Paul Ryan
Life Fellow in Economics
Research
Recent research projects include: apprentice discontent and collective action in twentieth century British metalworking industry; contemporary apprenticeship training in large British companies; financial attributes of apprenticeship in Britain, Germany and Switzerland; and the Apprentice Movement of 1968-75 in Germany.
Selected publications
1980 ‘The costs of training for a transferable skill,’ British Journal of Industrial Relations, November; 18(3), 334‑352.
1991 The Problem of Youth: the Regulation of Youth Employment and Training in Advanced Economies (ed. with P. Garonna and R.C. Edwards), Macmillan, London.
1995 ‘Trade union policies towards the Youth Training Scheme: patterns and causes,’ British Journal of Industrial Relations, March; 33(1), 1-33.
2001 ‘The school-to-work transition: a cross-national perspective’, Journal of Economic Literature, March; 39(1); 34-92.
2004 ‘Apprentice strikes in the twentieth century UK engineering and shipbuilding industries’, Historical Studies in Industrial Relations, Autumn; 18, 1-63.
2007 ‘Large employers and apprenticeship training in Britain’ (with H. Gospel and P. Lewis), British Journal of Industrial Relations, March; 45(1), 127-53.
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.
2011 Financial aspects of apprenticeship training in Germany, Great Britain and Switzerland (with K. Wagner, S. Teuber and U. Backes-Gellner), Arbeitspapier 241. Dusseldorf: Hans-Böckler Stiftung.
2013 ‘Monopsony power, pay structure, and training’ (with S. Mühlemann and S.C. Wolter), Industrial and Labour Relations Review, Oct; 66(5), 1095-1112.
2025 The Apprentice Movement in the Federal Republic of Germany: Aufstand der Stifte, 1968-1975, Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland.