Layard, Richard


Professor Emeritus Lord Layard 

Department

Position held

Department of Economics

Emeritus Professor of Economics

Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)

Founder

Experience keywords:

unemployment; happiness/wellbeing; training; unemployment policy; active labour market policy; Russia; unemployment benefits; wage behaviour; industrialised countries; inflation; education; economic problems; Britain

Languages:

French [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7281

Publications

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2012

Layard, Richard (2012) Mental illness loses out in the NHS. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Layard, Richard (2012) Richard Layard explains the Manifesto for economic sense. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Layard, Richard (2012) Wellbeing and mental health need to be the new frontier for the welfare state. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Layard, Richard (2012) Mental health: the new frontier for the welfare state. In:CEP 21st birthday lecture series (06 Mar 2012 : London, UK).

Anderson, Peter and Cooper, Cary and Layard, Richard and Litchfield, Paul and Jane-Llopis, Eva (2012) Well-being and global success: a report prepared by the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Health & Well-being. World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland

Layard, Richard (2012) Big ideas: wellbeing and public policy. Centrepiece, 16 (3). pp. 2-5. ISSN 1362-3761

Layard, Richard (2012) Why measure subjective well-being? OECD Observer, (290-29). pp. 22-23. ISSN 0029-7054

Gyani, Alex and Shafran, Roz and Layard, Richard and Clark, David (2011) Enhancing recovery rates in IAPT services: lessons from analysis of the year one data. Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, London, UK

Layard, Richard and Nickell, Stephen and Eichhorst, Werner and Zimmermann, Klaus F (2011) Combating unemployment. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199609789

Layard, Richard (2011) Happiness: lessons from a new science. Penguin , London, UK. ISBN 9780241952795

Dolan, Paul and Layard, Richard and Metcalfe, Robert (2011) Measuring subjective well-being for public policy. Office for National Statistics, London, UK

2010

Layard, Richard (2010) Wellbeing conference, HM Treasury 25 November 2010. In:Wellbeing conference, HM Treasury (25 Nov 2010 : London, UK).

2009

Clark, David M. and Layard, Richard and Smithies, Rachel and Richards, David A. and Suckling, Rupert and Wright, Benjamin (2009) Improving access to psychological therapy: Initial evaluation of two UK demonstration sites. Behaviour and research therapy, 47 (11). pp. 910-920. ISSN 0005-7967

Layard, Richard (2009) Why subjective well-being should be the measure of progress. In:OECD world forum: charting progress, building visions, improving life (27-30 Oct 2009 : Busan, Korea).

Layard, Richard and Mayraz, Guy and Nickell, Stephen (2009) Does relative income matter?: Are the critics right?. CEP Discussion Paper, No. 918. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Layard, Richard (2009) Afterword: the greatest happiness principle: its time has come. In: Griffiths, Simon and Reeves, Richard, (eds.) Well-being: how to lead the good life and what government should do to help. The Social Market Foundation, London, UK, pp. 92-106. ISBN 1904899676

2007

Layard, Richard and Clark, David and Knapp, Martin and Mayraz, Guy (2007) Cost-benefit analysis of psychological therapy. CEPDP, 829. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Layard, Richard (2007) The teaching of values. In:Ashby lectures (02 May 2007 : Cambridge, UK).

Layard, Richard and Mayraz, Guy and Nickell, Stephen J (2007) The marginal utility of income. CEPDP, 784. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Layard, Richard (2007) Happiness and the teaching of values. Centrepiece, 12 (1). pp. 18-23. ISSN 1362-3761

Layard, Richard and Clark, David and Knapp, Martin and Mayraz, Guy (2007) Cost-benefit analysis of psychological therapy. National institute economic review, 202 (1). pp. 90-98. ISSN 0027-9501

2006

Layard, Richard (2006) The case for psychological treatment centres. BMJ, 332 (7548). pp. 1030-1032. ISSN 0959-8138

Layard, Richard (2006) Happiness and public policy: a challenge to the profession. The Economic Journal, 116 (510). ISSN 0013-0133

2005

Layard, Richard (2005) Mental health: the choice of therapy for all. Centrepiece, 10 (3). pp. 19-21. ISSN 1362-3761

Layard, Richard (2005) “Mental health: Britain’s biggest social problem?". In:Paper presented at the No.10 Strategy Unit Seminar on Mental Health (20th January 2005 : London, UK).

