Books
1. Political Aspects of the Economy, Department of Applied Economics Occasional Paper 55, Cambridge University Press (with F van der Ploeg), 1983.
2. The Structure of Consumption Decisions: a disaggregated analysis, Gower Press, 1989.
3.
Regional Income Inequality and Poverty in the United
Kingdom: A Regional Analysis�
based on the 1985 Family Expenditure Survey,
4. Growth, Unemployment, Distribution and Government: Essays on Contemporary Economic Themes, Macmillan Ltd., 1996.
5.
Women and
6.
Gender and Earnings in
7.
Logit and Probit: Ordered and Multinomial Models, Quantitative
Studies in the Social Sciences,
8. Women and Self-Employment, Routledge, forthcoming (with M. Hart)
Papers in Academic Journals
1. "Starts and Completions of Private Dwellings: Four Models of Distributed Lag Behaviour", Journal of Economic Studies, Vol 6, pp 204‑215, 1979.
2.
"High Interest Rates in Backward Agricultural
Communities: An Examination of the 'Default Hypothesis'",
3.
"The
4. "British Government Popularity and Economic Performance: A Comment", Economic Journal, Vol 92, pp 405‑409 (with F van der Ploeg), 1982.
5. "The Changing Criteria of Economic Success: Performance and Popularity in British Politics", The Manchester School, Vol 50, pp 61‑78 (with F van der Ploeg), 1982.
6. "Economic Conditions, Class and Voter Behaviour", The Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol 29, pp 206‑214 (with F van der Ploeg), 1982.
7. "Distributed Lag Behaviour and the Housing Market: Some Further Evidence", Journal of Economic Studies, Vol 10, pp 55‑65 (with June Harris), 1983.
8.
"Consumer Expenditure Estimates using the
Rotterdam Model: An Application to the
9.
"Household Income, Consumption and Savings in the
10. "Aggregate
Consumption and the Distribution of Income in the
11. "Oligopoly Power in British Industry", Applied Economics, Vol 18, pp 583‑98 (with F van der Ploeg), 1986.
12. "The
Growth of Public Expenditure in the
13. "The
Effect of Changes in
14. "Income
Distribution, Consumption Patterns and Economic Outcomes in the
15. "Economic
Performance and Political Popularity in the
16. The Decomposition of Income Inequality: an Analysis based on the Northern Ireland Family Expenditure Survey for 1985", Bulletin of Economic Research, (with P. McGregor), Vol 42, pp 265‑83, 1990.
17. "Poverty
and the Distribution of Income in
18. "The Decomposition of Poverty: and Analysis based on the Northern Ireland Family Expenditure Survey for 1985", The Manchester School, Vol 59, pp 357-77 (with P. McGregor), 1991.
19. "Trade Union Behaviour and Inter‑Regional Variations in Unemployment Rates", Public Choice, Vol 72, pp 1-12, 1991.
20. "Consumer Expenditure and Disposable Income: two neglected issues", Bulletin of Economic Research, Vol 43, pp 299-330, 1991.
21. "Poverty", The Economic Review, Vol 9, No 2, pp 15-17, 1991.
22. "The
Regional Dimension of Competitiveness in Manufacturing: productivity,
employment and wages in
23. "Problems in the Measurement of Inequality and Poverty", Indian Economic Journal, Vol 38, pp 12-38, 1991.
24. "The
Nature of Migration between
25. "Is Low Spending or Low Income a Better Indicator of Whether or Not a Household is Poor: some results from the 1985 Family Expenditure Survey", Journal of Social Policy, Vol 21, pp 53-69 (with P. McGregor), 1992.
26. "Unemployment - A Northern Perspective", Studies, Vol 82, pp 53-60, (with C. E. Ackah), 1993.
27. "Trade Unions, Relative Wages and the Employment of Young Workers", European Journal of Political Economy, Vol 9, pp 333-55, (with K C Lee), 1993.
28. "The Allocation of Public Expenditure in the Countries of the UK:� an application of the error-correction mechanism", Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol 40, pp 295-310, (with M F� Smyth), 1993.
29. "An Analysis of the Effects on Northern Ireland of Two-Speed Europe with the United Kingdom in the Second League and the Republic of Ireland in the First League", Business Outlook and Economic Review, Vol 8 (Special Feature), pp 13-28 (with V Borooah), 1993.
