Rafael Gomez Bibliography

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Updated August 4, 2020

Refereed Journal Publications

(Articles published with authors in alphabetical order unless otherwise indicated)

"Is it ‘you’ or ‘your workplace’? Predictors of job‐related training in the Anglo‐American world.” International Journal of Training and Development. (2020). Barry, M., Gomez, R., Kaufman, B.E., Wilkinson, A. and Zhang, T., DOI:10.1111/ijtd.12192 

Unions and Non-Standard Work: Union Representation and Wage Premiums across Non-Standard Work Arrangements in Canada, 1997-2014Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Volume 72, Number 4, August (2019), pp. 1009-1035. Rafael Gomez and Danilelle Lamb. DOI: 10.1177/0019793919852926 

“The “Good Workplace”: The Role of Joint Consultative Committees, Unions and HR policies in Employee Ratings of Workplaces in Britain” Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership, Vol. 2 No. 1, (2019), pp. 60-90. Bryson, A; Gomez, R.; Kaufman, B.;Berry, M.; Wilkinson, A. and Lomas, G. DOI: 10.1108/JPEO-09-2018-0024 

Evaluating the State of the Employment Relationship: A Balanced Scorecard Approach Built on Mackenzie King’s Model of an Industrial Relations System”, Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations. 73- 4 (2019) pp.664-701. Gomez, R.; Kaufman, B; Berry, M; and Wilkinson, A. DOI: 10.7202/1056973ar 

“Taking the pulse at work: An employment relations scorecard for Australia”, Journal of Industrial Relations. Vol 60, Issue 2 (2018) pp. 145 – 175. Adrian Wilkinson, Michael Barry, Rafael Gomez and Bruce E. Kaufman. DOI: 10.1177/0022185617748990 

Unions and Traditionally Disadvantaged Workers: Evidence from Union Wage Premiums in Canada 2000 to 2012”, Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies. Volume 5, No. 3 September- October (2016). Rafael Gomez and Danielle Lamb. DOI: N/A 

"Do Immigrants Gain or Lose by Occupational Licensing?" Canadian Public Policy 41(1) (2015) S80- S97. Rafael Gomez, Morley Gunderson, Xiaoyu Huang and Tingting Zhang. DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2014-028 

“What Accounts for the Union Member Advantage in Voter Turnout? Evidence from the European Union, 2002-2008” (2014) Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations, Volume 69, Number 4, pp. 732-765. Bryson, Gomez, Willman and Kretschmer. DOI: 10.7202/1028110ar 

Relative income, absolute income and the life satisfaction of older adults: do retirees differ from the non-retired?” (2014) Industrial Relations Journal, 45 (2): 281–299. doi: 10.1111/irj.12052. Boodoo, U. M.; Gomez, R. and Gunderson, M. DOI: 10.1111/irj.12052 

“Demographic Origins of the Great Recession: Implications for China” (2013) China & World Economy. Volume 21, Issue 2, pp. 97–118. Rafael Gomez and Danielle Lamb. DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2013.12017.x. 

“Managerial Hostility and Attitudes Towards Unions: A Canada-US Comparison” (2013) Journal of Labor Research. Volume 34, Issue 1, March 2013, pp.99-119. M. Campolieti, R. Gomez and M. Gunderson. DOI: 10.1007/s12122-012-9150-0. 

"Does Non-Union Employee Representation Act as a Complement or Substitute to Union Voice? Evidence from Canada and the United States" (2013). Industrial Relations (Berkeley). Volume 52, s1, pp. 378–396. Michele Campolieti, Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson. DOI: 10.1111/irel.12007. 

“The Comparative Advantage of Non-Union Voice in Britain, 1980-2004” (2013). Industrial Relations (Berkeley). Volume 52, s1, pp. 194–220. Alex Bryson, Rafael Gomez, Paul Willman, and Toby Kretschmer. DOI: 10.1111/irel.12001. 

“Labour Adjustment Implications of Service Offshoring: Evidence from Canada” (2013), British Journal of Industrial Relations. Volume 51, Issue 1, pp. 148–173. R. Gomez, M. Gunderson & R. Morissette. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2012.00898.x 

For Whom the ‘Retirement’ Bell Tolls: Inter-temporal Comparisons Using the 1994 and 2002 Canadian GSS.” (2011) Canadian Public Policy. 37(4), pp. 513-539. Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson. DOI: 10.3138/cpp.37.4.513 

What Accounts for the Representation Gap? Decomposing Canada—US Differences in the Desire for Collective Voice.” (2011) Journal of Industrial Relations 53(3), pp. 425-449. Michele Campolieti, Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson. DOI: 10.1177/0022185611409111 

“Heterogeneous Worker Ability and Team–Based Production: Evidence from Major League Baseball, 1920-2009.” (2011) Labour Economics. Vol.18 (3), pp. 310-319. Alex Bryson, Rafael Gomez Kerry Papps. DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.11.005 

“When Public Salaries Become Public Knowledge: Academic Salaries and Ontario’s Public Salary Disclosure Act” (2010): Canadian Public Administration Journal. 53 (1), pp. 107-126. Rafael Gomez and Steven Wald. DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-7121.2010.00114.x 

“Online Social Networking and Trade Union Membership: What the Facebook Phenomenon Truly Means For Labour Organizers” (2010) Labor History. 51(1), pp. 41-53. A. Bryson, R. Gomez and P. Willman. DOI: 10.1080/00236561003654719  

Volunteering, Income Support Programs and Persons with DisabilitiesIndustrial Relations/Relations Industrielles. Vol. 64, No. 2 (2009), pp. 189-208. M. Campolieti, Rafael Gomez and M. Gunderson. DOI: 10.7202/037917ar 

The Importance of Being Mature: The Effect of Demographic Maturation on Global Per-Capita GDP.” Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 21 No.3 (2008), pp. 589–608. Pablo Hernandez de Cos and Rafael Gomez. DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0107-6 

“Does Population Ageing Promote Faster Economic Growth?” Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 54, No.3 (2008), pp. 350-372. Pablo Hernandez de Cos and Rafael Gomez. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2008.00279.x 

“The Diffusion of Workplace Voice and High-Commitment Human Resource Management Practices in Britain, 1984-1998.” Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 16, No.3 (Fall, 2007), pp. 395-426. Alex Bryson, Rafael Gomez, Tobias Kretschmer and Paul Willman. DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtm009 

“The Long Goodbye: The Rise and Fall of Representative Voice in Britain.” International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 18, No.7 (2007), pp. 1318-1334. Alex Bryson, Rafael Gomez and Paul Willman. DOI: 10.1080/09585190701393863 

“The Sound of Silence: Why Do Some Employers Fail to Offer Employee Voice?” Socio-Economic Review, Vol. 4, No. 2 (2006), pp. 8-24. Alex Bryson, Rafael Gomez and Paul Willman. DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwl012 

“Voice at Work…What Do Employers Want?” Socio-Economic Review, Vol.4, No.2 (2006), pp. 1-7. Alex Bryson, Rafael Gomez and Paul Willman. DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwl013  

“Why Have Workers Stopped Joining Unions? The Rise in Never-Membership in Britain” British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.43, No. 1 (2005), pp. 67-92. Alex Bryson and Rafael Gomez. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2005.00345.x 

“Youth-Adult Differences in the Demand for Unionisation: Are American, British and Canadian Workers All That Different?” Journal of Labor Research, Vol 26, No.1 (Winter, 2005), pp. 155-167. Alex Bryson, Rafael Gomez, Noah Meltz and Morley Gunderson. DOI: 10.1007/BF02812227 

“The Two-Way Interaction Between Globalization and Labour Market Polices.” Oxford Development Studies, Vol.32, No.1 (2004), pp.135-152. Andrew Downes, Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson. DOI: 10.1080/1360081042000184165 

Age Structure, Income Distribution and Economic Growth.” Canadian Public Policy, Vol. 29 (January 2003), pp. S142-S161. Rafael Gomez and David K. Foot. DOI: 10.2307/3552280 

Volunteer Activity and the Demands of Work and Family.” Industrial Relations/Relations Industrielles. Vol. 58, No. 4 (December 2003), pp. 1-12. Rafael Gomez Morley Gunderson. DOI: 10.7202/007817ar 

“Comparing Youth and Adult Desire for Unionization in Canada.” British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 40, No.3 (2002), pp. 521-542. Rafael Gomez Morley Gunderson and Noah Meltz. DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00245. 

