Yr Athro Melanie Jones

Articles

• Jones, M., Kaya, E. and Nan, J. 2025. Overeducation, earnings and job satisfaction among graduates in China. China Economic Review 93, article number: 102448. (10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102448)
• Clifton-Sprigg, J., Fichera, E., Kaya, E. and Jones, M. 2025. Fathers taking leave: evaluating the impact of shared parental leave in the United Kingdom. Fiscal Studies: The Journal of Applied Public Economics (10.1111/1475-5890.70000)
• Jones, M. and Scott, R. 2024. Does disability affect support for political parties?. Electoral Studies: An International Journal on Voting and Electoral Systems and Strategy 92, article number: 102881. (10.1016/j.electstud.2024.102881)
• Jones, M. 2024. The disability pay gap in the UK: What is the role of the public sector?. Labour Economics 91, article number: 102642. (10.1016/j.labeco.2024.102642)
• Jones, M. and Kaya, E. 2024. Is there a public sector earnings premium in UK healthcare?. Fiscal Studies: The Journal of Applied Public Economics 45(4), pp. 543-557. (10.1111/1475-5890.12380)
• Jones, M. and Kaya, E. 2024. Performance-related pay and the UK gender pay gap. Industrial Relations 63(4), pp. 512-529. (10.1111/irel.12352)
• Jones, M. and Kaya, E. 2024. The gender pay gap in medicine: Evidence from Britain. Oxford Economic Papers 76(4), pp. 1033-1051., article number: gpad050. (10.1093/oep/gpad050)
• Jones, M. 2024. Disability and trade union membership in the UK. British Journal of Industrial Relations 62(1), pp. 28-49. (10.1111/bjir.12767)
• Brown, S. and Jones, M. 2023. Understanding the disability voting gap in the UK. Electoral Studies 85, article number: 102674. (10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102674)
• Jones, M. and Kaya, E. 2023. The UK gender pay gap: Does firm size matter?. Economica 90(359), pp. 937-952. (10.1111/ecca.12481)
• Sheveleva, L., Jones, M. and Harris, I. 2023. It does not matter how hard you work: The importance of task allocation for worker productivity. Economics Letters 227, article number: 111115. (10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111115)
• Jones, M. and McVicar, D. 2022. The dynamics of disability and benefit receipt in Britain. Oxford Economic Papers 74(3), pp. 936-957. (10.1093/oep/gpab058)
• Jones, M. 2022. COVID-19 and the labour market outcomes of disabled people in the UK. Social Science & Medicine 292, article number: 114637. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114637)
• Jones, M. and Kaya, E. 2022. The gender pay gap: what can we learn from Northern Ireland?. Oxford Economic Papers 74(1), pp. 94-114. (10.1093/oep/gpab017)
• Jones, M., Hoque, K., Wass, V. and Bacon, N. 2021. Inequality and the economic cycle: disabled employees' experience of work during the Great Recession in Britain. British Journal of Industrial Relations 59(3), pp. 788-815. (10.1111/bjir.12577)
• Jones, M. and Saloniki, E. 2021. Exploring the relationship between impairment and disability in Great Britain: evidence from the life opportunities survey. Journal of Disability Policy Studies 33(3), pp. 147-157. (10.1177/10442073211021532)
• Jones, M. K. and McVicar, D. 2020. Estimating the impact of disability onset on employment. Social Science and Medicine 255, article number: 113001. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113001)
• Jones, M., Mavromaras, K., Sloane, P. J. and Wei, Z. 2018. The dynamic effect of disability on work and subjective well-being. Oxford Economic Papers 70(3), pp. 635-657. (10.1093/oep/gpy006)
• Jones, M., Davies, R. and Drinkwater, S. 2018. The dynamics of disability and work in Britain. The Manchester School 86(3), pp. 279-307. (10.1111/manc.12177)
• Hoque, K., Wass, V., Bacon, N. and Jones, M. 2018. Are high‐performance work practices (HPWPs) enabling or disabling? Exploring the relationship between selected HPWPs and work‐related disability disadvantage. Human Resource Management 57(2), pp. 499-513. (10.1002/hrm.21881)
• Jones, M., Makepeace, G. and Wass, V. 2018. The UK gender pay gap 1997-2015: what is the role of the public sector?. Industrial Relations Journal 57(2), pp. 296-319. (10.1111/irel.12208)
• Jones, M. K., Latreille, P. L. and Sloane, P. J. 2016. Job anxiety, work-related psychological illness and workplace performance. British Journal of Industrial Relations 54(4), pp. 742-767. (10.1111/bjir.12159)
• Jones, M. 2016. Disability and labor market outcomes. IZA World of Labour, article number: 253. (10.15185/izawol.253)
• Davies, R., Jones, M. and Lloyd-Williams, H. 2016. Age and work-related health: insights from the UK Labour Force Survey. British Journal of Industrial Relations 54(1), pp. 136-159. (10.1111/bjir.12059)
• Baumberg, B., Jones, M. and Wass, V. 2015. Disability prevalence and disability-related employment gaps in the UK 1998–2012: Different trends in different surveys?. Social Science and Medicine 141, pp. 72-81. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.07.012)
• Jones, M., Mavromaras, K., Sloane, P. and Wei, Z. 2014. Disability, job mismatch, earnings and job satisfaction in Australia. Cambridge Journal of Economics 38(5), pp. 1221-1246. (10.1093/cje/beu014)
• Jones, M. and Wass, V. J. 2013. Understanding changing disability-related employment gaps in Britain 1998-2011. Work Employment and Society 27(6), pp. 982-1003. (10.1177/0950017013475372)
• Jones, M. 2013. Disability and perceptions of work and management. British Journal of Industrial Relations 54(1), pp. 83-113. (10.1111/bjir.12043)
• Jones, M., Latreille, P. L., Sloane, P. J. and Staneva, A. V. 2013. Work-related health risks in Europe: are older workers more vulnerable?. Social Science & Medicine 88, pp. 18-29. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.03.027)
• Jones, M., Jones, R. J., Latreille, P. L., Murphy, P. D. and Sloane, P. J. 2013. A regional analysis of flows into and out of the UK National Minimum Wage. Applied Economics 45(21), pp. 3074-3087. (10.1080/00036846.2012.695069)
• Jones, M. and Skilton, L. 2012. An analysis of labour market outcomes in the European Union Objective One funding area in Great Britain. Regional Studies 48(7), pp. 1194-1211. (10.1080/00343404.2012.697992)
• Jones, M. 2011. Disability, employment and earnings: an examination of heterogeneity. Applied Economics 43(8), pp. 1001-1017. (10.1080/00036840802600053)
• Jones, M. and Sloane, P. J. 2010. Disability and skill mismatch. Economic Record 86, pp. 101-114. (10.1111/j.1475-4932.2010.00659.x)
• Jones, M. and Latreille, P. L. 2010. Disability and earnings: Are employer characteristics important?. Economics Letters 106(3), pp. 191-194. (10.1016/j.econlet.2009.11.017)
• Murphy, P., Latreille, P. L., Jones, M. and Blackaby, D. 2008. Is there a public sector training advantage? Evidence from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey. British Journal of Industrial Relations 46(4), pp. 674-701. (10.1111/j.1467-8543.2008.00699.x)
• Jones, M. and Jones, J. 2008. The labour market impact of the UK Disability Discrimination Act: evidence from the repeal of the small firm exemption. Bulletin of Economic Research 60(3), pp. 289-306. (10.1111/j.1467-8586.2008.00281.x)
• Jones, M., Latreille, P. L. and Sloane, P. J. 2008. Crossing the tracks? Trends in the training of male and female workers in Great Britain. British Journal of Industrial Relations 46(2), pp. 268-282. (10.1111/j.1467-8543.2008.00677.x)
• Jones, M. 2008. Disability and the labour market: a review of the empirical evidence. Journal of Economic Studies 35(5), pp. 405-424. (10.1108/01443580810903554)
• Jones, M. 2007. Does part-time employment provide a way of accommodating a disability?. The Manchester School 75(6), pp. 695-716. (10.1111/j.1467-9957.2007.01042.x)
• Jones, M. 2006. Is there employment discrimination against the disabled?. Economics Letters 92(1), pp. 32-37. (10.1016/j.econlet.2006.01.008)
• Jones, M. 2006. Disability, gender, and the British labour market. Oxford Economic Papers 58(3), pp. 407-449. (10.1093/oep/gpl004)

Book sections

• Jones, M. and Wass, V. 2023. Organisational disability measurement and reporting in the UK. In: Beatty, J. E., Hennekam, S. and Kulkarni, M. eds. De Gruyter Handbook of Disability and Management. De Gruyter, pp. 63-82., (10.1515/9783110743647)
• Blackaby, D., Felstead, A., Jones, M., Makepeace, G., Murphy, P. and Wass, V. J. 2015. Is the public sector pay advantage explained by differences in work quality?. In: Felstead, A., Gallie, D. and Green, F. eds. Unequal Britain at Work: The Evolution and Distribution of Intrinsic Job Quality. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Conferences

• Jones, M. and Wass, V. 2012. Well-being and disability – new evidence of inequality. Presented at: 'Fairness at Work in Challenging Times' - FairWRC Conference, Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK, 6-7 September 2012.

Monographs

• Jones, M., Kaya, E. and Nan, J. 2024. Overeducation, earnings and job satisfaction among graduates in China. Discussion Paper. IZA Institute of Labor Economics. Available at: https://docs.iza.org/dp17161.pdf
• Clifton-Sprigg, J., Fichera, E., Kaya, E. and Jones, M. 2024. Fathers taking leave: Evaluating the impact of shared parental leave in the UK. Discussion Paper. Bonn, Germany: IZA Institute of Labor Economics. Available at: https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/17076
• Jones, M. and Kaya, E. 2022. Performance-related pay and the UK gender pay gap. Discussion Paper. Global Labor Organization (GLO). Available at: https://ideas.repec.org/p/zbw/glodps/1211.html
• Jones, M., Kaya, E. and Papps, K. L. 2022. The ongoing impact of gender pay gap transparency legislation. Discussion Paper. IZA – Institute of Labor Economics. Available at: https://docs.iza.org/dp15817
• Jones, M. and Kaya, E. 2022. The UK gender pay gap: does firm size matter?. Discussion Paper. Global Labor Organization. Available at: https://ideas.repec.org/p/zbw/glodps/1149.html
• Jones, M. and Kaya, E. 2022. Organisational gender pay gaps in the UK: what happened post-transparency?. Discussion Paper. IZA – Institute of Labor Economics. Available at: https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/15342/organisational-gender-pay-gaps-in-the-uk-what-happened-post-transparency
• Jones, M. and Kaya, E. 2021. The gender pay gap in UK medicine. IZA – Institute of Labor Economics.
• Jones, M. and Kaya, E. 2020. The gender pay gap: what can we learn from Northern Ireland?. Discussion Paper. IZA – Institute of Labor Economics. Available at: http://ftp.iza.org/dp13318.pdf
• Jones, M. and Kaya, E. 2019. Understanding the gender pay gap within the UK public sector. London: Office of Manpower Economics. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/understanding-the-gender-pay-gap-within-the-uk-public-sector
• Fevre, R. W., Foster, D. J., Jones, M. and Wass, V. J. 2016. Closing disability gaps at work: deficits in evidence and variations in experience. Project Report. Cardiff University.

• Jones, M., Mavromaras, K., Sloane, P. J. and Wei, Z. 2018. The dynamic effect of disability on work and subjective well-being. Oxford Economic Papers 70(3), pp. 635-657. (10.1093/oep/gpy006)
• Jones, M., Davies, R. and Drinkwater, S. 2018. The dynamics of disability and work in Britain. The Manchester School 86(3), pp. 279-307. (10.1111/manc.12177)
• Jones, M., Makepeace, G. and Wass, V. 2018. The UK gender pay gap 1997-2015: what is the role of the public sector?. Industrial Relations Journal 57(2), pp. 296-319. (10.1111/irel.12208)
• Jones, M. K., Latreille, P. L. and Sloane, P. J. 2016. Job anxiety, work-related psychological illness and workplace performance. British Journal of Industrial Relations 54(4), pp. 742-767. (10.1111/bjir.12159)
• Jones, M. 2016. Disability and labor market outcomes. IZA World of Labour, article number: 253. (10.15185/izawol.253)
• Davies, R., Jones, M. and Lloyd-Williams, H. 2016. Age and work-related health: insights from the UK Labour Force Survey. British Journal of Industrial Relations 54(1), pp. 136-159. (10.1111/bjir.12059)
• Baumberg, B., Jones, M. and Wass, V. 2015. Disability prevalence and disability-related employment gaps in the UK 1998–2012: Different trends in different surveys?. Social Science and Medicine 141, pp. 72-81. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.07.012)
• Jones, M., Mavromaras, K., Sloane, P. and Wei, Z. 2014. Disability, job mismatch, earnings and job satisfaction in Australia. Cambridge Journal of Economics 38(5), pp. 1221-1246. (10.1093/cje/beu014)
• Jones, M. 2013. Disability and perceptions of work and management. British Journal of Industrial Relations 54(1), pp. 83-113. (10.1111/bjir.12043)
• Jones, M., Latreille, P. L., Sloane, P. J. and Staneva, A. V. 2013. Work-related health risks in Europe: are older workers more vulnerable?. Social Science & Medicine 88, pp. 18-29. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.03.027)
• Jones, M. and Latreille, P. L. 2010. Disability and earnings: Are employer characteristics important?. Economics Letters 106(3), pp. 191-194. (10.1016/j.econlet.2009.11.017)