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Manpower Human Resources Lab Papers

[LSE and EDS] The Manpower Human Resource Lab publishes a series of working papers based around its three research themes: organisational flexibility; lifelong learning and skills; and the changing labour market.
All MHRL Discussion Papers and reports are available here but you may also download slides and papers from past MHRL Industry Forums.
Papers listed most recent first. Authors listed in alphabetical order.

Performance Pay and Within-Firm Wage Inequality
Erling  Barth,  Bernt  Bratsberg,  Torbjørn  Hægeland,  Oddbjørn  Raaum,  April 2008
Paper No' MHRLDP0007: Read Abstract | Full paper (pdf)
MHRL Discussion Paper
From the Two Faces of Unionism to the Facebook Society: Union Voice in a 21st Century Context
Alex  Bryson,  Rafael  Gomez,  P  Willman,  April 2008
Paper No' MHRLDP0006: Read Abstract | Full paper (pdf)
MHRL Discussion Paper
Overqualification, Job Dissatisfaction and Increasing Dispersion in the Returns to Graduate Education
Francis  Green,  Yu  Zhu,  November 2007
Paper No' MHRLDP0005: Read Abstract | Full paper (pdf)
MHRL Discussion Paper
Bad Timing: Are workers more productive on certain days of the week?
August 2007
Paper No' MHRLBR0001: Read Abstract | Full paper (pdf)
MHRL Briefing Paper
Are There Day of the Week Productivity Effects?
Alex  Bryson,  John  Forth,  July 2007
Paper No' MHRLDP0004: Read Abstract | Full paper (pdf)
MHRL Discussion Paper
Temporary Agency Workers and Workplace Performance in the Private Sector
Alex  Bryson,  May 2007
Paper No' MHRLDP0003: Read Abstract | Full paper (pdf)
MHRL Discussion Paper
Leeway for the Loyal: A Model of Employee Discretion
Francis  Green,  April 2007
Paper No' MHRLDP0002: Read Abstract | Full paper (pdf)
MHRL Discussion Paper
The Theory and Practice of Pay Setting
Alex  Bryson,  John  Forth,  December 2006
Paper No' MHRLDP0001: Read Abstract | Full paper (pdf)
MHRL Discussion Paper
Human Resources, the Labour Market and Economic Performance: A look back and a look forward from the Manpower Human Resource Lab at the Centre for Economic Performance
Romesh  Vaitilingam,  September 2006
Paper No' MHRLSP0001: Full paper (pdf)
MHRL Special Report