Dr Victoria Wass

Teaching profile

B.Sc (Econ) 1984 University of Wales, Cardiff
M.Sc. (Econ) 1985 London School of Economics
Ph.D. (Econ) 1992 University of Wales, Cardiff

Research interests

Redundancy and post-redundancy labour mobility
Male-female intra-occupational earnings differentials
Employment and earnings determination over individual life times
Disability and employment outcomes
Forecasting individual labour market outcomes in the context of personal injury and clinical negligence litigation

Research Grants

Turnbull, P. and V. Wass 1992-1993 "Redundancy and re-employment in the docks", ESRC Research Award No. R000233784.

McNabb, R., V. Wass and R. Lewis 1998-1999 "A comparison of alternative methods for assessing the value of loss of earnings following personal injury" ESRC Research Award No. R000237393.

Wass, V. 2007-2008 “The pattern and stability of occupational pay 1979-2007” Leverhulme Research Fellowship Research Award No. 0268

Selected publications

Butt, Z., Haberman, S., Verrall, R. and Wass , .V., (2010) “Work Life Expectancy: calculating compensation for loss of future earnings”, Measurement and Control, 43:5 pp 146-151.

Cropper, R. and V. Wass (2009) “Periodical Payments and the Transfer of Risk” in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Damages Calculations A Trans-Atlantic Dialogue R.J. Thornton and J. Ward (eds) Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis Volume 91 pp. 159-192 Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Wass V. and R. McNabb (2009) “Accounting for the effects of disablement” in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Damages Calculations A Trans-Atlantic Dialogue R.J. Thornton and J. Ward (eds) Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis Volume 91 pp. 73-102 Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Butt, Z., Haberman, S., Verrall, R. and V. Wass (2009) “Estimating and using work life expectancy in the UK” in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Damages Calculations A Trans-Atlantic Dialogue R.J. Thornton and J. Ward (eds) Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis Volume 91 pp. 103-134 Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Stewart, P. and V. Wass (2009) “From ‘embrace and change’ to ‘engage and change’: trade union renewal and new management strategies” in Stewart P. (ed.) We Sell our Time No More PlutoPress.

Wass V. (2008) Discretion in the Application of the New Ogden Six Multiples: The case of Connor v Bradman, Journal of Personal Injury Law, 2, pp. 155-164.

Butt, Z., Haberman, S., Verrall, R. and Wass , V (2008) “Calculating compensation for loss of future earnings: Estimating and using work life expectancy” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A. 171:4, pp. 763-805.

Turnbull, P J and Wass V (2007) “Defending dockworkers –Globalization and Labor Relations in the world’s ports” Industrial Relations, 46:3, pp. 582-612.

Wass V. (2007) “The indexation of future care costs: some economics and some evidence”, Journal of Personal Injury Law, 3, pp. 247-261.

Wass, V. and R. McNabb (2006) “Pay, promotion and parenthood amongst women solicitors”, Work, Employment & Society, 2(2) pp 290-308.

McNabb, R. and V. Wass (2006) “Male female earnings differentials among lawyers in Britian: A legacy of the law or a current practice?” Labour Economics 13(2) pp 219-235.

Lewis, R., R. McNabb, H. Robinson and V. Wass (2003) “Loss of earnings following personal injury: Do the courts adequately compensate injured parties?”, Economic Journal 113 (491) pp. 568-84.

Lewis, R., R. McNabb, H. Robinson and V. Wass, (2002) “Court awards of damages for loss of future earnings: An empirical study and an alternative method of calculation”, Journal of Law and Society 29 pp. 406-35.

Lewis, R., R. McNabb and V. Wass, (2002) "Methods for calculating damages for loss of future earnings", Journal of Personal Injury Law 2 pp. 151-165.

Turnbull, P. and V. Wass (2000) "Redundancy and the Paradox of Job (In)Security", chapter in E. Heery, and J. Salmon (eds.), The Insecure Workforce, (Routledge, London).

McNabb R. and V. Wass (1999) "Owner Occupation at the Margin: Tenure Choice Among Public Sector Tenants since 1980", The Manchester School, 67(6) pp. 661-83.

Turnbull, P. and V. Wass (1998) "Marksist management: Sophisticated human relations in a high street retail store", Industrial Relations Journal, 29 (2) pp. 98-111.

Turnbull, P. and V. Wass (1998) "Neither rhetoric nor reality: A response to Douglas Renwick", Industrial Relations Journal, 29 (4) pp. 316-7.

Stewart, P. and V. Wass (1998) “From ‘embrace and change’ to ‘engage and change’: trade union renewal and new management strategies in the UK automotive industry”, New Technology Work and Employment, 13:2 pp 77-93.

Turnbull, P. and V. Wass (1997) "Job insecurity in the internal and external labour market: The (mis) management of redundancy in steel making, coal-mining and port transport", Journal of Management Studies, 34 (1) pp. 27-51.

McNabb R. and V. Wass (1997). "Male-female salary differentials in British Universities", Oxford Economic Papers 49 (3) pp. 328-43.

Turnbull, P. and V. Wass (1997). "Dockers and Deregulation in the international port transport industry", in J. McConville (ed.) Transport Deregulation Matters, pp. 126-53, (Pinter, London)

Wass, V. (1996). "Who controls selection under voluntary redundancy: The case of the Redundancy Miners Payments Scheme", British Journal of Industrial Relations, 34 (2) pp. 249-65.

Turnbull P. and V. Wass (1995). "The great dock and dole swindle: Accounting for the costs and benefits of port transport deregulation and the dock labour compensation scheme", Public Administration 73 (4) pp. 513-34.

Wass, V. and P. Wells (1994) Principles and Practice in Business and Management Research (eds.), Dartmouth Press, Aldershot.

Turnbull, P. and V. Wass (1994) "The greatest game no more': Redundancy and the demise of dockwork", Work, Employment & Society 814 pp. 487-506.