“Mandatory Retirement Legislation: A Constraint on Transitions to Retirement?” Employee Relations, Vol. 24, No.4 (2002), pp. 403-422. Rafael Gomez Morley Gunderson and Andrew Luchak. DOI: 10.1108/01425450210435545 

"Salary Compression and Team Performance: Evidence from the National Hockey League." Zeitschrift Fur Betriebswirtschaft, Vol.4, No.4 (January 2002), pp. 203-220. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-663-07711-4_11 

“Membership Has Its Privileges: The Effects of Social Capital and Neighbourhood Characteristics on the Earnings of Micro-finance Borrowers” The Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol.34, No.4 (November, 2001), pp. 943- 966. Rafael Gomez and Eric Santor. DOI: 10.1111/0008-4085.00107 

Papers in Proceedings, Policy and Law Journals

(All articles published with authors in alphabetical order)

“A Bridge Too Far? Using Internal Workplace Committees to Ensure Employment Standards Compliance and Plug the Representation Gap in the Wagner Act Model”, Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2 (2018), pp 361-398. Rafael Gomez and Sean O’Connor. DOI: N/A 

Can Local Actors Foster a More Inclusive and Sustainable Model of Economic Development? The Role of Business Improvement Areas in the “New” Industrial Policy”, Osgoode Hall Law Journal. 54: S1 (2017) pp.1019-1049. Matias de Devotiis, Juan Gomez and Rafael Gomez. DOI: N/A 

Workplace Voice and Civic Engagement: What Theory and Data Tell Us About Unions and Their Relationship to the Democratic Process” (2013) Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Volume 50, Number 4, pp. 965- 998. Alex Bryson, Rafael Gomez, Tobias Kretschmer and Paul Willman. DOI: N/A 

The Destiny of Demographic Change”. (2013). Policy Options/Options Politiques. IRPP. Vol 34:4, pp. 55-57. David Foot and Rafael Gomez. DOI: N/A 

Corporate Social Responsibility and Greater Worker Protection: Two sides of the Same Coin?” (2012). Beyond Borders: Governance of Work in a Global Economy: Proceedings of the 16th ILERA World Congress. http://ilera2012.wharton.upenn.edu/ . Rafael Gomez and Anil Verma. DOI: N/A 

Team performance and the optimal spread of talent” (2011). CentrePiece Magazine (LSE) 16 (1) Summer 2011, pp. 22-24. Alex Bryson, Rafael Gomez and Kerry Papps. DOI: N/A 

“Labour Adjustment Implications of Offshoring of Business Services.” (January 2010). In Offshore Outsourcing: Capitalizing on Lessons Learned: Conference Proceedings. The Rotman School of Management and Industry Canada. Daniel Treffler (ed). Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson. http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/offshoring/ DOI: N/A 

“Business Incentives in the Crisis Context” (2010) Journal of the Moscow State University: Series “Management” Vol 24: 2, pp. 23-30. (in Russian: “Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seriaya XXIV. Management”, ISSN 0201-7385, ISSN 2075-5996). Rafael Gomez and Anil Verma. DOI: N/A 

“Les relations avec les employés se déroulent-elles dans un vacuum? Des constats récents sur la responsabilité sociale des entreprises et les relations avec les employés au Canada” (2010) Regards croisés sur les mutations du travail. Sous la direction de Paul-André Lapointe, Julien Pelletier et François Vaudreuil. Les Presses de L’Universite de Laval. pp.51-62. Rafael Gomez and Anil Verma. DOI: N/A 

“Does the Microfinance Lending Model Actually Work?” Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations. Volume IX, No. 2 (2008), pp. 37-56. Rafael Gomez and Eric Santor. DOI: N/A 

"Causas y consecuencias de participación en actividades de voluntariado: Una perspectiva canadiense." Revista de Economia Social. Nº 46, (febrero de 2008) 1-8. ISSN 1137-4748.M M.Gunderson (translación Juan Gomez). DOI: N/A 

