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Strengthening data and research tools on migration and development (2009)
Journal Article
Black, R., & Skeldon, R. (2009). Strengthening data and research tools on migration and development. International Migration Review, 47(5), 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00575.x

This paper reviews available data sources for the study of migration and development through both retrospective and continuous data collection systems. It is argued that much basic data already exists for the study of international migration but that... Read More about Strengthening data and research tools on migration and development.

The role of occupational taxpaying cultures in taxpaying behaviour and attitudes (2009)
Journal Article
Ashby, J. S., Webley, P., & Haslam, A. (2009). The role of occupational taxpaying cultures in taxpaying behaviour and attitudes. Journal of Economic Psychology, 30(2), 216-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2008.08.005

Many individuals embark on their careers as tax novices and become acculturated into their occupational sector’s taxpaying culture (i.e. its norms and values) over time. This paper uses a social identity framework to investigate whether perceptions o... Read More about The role of occupational taxpaying cultures in taxpaying behaviour and attitudes.

Return migration and entrepreneurship in Ghana and Cote d'lvoire: the role of capital transfers (2009)
Journal Article
Black, R., & Castaldo, A. (2009). Return migration and entrepreneurship in Ghana and Cote d'lvoire: the role of capital transfers. Journal of Economic and Human Geography, 100(1), 44-58. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00504.x

This paper explores the relationship between international migration and entrepreneurship, drawing on data on around 300 return migrants to two West African states, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. The paper reviews existing evidence on the role of entrepren... Read More about Return migration and entrepreneurship in Ghana and Cote d'lvoire: the role of capital transfers.

Moral authority, modernity, and the politics of the sacred (2009)
Journal Article
Hopgood, S. (2009). Moral authority, modernity, and the politics of the sacred. European Journal of International Relations, 15(2), 229-256. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066109103138

Capitalist modernity's paradox is to erode explicitly the social capital it relies on implicitly to mobilize people to act in concert when they share neither an identity nor an interest. Monetization and rules are the exemplary mechanisms for realizi... Read More about Moral authority, modernity, and the politics of the sacred.

The distinct role of group-central and group-peripheral norms in taxpaying behaviour (2009)
Journal Article
Ashby, J. S., Haslam, A., & Webley, P. (2009). The distinct role of group-central and group-peripheral norms in taxpaying behaviour. The Journal of socio-economics, 38(2), 230-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2008.11.001

In recent years, a social identity approach has been used to help understand why people do or do not pay tax [see Taylor, 2003; Wenzel, M., 2002. The impact of outcome orientation and justice concerns on tax compliance: the role of taxpayers' identit... Read More about The distinct role of group-central and group-peripheral norms in taxpaying behaviour.

Predictive Modeling (2008)
Journal Article
Smith, C., Kniveton, D., Wood, S., & Black, R. (2008). Predictive Modeling. Forced migration review, 58-59

The experiences of 'new' East European immigrants in the UK labour market (2008)
Journal Article
Markova, E., & Black, R. (2008). The experiences of 'new' East European immigrants in the UK labour market. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 16(1), 19-31. https://doi.org/10.51952/UKMR3134

This paper explores the experiences of new European immigrants (from Albania, Bulgaria, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro and Ukraine) in the UK labour market, in relation to their education and training at home, as well as the extent of occupational mob... Read More about The experiences of 'new' East European immigrants in the UK labour market.

But everyone else is doing it: A closer look at the occupational taxpaying culture of one business sector (2008)
Journal Article
Ashby, J. S., & Webley, P. (2008). But everyone else is doing it: A closer look at the occupational taxpaying culture of one business sector. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 18(3), 194-210. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.919

When individuals embark on their careers they not only become acculturated into their occupational sectors' day-to-day norms and practices, but also their taxpaying ones. Although the research on taxpaying cultures is still in its infancy, understand... Read More about But everyone else is doing it: A closer look at the occupational taxpaying culture of one business sector.

The Politics of Moral Authority (2007)
Preprint / Working Paper
Hopgood, S. The Politics of Moral Authority. London

What is at stake, politically, in abandoning claims that one's actions are legitimized by some form of transcendent authority? Analysing this question moves us beyond human rights debates about foundationalism, and asks whether the efficacy of claims... Read More about The Politics of Moral Authority.

Influences on communication about reproduction: the cultural evolution of low fertility (2007)
Journal Article
Newson, L., Postmes, T., Lea, S. E., Webley, P., Richerson, P., & Mcelreath, R. (2007). Influences on communication about reproduction: the cultural evolution of low fertility. Evolution and Human Behavior, 28(3), 199-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.01.003

The cultural norms of traditional societies encourage behavior that is consistent with maximizing reproductive success but those of modern post-demographic transition societies do not. Newson et al (2005) proposed that this might be because interacti... Read More about Influences on communication about reproduction: the cultural evolution of low fertility.

The New Council Constitutions: Outcomes of the Local Government Act 2000 (2007)
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Rao, N. (2007). The New Council Constitutions: Outcomes of the Local Government Act 2000

This summary report presents the key findings of a a long-term evaluation of new constitutions in English local government. It examines the impact of the new political leadership models on local government, for instance, on performance, and looks at... Read More about The New Council Constitutions: Outcomes of the Local Government Act 2000.

Understanding migration as a driver of poverty reduction in Europe and Central Asia (2007)
Preprint / Working Paper
Black, R., Jones, L., Pantiru, M. C., Sabates-Wheeler, R., Skeldon, R., & Vathi, Z. Understanding migration as a driver of poverty reduction in Europe and Central Asia. Brighton

This paper reports on the findings of a survey conducted by the Sussex Centre for Migration Research on migration and poverty in three regions of Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2006. The research included a review of available literature, and fie... Read More about Understanding migration as a driver of poverty reduction in Europe and Central Asia.

Improving the Representativeness of Councillors: Learning from Five High Performing Local Authorities in England (2007)
Report
Rao, N., John, P., Gains, F., Goodwin, M., Richardson, L., & Evans, E. (2007). Improving the Representativeness of Councillors: Learning from Five High Performing Local Authorities in England

Women, minority ethnic groups, young people, and people in paid employment are under-represented in local government. The aim of this report is to explain why some local councils are more representative of their local populations than others, with a... Read More about Improving the Representativeness of Councillors: Learning from Five High Performing Local Authorities in England.