Professor Alex Bryson
Alex is Professor of Quantitative Social Science at UCL’s Social Research Institute, and a Research Fellow at IZA, Rutgers and NIESR. He is an applied labour economist with a background in sociology and employment relations.
Related Themes
Labour, Employment and WagesResearch Interests
Alex’s research focuses on labour economics, employment relations and programme evaluation.
Education
- 2013 – University of Bristol, PhD Sociology
Employment
- 2015 – Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Department of Social Science, University College London
- 2014 – IZA Research Fellow
Additional Information
Publications in 2024
Amossé, T., Bryson, A., Forth, J. and Petit, H. (2024) “The Micro-foundations of Employment Systems: An Empirical Case Study of Britain and France”, British Journal of Industrial Relations DOI: 10.1111/bjir.12812
Blanchflower, D. G. and Bryson, A. (forthcoming) “The gender well-being gap”, Social Research Indicators
Blanchflower, D. G., Bryson, A. and Xu, X. (2024) “The declining mental health of the young and the global disappearance of the hump shape in age in unhappiness”, NBER Working Paper No. 32337
Böckerman, P., Bryson, A., Ilmakunnas, I. and Ilmakunnas, P. (2024) “Does High Involvement Management Make You Work Longer? Insights from Linked Survey and Register Data”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 16827 and QSS Working Paper No. 24-01
Blanchflower, D. G. and Bryson, A. (2024) “The adult consequences of being bullied in childhood”, Social Science and Medicine, 345: 116690
Blanchflower, D. G., Bryson, A. and Spurling, J. (2024) ”The Wage Curve After the Great Recession”, Economica, 91, 362: 653-668
Blanchflower, D. G. and Bryson, A. (2024) ”The Consequences of Abuse, Neglect and Cyber-bullying on the Wellbeing of the Young”, NBER Working Paper #32119
Blanchflower, D. G. and Bryson, A. (2024) “The Female Happiness Paradox”, Journal of Population Economics, 37, 16: 1-27
Bryson, A. and White, M. (2024) ”Human resource management technology, workplace performance and employee wellbeing in the British public sector”, Labour, 38, 1: 102-121
Publications
Discussion Papers
The Sahm Rule and Predicting the Great Recession Across OECD Countries
14 Oct 2021
Discussion Papers
What Does Leadership Look Like in Schools and Does it Matter for School Performance?
18 Oct 2019
Discussion Papers
Mutual Gains? Is There a Role for Employee Engagement in the Modern Workplace?
01 Aug 2017
Discussion Papers
National Institute Economic Review
The Sahm Rule and Predicting the Great Recession
20 Nov 2023
National Institute Economic Review
Assessing the variance in pupil attainment: how important is the school attended?
07 Feb 2018
National Institute Economic Review
Better schools for all? Introduction to National Institute Economic Review February 2018
07 Feb 2018
National Institute Economic Review
Sports economics: it may be fun but what’s the point?
06 May 2015
National Institute Economic Review
Performance pay: trends and consequences Introduction
05 Nov 2013
National Institute Economic Review
Research Report
The added value of trade unions – New analyses for the TUC of the Workplace Employment Relations Surveys 2004 and 2011
11 Oct 2017
Research Report
Work/life balance and trade unions – Evidence from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey 2011
11 Oct 2017
Research Report
The added value of trade unions – A review for the TUC of existing research
11 Oct 2017
Research Report
Older workers and the workplace: Evidence from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey
02 Feb 2017
Research Report
Blog Posts
Should schools bother with modern human resources management?
Lucy Stokes
Alex Bryson
David Wilkinson
26 Mar 2018
6 min read
How are the wages of public servants holding up in a period of pay restraint?
Alex Bryson
John Forth
04 Jul 2017
6 min read
What might an ageing workforce mean for workplace performance?
Lucy Stokes
Alex Bryson
03 Feb 2017
4 min read
Getting better with age? The experiences of older workers
Lucy Stokes
Alex Bryson
02 Feb 2017
4 min read
Will you become an All-Star Athlete? The answer may depend on when you were born.
Alex Bryson
17 Feb 2015
9 min read
Why do firms run all-employee stock purchase plans?
Alex Bryson
John Forth
16 Feb 2015
8 min read
Positive Employee Attitudes: How Much Human Resource Management Do You Need?
Alex Bryson
17 Apr 2013
3 min read