Layard, Richard (2005) Happiness: lessons from a new science. Penguin, London, UK. ISBN 9780141016900

Layard, Richard and Nickell, Stephen and Jackman, Richard (2005) Unemployment: macroeconomic performance and the labour market. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0199279160

2004

de Koning, J. and Layard, R. and Nickell, S. and Westergaard-Nielsen, N. (2004) Policies for full employment. HMSO, London, UK

Layard, Richard (2004) Good jobs and bad jobs. Centre for Economic Performance occasional papers, CEPOP19 . Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2003

Layard, Richard (2003) Happiness: has social science a clue? Lecture 3: what would make a happier society?. In:Lionel Robbins memorial lecture series (03-05 Mar 2003 : London, UK).

Layard, Richard (2003) Happiness: has social science a clue? Lecture 2: income and happiness: rethinking economic policy. In:Lionel Robbins memorial lecture series (03-05 Mar 2003 : London, UK).

Layard, Richard (2003) Happiness: has social science a clue? Lecture 1: what is happiness? Are we getting happier?. In:Lionel Robbins memorial lecture series (03-05 Mar 2003 : London, UK).

Layard, Richard and Nickell, Stephen (2003) Full employment is not just a dream. Centrepiece, 8 (1). pp. 10-17. ISSN 1362-3761

Layard, Richard (2003) Cause for celebration. Centrepiece, 8 (1). pp. 2-3. ISSN 1362-3761

2002

Layard, Richard (2002) Why Britain should join the Euro. Central banking, 12 (4). ISSN 0960-6319

Layard, Richard and McIntosh, Steven and Vignoles, Anna (2002) Britain's record on skills. CEEDP, 23. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Layard, Richard (2002) Human satisfactions and public policy. In: Easterlin, Richard A., (ed.) Happiness in economics. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. ISBN 9781840647549

Layard, Richard (2002) The status quo is not an option. Centrepiece, 7 (1). pp. 30-32. ISSN 1362-3761

Cooper, Richard N. and Layard, Richard, (eds.) (2002) What the future holds: insights from social science. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA., USA. ISBN 0262032945

Layard, Richard and Buiter, Willem H. and Huhne, Christopher and Hutton, Will and Kenen, Peter B. and Turner, Adair (2002) Why Britain should join the euro. Britain in Europe Campaign Ltd, London, UK. ISBN 9781903565148

2001

Layard, Richard (2001) Welfare to work and the new deal. Centre for Economic Performance occasional papers, CEPOP15. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Layard, Richard (2001) The engine of prosperity. In: Rosenbaum, Martin, (ed.) Britain & Europe: the choices we face. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 65-72. ISBN 0192802283

2000

Layard, Richard (2000) Welfare-to-work and the new deal. World economics, 1 (2). pp. 29-39. ISSN 1468-1838

Layard, Richard and Buiter, Willem H. and Currie, David and Huhne, Christopher and Hutton, Will and Kenen, Peter and Mundell, Robert and Turner, Adair (2000) The case for the euro. Britain in Europe Campaign Ltd. ISBN 1903565006

Layard, Richard (2000) Welfare-to-work and the new deal. Schweizerische zeitschrift fuer volkswirtschaft und statistik, 136 (3). pp. 277-287. ISSN 0303-9692

Boeri, Tito and Layard, Richard and Nickell, S. (2000) Welfare-to-work and the fight against long-term unemployment. Department for Education and Employment, London, UK. ISBN 1841852899

Mulgan, G. and Pisani-Ferry, J. and Muet, P. and Layard, Richard, (eds.) (2000) Achieving full employment. Policy Network, London, UK. ISBN 1903805007

Layard, Richard (2000) Clues to overcoming unemployment. In: Marin, Bernd and Meulders, Danièle and Snower, Dennis J., (eds.) Innovative employment initiatives. Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, pp. 257-266. ISBN 0754613364

Layard, Richard (2000) Joining Europe's currency. In: Baimbridge, Mark and Burkitt, Brian and Whyman, Philip, (eds.) The impact of the Euro: debating Britain’s future. Macmillan Press, Houndsmills, UK, pp. 56-66. ISBN 033373579X

1999

Nickell, Stephen and Layard, Richard (1999) Labor market institutions and economic performance. In: Ashenfelter, Orley and Card, David, (eds.) Handbook of labor economics. North Holland. ISBN 9780444501899

Layard, Richard (1999) Tackling unemployment. Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 0333722329

Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard and Manacorda, Marco and Petrongolo, Barbara (1999) European versus US unemployment: different responses to increased demand for skill? In: Layard, Richard, (ed.) Tackling unemployment. Macmillan, London, UK, pp. 201-230. ISBN 0333722329

1998

Boone, Peter and Gomulka, Stanislaw and Layard, Richard, (eds.) (1998) Emerging from Communism: lessons from Russia, China, and Eastern Europe. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA., USA. ISBN 0262024470

Layard, Richard (1998) Tackling inequality. St Martin's Press, New York, USA. ISBN 0312215762

1997

Layard, Richard (1997) How to help the underclass back to work. The times literary supplement, ISSN 0307-661X

Layard, Richard and Parker, John (1997) The coming Russian boom. The Free Press. ISBN 9780684827438

Layard, Richard and Lucas, George (1997) Investment prospects in Russia. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science,, London, UK

Layard, Richard (1997) Sweden's road back to full employment. Economic and industrial democracy, 18 (1). pp. 99-118. ISSN 1461-7099

Clarke, Andrew and Layard, Richard and Rubin, Marcus (1997) UK unemployment. Heinemann, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0435330381

Layard, Richard (1997) What Labour can do. Warner Books, London, UK. ISBN 0751519758

Layard, Richard (1997) Preventing long-term unemployment: an economic analysis. In: Snower, Dennis J. and de la Dehesa, Guillermo, (eds.) Unemployment policy: government options for the labour market. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 333-358. ISBN 0521571391

1996

Layard, Richard (1996) How to cut unemployment. Policy options, 17 (6). ISSN 0226-5893

Layard, Richard and Parker, J. (1996) The coming Russian boom. The American enterprise, 7 (4). ISSN 1932-8117

Layard, Richard (1996) Preventing long-term unemployment. In: Sasson, Helen and Diamond, Derek, (eds.) LSE on social science. LSE Books, London, UK. ISBN 0753007630

Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard and Nickell, S. (1996) Combating unemployment: is flexibility enough? In: Macroeconomic policies and structural reform.. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France. ISBN 9264153268

Layard, Richard (1996) Preventing long-term unemployment: an economic analysis. In: Gual, Jordi, (ed.) The social challenge of job creation: combating unemployment in Europe. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 55-69. ISBN 1858984599

Layard, Richard (1996) Preventing long-term unemployment. In: Philpott, John, (ed.) Working for full employment. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 190-203. ISBN 0415143489

Layard, Richard (1996) The road back to full employment. Centre for Economic Performance occasional papers, CEPOP10. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Jackman, R. and Layard, R. and Nickell, S. (1996) Combatting unemployment: is flexibility enough? CEP Discussion Paper, No. 293. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

1995

Layard, Richard and Richter, Andrea (1995) How much unemployment is needed for restructuring: the Russian experience. The economics of transition, 3 (1). pp. 39-58. ISSN 0967-0750

Layard, Richard and Richter, Andrea (1995) Labour market adjustment - the Russian way. In: Aslund, Anders, (ed.) Russian economic reform at risk. Pinter, London, UK, pp. 119-148. ISBN 1855672863

Layard, Richard (1995) The current state and future of economic reform. Centre for Economic Performance occasional papers, CEPOP08. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Layard, Richard and Steedman, Hilary (1995) Lifelong learning. Centre for Economic Performance occasional papers, CEPOP09. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

1994

Layard, Richard (1994) Subsidising employment rather than unemployment. Rivista di politica economica, ISSN 0035-6468

Layard, Richard and Glaister, Stephen, (eds.) (1994) Cost-benefit analysis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780521466745

Layard, Richard and Walters, A. A. (1994) Income distribution: allowing for income distribution. In: Layard, Richard and Glaister, Stephen, (eds.) Cost-benefit analysis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 179-198. ISBN 9780521466745

Layard, Richard (1994) Unemployment: the way forward for Europe. Centre for Economic Performance occasional papers, CEPOP07. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Layard, Richard and Mayhew, Ken and Owen, Geoffrey (1994) Why we need a training reform act. In: Layard, Richard and Mayhew, Ken and Owen, Geoffrey, (eds.) Britain’s training deficit: the Centre for Economic Performance report. Avebury, Aldershot, UK, pp. 11-30. ISBN 1856288781

Layard, Richard (1994) The welfare economics of training. In: Layard, Richard and Mayhew, Ken and Owen, Geoffrey, (eds.) Britain’s training deficit: the Centre for Economic Performance report. Avebury, Aldershot, UK, pp. 31-49. ISBN 1856288781