From the Two faces of Unionism to the Facebook Society: Union Voice in a 21st Century Context.Labor and Employment Relations Association Series, Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting, (October 2008), pp. 51-60, Alex Bryson, Rafael Gomez and Paul Willman. DOI: N/A 

“Non-Standard and Vulnerable Workers: A Case of Mistaken Identity?” Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2 (2005), pp. 267-283. Rafael Gomez and M. Gunderson. DOI: N/A 

"Religiosity and Unionisation: A Cross-Country Comparison." (October 2002), pp.127-135. Papers and Proceedings 38th Annual CIRA Congress: Rethinking Institutions for Work and Employment. Rafael Gomez, Seymour Martin Lipset and Noah Meltz. DOI: N/A 

“The Supply and Demand of Unionisation Revisited: Evidence from the U.S. and Canada” 53rd Annual Proceedings of the IRRA, (October 2001), pp. 163-172. Rafael Gomez, Seymour Martin Lipset and Noah Meltz. DOI: N/A 

Books 

(Books and volumes published with authors in alphabetical order unless otherwise indicated) 

The Everyday Leader (2019), London (UK): Bloomsbury Press. John Cross, Rafael Gomez and Kevin Money.  

Small Business and the City: The Transformative Potential of Small Scale Entrepreneurs, (2015). Toronto: Rotman/UofT Press. Rafael Gomez, Matt Semansky and Andre Isakov.  

The Little Black Book for Managers: Maximizing Your Key Moments of Power as a Manager (2013). Chichester: Capstone-Wiley Press. John Cross, Rafael Gomez and Kevin Money  

The Paradox of American Unionism. (2004) Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Seymour Martin Lipset, Noah Meltz, Rafael Gomez and Ivan Katchonovski.  

Edited Volumes and Educational Publications 

China and the Long March to Global Trade: The Accession of China to the WTO, (2002) London: Routledge. Alan Alexandroff, Sylvia Ostry and Rafael Gomez (editors).  

Principles of Marketing: A Subject Guide (2005). London: University of London. Rafael Gomez and Haider Ali.  

Chapters in Books 

(Chapters published with authors in alphabetical order unless otherwise indicated)  

The Twin Track Model of Employee Voice: An Anglo-American Perspective on Union Decline and The Rise of Alternative Forms of Voice”. (2019). In Employee Voice at Work. Peter Holland, Julian Teicher, and Jimmy Donaghey (eds). With Alex Bryson, Richard Freeman, Rafael Gomez and Paul Willman. Singapore: Springer. 

Canada and the 4th Industrial Revolution: Opportunities for the Many?*” (2018). In Work in the Digital Age Challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. (eds) Jacqueline O'Reilly, Florian Ranft and Max Neufeind London: Rowman & Littlefield International / Policy Network. With Juan Gomez and Rafael Gomez  

All-Star or Benchwarmer? Relative Age, Cohort Size and Career Success in the NHL” (2017). in Breaking the Ice: The Economics of Hockey, Amsterdam: Springer. Bernd Frick (ed). With Alex Bryson, Rafael Gomez and Tingting Zhang.  

“Power Games: Understanding the True Nature of Season Ending Labour Disputes in Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League” (2016) The Research Handbook of Employment Relations in Professional Sport, London: Edward Elgar Press. Michael Barry, (eds). With P. Bouris and Rafael Gomez DOI: 10.4337/9781783470464.00015  

Labour Market Policies in the Provinces” Canadian Provincial Politics, 3rd Edition, Edited by Chris Dunn, University of Toronto Press (2015). With Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson.  

Employee Voice and the Transaction Cost Economics Project.” (2014).The Handbook of Research on Employee Voice. Adrian Wilkinson, Jimmy Donaghey, Tony Dundon and Richard Freeman (eds). New York: Edward Elgar Press. With Rafael Gomez, Paul Willman, Tobias Kretschmer and Alex Bryson.  

Does Employee Relations Occur in a Vacuum? Recent Evidence on Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Relations in Canada.”  (2011).Different Perspectives on Work Changes. Edited by Paul- André Lapointe, Julien Pelletier et François Vaudreuil. Les Presses de L’Université de Laval. P.53-65. With R. Gomez and A. Verma.  

