Manning, Alan


Professor Alan Manning  

Department

Position held

Department of Economics

Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)

Professor of Economics

Experience keywords:

wages councils; unemployment; labour economics; minimum wages; low pay

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

020 7955 6078

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2008

Manning, Alan and Petrongolo, Barbara (2008) The part-time pay penalty for women in Britain. The economic journal, 118 (526). pp. 28-51. ISSN 1468-0297

2007

Georgiadis, Andreas and Manning, Alan (2007) Spend it like Beckham? Inequality and redistribution in the UK, 1983-2004. CEPDP, 816. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Azmat, Ghazala and Manning, Alan and Van Reenen, John (2007) Privatization, entry regulation and the decline of labor's share of GDP: a cross-country analysis of the network industries. Centre for Economic Performance , London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan (2007) Respect. CEPDP, 793. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan and Roy, Sanchari (2007) Culture clash or culture club? The identity and attitudes of immigrants in Britain. CEPDP, 790. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan and Petrongolo, Barbara (2007) The part-time pay penalty for women in Britain. Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, UK

Manning, Alan (2007) The plant size-place effect: agglomeration and monopsony in labour markets. CEPDP, 773. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Goos, Maarten and Manning, Alan (2007) Lousy and lovely jobs : the rising polarization of work in Britain. Review of economics and statistics, 89 (1). pp. 118-133. ISSN 0034-6535

Manacorda, Marco and Manning, Alan (2007) Shifts in the demand and supply of skills: evidence from Italy, the UK and the US. Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics, 69 pp. 635-666. ISSN 0305-9049

2006

Manacorda, Marco and Manning, Alan and Wadsworth, Jonathan (2006) The impact of immigration on the structure of male wages: theory and evidence from Britain. CEPDP, 754. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Azmat, Ghazala and Guell, Maia and Manning, Alan (2006) The gender gap in unemployment rates in OECD countries. Journal of labor economics, 24 (1). pp. 1-38. ISSN 0734-306X

Manning, Alan and Pischke, Jorn-Steffen (2006) Comprehensive versus selective schooling in England and Wales: what do we know? CEEDP, 66. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gibbons, Stephen and Manning, Alan (2006) The incidence of UK housing benefit: evidence from the 1990s reforms. Journal of Public Economics, 90 (4-5). pp. 799-822. ISSN 0047-2727

Pischke, Jorn-Steffen and Manning, Alan (2006) Comprehensive versus selective schooling in England and Wales: what do we know? Working Paper 12176. National bureau of economic research, Massachusetts, USA

Manning, Alan (2006) A generalised model of monopsony. Economic journal, 116 (508). pp. 84-100. ISSN 0013-0133

Manning, Alan (2006) Monopsony. The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online,

2005

Manning, Alan and Petrongolo, Barbara (2005) The part-time pay penalty. Centrepiece, 10 (3). pp. 22-23. ISSN 1362-3761

Manning, Alan and Swaffield, Joanna (2005) The gender gap in early career wage growth. CEPDP, 700. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan (2005) You can't always get what you want: the impact of the jobseeker's allowance. CEPDP, 697. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan and Petrongolo, Barbara (2005) The part-time pay penalty. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan (2005) Monopsony and labour demand. Brussels economic review / Cahiers economiques de Bruxelles, 48 (1-2). pp. 95-112. ISSN 0008-0195

2004

Dickens, Richard and Manning, Alan (2004) Has the national minimum wage reduced the UK wage inequality? Journal of the royal statistical society: series A, 167 (4). pp. 613-626. ISSN 0964-1998

Manning, Alan (2004) We can work it out: the impact of technological change on the demand for low-skill workers. Scottish journal of political economy, 51 (5). pp. 581-608. ISSN 0036-9292

Manning, Alan (2004) Monopsony and labour demand. In:Econometrics of Labour Demand (7-8 Oct 2004 : Mons, Belgium).

Manning, Alan (2004) Instrumental variables in models with binary treatment effects: a simple exposition. Contributions to economic analysis & policy, 3 (1). ISSN 1538-0645

Manning, Alan (2004) We can work it out: the impact of technological change on the demand for low skill workers. CEPDP, 640. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Azmat, Ghazala and Güell, Maia and Manning, Alan (2004) Women looking for work. Centrepiece, 9 (2). pp. 20-27. ISSN 1362-3761

Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan (2004) A test of competitive labor market theory: the wage structure among care assistants in the south of England. Industrial and labor relations review, 57 (3). pp. 371-385. ISSN 0019-7939

Manning, Alan and Robinson, Helen (2004) Something in the way she moves: a fresh look at an old gap. Oxford economic papers, 56 (2). pp. 169-188. ISSN 0030-7653

Manning, Alan (2004) Monopsony and the efficiency of labour market interventions. Labour economics, 11 pp. 145-163. ISSN 0927-5371