Layard, Richard and Richter, Andrea (1994) Who gains and who loses from Russian credit expansion? Communist economies and economic transformation, 6 (4). pp. 459-472. ISSN 0954-0113

Illarionov, Andrei and Layard, Richard and Orszag, Peter (1994) The conditions of life. In: Aslund, Anders, (ed.) Economic transformation in Russia. Pinter Publishers, London, UK, pp. 127-156. ISBN 1855671999

Layard, Richard and Nickell, Stephen J and Jackman, Richard (1994) The unemployment crisis. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0198773951

Layard, Richard and Nickell, Stephen (1994) Unemployment in the OECD countries. In: Tachibanaki, Toshiaki, (ed.) Labour market and economic performance: Europe, Japan and the USA. Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 253-295. ISBN 031212273x

Layard, Richard and Mayhew, Ken and Owen, Geoffrey, (eds.) (1994) Britain’s training deficit: the Centre for Economic Performance report. Avebury, Aldershot, UK. ISBN 1856288781

Layard, Richard (1994) Can Russia control inflation? In: Onno de Beaufort Wijnholds, J. and Eijffinger, Sylvester C.W. and Hoogduin, Lex H., (eds.) A framework for monetary stability. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, USA, pp. 269-282. ISBN 0792326679

Layard, Richard and Richter, Andrea (1994) Labour market adjustment in Russia. Russian economic trends, 3 (2). ISSN 0967-0793

1993

Layard, Richard (1993) The future of the Russian reform. The economics of transition, 1 (3). pp. 357-362. ISSN 0967-0750

Layard, Richard (1993) The squeeze on jobs: getting people back to work. World Link, ISSN 1016-359X

Layard, Richard (1993) Stabilization versus reform? Russia's first year. In: Post-communist reform: pain and progress. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA., USA, pp. 15-36. ISBN 0262023628

Layard, Richard (1993) Why so much pain, and how to reduce it. Voprosy ekonomiki, (2). ISSN 0042-8736

Layard, Richard and Mayhew, Ken and Owen, Geoffrey (1993) The training reform act of 1994. International journal of manpower, 14 (5). pp. 5-16. ISSN 0143-7720

Aslund, Anders and Layard, Richard, (eds.) (1993) Changing the economic system in Russia. Pinter, London, UK. ISBN 1855671298

Dornbusch, Rudiger and Nolling, Wilhelm and Layard, Richard, (eds.) (1993) Postwar economic reconstruction and lessons for the East today. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA., USA. ISBN 0262041367

Blanchard, Olivier and Boycko, Maxim and Dabrowski, Marck and Dornbusch, Rudiger and Layard, Richard and Schleifer, Andrei (1993) Post-communist reform: pain and progress. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA., USA. ISBN 0262023628

1992

Dore, Ron and Layard, Richard (1992) Japanese capitalism, Anglo-Saxon capitalism: how will the Darwinian contest turn out? Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Layard, Richard and Sapir, Andre (1992) A code of conduct for inter-state trade. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Blanchard, O. and Layard, Richard (1992) How to privatise. In: Siebert, Horst, (ed.) The transformation of socialist economies: symposium 1991. J.C.B. Mohr, Tübingen, Germany. ISBN 3161459261

Blanchard, O. and Dornbusch, R. and Krugman, P. and Layard, Richard (1992) East-West migration: the alternatives. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA., USA. ISBN 0262121689

Blanchard, O. and Layard, Richard (1992) Post stabilization inflation in Poland. In: Coricelli, Fabrizio and Revenga, Ana, (eds.) Wage policy during the transition to a market economy: Poland, 1990-91. World Bank, Washington D.C., USA. ISBN 0821321145

1991

Blanchard, O. and Layard, Richard (1991) How to privatise. The transformation of socialist economies: symposium 1991. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Layard, Richard (1991) How to end leapfrogging: a review of foreign experience of wage bargaining arrangements. In: Hawkins, Julia, (ed.) International pay policies. Public Finance Foundation, London, UK. ISBN 9780852994924

Blanchard, O. and Dornbusch, R. and Krugman, P. and Layard, Richard and Summers, L. (1991) Reform in Eastern Europe. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA., USA. ISBN 0262023288

Layard, Richard and Philpott, John (1991) Stopping unemployment. Employment Institute, London, UK. ISBN 0948434244

