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@MISC{Bryan_researchin,
author = {Mark L. Bryan and Longitudinal Study},
title = {RESEARCH IN UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Micro-level studies of labour market behaviour have fl ourished in the last three decades thanks to the increasing availability of large datasets covering individuals and households (Angrist & Krueger, 1999). The demand for such research – examining individual labour market outcomes and how they react to policy or institutional changes – is likely to continue against a policy background that stresses the importance of personal skills and individual decisions about work and careers. Longitudinal data play a key role because they enable researchers to observe directly how individuals ’ experiences evolve over time as features of their environments change. Household panel data, such as the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and now Understanding Society, add an extra dimension because individuals can be studied in the context of their household and interactions between household members. Studies using the BHPS have covered all the main areas of labour market research. Not surprisingly, a major focus has been on investigating the determinants of wages. Some studies have investigated conventional wage determinants, like training (Booth & Bryan, 2005), labour market experience and job tenure (Williams, 2009), industry affi liation (Benito, 2000), and trade unions (Andrews, Stewart, Swaffi eld & Upward, 1998); while other studies have investigated more unexpected sources of wage variation like marriage (Bardasi & Taylor, 2008), motherhood
Keyphrases
research understanding society labour market experience micro-level study industry affi liation angrist krueger extra dimension wage variation conventional wage determinant main area understanding society booth bryan longitudinal data labour market behaviour key role household member large datasets unexpected source labour market research british household panel survey individual labour market outcome trade union job tenure personal skill bardasi taylor major focus policy background decade thanks household panel data institutional change individual decision environment change