Mandatory Retirement: Myths, Myths and More Darn Myths.” (2010). In Retirement Policy Issues in Canada Michael G. Abbott, Charles M. Beach, Robin W. Boadway, and James G. MacKinnon (eds). McGill- Queen’s University Press. R. Gomez & M. Gunderson.  

Voice at the Workplace: Where do we find it, why is it there and where is it going?” (2010). In The Evolution of the Modern Workplace. Alex Bryson and John Forth (eds). Cambridge University Press. Paul Willman, Rafael Gomez and Alex Bryson  

Voice in the Wilderness: The Shift from Union to Non-Union Voice in Britain,” (2010). In The Oxford Handbook of Participation in Organizations, Edited by Adrian Wilkinson, Paul J. Gollan, Mick Marchington and David Lewin (eds), Paul Willman, Rafael Gomez and Alex Bryson   
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199207268.003.0016  

Disabled Persons and Non-Standard Work.” (2009). In Essays on Economics, Disability and Employment. Madrid: Delta Publicaciones. Pablo Alonso Gonzalez, Jose Javier Nunez Velazquez, and Marta Pascual Saez (eds). Michele Campolieti, Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson.  

Creation of Values and Principles: Canada’s Experience with the CUSFTA and NAFTA.” (2009). In The Politics of Trade: The Role of Research in Trade Policy and Negotiation. Diana Tussie (ed), Amsterdam: Brill Publishing. Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson.  

“Have Young Workers Lost Their (Collective) Voice?” (2008). In Young Workers in the Global Economy, Greg Defreitas (ed). Michele Campolieti, Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson.  

The Social, Political and Economic Labour Relations Environment.” (2009). In Union Management Relations in Canada. Morley Gunderson and Daphne Taras (eds). Toronto: Pearson Education. Frank Reid and Rafael Gomez.  

Say What? Employee Voice in Canada.” (2007). In What Workers Say: Employee Voice in the Anglo-Saxon World. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Richard Freeman, Peter Boxall, and Peter Hayes (eds). Mike Campolieti, Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson.  

“Does Economic Convergence Lead to Social Policy Convergence? An Analysis of North American and International Linkages.” (2005). In Social and Labour Market Aspects of North American Linkages, Richard Harris and Thomas Lemieux (eds). Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson.  

From Playstations to Workstations: Young Workers and the Experience-Good Model of Trade Union Membership” (2004). In Unions in The 21st Century, London: Palgrave. Thomas Kochan and Anil Verma (eds). Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson.  

Nice Guys Can Finish First: Balancing Competing Interests as an Industrial Relations Paradigm.” (2004). In Theoretical Perspectives on Work and the Employment Relationship. Industrial Relations Research Volume. Bruce Kaufman (ed). John Budd, Rafael Gomez and Noah Meltz.  

“The End of the Affair? Employers and Trade Unions in Britain,” (2004). In Union Organization and Activity in Britain (Routledge Series Volume 2). John Kelly and Paul Willman (eds). With Paul Willman, Alex Bryson and Rafael Gomez.  

“The Social, Political and Economic Labour Relations Environment,” (2004). In Union Management Relations in Canada. Morley Gunderson Allen Ponak and Daphne Taras (eds). Toronto: Pearson Education. Frank Reid, Noah Meltz and Rafael Gomez.  

The Experience-Good Model of Union Membership,” (2004). In The Changing Role of Unions: New Forms of Representation. Phanindra V. Wunnava (ed). M.E. Sharpe. Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson.  

Buying Into Union Membership: Unionisation as an Experience Good in Britain, Canada and the US,” (2003). In Representing Workers: Recognition and Trade Union Membership in Britain (Routledge Series Volume 1) H. Gospel and S. Wood (eds). Alex Bryson and Rafael Gomez.  

Multilateral Worker Protection in an Era of Footloose Capital,” (2002). In Human Resource Development and Workplace Governance in the Caribbean. N. Cowell and C. Branche (eds).  

