth, J. (2019) ”Productivity Dynamics: The Role of Competition in a Service Industry”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 12809

Bryson, A., Erhel, C. and Salibekyan, Z. (2019) ”Perceptions of Job Quality Using Linked Employer-Employee Data”, European Journal of Industrial Relations https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959680119884753

Joshi, H., Bryson, A., Ward, K. and Wilkinson, D. (2019) ”The Gender Gap in Wages over the Life Course: Evidence from a British Cohort Born in 1958”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 12725

Willman, P., Bryson, A. and Forth, J. (2019) New Model Unions: Options for the 21st Century, Unions21

Theodoropoulos, N., Forth, J. and Bryson, A. (2019) ”Are Women Doing It For Themselves? Gender Segregation and the Gender Pay Gap”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 12657

Forth, J., Askenazy, P. and Bryson, A. (2019) Human Resource Management Diffusion and Productivity Imbalances, BEIS Research Paper Number 2019/010, London

Stokes, L., Bryson, A. And Wilkinson, D. (2019) ”What Does Leadership Look Like in Schools and Does It Matter for School Performance?”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 12580

Bryson, A., Forth, J., Gray, H. and Stokes, L. (2019) ”Does Employing Older Workers Affect Workplace Performance?”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 12598

Bryson, A. and Kleiner, M. M. (2019) ”Re-examining Advances in Occupational Licensing Research: Issues and Policy Implications”, British Journal of Industrial Relations, doi: 10.1111/bjir.12488

White, M. and Bryson, A. (2019) ”The Impact of High-Performance Work Systems on Employees: A Sectoral Comparison”, Department of Quantitative Social Science Working Paper No. 19-04

Bryson, A. and Dale-Olsen, H. (2019) “The Role of Employer-Provided Sick Pay in Britain and Norway”, Research in Labor Economics, 47: 227-252

White, M. and Bryson, A. (2019) ”High Performance Work Systems and Public Sector Workplace Performance in Britain”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 1251

Bryson, A. and Davies, R. (2019) “Family, Place and the Intergenerational Transmission of Union Membership”, British Journal of Industrial Relations, 57, 3: 624-650

Bryson, A. and Bellmann, L. (2019) "A special issue on workplace representation and its implications for workers and employers", Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership, 2, 1: 2-4, doi.org/10.1108/JPEO-06-2019-025

Forth, J. and Bryson, A. (2019) “State substitution for the trade union good: the case of paid holiday entitlements”, Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership, doi.org/10.1108/JPEO-06-2018-0022

Bryson, A., Stokes, L. and Wilkinson, D. (2019) “Who Is Better Off? Wellbeing and Commitment among Staff in Schools and Elsewhere”, Education Economics, 27, 5: 488-506

Gomez, R., Barry, M., Bryson, A., Kaufman, B., Lomas, G. and Wilkinson, A. (2019) ”The ’Good Workplace’: The Role of Joint Consultative Committees, Unions and HR Policies in Employee Ratings of Workplaces in Britain”, Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership, doi/full/10.1108/JPEO-09-2018-0024

Willman, P., Bryson, A. and Forth, J. (2019) "UK Trade Unions and the Problem of Collective Action", British Journal of Industrial Relations, doi: 10.1111/bjir.12471

Bryson, A. and Davies, R. (2019) ”Accounting for Geographical Variance in the Union Satisfaction Gap”, Industrial Relations Journal, doi: doi/epdf/10.1111/irj.12243

Bryson, A., Dale-Olsen, H. and Nergaard, K. (2019) “Gender Differences in the Union Wage Premium? A Comparative Case Study”, European Journal of Industrial Relations, DOI: 10.1177/0959680119840572

Papps, K. L. and Bryson, A. (2019) ”Spillovers and substituability in production”, UCL Department of Quantitative Social Science Working Paper No. 19-02

Böckerman, P., Bryson, A., Kauhanen, A. and Kangasniemi, M. (2019) ”Does Job Support Make Workers Happy?”, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12211

Forth, J. and Bryson, A. (2019) ”Management practices and SME performance”, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, DOI: 10.1111/sjpe.12209

Bryson, A. and White, M. (2019) ”Migrants and Low-paid Employment in British Workplaces”, Work, Employment and Society, 33, 5: 759-776

Bryson, A. and White, M. (2019) ”HRM and Small-Firm Employee Motivation: Before and After the Recession”, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 72, 3: 749-773

Bryson, A. and Freeman, R. B. (2019) "The Role of Employee Stock Purchase Plans - Gift and Incentive? Evidence from a Multinational Company", British Journal of Industrial Relations, 57, 1: 86-106

Bryson, A., Freeman, R., Gomez, R. and Willman, P. (2019) “The Twin Track Model of Employee Voice: An Anglo-American Perspective on Union Decline and the Rise of Alternative Forms of Voice”, in Holland, P., Teicher, J. and Donaghey, J. (eds.) Employee Voice at Work, Springer, pp. 23-51