Mr Rhys Davies

2025

• Felstead, A., Davies, R., Gallie, D., Green, F., Henseke, G. and Zhou, Y. 2025. Is the office dying? Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data, Cardiff University. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/8.-Is-the-Office-Dying.pdf
• Davies, R., Felstead, A., Gallie, D., Green, F., Henseke, G. and Zhou, Y. 2025. Are skill requirements still rising? First findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Institute for Social and Economic Research and Data, Cardiff University. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/7.-Are-Skill-Requirements-on-the-Rise.pdf
• Zhou, Y., Davies, R., Felstead, A., Gallie, D., Green, F. and Henseke, G. 2025. What makes work meaningful? Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Institute for Social and Economic Research and Data, Cardiff University. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/4.-What-Makes-Work-Meaningful.pdf
• Henseke, G., Davies, R., Felstead, A., Gallie, D., Green, F. and Zhou, Y. 2025. What drives AI and robot adoption? Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Institute for Social and Economic Research and Data, Cardiff University. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/5.-What-Drives-AI-and-Robot-Adoption.pdf
• Green, F., Davies, R., Felstead, A., Gallie, D., Henseke, G. and Zhou, Y. 2025. Is the job quality gender gap narrowing? Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Institute for Social and Economic Research and Data, Cardiff University. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/6.-Is-the-Job-Quality-Gender-Gap-Narrowing.pdf
• Davies, R., Felstead, A., Gallie, D., Green, F., Henseke, G. and Zhou, Y. 2025. Has the tide turned for Trade Unions? Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Institute for Social and Economic Research and Data, Cardiff University. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/3.-Has-the-Tide-Turned-for-Trade-Unions.pdf
• Green, F., Davies, R., Felstead, A., Gallie, D., Henseke, G. and Ying, Z. 2025. How common is workplace abuse? Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Institute for Social and Economic Research and Data, Cardiff University. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/1.-How-Common-is-Workplace-Abuse.pdf
• Gallie, D., Davies, R., Felstead, A., Green, F., Henseke, G. and Zhou, Y. 2025. What is happening to participation at work? Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Institute for Social and Economic Research and Data, Cardiff University. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2.-What-is-Happening-to-Participation-at-Work.pdf

2024

• Huxley, K. and Davies, R. 2024. Understanding inequity in tertiary education in Wales: Analysis of linked data. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Centre for Public Policy. Available at: https://wcpp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ADR-Wales-Data-Report-Understanding-inequity-in-tertiary-education.pdf
• Jenkins, J., Blakely, H., Davies, R. and Huxley, K. 2024. The quest for cleaner clothes: using more systematic data collection to promote worker organising and advocacy in the international garment sector. In: Laroche, M. and Murray, G. eds. Experimenting for union renewal: challenges, illustrations and lessons. Brussels: etui., pp. 119-126.
• Huxley, K. and Davies, R. 2024. Changing education landscapes and (in)equality in Wales: An exploration of barriers to tertiary education using linked UK Census and education data. Presented at: nternational Population Data Linkage Conference 2024, Chicago, IL, USA, 15-18 September 2024, Vol. 9. Vol. 5. Swansea University, (10.23889/ijpds.v9i5.2500)

2023

• Davies, R. and Felstead, A. 2023. Is job quality better or worse? Insights from quiz data collected before and after the pandemic. Industrial Relations Journal 54(3), pp. 203-222. (10.1111/irj.12401)
• Huxley, K. and Davies, O. 2023. How is careers guidance for school pupils prioritised?. Project Report. [Online]. ADR Wales. Available at: https://www.adruk.org/fileadmin/uploads/adruk/Documents/Data_Insights/Prioritisation_of_Careers_Guidance.pdf
• Huxley, K. and Davies, O. 2023. Effectiveness of careers guidance in supporting participation in Post Compulsory Education and Training (PCET). Project Report. [Online]. ADR Wales. Available at: https://www.adruk.org/fileadmin/uploads/adruk/Documents/Data_Insights/PCET.pdf

2021

• Beynon, H., Blakely, H., Bryson, A. and Davies, O. 2021. The persistence of union membership within the coalfields of Britain. British Journal of Industrial Relations 59(4), pp. 1131-1152. (10.1111/bjir.12588)
• Davies, R., Huxley, K. and Yunus, S. 2021. Understanding the origins of labour market disadvantage In Wales. ADR Wales. Available at: https://www.adruk.org/news-publications/publications-reports/understanding-the-origins-of-labor-market-disadvantage-in-wales-476/

2019

• Bryson, A. and Davies, R. 2019. Family, place and the intergenerational transmission of union membership. British Journal of Industrial Relations 57(3), pp. 624-650. (10.1111/bjir.12435)
• Bryson, A. and Davies, R. 2019. Accounting for geographical variance in the union satisfaction gap. Industrial Relations Journal 50(2), pp. 104-125. (10.1111/irj.12243)
• Felstead, A. and Davies, R. 2019. Gweithio yng Nghymru, 2006-2017: Tystiolaeth o’r Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth. Project Report. Llywodraeth Cymru.