Marching on Together? Recent Trends in Union Membership,” (2002). In British Social Attitudes: The 19th Report, Park, A., Curtice, J., Thomson, K., Jarvis, L. and Bromley, C. (eds) London: Sage. Alex Bryson and Rafael Gomez.  

The Integration of Labour Markets in North America,” (2002). In Capacity for Choice: Canada in a New North America. George Hoberg ed., Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Morley Gunderson and Rafael Gomez.  

Where do we go From Here? The Concluding Chapter” (2002) China and the Long March to Global Trade: The Accession of China to the WTO, London: Routledge. Alan Alexandroff, Sylvia Ostry and Rafael Gomez (eds). Alan Alexandroff and Rafael Gomez.  

A General Introduction” (2002) China and the Long March to Global Trade: The Accession of China to the WTO, London: Routledge. Alan Alexandroff, Sylvia Ostry and Rafael Gomez (eds). Alan Alexandroff and Rafael Gomez.  

Volunteer Activity amongst the Unemployed,” (2001). In Essays on the repeat use of unemployment insurance, Social Research Demonstration Corporation of Canada (SRDC), Saul Schwartz (ed). Morley Gunderson and Rafael Gomez.

Published Working and Discussion Papers

The "Good Workplace": The Role of Joint Consultative Committees, Unions and HR Policies in Employee Ratings of Workplaces in Britain” (2019) IZA Discussion Paper No. 11860. With Bryson, A; Kaufman, B; Berry, M; Wilkinson, A. and Lomas, G. 

The Twin Track Model of Employee Voice: An Anglo-American Perspective on Union Decline and the Rise of Alternative Forms of Voice*” (2017), IZA Discussion Paper. No. 11223. With Alex Bryson, Richard B. Freeman, & Paul Willman 

Workplace Democracy 2.0: Towards a New Agenda for Employee Voice and Representation in Canada” Broadbent Institute Discussion Paper (2016). pp. 60pgs. With Juan Gomez 

All-Star or Benchwarmer? Relative Age, Cohort Size and Career Success in the NHL”. 2014. IZA Discussion Paper No. 8645. Bryson, Alex and Zhang, Tingting. 

“Union workplace voice and civic engagement”. (2012) NIESR discussion papers, 394. National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London, UK. With Bryson, Kretschmer and Willman. 

The Effect of income support programs on Volunteerism among disabled individuals”. June 2011.Labour Market Matters, CSLRN. Vol 3(6),  Campolieti , Michele & Gunderson, Morley. 

Heterogeneous Worker Ability and Team–Based Production: Evidence from Major League Baseball, 1920-2009” March 2011. CSLRN Working paper series. No. 75. With Alex Bryson, Kerry Papps, and Rafael Gomez.  

"Heterogeneous Worker Ability and Team-based Production: Evidence from Major League Baseball, 1920-2009" (2010) NIESR Discussion Papers 365. Alex Bryson & Papps, K.L. & Gomez, R.

"Heterogeneous Worker Ability and Team- Based Production: Evidence from Major League Baseball, 1920-2009," (2010) IZA Discussion Papers 5225, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). Papps, Kerry L. & Bryson, Alex & Gomez, Rafael

"Heterogeneous Worker Ability and Team-Based Production: Evidence from Major League Baseball, 1920-2009," (2010) CEP Discussion Papers dp1015, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. Alex Bryson & Rafael Gomez & Kerry L. Papps

“Employee Voice and Private Sector Workplace Outcomes in Britain, 1980-2004,” (2009). NIESR Discussion Paper No. 329. Alex Bryson, Paul Willman, and Toby Kretschmer. 

"Volunteering, Income Support Programs and Disabled Persons," (2009). CLSRN Working Papers No. 9, UBC Department of Economics, revised 16 Feb 2009. Campolieti and Gunderson 2009. 

"For Whom the 'Retirement' Bell Tolls: Inter-temporal Comparisons Using the 1994 and 2002 Canadian General Social Survey," (2009) CLSRN Working Papers clsrn_admin-2009-31, UBC Department of Economics, revised 22 Apr 2009. Gomez, Rafael & Gunderson, Morley

“Trading Places: Employers, Unions and the Manufacture of Voice,” (2008). CEP Discussion Paper No. 0884, With Alex Bryson and Paul Willman 

“Employee Voice and Human Resource Management: An Empirical Analysis using British Data:” (2008). PSI Research Discussion Paper No. 27. Bryson, Willman, and Kretschmer. 

