Professor Robert McNabb

Teaching profile

Year 3 Labour Economics (BS3558)

Research interests

Current Research Projects

'It's Only Women's Work: A Decomposition of the Gender Effect' (with John Forth and Keith Whitfield)

'Job Satisfaction, Organisational Performance and High Performance Work Systems' (Keith Whitfield)

'Job Satisfaction: Is it What You Do or Who You Do It For?' (with Keith Whitfield)

'Worker Loyalty and Organisational Performance' (with Keith Whitfield)

Selected publications

'Workplace Performance, Worker Commitment and Loyalty', Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, (forthcoming), 2011, (with Sarah Brown, Julian Hardy and Karl Taylor).

'Innovations in WERS2004: Objective Measures on Workplace Performance', Industrial Relations Journal 2008, 39, 104-152. (with John Forth).

'The Impact of Varying Types of Performance Related Pay and Employee Participation on Earnings', International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2007, 18, 1004-1025 (with K. Whitfield).

'Employee Share ownership and Performance: Golden Path or Golden Handcuffs?' International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2007, 18 (with S. Sengupta and K. Whitfield).

'Business Cycles and the Role of Confidence: Evidence for Europe'. The Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 69, 185-208 (with K. Taylor).

'Pay, Promotion and Parenthood amongst Women Solicitors'. Work, Employment and Society, 2006, 20, 289-308 (with V. Wass).

'Male-female Earnings Differences among Solicitors: A Legacy of the Law or a Current Practice?', Labour Economics, 2006, 13, 216-236 (with V. Wass).

'Never Give Up on the Good Times: Student Attrition in the UK', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2004, 66, pp23-48 (with Geraint Johnes).

'Loss of Earnings Following Personal Injury: Do the Courts Adequately Compensate Injured Parties?', Economic Journal, 2003, 113, ppF568-584 (with R. Lewis, H. Robinson and V. Wass.).

'Introduction' in Edward P Lazear and Robert McNabb (eds) Personnel Economics, 2004, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, in press. (with Edward P Lazear).

'Gender Differences in Educational Attainment: The Case of University Students in the UK', Economica, 2002, 29, pp481-503 (with S. Pal and P. Sloane).

'Court Awards for Damages for Loss of Future Earnings: An Empirical Study and an Alternative Method of Calculation', Journal of Law and Society, 2002, 29, pp409-435 (with R. Lewis, H. Robinson and V. Wass)

'Methods for Calculating Damages for Loss of Future Earnings', Journal of Personal Injury Law, 2002, pp151-165 (with K. Lewis and V. Wass).

'Job Evaluation and High Performance Work Practices: Are They Compatible?', Journal of Management Studies, 2001, 38, pp271-289 (with K. Whitfield).