2018

• 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)

2017

• Davies, R., Munday, M. and Roche, N. 2017. The experiences of participants in ESF funded training programmes. Welsh Economic Review 25, pp. 18-27. (10.18573/j.2017.10195)
• Davies, O., Taylor, C. and Huxley, K. 2017. Learners leaving Sixth Form before Year 13: characteristics and further education enrolment. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Available at: http://gov.wales/docs/caecd/research/2017/170301-learners-leaving-sixth-form-before-year13-characteristics-enrolment-en.pdf
• Davies, R. and Parken, A. 2017. Devolution, recession and the alleviation of inequality in Wales. In: Fée, D. and Kober-Smith, A. eds. Inequalities in the UK. Emerald, pp. 323-340., (10.1108/978-1-78714-479-820171016)

2016

• Taylor, C. M. et al. 2016. Evaluating the Foundation Phase: technical report. Technical Report.
• 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)
• Davies, O. R. and Stoyanova Russell, D. 2016. Report of findings prepared by Fieldwork for the Arts Council of Wales: to establish baseline data and to evaluate the current approach of the Arts Council of Wales to supporting creative professionals in Wales. Arts Council of Wales.

2015

• Taylor, C. et al. 2015. Evaluating the Foundation Phase: final report. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Available at: https://dera.ioe.ac.uk/23035/3/150514-foundation-phase-final-en_Redacted.pdf
• Davies, R., McNabb, R. and Whitfield, K. 2015. Do high-performance work practices exacerbate or mitigate the gender pay gap?. Cambridge Journal of Economics 39(2), pp. 537-564. (10.1093/cje/bev009)
• Taylor, C. M., Davies, O. R., Rhys, M., Waldron, S. and Blackaby, D. 2015. Evaluating the Foundation Phase: The outcomes of Foundation Phase pupils up to 2011/12 (Report 2). Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Available at: http://gov.wales/docs/caecd/research/2015/150107-outcomes-foundation-phase-pupils-2011-12-report-2-en.pdf
• Rees, G., Taylor, C., Davies, O., Drinkwater, S., Evans, C. and Wright, C. 2015. Access to higher education in Wales: a report to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales. Technical Report.

2014

• Parken, A., Pocher, E. and Davies, O. R. 2014. Working patterns in Wales: gender, occupations and pay. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.wavewales.co.uk/uploads/STRAND1/Working_Patterns_In_Wales.pdf

2013

• Taylor, C. M., Rees, G. M. and Davies, O. R. 2013. Devolution and geographies of education: the use of the Millennium Cohort Study for 'home international' comparisons across the UK. Comparative Education 49(3), pp. 290-316. (10.1080/03050068.2013.802927)
• Davies, O. R., Taylor, C., Maynard, T., Rhys, M., Waldron, S. and Blackaby, D. 2013. Evaluating the Foundation Phase: the outcomes of Foundation Phase pupils (Report 1). Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Available at: http://gov.wales/docs/caecd/research/130717-evaluating-foundation-phase-outcomes-pupils-report-1-en.pdf
• Davies, O. R., Felstead, A. and Jones, S. 2013. Well-being, insecurity and attitudes to work in Wales: Results from the Skills and Employment Survey 2012. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: WISERD. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/ses2012/[hidden]resources/Well-being,%20Insecurity%20and%20Attitudes%20to%20Work%20in%20Wales_mini-report.pdf
• Felstead, A., Davies, O. R. and Jones, S. 2013. Job skills, qualification use and training in Wales: results from the Skills and Employment Survey 2012. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: WISERD. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/ses2012/[hidden]resources/Job%20Skills,%20Qualification%20Use%20and%20Training%20in%20Wales_mini-report.pdf
• Felstead, A., Davies, O. R. and Jones, S. 2013. Skills and the quality of work in Wales, 2006-2012: Main results. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: WISERD. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/ses2012/[hidden]resources/Skills%20and%20the%20Quality%20of%20Work%20in%20Wales,%202006-2012%20Main%20Report.pdf

2012

• MacKay, R. R. and Davies, O. R. 2012. Collective learning, effective demand, loss of work and loss of direction: the growing regional divide within the UK. Regional Studies 46(7), pp. 859-871. (10.1080/00343404.2010.543128)

2011

• Davies, O. R. and Jones, S. 2011. Quantitative research resources within the social sciences. Project Report. Cardiff: Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods.
• Davies, O. R. et al. 2011. An anatomy of inequality in Wales. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Equality and Human Rights Commission Wales. Available at: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/publication/anatomy-economic-inequality-wales

2009

• Davies, O. R. and Elias, P. 2009. The application of ESEC to three sources of harmonised European data. In: Rose, D. and Harrison, E. eds. Social Class in Europe: an Introduction to the European Socio-economic Classification. Routledge/ESA Studies in European Societies London: Routledge, pp. 61-86.
• Davies, O. R., Jones, P. and Nuñez, I. 2009. The impact of the business cycle on occupational injuries in the UK. Social Science & Medicine 69(2), pp. 178-182. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.04.033)
• Orton, M. and Davies, O. R. 2009. Exploring neglected dimensions of social policy: the SDW, fiscal welfare and the exemplar of local taxation in England. Social Policy and Administration 43(1), pp. 33-53. (10.1111/j.1467-9515.2008.00657.x)

2008

• Davies, O. R. and Welpton, R. 2008. How does workplace monitoring affect the gender wage differential? Analysis of the annual survey of hours and earnings and the 2004 Workplace Employment Relations Survey - a research note. British Journal of Industrial Relations 46(4), pp. 732-749. (10.1111/j.1467-8543.2008.00700.x)