Richard Blundell

Professor of Political Economy - Visitor

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Journal article

Income dynamics in the United Kingdom and the impact of the Covid-19 recession

01 December 2022

Brian Bell, Nicholas Bloom and Richard Blundell

In this paper, we use an employer-based survey of earnings and hours to set out the key patterns in UK earnings dynamics from 1975 to 2020, with a particular focus on the most recent recession. We demonstrate that (log) ... Read more...

CEP discussion papers

The innovation premium to soft skills in low-skilled occupations

06 December 2019

Philippe Aghion, Antonin Bergeaud, Richard Blundell and Rachel Griffith

Matched employee-employer data from the UK are used to analyze the wage premium to working in an innovative firm. We find that firms that are more R&D intensive pay higher wages on average, and this is particularly true ... Read more...

CEP/STICERD Applications Seminars

Children, Time Allocation and Consumption Insurance

30 October 2017

Richard Blundell (University College London and IFS)

Public Economics Programme Discussion Papers

Female Labour Supply, Human Capital and Welfare Reform

21 February 2014

Richard Blundell, Monica Costa Dias, Costas Meghir and Jonathan Shaw

We consider the impact of tax credits and income support programs on female education choice, employment,hours and human capital accumulation over the life-cycle. We analyze both the short run incentive e?ects and the lo... Read more...

IFS-STICERD Public Economics Seminar

Female Labour Supply, Human Capital and Taxation

06 March 2013

Richard Blundell (University College London and IFS)

CEE discussion papers

Evaluating the Impact of Education on Earnings in the UK: Models, Methods and Results from the NCDS

01 December 2004

Richard Blundell, Lorraine Dearden and Barbara Sianesi

Journal article

Evaluating the employment impact of a mandatory job search program

01 June 2004

Richard Blundell, Monica Costa Dias, Costas Meghir and John Van Reenen

This paper exploits area-based piloting and age-related eligibility rules to identify treatment effects of a labor market program-the New Deal for Young People in the U.K. A central focus is on substitution/displacement ... Read more...

CEP discussion papers

Annual Review 1989-1990

01 January 1991

Richard Blundell