“From the Two faces of Unionism to the Facebook Society: Union Voice in a 21st Century Context.” (2008) Manpower Human Resources Lab Discussion Paper No.6, London: CEP. 

“The Importance of Being Mature: Demographic maturation and global per-capita GDP.” (August 2006) European Central Bank (ECB) Publication No. 670. Pablo Hernández de Cos, 

“Population Ageing and Sectoral Growth: The Case of the UK.” (2006). International Journal of International Business Economics. Rafael Gomez and David Foot. 

“Demographic Maturity and Economic Performance: The Effect of Demographic Transitions on Per Capita GDP Growth.” (2004) Central Bank of Spain (Banco de Espana) Publication No. 0318. Rafael Gomez and Pablo Hernández de Cos. 

'Why Do Voice Regimes Differ?' (2003). Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 591, London School of Economics Paul Willman, Rafael Gomez, and Alex Bryson. 

“Why Have Workers Stopped Joining Unions?”  (2003). Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.589, London School of Economics. With Alex Bryson. 

'Segmentation, Switching Costs and the Demand for Unionization in Britain', (2002) Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 568, London School of Economics. With Alex Bryson. 

Age structure, income distribution and economic growth”(2002). European University Institute Working Paper, E72 NO.2002/36. With David K. Foot. DOI: 10.2307/3552280 

“Zero Sum Illusion: industrial relations and modern economic approaches to growth and income distribution” (2002). European University Institute Working Paper, E72 NO.2002/37. Rafael Gomez and Noah Meltz. 

“Social Capital and Local Economic Development,” (1999). LEED Research Paper 4-1999E, Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme, OECD. 

Book Reviews

Review of Voice and Involvement at Work: Experience with Non-Union Representation. Edited by Paul J. Gollan, Bruce E. Kaufman, Daphne Taras, Adrian Wilkinson. New York and Oxford: Routledge, 2015. 420 pp. In Industrial and Labor Relations Review (2015) 68 :5, pp.1226-1227 DOI: 10.1177/0019793915595405 

Review of Interregional Migration and Public Policy in Canada (2012) by Kathleen M. Day and Stanley L. Winer. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press. 408 pages. In Journal of Regional Science (2012) Vol. 52, No. 5, 2012, pp. 892-893. DOI: 10.1111/jors.12006_11 

Review of The Thought of Work by John W. Budd. (2011). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 264 pages. In Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations (2012) vol. 67, n° 2, pp. 331-333 DOI: 10.7202/1009094ar 

Review of the Future of the Internet: And How to Stop it by Jonathan Zittrain Oxford University Press. 2008. In Labor History 51(1), pp.150-152 (2010). With Alex Bryson and Paul Willman. DOI: 10.1080/00236561003654883 

Review of Globalization and Labor Conditions: Working Conditions and Worker Rights in a Global Economy by Robert J. Flanagan Oxford University Press. 2006. In Economica (Spring, 2010), vol.77 issue 305, pp. 207-208. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2009.00678.x. 

Review of Partisanship, Globalization, and Canadian Labour Market Policy: Four Provinces in Comparative Perspective by Rodney Haddow and Thomas Klassen, 2006, University of Toronto Press x/390. In Industrial and labor Relations Review (September 2007) pp. 589-590. DOI: 10.1177/001979390706000408 

Review of Self-Employed Workers Organize: Law, Policy and Unions by Cynthia Cranford, Judy Fudge, Eric Tucker and Leah Volko. Canadian Public Policy (September 2006) pp. 339-340. DOI: 10.2307/4128742 

Review of Employment with a Human Face by John Budd. Industrial Relations/Relations Industrielles Vol. 59:2 (April, 2004) pp. 438-439. DOI: 10.7202/009555a 

Review of Labor Standards in the United States and Canada edited by Richard N. Block, Karen Roberts and R. Oliver Clarke. British Journal of Industrial Relations 42:2, (2004) pp. 410-411. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2004.00320.x