Manning, Alan (2004) Instrumental variables for binary treatments with heterogeneous treatment effects: a simple exposition. CEPDP, 619. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Azmat, Ghazala and Guell, Maia and Manning, Alan (2004) Gender gaps in unemployment rates in OECD countries. CEPDP, 607. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gregg, Paul and Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan (2004) Mobility and joblessness. In: Blundell, Richard and Card, David and Freeman d, Richard B, (eds.) Seeking a permier league economy: the economic effects of British economic reforms, 1980-2000. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA, pp. 371-410. ISBN 0226092844

2003

Gibbons, Stephen and Manning, Alan (2003) The incidence of UK housing benefit: evidence from the 1990s reforms. CEPDP, 597. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Goos, Maarten and Manning, Alan (2003) Lousy and lovely jobs: the rising polarization of work in Britain. CEPDP, 604. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan (2003) The real thin theory: monopsony in modern labour markets. CEPDP, 564. London School of Economics and Political Science, Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK

Manning, Alan (2003) Life’s ups and downs: understanding the evolution of wages. In:The Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003 (7-9 Apr 2003 : Warwick, UK).

Manning, Alan (2003) The real thin theory: monopsony in modern labour markets. Labour economics, 10 (2). pp. 105-131. ISSN 0927-5371

Manning, Alan (2003) Monopsony in motion: imperfect competition in labor markets. Princeton University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0691113122

Goos, Maarten and Manning, Alan (2003) McJobs and MacJobs: the growing polarisation of jobs in the UK. In: Dickens, Richard and Gregg, Paul and Wadsworth, Jonathan, (eds.) The labour market under new labour. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 70-85. ISBN 1403916292

Dickens, Richard and Manning, Alan (2003) Minimum wage, minimum impact. In: Dickens, Richard and Gregg, Paul and Wadsworth, Jonathan, (eds.) The labour market under new labour. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 201-213. ISBN 1403916306

Manning, Alan and Machin, Stephen and Rahman, Lupin (2003) Where the minimum wage bites hard : the introduction of the UK national minimum wage to a low wage sector. Journal of the European Economic Association, 1 (1). pp. 154-180. ISSN 1542-4774

2002

Manning, Alan and Dickens, Richard (2002) The impact of the national minimum wage on the wage distribution, poverty and the gender pay gap. Centre of Economic Performance, LSE, London, UK

Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan and Rahman, Lupin (2002) Where the minimum wage bites hard: the introduction of the UK national minimum wage to a low wage sector. CEPDP, 544. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Dickens, Richard and Manning, Alan (2002) Has the national minimum wage reduced UK wage inequality? CEPDP, 533. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan (2002) The structure of wages in what should be a competitive labour market. CEPDP, 532. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bhaskar, V and Manning, Alan and To, Ted (2002) Oligopsony and monopsonistic competition in labor markets. Journal of economic perspectives, 16 (2). pp. 155-174. ISSN 0895-3309

2001

Manning, Alan (2001) Monopsony and the efficiency of labour market interventions. CEPDP, 514. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan (2001) A generalised model of monopsony. CEPDP, 499. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan (2001) Labour supply, search and taxes. Journal of public economics, 80 (3). pp. 409-434. ISSN 0047-2727

Dickens, Richard and Brown, Donna and Gregg, Paul and Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan, (eds.) (2001) Everything under a fiver: recruitment and retention in lower paying labour markets. Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York. ISBN 9781899987832

2000

Manning, Alan (2000) Pretty vacant: recruitment in a low-wage labour market. Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics, 62 (s1). pp. 747-770. ISSN 0305-9049

Manning, Alan (2000) Movin' on up: interpreting the earnings-experience profile. Bulletin of economic research, 52 (4). pp. 261-295. ISSN 0307-3378

Manning, Alan (2000) Labour supply, search and taxes. CEPDP, 449. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

1999

Manning, Alan (1999) Pretty vacant: recruitment in low wage labour markets. CEPDP, 418. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Dickens, Richard and Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan (1999) The effect of minimum wages on employment: theory and eveidence from Britain. Journal of labor economics, 17 (1). pp. 1-23. ISSN 0734-306X

Manacorda, Marco and Manning, Alan (1999) Just can't get enough: more on skill-biassed change and labour market performance. CEPDP, 412. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

1998

Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan (1998) The causes and consequences of long-term unemployment in Europe. CEPDP, 400. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan and Robinson, Helen (1998) Something in the way she moves: a fresh look at an old gap. CEPDP, 389. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan (1998) Mighty good thing: the returns to tenure. CEPDP, 383. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan (1998) Movin on up: interpreting the earnings experience profile. CEPDP, 380. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Dickens, Richard and Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan (1998) Estimating the effect of minimum wage on employment from the distribution of wages: a critical view. Labor economics, 5 (2). pp. 109-134. ISSN 0927-5371

