Professor of Quantitative Social Science, UCL Social Research Institute https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/54820-alex-brysonhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mycqcmrwvs2eIf you are in Paris on 26th November why not register for this Cnam CEET seminar. I'm looking forward to discussing papers by Philippe Askenazy and co-authors and Heloise Petit and co-authors https://ceet.cnam.fr/le-ceet/evenements-actualites-du-ceet/dynamiques-de-l-emploi-et-de-la-productivite-des-entreprises-1630539.kjsp?RH=1507126380703 @sriucl.bsky.social20 Oct 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycqcmrwvs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3my33qhxbjk2uRegister here for the BJIR Conference in Memory of Professor Sir David Metcalf | Various speakers | Thursday 03 December 2026 - Friday 04 December 2026 | CEP Event https://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/event.asp?index=10876 @sriucl.bsky.social @voxeu.org @cep-lse.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social17 Oct 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3my33qhxbjk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3my2znvtzvc26My new paper with Danny Blanchflower in the Journal of Happiness Studies points to the importance of survey mode when examining age profiles in negative affect. Check it out via Open Access here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-026-01121-4?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oa_20261017&utm_content=10.1007%2Fs10902-026-01121-4 @sriucl.bsky.social17 Oct 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3my2znvtzvc26https://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mwvaso6fls2iCome join us at UCL's Social Research Institute. The deadline for applications for a lectureship is 30 October 2026 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?nPostingId=19150&nPostingTargetId=48634&id=Q1KFK026203F3VBQBLO8M8M07&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=ext @sriucl.bsky.social02 Oct 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvaso6fls2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mwbgcqme2k24My new @iza.org paper finds conditioning on circumstances in childhood accounts for none of the raw gender wage gap among a cohort born in 1958, no matter what estimation technique you use to run the numbers docs.iza.org/dp18960.pdf @sriucl.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social https://docs.iza.org/dp18960.pdf24 Sep 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbgcqme2k24https://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mw6d5j4ymk2pCome and join us for this BJIR special issue conference in memory of David Metcalf https://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/event.asp?index=10876 @sriucl.bsky.social @bjireditor.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social23 Sep 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6d5j4ymk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mw3pvyv4ck2vhttps://www.escoe.ac.uk/escoe-researchers-join-major-adr-uk-initiative-to-expand-economic-data-research/22 Sep 2026 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw3pvyv4ck2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mvpv3b47f22dThis is a potentially very big moment for those wanting to understand the UK labour market. Thanks to ADR UK for funding us https://www.adruk.org/news-publications/news-blogs/article/adr-uk-funds-academic-lead-team-to-drive-economic-data-use-for-impactful-research/ @sriucl.bsky.social17 Sep 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpv3b47f22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mvi6oqd7ok2gFancy examining the gender wage gap with birth cohort data? These syntax set up files deposited at the UK Data Archive will help: reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/858749/ @sriucl.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social https://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/858749/14 Sep 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvi6oqd7ok2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mv665gzmbc2fGood luck to Kyle Jones at ONS and John Forth at City who will be presenting our paper from the new LEED data at this @nber.org conference next week https://www.nber.org/conferences/innovations-measuring-employment-fall-2026 @escoeorg.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social10 Sep 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv665gzmbc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mult3ugocc2mCheck out our new special issue of IR Berkeley on legitimaxy and employment relations. 5of 7 papers are Open Access https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468232x/2026/65/4 @sriucl.bsky.social03 Sep 2026 06:28 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mult3ugocc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mte3imebbc24My new paper with @dannyblanchy.bsky.social in the Journal of Wellbeing Economics shows declining mental health among young American workers is driving changes in the age profile of wellbeing. Check it out here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29782244261470233 @sriucl.bsky.social https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/2978224426147023318 Aug 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mte3imebbc24https://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mqylpq63hs2qOur new @iza.org paper shows wellbeing rises and illbeing declines with age in Continental Europe in cross-sectional data and in plots of person fixed effects from panel data. docs.iza.org/dp18803.pdf @dannyblanchy.bsky.social @alan-piper.bsky.social Anthony Lepinteur @sriucl.bsky.social https://docs.iza.org/dp18803.pdf19 Jul 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqylpq63hs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mp6pewvrmk2mIn our new @bjireditor.bsky.social paper we show that the establishment is the dominant explanatory factor for non-pay job quality and as important as occupation in accounting for pay. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjir.70068 @sriucl.bsky.social @francisgreen1.bsky.social @bayesbschool.bsky.social26 Jun 2026 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6pewvrmk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mn7kwjj4ec2wAre you a personnel economist? Why not join us next spring in Tokyo for the 2027 COPE Conference. Submit your extended abstract now. Full details are here: personneleconomics.eu/cope2027/ @sriucl.bsky.social https://personneleconomics.eu/cope2027/01 Jun 2026 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn7kwjj4ec2whttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mmtkoxaonc2xOur new paper tracks a steady deterioration in the mental ill-health in the UK since the late 1990s, especially among the young. There was a big uptick around the Great Recession, and again around 2012 with the arrival of smartphones https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sjpe.70050 @sriucl.bsky.social27 May 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmtkoxaonc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mldee6hcus2mHope to see some colleagues and students at the Fair Work Agency/UCL conference on May 13/14. I'll be speaking about the role of trade unions on the second day @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldee6hcus2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mknsdkwr3s2zHow does trust and cooperation play out in labor relations? Check out this primer co-authored with Rafael Gomez and Paul Willman: docs.iza.org/dp18577.pdf @sriucl.bsky.social https://docs.iza.org/dp18577.pdf29 Apr 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknsdkwr3s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mji6iiel5k2xHow important is competition in driving productivity growth between union locals in the USA? Find out here in our new paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecin.70038 @sriucl.bsky.social14 Apr 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mji6iiel5k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mjgvdwslbk27How important is survey mode in understanding age patterns in subjective wellbeing and illbeing? Find out here: www.nber.org/papers/w35058 @sriucl.bsky.social @nber.org https://www.nber.org/papers/w3505814 Apr 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgvdwslbk27https://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mj4xslc2ts2pUsing new nationally-representative data where workers report their actual use of AI we examine the association between intensity of AI use and worker wellbeing in Finland. What do we find? Check out our new paper here: https://www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/26108.pdf @sriucl.bsky.social rfberlin.bsky.social10 Apr 2026 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4xslc2ts2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mixzhqnnys2wMaria Koumenta, Steve Machin and I are co-editing this Special Issue of the British Journal of Industrial Relations in memory of Professor Sir David Metcalf CBE. Here is the call for papers: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/assets/14678543/cfp/BJIR-Special-Issue-Call-for-Papers-David-Metcalf-2026-1774947876173.pdf @sriucl.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social @bjireditor.bsky.social08 Apr 2026 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixzhqnnys2whttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mhxyuolqmc2rWhat does the first meta-analysis of the gender wage gap in the UK tell us? Check out our new Rockwool Foundation Discussion Paper here https://www.rfberlin.com/network-paper/the-gender-wage-gap-in-britain-a-meta-analysis/ @sriucl.bsky.social26 Mar 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxyuolqmc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mg5jijy3vc22Personnel economists of the world unite at COPE this March at the annual conference in Rotterdam. Check out the programme here: https://personneleconomics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/COPE_2026_Final_Program_260302.pdf @sriucl.bsky.social03 Mar 2026 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5jijy3vc22https://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mg5j4afaqc22Out now - IR Berkeley issue 2 in 2026. 4 of 7 papers are Open Access Check it out here: 9https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468232x/2026/65/2 @sriucl.bsky.social @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @wiley.com03 Mar 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5j4afaqc22https://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mfbtdmwbrs2oUnder this new @escoeorg.bsky.social project John Forth and I are working with ONS colleagues to construct the first comprehensive LEED spine for the UK https://www.escoe.ac.uk/projects/developing-a-new-linked-employer-employee-dataset-for-the-uk/ @sriucl.bsky.social20 Feb 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfbtdmwbrs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mduabx5x7k2kWorker wellbeing rises in age in 103 countries. Find out more here https://www.nber.org/papers/w34786?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg2 @nber.org @dannyblanchy.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social02 Feb 2026 06:37 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mduabx5x7k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mcznyvnbus24Why is it that union membership density is rising in Japan? Find out here in our new Hitotsubashi Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper https://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/Common/publication/DP/DPS-A776.pdf @sriucl.bsky.social @hitotsubashiu.bsky.social22 Jan 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcznyvnbus24