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Behavioural aspects of the national minimum wage: Measuring and interpreting behaviour in the low-wage labour market
Working Paper
Fry, S., & Ritchie, F. (2013). Behavioural aspects of the national minimum wage: Measuring and interpreting behaviour in the low-wage labour market. UK

Report for LPC on how low pay is measured in official data sources. Finds that (a) employers tend to 'round' hourly pay rates, suggesting scope for rent-sharing in these low-paying jobs, and/or high transactions costs associated with wage-setting; an... Read More about Behavioural aspects of the national minimum wage: Measuring and interpreting behaviour in the low-wage labour market.

Performance photographs and the (un)clothed body: Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
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Johnson, C. Performance photographs and the (un)clothed body: Yoko Ono's Cut Piece. Bristol, UK

This is a working paper. Clothing played an important role in a number of performance art events during the 1960s and 1970s. Performances such as Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece (1964), Marina Abramović’s Rhythm 0 (1974) and Hannah Wilke’s Super-T-Art (1974)... Read More about Performance photographs and the (un)clothed body: Yoko Ono's Cut Piece.

Business partnering as a complement to the accountant’s other roles: International survey evidence
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Cooper, P., & Dart, E. (2013). Business partnering as a complement to the accountant’s other roles: International survey evidence. Bath, UK

Cases involving change towards a more strongly business-oriented, or business partnering, role for accountants have been documented but evidence of the extent of such change more widely is sparse and indicates limited adoption of the role in practice... Read More about Business partnering as a complement to the accountant’s other roles: International survey evidence.

Workflow orchestration and provenance management for neuroimaging research using CRISTAL
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Branson, A., McClatchey, R., Shamdasani, J., Habib, I., Anjum, A., Bloodsworth, P., & Munir, K. (2012). Workflow orchestration and provenance management for neuroimaging research using CRISTAL

The workflow orchestration and traceability (or provenance) of data is essential in carrying out meaningful analyses of large scale neuroimaging datasets. In both the neuGRID and N4U projects the need for data provenance has been identified by the en... Read More about Workflow orchestration and provenance management for neuroimaging research using CRISTAL.

Health worker migration in Canada: Histories, geographies, and ethics (Working paper number 12-02)
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Boschma, G., Santiago, M. L., Choy, C. C., & Ronquillo, C. E. (2012). Health worker migration in Canada: Histories, geographies, and ethics (Working paper number 12-02). Vancouver, Canada

This working paper explores issues of health worker migration through examining the history, geography, and ethics of international recruitment and migration of health workers to Canada, focusing on the experiences of registered nurses from the Phili... Read More about Health worker migration in Canada: Histories, geographies, and ethics (Working paper number 12-02).

What is a manufacturing job?
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Ritchie, F., Thomas, A., & Welpton, R. (2012). What is a manufacturing job?. UK

Policy initiatives in the UK targeting manufacturing industries have for a number of years been driven by a perceived importance of this sector to the economy. In order to target such policies, it is important to establish the true size of this secto... Read More about What is a manufacturing job?.

Poverty alleviation in India and Kerala: An overview
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Gopinath, D., & Nair, M. (2011). Poverty alleviation in India and Kerala: An overview. Dundee

Working paper prepared for the dissemination event at the University of Dundee (07 Sep 2011) as part of British Academy Small Research Grant project, Ref. SG10153

Overcoming isolation in distance learning: Building a learning community through time, space and sector
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Croft, N., Dalton, A., & Grant, M. (2011). Overcoming isolation in distance learning: Building a learning community through time, space and sector

The rise in popularity of distance education programmes, taught through web-based media, belies the difficulty in preparing, delivering and studying on such programmes. Preparing and providing quality material and a rich learning experience are key... Read More about Overcoming isolation in distance learning: Building a learning community through time, space and sector.