1997

Manning, Alan and Thomas, Jonathan (1997) A simple test of the shirking model. CEPDP, 374. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gregg, Paul and Manning, Alan (1997) Labour market regulation and unemployment. In: Snower, Dennis J. and de la Dehesa, Guillermo, (eds.) Unemployment policy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 395-419. ISBN 9780521599214

Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan (1997) Can supply create its own demand. European economic review papers and proceedings, 41 (3-5). pp. 507-516. ISSN 0014-2921

Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan (1997) Minimum wages and economic outcomes in Europe. European economic review papers and proceedings, 41 (3-5). pp. 733-742. ISSN 0014-2921

Gregg, P and Manning, Alan (1997) Skill-biassed change, unemployment and inequality. European economic review, 41 (6). pp. 1173-1200. ISSN 0014-2921

Manning, Alan (1997) What variation should we have in the national minimum wage? In: Philpott, John, (ed.) Implementing a national minimum wage in the UK : key issues for the low pay commission. The Employment Policy Institute, London, UK, pp. 75-85.

1996

Manning, Alan (1996) Pay impact exaggerated. Financial times, ISSN 0307-1766

Dolado, Juan and Kramarz, Francis and Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan and Margolis, David and Teulings, Coen (1996) The economic impact of minimum wages in Europe. Economic policy, 11 (23). pp. 319-372. ISSN 0266-4658

Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan (1996) Employment and the introduction of a minimum wage in Britain. The economic journal, 106 (436). pp. 667-676. ISSN 1468-0297

Green, F and Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan (1996) The employer size-wage effect: is monopsony the explanation? Oxford economic papers, 48 (3). pp. 433-455. ISSN 0030-7653

Manning, Alan (1996) Authority in employment contracts: a bilateral bargaining approach. Labour economics, 3 (1). pp. 1-23. ISSN 0927-5371

Manning, Alan (1996) The Equal Pay Act as an experiment to test different theories of the labour market. Economica, 63 (250). pp. 191-212. ISSN 0013-0427

1995

Dickens, Richard and Manning, Alan (1995) After wage councils. Abolition has not as yet led to an increase in employment. New economy, 2 (4). pp. 223-227. ISSN 1070-3535

Manning, Alan (1995) Development in labour market theory and their implications for macroeconomic policy. Scottish journal of political economy, 42 (3). pp. 250-266. ISSN 0036-9292

Dickens, Richard and Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan and Metcalf, D and Wadsworth, Jonathan and Woodland, Stephen (1995) The effect of minimum wages on UK agriculture. Journal of agricultural economics, 46 (1). pp. 1-19. ISSN 0021-857X

Manning, Alan (1995) How do you know that real wages are too high? Quarterly journal of economics, 110 (4). pp. 1111-1125. ISSN 0033-5533

1994

Manning, Alan (1994) Labour markets with company wage policies. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan (1994) How robust is the microeconomic theory of the trade union? Journal of labor economics, 12 (3). pp. 430-459. ISSN 0734-306X

Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan and Woodland, Stephen (1994) Are workers paid their marginal product? evidence from a low wage labour market. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan (1994) Minimum wages, wage dispersion and employment: evidence from the UK wages councils. Industrial and labor relations review, 47 (2). pp. 319-329. ISSN 0019-7939

Dickens, Richard and Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan (1994) Minimum wages and employment: a theoretical framework with an application to the UK wages councils. International journal of manpower, 15 (2). pp. 26-48. ISSN 0143-7720

1993

Manning, Alan (1993) Pre-strike ballots and wage-employment bargaining. Oxford economic papers, 45 (3). pp. 422-439. ISSN 0030-7653

Manning, Alan (1993) The dynamic model of union power, wages and employment. Scandinavian journal of economics, 95 (2). pp. 175-193. ISSN 0347-0520

Manning, Alan (1993) The equal pay act as an experiment to test theories of the labour market. CEPDP, 153. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Lockwood, Ben and Manning, Alan (1993) Wage setting and the tax system: theory and evidence for the UK. CEPDP, 115. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan (1993) Wage bargaining and the Phillips Curve: the specification and identification of aggregate wage equations. The economic journal, 103 (416). pp. 98-118. ISSN 1468-0297

Lockwood, B and Manning, Alan (1993) Wage-setting and the tax system: theory and evidence for the UK. Journal of public economics, 52 (1). pp. 1-30. ISSN 0047-2727

Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan and Meghir, Costas (1993) Dynamic models of employment using firm level panel data. In: Pfann, G and van Ours, J and Ridder, G, (eds.) Labor demand and equilibrium wage formation. North-Holland Publishing Co, Holland. ISBN 9780444895905