Layard, Richard and Nickell, Stephen J and Jackman, Richard (1991) Unemployment: macroeconomic performance and the labour market. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0198284330

Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard (1991) Does long-term unemployment reduce a person's chance of a job? A time series test. Economica, 58 (229). pp. 93-106. ISSN 0013-0427

Layard, Richard (1991) Wage bargaining, incomes policy and inflation. In: Commander, Simon, (ed.) Managing inflation in socialist economies in transition. The World Bank, Washington D.C., USA. ISBN 0821317784

Layard, Richard (1991) Unemployment and inequality in Europe: what to do. In: Atkinson, Anthony B. and Brunetta, Renato, (eds.) Economics for the new Europe: proceedings of a conference held by the International Economics Association in Venice in 1990. New York University Press, New York, USA. ISBN 0333560329

Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard and Savouri, S. (1991) Mismatch: a framework for thought. In: Schioppa, Fiorella Padoa, (ed.) Mismatch and labour mobility. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 0521402433

1990

Layard, Richard and Nickell, S. (1990) Is unemployment lower if unions bargain over employment? Quarterly journal of economics, 105 (3). pp. 773-787. ISSN 0033-5533

Blanchard, O. and Layard, Richard (1990) Economic change in Poland. In: The Polish transformation: programme and progress. Centre for Research into Post Communist Economies, London, UK. ISBN 9780948027130

Beksiak, Janusz and Gruszecki, Tomasz and Jedraszczyk, Aleksander and Winiecki, Jan and Blanchard, Olivier and Layard, Richard and Roger, C. (1990) The Polish transformation: programme and progress. Centre for Research into Post Communist Economies, London, UK. ISBN 9780948027130

Layard, Richard and Reyniers, Diane J. (1990) Wage bargaining and incomes policy: possible lessons for Eastern Europe. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science

Blanchard, Olivier and Layard, Richard (1990) Economic change in Poland. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Layard, Richard (1990) Understanding unemployment. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Layard, Richard (1990) Lay-offs by seniority and equilibrium employment. Economics letters, 32 (3). pp. 165-320. ISSN 0165-1765

Layard, Richard and Bean, Charles (1990) Why does unemployment persist? In: Honkapohja, Seppo, (ed.) The state of macroeconomics: proceedings of a symposium : "whither macroeconomics"?. Blackwell, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0631164790

Layard, Richard and Nickell, S. (1990) Is unemployment lower if unions bargain over employment? In: Weiss, Yoram and Fishelson, Gideon, (eds.) Advances in the theory and measurement of unemployment. Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 0333486951

Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard (1990) The real effects of tax-based incomes policies. Scandinavian journal of economics, 92 (2). pp. 309-324. ISSN 0347-0520

Dornbusch, R. and Goodhart, C. and Layard, Richard, (eds.) (1990) Britain and EMU. Centre for Economic Performance and Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 190122905X

Layard, Richard (1990) Wage bargaining and EMU. In: Dornbusch, R. and Goodhart, C. and Layard, Richard, (eds.) Britain and EMU. Centre for Economic Performance and Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 9780853281238

1989

Layard, Richard and Nickell, S. (1989) Mrs Thatcher's miracle. Economic affairs, 10 (2). pp. 6-9. ISSN 0265-0665

Layard, Richard and Nickell, S. (1989) The Thatcher miracle? American economic review, 79 (2). pp. 215-219. ISSN 0002-8282

Layard, Richard and Bean, Charles (1989) Why does unemployment persist? Scandinavian journal of economics, 91 (2). pp. 371-396. ISSN 0347-0520

Layard, Richard and Nickell, S. (1989) An incomes policy to help the unemployed. In: Shields, Jon, (ed.) Making the economy work. Macmillan, London, UK. ISBN 0333471334

Blanchard, O. and Dornbusch, R. and King, M. and Krugman, P. and Layard, Richard and Chul Park, Y. and Summers, L. (1989) World imbalances: WIDER World Economy Group 1989 report. The Institute, Helsinki, Finland. ISBN 9514732758

Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard and Pissarides, Christopher (1989) On vacancies. Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics, 51 (4). pp. 377-394. ISSN 0305-9049

1988

Dornbusch, Rudiger and Layard, Richard, (eds.) (1988) The performance of the British economy. Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780198772712

1987

Layard, Richard and Nickell, S. (1987) An incomes policy to help the unemployed. Economic review, 5 ISSN 0265-0290

