Karen A. Mumford

Research Fellow

University of York

karen.mumford@york.ac.uk

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Research Interests

Karen Mumford is a Professor who specialises in applied labour economics. She received her PhD from the Australian National University (ANU). Karen’s research topics include: wage bargaining; training; employment dynamics; absenteeism; discrimination and the relative labour market position of women; networking in labour markets; job satisfaction; and implications from using the family as the unit of analysis. Karen has been the Chair of the Royal Economic Society (RES) Women's Committee, Convenor of the UK Work Pensions and Economics Group (WPEG), a Harkness Fellow and a Leverhulme Fellow. She is currently an elected Member of the RES Council, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). She was appointed CBE for services to Economics and Labour Market Diversity in the 2016 New Year’s Honours List.

She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in February 2004.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14482

Pay Gaps in the National Health Service: Observability and Disclosure

Karen A. Mumford, Edith Aguirre, Anna Einarsdóttir, Bridget Lockyer, Melisa Sayli, Benjamin A. Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14156

Measuring Research Excellence Amongst Economics Lecturers in the UK

Richard McManus, Karen A. Mumford, Cristina Sechel

pubished in: Bulletin of Economic Research, 2022, 74 (2), 386 - 404

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12500

Labour Supply and Childcare: Allowing Both Parents to Choose

Karen A. Mumford, Antonia Parera-Nicolau, Yolanda Pena-Boquete

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 82(3), 577-602.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12397

Pay and Job Rank Amongst Academic Economists in the UK: Is Gender Relevant?

Karen A. Mumford, Cristina Sechel

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2020, 58 (1), 82-113

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10453

Workplaces, Low Pay and the Gender Earnings Gap in Britain

Tim Butcher, Karen A. Mumford, Peter N. Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9059

Power-Couples and the Colocation Hypothesis Revisited

Francesco Mariotti, Karen A. Mumford, Yolanda Pena-Boquete

published in IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 2017, 6 (1), 1-18

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8302

Household Asset Holding Diversification in Australia

Francesco Mariotti, Karen A. Mumford, Yolanda Pena-Boquete

published in: Australian Economic Review, 2015, 48(1), 43-64

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6673

Peer Salaries and Employee Satisfaction in the Workplace

Karen A. Mumford, Peter N. Smith

published in: Manchester School, 2015, 83 (3), 307 -313

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6558

The Gender Pay Gap in the Australian Private Sector: Is Selection Relevant across the Wage Distribution?

Yekaterina Chzhen, Karen A. Mumford, Catia Nicodemo

published in: Economic Record, 2013, 89 (286), 367–381

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4821

Employee Training and Wage Dispersion: White and Blue Collar Workers in Britain

Filipe Almeida-Santos, Yekaterina Chzhen, Karen A. Mumford

published in: Research In Labor Economics, 2010, 30, 35-60

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4331

Gender Gaps across the Earnings Distribution in Britain: Are Women Bossy Enough?

Yekaterina Chzhen, Karen A. Mumford

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (6), 837-844

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3957

The Gender Pay Gap for Private Sector Employees in Canada and Britain

Marie Drolet, Karen A. Mumford

revised version published in British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2012, 50 (3), 529-553

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3158

The Public-Private Sector Gender Wage Differential: Evidence from Matched Employee-Workplace Data

Monojit Chatterji, Karen A. Mumford, Peter N. Smith

published as 'The public-private sector gender wage differential in Britain: evidence from matched employee-workplace data ' in: Applied Economics, 2011, 43 (26), 3819 - 3833

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2981

Assessing the Importance of Male and Female Part-Time Work for the Gender Earnings Gap in Britain

Karen A. Mumford, Peter N. Smith

revised version published as "What Determines the Part-Time and Gender Earnings Gaps in Britain: Evidence from the Workplace" in: Oxford Economics Papers, 2009, 61(1), 56-75

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2781

The Public-Private Sector Wage Differential for Full-Time Male Employees in Britain: A Preliminary Analysis

Monojit Chatterji, Karen A. Mumford

substantially revised version published as: 'Flying High and Laying Low in the Public and Private Sectors: A Comparison of Pay Differentials for Male, Full Time Employees.' Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 2012, 15 (3), 235-259

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2276

Employee Training, Wage Dispersion and Equality in Britain

Filipe Almeida-Santos, Karen A. Mumford

substantially rewritten - see 'Employee Training and Wage Dispersion: White and Blue Collar Workers in Britain', IZA DP No. 4821

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1921

The Gender Wage Gap in Four Countries

Anne Daly, Akira Kawaguchi, Xin Meng, Karen A. Mumford

revised version published in: Economic Record, 2006, 82 (257), 165-176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1908

Labour Supply and Childcare for British Mothers in Two-Parent Families: A Structural Approach

Antonia Parera-Nicolau, Karen A. Mumford

formative work for "Labour Supply and Childcare", IZA DP No. 12500.