30. "Modelling Institutional Behaviour: a Microeconomic Model of University Behaviour" Public Choice, vol. 81, pp. 101-24, 1994.
31. "Catholic-Protestant
Income Differences in
32. "A
Decomposition Method for Analysing Inter-Group Income Differences with an
Application to Catholics and Protestants in
33. "Labour Market Outcomes and Economic Exclusion", Regional Studies, (with Mark Hart), vol. 29, pp. 433-38, 1995.
34. "Working
Wives and Income Inequality in the
35. "How
Much did Working Wives Contribute to Income Inequality
in the
36. "Unemployment and Crime: a theoretical and empirical analysis", Australasian Journal of Regional Science, vol. 2, pp. 151-65, (with G. Collins), 1997. (Awarded the John Dickinson Memorial Prize by the Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association for the best paper published in that volume of the journal).
37. "Crime
and Fear: Evidence from
38. �Income Mobility, Temporary and Permanent Poverty�,� Australian Economic Papers, vol. 37, pp. 36-44, (with J.Creedy), 1998.
39. �Why
has the Workplace Become Safer? An Analysis of the Relative Contributions of
Industrial Structure and Performance to Safety in
40. �Unemployment, Skills, Gender and Social Exclusion�, European Spatial Research and Policy, vol. 5, pp. 41-54, 1999.
41. �Is
There a Penalty to Being a Catholic in
42. �The
Supply of Hotel Rooms in
43. �Occupational Class and the Probability of Long-Term Limiting Illness�, Social Science & Medicine, vol. 49, pp. 253-66, 1999.
44. �The Effects on Poverty of Changes in Population Size and Poverty Line�, Indian Economic Journal, vol. 46(4), pp. 90-98, April-June 1998-99, 1999, (with G. Collins).
45. �Factors
Affecting Self Employment Among Indian and Black-Caribbean Men in
46. �Targeting Social Need: Why are Deprivation Levels in Northern Ireland Higher for Catholics than for Protestants?�, Journal of Social Policy, vol. 29, pp. 281-301, 2000.
47. �Why do Unemployed Men in Ireland Find it Hard to Get Jobs?�, Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, vol. 6, pp. 3-25, 2000. (Awarded the John Dickinson Memorial Prize by the Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association for the best paper published in that volume of the journal)
48. �The
Welfare of Children in Central India: Econometric Analysis and Policy Simulation�,
49. �The Measurement of Employment Inequality Between
Population Subgroups: Theory and Application�, Labour, vol. 15, pp.
169-89, 2001.
50. �Racial Bias in Police Stops and Searches: an Economic Analysis�, European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 17, pp. 17-37, 2001.
51. �How
do Employees of Ethnic Origin Fare on the Occupational Ladder in
52. �Globalisation, Barriers to Employment and Social Exclusion�, Australasian Journal of Regional Science, vol. 7, 2001.
53. �The Proportionality of Electoral Systems:
Electoral Welfare and Electoral Inequality�, Economics and Politics,
vol. 14, pp. 83-98, 2002.
54. �Does Unemployment Make Men Less �Marriageable�?�, Applied Economics, vol. 34, pp 1571-82, 2002.
55. �An Analysis of Occupational Outcomes for
Indigenous and Asian Employees in
56. �A Duration-Sensitive Measure of the Unemployment Rate: Theory and Application�, Labour, vol. 13 (3), pp. 453-468, September 2002.
57. �Births,
Infants and Children: an Econometric Portrait of Women and Children in
58. �Gender
Bias Among Children in
59. �The
'Politics of Demography': A Study of inter-Community Fertility Differences in
60. "On the Incidence of Diarrhoea among Young Indian Children", Economics and Human Biology, vol. 2, pp. 119-138, 2004.
61. �Career Breaks and the Working Lives of Women�, Feminist Economics, vol. 10, pp. 65-84, (with: Shoba Arun and T.G. Arun), March 2004.
62. "How to Assess Happiness? A Tale of Three Measures", Applied Economics Letters , vol. 12, pp. 191-94, 2005.
63. �The Height-for-Age of Indian Children�, Economics and Human Biology, vol. 3, pp. 45-65, 2005 .
64. �Bridging the Gap Between the Measurement of Poverty and of Deprivation�, Applied Economics Letters , vol. 12, pp. 383-89, 2005.