Bean, C. and Layard, Richard and Nickell, S., (eds.) (1987) The rise in unemployment. Wiley Blackwell, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780631154198

Layard, Richard and Calmfors, Lars, (eds.) (1987) The fight against unemployment: macroeconomic papers from the Centre for European Policy Studies. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA., USA. ISBN 0262121220

Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard (1987) Innovative side-supply policies to reduce unemployment. In: Minford, Patrick, (ed.) Monetarism and macroeconomics : contributions on the current policy debate in the UK. Institute of Economic Affairs, London, UK, pp. 93-114. ISBN 025536203x

Layard, Richard and Nickell, S. (1987) The labour market. In: Dornbusch, Rudiger and Layard, Richard, (eds.) The performance of the British economy. Clarendon, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0198772718

1986

Layard, Richard and Nickell, Stephen (1986) An incomes policy to help the unemployed. Employment Institute. ISBN 9780948434068

Layard, Richard and Nickell, Stephen (1986) Unemployment in Britain. Economica, 53 (210). pp. 121-169. ISSN 0013-0427

Bean, C. R. and Layard, Richard and Nickell, S. J. (1986) The rise in unemployment: a multi-country study. Economica, 53 (210). pp. 1-22. ISSN 0013-0427

Blanchard, Olivier and Dornbusch, Rudiger and Layard, Richard, (eds.) (1986) Restoring Europe’s prosperity: macroeconomic papers from the Centre for European Policy Studies. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA., USA. ISBN 0262022494

Layard, Richard (1986) How to beat unemployment. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0198772645

Layard, Richard and Metcalf, D. and O'Brien, R. (1986) A new deal for the long-term unemployed. In: Hart, P. E., (ed.) Unemployment and labour market policies. Gower, Aldershot, UK. ISBN 0566052121

Ashenfelter, Orley and Layard, Richard, (eds.) (1986) Handbook of labor economics. Elsevier Science Pub. Co., New York, USA. ISBN 0444878580

Johnson, G. and Layard, Richard (1986) The natural rate of unemployment: explanation and policy. In: Ashenfelter, O. and Layard, Richard, (eds.) Handbook of labor economics. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands. ISBN 0444878580

Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard (1986) The economic effects of tax-based incomes policy. In: Colander, David C., (ed.) Incentive-based incomes policies. Ballinger Pub. Co., Cambridge, Mass., USA. ISBN 0887300820

Pissarides, Christopher and Layard, Richard and Jackman, Richard (1986) Policies for reducing the natural rate of unemployment. In: Butkiewicz, James L. and Koford, Kenneth J. and Miller, Jeffrey B., (eds.) Keynes' economic legacy. Praeger, New York, USA. ISBN 003004202X

Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard (1986) A wage-tax, worker-subsidy policy for reducing the 'natural' rate of unemployment. In: Beckerman, W., (ed.) Wage rigidity and unemployment. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA. ISBN 0715620819

1985

Layard, Richard and Petoussis, E. (1985) Overseas students' fees and the demand for education. Applied economics, 17 (5). pp. 805-816. ISSN 0003-6846

Layard, Richard (1985) On tackling unemployment. Economic affairs, 5 (4). pp. 47-52. ISSN 0265-0665

Layard, Richard and Nickell, S. (1985) The causes of British unemployment. National Institute economic review, 111 (1). pp. 62-85. ISSN 0027-9501

Joshi, Heather E. and Layard, Richard and Owen, Susan J. (1985) Why are more women working in Britain? Journal of labor economics, 3 (s1). pp. 147-147. ISSN 0734-306X

Layard, Richard and Nickell, S. J. (1985) Unemployment, real wages, and aggregate demand in Europe, Japan and the United States. Carnegie-Rochester conference series on public policy, 23 pp. 143-202. ISSN 0167-2231

Layard, Richard (1985) Public sector pay: the British perspective. In: Conklin, David W. and Courchene, Thomas J. and Jones, William A., (eds.) Public sector compensation. Ontario Economic Council, Toronto, Canada. ISBN 0772906637

1984

Symons, J. and Layard, Richard (1984) Neoclassical demand for labour functions for six major economies. The economic journal, 94 (376). pp. 788-799. ISSN 0013-0133

Grubb, D. and Layard, Richard and Symons, J. (1984) Wages, unemployment and incomes policy. In: Emerson, Michael, (ed.) Europe's stagflation: causes and cures. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780198284871