Lockwood, B and Manning, Alan (1993) The importance of kinked adjustment costs: some evidence from UK manufacturing. In: Pfann, G and van Ours, J and Ridder, G, (eds.) Labour demand and equilibrium wage formation. North-Holland Publishing Co, Holland. ISBN 9780444895905

Dickens, Richard and Gregg, Paul and Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan and Wadsworth, Jonathan (1993) Wages councils: was there a case for abolition? British journal of industrial relations, 31 (4). pp. 515-530. ISSN 1467-8543

Manning, Alan (1993) An economic analysis of the effects of pre-strike ballots. In: Metcalf, D and Milner, S, (eds.) New perspectivews on industrial disputes. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 115-132. ISBN 0415091519

Manning, Alan (1993) Endogenous labour market segmentation in a matching model. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

1992

Manning, Alan (1992) Multiple equilibria in the British labour market: some empirical evidence. European economic review, 36 (7). pp. 1333-1365. ISSN 0014-2921

Manning, Alan (1992) An economic analysis of the effects of pre-strike ballots. CEPDP, 98. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan (1992) Testing dynamic models of worker effort. Journal of labor economics, 10 (3). pp. 288-305. ISSN 0734-306X

Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan (1992) Minimum wages. CEPDP, 80. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Green, F. and Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan (1992) The employer size-wage effect: is monopsony the explanation? CEPDP, 79. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan (1992) Imperfect labour markets, the stock market and the inefficiency of a dynamic model. Oxford economic papers, 44 (2). pp. 257-271. ISSN 0030-7653

Manning, Alan (1992) Productivity growth, wage setting and the equilibrium rate of unemployment. CEPDP, 63. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan (1992) How robust is the microeconomic theory of the trade union? CEPDP, 65. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

1991

Manning, Alan (1991) The determinants of wage pressure: some implications of a dynamic model. Economica, 58 (231). pp. 325-339. ISSN 0013-0427

Manning, Alan (1991) The effects of union density of wages and employment: a dynamic monopoly union model. CEPDP, 20. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan (1991) Authority in employment contracts: a bilateral bargaining model. CEPDP, 21. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manning, Alan (1991) Pre-strike ballots and wage-employment bargaining. CEPDP, 19. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Alogoskoufis, G and Manning, Alan (1991) Tests of alternative wage-employment bargaining models with an application to the UK aggregate labour market. European economic review, 35 (1). pp. 23-37. ISSN 0014-2921

1990

Kay, J and Manning, Alan and Szymanski, S (1990) Pricing a new product: eurotunnel. Business strategy review, 1 (1). pp. 37-56. ISSN 1467-8616

1989

Lockwood, Ben and Manning, Alan (1989) Dynamic wage-employment bargaining with employment adjustment costs. The economic journal, 99 (398). pp. 1143-1158. ISSN 1468-0297

Kay, J and Manning, Alan and Szymanski, S (1989) The economic benefits of a channel tunnel. Economic policy, 4 (8). pp. 211-288. ISSN 0266-4658

Manning, Alan (1989) An asymmetric information approach to the comparative analysis of participatory and capitalist firms. Oxford economic papers, 41 (1). pp. 312-326. ISSN 0030-7653

Manning, Alan (1989) Implicit contracts. In: Sapsford, D and Tzannatos, Z, (eds.) Current issues in labour economics. Macmillian Education, London, UK. ISBN 9780333453544

1988

Manning, Alan (1988) Inefficiency and inequality in a model of occupational choice with private information. Journal of public economics, 37 (2). pp. 142-169. ISSN 0047-2727

Manning, Alan (1988) A model of the labour market with some Marxian and Keynesian features. European economic review, 32 (9). pp. 1797-1816. ISSN 0014-2921

Alogoskoufis, G and Manning, Alan (1988) On the persistence of unemployment. Economic policy, 3 (7). pp. 427-469. ISSN 0266-4658

Alogoskoufis, G and Manning, Alan (1988) Wage-setting and unemployment persistence in Europe, Japan and the USA. European economic review papers and proceedings, 32 (2-3). pp. 698-706. ISSN 0014-2921

1987

Manning, Alan (1987) An integration of trade union models in a sequential bargaining framework. The economic journal, 97 (385). pp. 121-139. ISSN 1468-0297

Manning, Alan (1987) Collective bargaining institutions and efficiency. European economic review, 31 (1-2). pp. 168-176. ISSN 0014-2921

Manning, Alan (1987) Trade union power and jobs. International review of applied economics, 1 (2). pp. 176-189. ISSN 0269-2171

1985

Manning, Alan (1985) A note on capital markets and bankruptcy constraints in contracting. Economics letters, 19 (4). pp. 311-314. ISSN 0165-1765

Machin, Stephen and Manning, Alan The causes and consequences of long-term unemployment in Europe. In: Handbook of labor economics- labor markets and the macroeconomy. , pp. 3085-3139. ISSN 0-444-50189-4

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