65. �Religion, Literacy, and the Female-to-Male Ratio�, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 60, pp. 419-428, 2005.
66. "Caste,
Inequality and Poverty in
67. "Vidya, Veda,
and
68. �The
Decomposition of Inter-Group Differences in a Logit
Model: Extending the Oaxaca-Blinder Approach with an Application to School
Enrolment in
69. �Incumbency
and Parliamentary Elections in
70. �How Much Happiness is There in the World? A Cross Country Study�, Applied Economics Letters, vol. 13, no. 8, pp. 483-488, 2006.
71. �Equity
Sensitive Indicators of Living Standards with an Application to
72. �What
Makes People Happy? Some Evidence From
73. �
74. �Living Here, Born There: The Economic Life of Australia's Immigrants�, European Journal of Political Economy (Special Issue on Immigration), vol. 23, pp. 486-511, 2007 (with John Mangan).
75. �Why is the World Short of Democracy: A Cross-Country Analysis of Barriers to Representative Government�, European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 23, pp. 582-604, 2007 (with Martin Paldam).
76. ��The Effectiveness of Jobs Reservation: Caste, Religion, and Economic Status in India�, Development & Change, vol. 38, pp. 423-455, 2007.� (with Amaresh Dubey and Sriya Iyer).
� 77.� �Measuring Economic Inequality: Deprivation, Economising and Possessing�, �Social Policy and Society (Special Issue ������� on Equality), vol. 6, pp. 99-109, 2007.
78. "Health and Wealth in the North of Ireland: is there a social gradient to health outcomes?�, �Economic and Social Review, vol. 38, pp. 85-105, 2007.
79. �Love Thy Neighbour: How Much Bigotry is There in the Western World�?, Kyklos vol. 60, pp. 295-317, 2007 (with John Mangan).
80. �What Underpins Occupational Success? Race, Access, and Reward in
Professional and Managerial Jobs in
81. �Measuring Regional Backwardness: Poverty, Gender, and Children in
the Districts of
82. �Education,
Occupational Class, and Unemployment in the Regions of the
83. �Deprivation,
Violence, and Conflict: An Analysis of Naxalite
Activity in the Districts of
84. ��Decomposing the characteristics of undergraduate student attrition� Applied Economics Letters , vol. 16, pp. 933-937, 2009 (with Mark Bailey) .
�
85. �"Terrorist Incidents in
86. �Home is Where the Hurt is: An Econometric Analysis of Injuries Caused By Spousal Assault�, Applied Economics, vol. 41, pp. 2779-2787, 2009 (with John Mangan).
87. �Comparing Levels of Job Satisfaction in the Countries of Western and Eastern Europe�, International Journal of Manpower, vol. 30, pp. 304-325, 2009.
88. "The Indebtedness of Rural Labour in India", Journal of Quantitative Economics, vol. 7, pp. 106-119, 2009 (with Smita Das).
89. "Language and Occupational Status: Linguistic Elitism in the Irish Labour Market", Economic and Social Review, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 435-460, 2009 (with Donal Dineen and Nicola Lynch).
90. "Multiculturalism versus Assimilation: Attitudes Towards Immigrants in Western Countries", International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research, vol. 2, pp. 33-50, 2010 (with John Mangan).
91. "Which are the �best� schools in Ireland? Analysing feeder school performance using student destination data", Irish Educational Studies, vol. 29, pp. 107-130, 2010 (with Donal Dineen and Nicola Lynch).
92. "The 'Bradman Class: An Exploration of Some Issues in the Evaluation of Batsmen for Test Matches, 1877-2006", Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, vol. 6, issue 3, article 14, 2010 (with John Mangan).
93. �What Enhances Mathematical Ability? A Cross-Country Analysis Based on Test Scores of 15-year Olds�, Applied Economics, vol. 42, pp. 3723-3733 (with Mark Bailey).
94. "Gender Differences in the Incidence of Depression and Anxiety", Journal of Happiness Studies, vol. 11, pp. 663-682.
95. "Measuring Competitive Balance in Sports using Generalised Entropy with an Application to English Premier League Football", Applied Economics (forthcoming) (with John Mangan).
96. "Driving Under the Influence: The Breathalyser Fallacy", Applied Economics Letters (forthcoming).
