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) 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 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

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 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

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 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 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

2005

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

Layard, Richard (2004) Good jobs and bad jobs. CEP occasional paper, No. 19. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2002

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) Why the UK should join the Euro. Central banking, 12 (4). ISSN 0960-6319

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

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) 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) What Labour can do. Warner Books, London, UK. ISBN 0751519758

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

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

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

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: 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

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. In: Sasson, Helen and Diamond, Derek, (eds.) LSE on social science. LSE Books, London, UK. ISBN 0753007630

Layard, Richard (1996) The road back to full employment. CEP occasional paper, No. 10. 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 and Steedman, Hilary (1995) Lifelong learning. CEP occasional paper, No. 9. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Layard, Richard (1995) The current state and future of economic reform. CEP occasional paper, No. 8. 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 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 and Glaister, Stephen, (eds.) (1994) Cost-benefit analysis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780521466745

Layard, Richard (1994) Unemployment: the way forward for Europe. CEP occasional paper, No. 7. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

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 (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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1992

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

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

1991

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

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

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

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 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

1990

Layard, Richard and Nickell, S. (1990) Is unemployment lower if unions bargain over employment? Quarterly journal of economics, 105 (3). pp. 773-788. ISSN 0033-5533

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1986

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 (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

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

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

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

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

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

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) 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 (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 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

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

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

1978

Layard, Richard and Metcalf, D. and Nickell, S. (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

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

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

1971

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) Meeting the cost restraint. In: Patterns and policies in higher education. Penguin, Harmondsworth, UK, pp. 165-179. 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 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

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

1970

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

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

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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