Dr Paul Ryan
Subject:
Economics
Research:
The political economy of vocational education and apprenticeship training. Imperfect competition and the supply of training by employers. Discontent and collective action in work-based training. Collective bargaining, pay structure and training in post-war metalworking in Britain and Germany.
Email:
paul [dot] ryan [at] kings [dot] cam [dot] ac [dot] uk
Phone:
01223 369467
Current research projects
Trainee discontent and collective action in work-based learning:apprentices and doctoral students, Leverhulme Trust Fellowship, 2011-13.
Trainee pay, labour market structure and apprenticeship. 2009- ; joint with Professor S. C. Wolter and Dr S. Mühlemann, University of Berne.
Recent publications and papers
| 2011 | 'Apprenticeship: between theory and practice, school and workplace', Working Paper no. 64, Swiss Leading House on Economics of Education, University of Zurich (http://ideas.repec.org/p/iso/educat/0064.html); forthcoming in M. Pilz (ed.), The Future of VET in a Changing World. |
| 2011 | Monopsony power, pay structure and training (with Samuel Muehlemann and Stefan C. Wolter), Discussion Paper 5587, IZA, Bonn (http://ftp.iza.org/dp5587.pdf). |
| 2011 | Financial Attributes of Apprenticeship Training in Germany, Great Britain and Switzerland, (with K. Wagner, S. Teuber and U. Backes-Gellner), forthcoming, Hans Böckler Stiftung, Dusseldorf. |
| 2010 | Corporate ownership and initial training in Britain, Germany and Switzerland (with K. Wagner, S. Teuber and U. Backes-Gellner), Research Paper 99, SKOPE (Oxford: www.skope.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/RP99 final.pdf). |
| 2010 | Trainee Pay in Britain, Germany and Switzerland: Markets and Institutions (with K. Wagner, S. Teuber and U. Backes-Gellner), Research Paper 96, SKOPE (Oxford: www.skope.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/RP96_0.pdf). |
| 2010 | ‘Apprenticeship’ (with S. C. Wolter), pp. 521-76 in R. Hanushek, S. Machin and L. Wössmann (eds), Handbook of the Economics of Education, Vol. 3. Amsterdam: Elsevier North-Holland. |
| 2010 | 'Training markets', pp. 496-502 in P. Peterson, E. Baker, and B. McGaw (eds), International Encyclopedia of Education, vol. 8, Oxford: Elsevier. |
| 2010 | 'Apprentice strikes, pay structure, and training in twentieth century UK metalworking industry', pp. 317-53 in C. Brown, B. Eichengreen, and M. Reich (eds), Labour in the Era of Globalization, Cambridge: CUP. |
| 2009 | 'The role of external inspection in the public services: the case of the UK training market' (with P. Lewis), Public Administration, 87(4), 791-817. |
| 2009 | 'Does external inspection under-rate Apprenticeship training by employers? Evidence from England', (with P. Lewis), Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 1(1), 39-63. |
| 2009 | 'Youth outcomes in the labour markets of advanced economies: decline, deterioration and causes' (with R. Christopoulou), pp. 67-94, in I. Schoon and R. Silberstein (eds), Transitions from School to Work: Globalization, Individualization, and Patterns of Diversity, CUP. |
| 2007 | 'Large employers and apprenticeship training in Britain' (with H. Gospel and P. Lewis), British Journal of Industrial Relations, March; 45(1), 127-53. |