97. "Social Exclusion and Jobs Reservation in India", Economic & Political Weekly, vol. XLV, no. 52, pp. 31-35, December 25, 2010.
98. "Racial Disparity in Police Stop and Searches in England and Wales", Journal of Quantitative Criminology (forthcoming).
99. "Mistaking Style for Substance: Investor Exuberance in the 2008 Indian Premier League Auction", Journal of Sports Economics (forthcoming) (with John Mangan).
100. "Health, Employment and the Quality of Life in Ireland", Irish Journal of Sociology (forthcoming) (with Donal Dineen and Nicola Lynch).
101. "Social Identity and Educational Attainment: The Role of Caste and Religion in Explaining Differences between Children in India", Journal of Development Studies (forthcoming).
Papers in Edited Volumes
1. "The Theory of the Household" in F van der Ploeg (ed), Mathematical Methods in Economics, John Wiley, 1984.
2. "Theory of the Firm and Market Structure" in F van der Ploeg (ed) Mathematical Methods in Economics, John Wiley, 1984.
1. "The Interaction between Economic Policy and Economic Performance" in R.C.O. Matthews (ed), Economics and Democracy, Macmillan, 1985.
2. "Politics and Economics", in J Eatwell, M Milgate, P Newman (ed) The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economic Theory and Doctrine, vol. 3, pp. 909‑10, Macmillan, 1987.
3. "Consumers' Expenditure", in T Barker and W Peterson (ed), The Cambridge Multisectoral Dynamic Model of the British Economy, Chapter 7, pp. 125‑49, Cambridge University Press, 1987.
4. "Permanent Income, Rational Expectations and Government Consumption", in J Lybeck and M Henrekson (ed), Explaining the Growth of Government, Chapter 4, pp. 49‑58, North Holland, 1988.
5. "Public Choice Theory and Macroeconomic Policy", in Jvd Broeck (ed), Public Choice, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988.
6. "Public Choice: A Survey", in P. Jackson (ed) Current Issues in Public Sector Economics, Macmillan, 1993.
7.
"
8.
"Intra-Household Income Transfers and Implications
for Poverty and Inequality in the
9.
"Widening Public Choice", in J. Pardo and F. Schneider (ed), Current
Issues in Public Choice, Edward Elgar,
10. "Regional
Cost-of-Living Differences in the
11. "Poverty:
An Overview of the Issues", in D.M. Nachane and
M. Rao (ed),
Macroeconomic Challenges and Development Issues,
12. "Investment,
Growth and Political Violence: Northern Ireland, 1920-1996", in S. Borner and M. Paldam (ed), The Political Dimension of
Economic Growth, (International Economic Association Conference Volume No
119)
13. �Where
You Live Versus What You Do: the Relative Importance of Region and Economic
Status in Determining Income Inequality in
14. ��"Employment Inequality, Employment Regulation and Social Welfare", in Amnon Levy and Joao Ricardo Faria, Employment Growth, Inequality and Migration, pp. 108-130, Cheltenham, Glos.Edward Elgar, 2002.
15. "Rational
Actor Models, Voting and the Northern Ireland Assembly", in Maura Adshead and Michelle Millar, Public Administration and
Public Policy in
16. �Public
Choice�, in A. Bagchi (edited), Readings in Public
Finance,
17. �The Welfare of Women: The Case of
18. �Births,
Infants and Children: An Econometric Portrait of Women and Children in
19. �The Unequal Treatment of Voters Under a Single Transferable Vote: Implications for Electoral Welfare with an Application to the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly Elections�, in Jose Casas Pardo and Pedro Schwartz (edited), Public Choice and the Challenges to Democracy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2007.
20. "Maternal Literacy and Child Malnutrition in India", in M. Pal, P. Bharati, B. Ghosh, and T.S. Vasulu (edited), Gender and Discrimination, Oxford University Press, 2009.
1. "Inequality in Health Outcomes in India", in Sukhdeo Thorat and Katherine Newman (ed), Blocked by Caste: Economic Discrimination in Modern India, Oxford University Press: New Delhi, 2010.
2. "On the Risks of Belonging to Disadvantaged Groups: A Bayesian Analysis of Labour Market Outcomes", in Rakesh Basant and Abusaleh Shariff (ed), Handbook of Muslims in India, Oxford University Press: New Delhi, 2010.