Greenhalgh, C. A. and Layard, Richard and Oswald, A. J., (eds.) (1984) The causes of unemployment. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780198284840

1983

Ashenfelter, Orley and Layard, Richard (1983) Income policy and wage differentials. Economica, 50 (198). pp. 127-143. ISSN 0013-0427

Layard, Richard (1983) Agenda for liberal conservatism: a comment. Journal of economic affairs, 3 (2). ISSN 0265-0665

Grubb, Dennis and Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard (1983) Wage rigidity and unemployment in OECD countries. European economic review, 21 (1-2). pp. 11-39. ISSN 0014-2921

1982

Layard, Richard (1982) Is incomes policy the answer to unemployment? Economica, 49 (195). pp. 219-239. ISSN 0013-0427

Layard, Richard (1982) Youth unemployment in Britain and the U.S. compared. In: Freeman, Richard B. and Wise, David, (eds.) The youth labour market problem: its nature, causes and consequences. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL., USA. ISBN 9780226261614

Grubb, D. and Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard (1982) Causes of current stagflation. Review of economic studies, 49 (5). pp. 707-730. ISSN 0034-6527

Layard, Richard (1982) More jobs, less inflation: the case for a counter-inflation tax. Grant McIntyre, London, UK. ISBN 0862160928

Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard (1982) An inflation tax. Fiscal studies, 3 (1). pp. 47-59. ISSN 0143-5671

Layard, Richard (1982) Incomes policy, employment measures and economic performance. In: Could do better: contrasting assessments of the economic progress and prospects of the Thatcher Government at mid-term. Institute of Economic Affairs, London, UK, pp. 27-38. ISBN 0255361505

Beenstock, Michael and Grimond, Jo and Layard, Richard and Maynard, G. W. and Minford, Patrick and Victor Morgan, E. and Peston, M. H. and Rose, Harold and Stapleton, Richard C. and Wilson, Thomas and Wood, Geoffrey (1982) Could do better: contrasting assessments of the economic progress and prospects of the Thatcher government at mid-term. Institute of Economic Affairs, London, UK. ISBN 0255361505

Johnson, G. and Layard, Richard (1982) Efficient public employment with labour market distortions. In: Haveman, Robert H., (ed.) Public finance and public employment. Wayne State University Press, Detroit, USA. ISBN 081431712X

1981

Layard, Richard (1981) Measuring the duration of unemployment: a note. Scottish journal of political economy, 28 (3). pp. 273-277. ISSN 0036-9292

Layard, Richard (1981) Unemployment in Britain: causes and cures. European Centre for Work and Society, Maastricht, Netherlands. ISBN 9065490094

1980

Layard, Richard (1980) Human satisfactions and public policy. The economic journal, 90 (360). pp. 737-750. ISSN 0013-0133

Layard, Richard (1980) On the use of distributional weights in social cost benefit analysis: comment. Journal of political economy, 88 (5). pp. 1041-1047. ISSN 0022-3808

Layard, Richard (1980) Wages policy and the redistribution of income. In: Collard, David and Lecomber, Richard and Slater, Martin, (eds.) Income distribution: the limits to redistribution. Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780856080272

Layard, Richard and Nickell, S. J. (1980) The case for subsidising extra jobs. The economic journal, 90 (357). pp. 51-73. ISSN 0013-0133

Layard, Richard and Barton, M. and Zabalza, A. (1980) Married women's participation and hours. Economica, 47 (185). pp. 51-72. ISSN 0013-0427

Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard (1980) The efficiency case for long-run labour market policies. Economica, 47 (187). pp. 331-349. ISSN 0013-0427

1979

Layard, Richard (1979) Education versus cash redistribution: the lifetime context. Journal of public economics, 12 (3). pp. 377-385. ISSN 0047-2727

Layard, Richard and Zabalza, Antoni (1979) Family income distribution: explanation and policy evaluation. Journal of political economy, 87 (5). pp. 133-162. ISSN 0022-3808

Psacharopoulos, George and Layard, Richard (1979) Human capital and earnings: British evidence and a critique. Review of economic studies, 46 (144). pp. 485-504. ISSN 0034-6527

Layard, Richard (1979) The costs and benefits of selective employment policies: the British case. British journal of industrial relations, 17 (2). pp. 187-204. ISSN 1467-8543

1978

Layard, Richard and Metcalf, David and Nickell, Stephen (1978) The effect of collective bargaining on relative and absolute wages. British journal of industrial relations, 16 (3). pp. 287-302. ISSN 1467-8543

1977

Layard, Richard (1977) The distributional effects of congestion taxes. Economica, 44 (175). pp. 297-304. ISSN 0013-0427

Layard, Richard (1977) On measuring the redistribution of lifetime income. In: Feldstein, Martin S. and Inman, R. P., (eds.) The economics of public services. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780333195437

1976

Layard, Richard and Walters, A. A. (1976) The date of discounting in cost benefit analysis. Journal of transport economics and policy, ISSN 0022-5258

1975

Fallon, P. R. and Layard, Richard (1975) Capital-skill complementarity, income distribution and output accounting. Journal of political economy, 83 (2). pp. 279-302. ISSN 0022-3808

Verry, D. W. and Layard, Richard (1975) Cost function for university teaching and research. The economic journal, 85 (337). pp. 55-74. ISSN 0013-0133

1974

Laidlaw, Bruce and Layard, Richard (1974) Traditional versus open university teaching methods: a cost comparison. Higher education, 3 (4). pp. 439-468. ISSN 0018-1560

Layard, Richard and Psacharopoulos, George (1974) The screening hypothesis and returns to education. Journal of political economy, 82 (5). pp. 985-998. ISSN 0022-3808

Layard, Richard (1974) The cost-effectiveness of the new media in higher education. In: Lumsden, Keith G., (ed.) Efficiency in universities: the La Paz papers. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands. ISBN 0444411984

1973

Layard, Richard and Oatey, Michael (1973) The cost-effectiveness of the new media in higher education. British journal of educational technology, 4 (3). pp. 158-176. ISSN 0007-1013

Layard, Richard (1973) Denison and the contribution of education to national income growth: a comment. Journal of political economy, 81 (4). pp. 1013-1016. ISSN 0022-3808

Layard, Richard (1973) Economic theories of educational planning. In: Peston, Maurice and Corry, Bernard, (eds.) Essays in honour of Lord Robbins. International Arts and Sciences Press, New York, USA. ISBN 0873320433

Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard (1973) University efficiency and university finance. In: Parkin, Michael and Nobay, A. R., (eds.) Essays in modern economics. Longman, Harlow, UK. ISBN 0582445426

1971

Layard, Richard and Williams, Gareth (1971) Meeting the cost restraint. In: Patterns and policies in higher education. Penguin, Harmondsworth, UK, pp. 165-179. ISBN 0140802703

Brosan, George and Carter, Charles and Layard, Richard and Venables, Peter and Williams, Gareth (1971) Patterns and policies in higher education. Penguin, Harmondsworth, UK. ISBN 0140802703

Layard, Richard and Williams, Gareth (1971) The scale of expansion to come. In: Patterns and policies in higher education. Penguin, Harmondsworth, UK, pp. 19-44. ISBN 0140802703

Layard, Richard and Williams, Gareth (1971) A comment on manpower forecasting. In: Patterns and policies in higher education. Penguin, Harmondsworth, UK, pp. 76-76. ISBN 0140802703

Layard, Richard and Sargan, J. and Ager, M. and Jones, D. (1971) Qualified manpower and economic performance: an inter-plant study in the electrical engineering industry. Allen Lane, London, UK. ISBN 0713902086

1970

King, J. and Layard, Richard (1970) The LSE as a graduate school. Universities quarterly, ISSN 0951-5224

Layard, Richard and Maglen, L. (1970) How profitable is engineering education? Higher education review, ISSN 0018-1609

1969

Blaug, Mark and Layard, Richard and Woodhall, Maureen (1969) The causes of graduate unemployment in India. Allen Lane, London, UK. ISBN 0713900954

Layard, Richard and King, John and Moser, Claus (1969) The impact of Robbins. Penguin, Harmondsworth, UK. ISBN 014080093x

1968

Burgess, Tyrrell and Layard, Richard and Pant, Pitambar (1968) Manpower and educational development in India, 1961-86. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, Scotland. ISBN 9780050016626

1966

Layard, Richard and Saigal, J. C. (1966) Educational and occupational characteristics of manpower: an international comparison. British journal of industrial relations, 4 (2). pp. 222-266. ISSN 0007-1080

1964

Moser, C. A. and Layard, Richard and Irwin, J. O. (1964) Planning the scale of higher education in Great Britain: some statistical problems. Royal Statistical Society. journal. series a: statistics in society, 127 (4). pp. 473-526. ISSN 0964-1998

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