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/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/3mcznyvnbus24https://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mcu3eafahk2rOur new paper examines the productivity dynamics of union locals in the USA. We show inter-union competition is not effective in raising productivity and effects of creative destruction are weak. Check it out: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ecin.70038 @sriucl.bsky.social20 Jan 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcu3eafahk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mcrh7cdtr225The young report lower job quality than other workers in the USA potentially contributing to their declining mental health. But other factors (employment selection and changing work orientations) may be at play www.nber.org/papers/w34696 @sriucl.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social https://www.nber.org/papers/w3469619 Jan 2026 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcrh7cdtr225https://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mck4rksvhc2eInterested in the experiences of working from home versus at the workplace during and after COVID? Watch this @escoeorg.bsky.social webinar from @francescafolia1.bsky.social with discussion by me https://www.escoe.ac.uk/events/the-changing-nature-of-work-what-can-we-learn-from-time-use-diaries/ @sriucl.bsky.social16 Jan 2026 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mck4rksvhc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mcd62omors2sWorking on the gender wage gap? We have a new call for papers for a Special Issue of IR Berkeley. Check it out here: https://irle.berkeley.edu/publications/industrial-relations-journal/ @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social13 Jan 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcd62omors2shttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mc7rr65jjk26Using UKHLS we show the changing age profile of mental ill-health is driven by rising mental ill-health among the young @sriucl.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jan 2026 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc7rr65jjk26https://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3mb7lsus3e22mIn our new paper on Eastern Europe and Central Asia we find no decline in the mental health of the young relative to older people which characterizes Western Europe and English-speaking countries https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rode.70104 @sriucl.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social30 Dec 2025 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb7lsus3e22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3makwiubca22fIn our new @nberthe.bsky.social paper we illustrate the importance of accounting for survey mode in well-being research. Check it out here: https://www.nber.org/papers/w34599?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg2 @sriucl.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social22 Dec 2025 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3makwiubca22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3m73iadfyp22aIt's rising despair among young workers that's changing the age profile of poor mental health in the United States. Check out our new paper here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827325001351 @sriucl.bsky.social @undp.org @dannyblanchy.bsky.social03 Dec 2025 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73iadfyp22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3m5wauqtjfc25Come join us @sriucl.bsky.social on December 12 for our workshop on the use of genetic data in birth cohorts to examine social and economic questions. Register here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2025/dec/using-genetic-data-address-economic-and-social-issues-birth-cohort-data18 Nov 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wauqtjfc25https://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3m5lg2vttm223Sneak preview of IR Berkeley's first edition for 2026. Five Open Access papers on strikes, wage mark ups and downs, educational mismatch and discrimination in hiring @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social14 Nov 2025 09:56 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5lg2vttm223https://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3m4w2oje4ks22Jessica Grose’s nice piece citing our new research: For Gen Z-ers, Work Is Now More Depressing Than Unemployment https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/opinion/gen-z-work.html?smid=bs-share @sriucl.bsky.social05 Nov 2025 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4w2oje4ks22https://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3m2jqcjti5s2fFocusing on the 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study we find not flourishing is highest among women and the young. We emphasise the importance of accounting for survey mode when examining wellbeing and illbeing. https://www.nber.org/papers/w34321?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg2 @sriucl.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social06 Oct 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2jqcjti5s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3m2al6233os2ePatrick Neuss will be presenting at our QSS-CLS seminar on 22 October @sriucl.bsky.social Find out more here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2025/oct/labour-market-tightness-and-union-activity02 Oct 2025 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2al6233os2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3lzqhedh7rs2cLabour market prospects are key to understanding the North-South divide in young Europeans' life satisfaction. Find out more here: https://www.academia.edu/2997-9196/2/3/10.20935/MHealthWellB7877 @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social26 Sep 2025 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqhedh7rs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alexbryson.bsky.social/post/3lymyub7wu22lMari Tanaka (Hitotsubashi and UTokyo) and I provide the first evidence on trade union effects on firm-level wages and productivity for developing countries using World Bank Enterprise Data. Download our new discussion paper here: https://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/Common/publication/DP/DPS-A774.pdf @sriucl.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk12 Sep 2025 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:p2w3m2tkvzltscbasvcieg36/app.bsky.feed.post/3lymyub7wu22l