LSE creators

Number of items: 217.
None
  • Barr, Nicholas, Diamond, Peter (2024). Better pension design. Oxford University Press (U.S.).
  • Barr, Nicholas (2018). Expert Světové banky. Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review, 54(2), p. 283.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Diamond, Peter (2016). Reforming pensions in Chile. Polityka Społeczna, 1(12), 4-8.
  • Johnston, Alison, Barr, Nicholas (2013). Student loan reform, interest subsidies and costly technicalities: lessons from the UK experience. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 35(2), 167-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2013.775925
  • Barr, Nicholas (2012). The 2012 reforms of higher education finance in England. Ifo Institute, Munich.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2012). Credit crisis and pensions: international scope. In Bovenberg, Lans, van Ewijk, Casper, Westerhout, Ed (Eds.), The Future of Multi-Pillar Pensions (pp. 90-141). Cambridge University Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2012). The Higher Education White Paper: the good, the bad, the unspeakable - and the next White Paper. Social Policy and Administration, 46(5), 483-508. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2012.00852.x
  • Barr, Nicholas (2010). Designing student loans to protect low earners. Policy Exchange.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Diamond, Peter (2010). Pension reform: a short guide. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195387728.001.0001
  • Barr, Nicholas (2009). Book review: when I'm sixty-four: the plot against pensions and the plan to save them. Journal of Economic Literature, 47(3), 842-844. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.47.3.801
  • Barr, Nicholas (2009). Financing higher education: lessons from economic theory and reform in the England. Bulletin de Documentation, 4, 33-50.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2009). International trends in pension provision. Accounting and Business Research, 39(3), 211-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2009.9663361
  • Barr, Nicholas, Diamond, Peter (2008). Reforming pensions: principles and policy choices. Oxford University Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2005). Both student loans policies flawed. The Post,
  • Barr, Nicholas (2005). Poverty during early transition. Development and Transition, (1), 13-15.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2005). The (too high?) price of education: Rae review sets out fiscally realistic plan for financing high-quality university system. Toronto Star, Ontari(1 Marc), p. 17.
  • Asher, Mukul, Barr, Nicholas, Diamond, Peter, Lim, Edward, Mirrlees, James (2005). Social security reform in China: issues and options. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2005). Financing higher education. Finance and Development, 42(2), 34-37.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2005). Financing higher education. In Barr, Nicholas (Ed.), Labor Markets and Social Policy: the Accession and Beyond (pp. 243-248). World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Crawford, Iain (2005). Financing higher education: answers from the UK. Routledge.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2005). Financing higher education: commentary on the 2004 UK higher education act. In Beach, Charles M., Broadway, Robin W., McInnis, R. Marvin (Eds.), Higher Education in Canada (pp. 181-204). McGill-Queen's University Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2005). Financovani vysokeho skolstvi z hlediska ekonomicke teorie. In Simonova, N., Mateju, P. (Eds.), Ceske Vysoke Skolstvi Na Krizovatce (pp. 19-39). SoU AVCR.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2005). From transition to accession. In Barr, Nicholas (Ed.), Labor Markets and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: the Accession and Beyond (pp. 1-29). World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2005). Higher education funding. In Iacobucci, Frank, Tuohy, Carolyn (Eds.), Taking Public Universities Seriously (pp. 441-475). University of Toronto Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas (Ed.) (2005). Labor markets and social policy in Central and Eastern Europe: the accession and beyond. World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2005). Non-financial defined contribution pensions: mapping the terrain. In Holzmann, Robert, Palmer, Edward (Eds.), Pension Reform: Issues and Prospects for Non-Financial Defined (Ndc) Contribution (pp. 57-69). World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Rutkowski, Michal (2005). Pensions. In Barr, Nicholas (Ed.), Labor Markets and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: the Accession and Beyond (pp. 135-170). World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2004). A. W. H. Phillips. In Matthew, H. G. C., Harrison, Brian (Eds.), Dictionary of National Biography (pp. 95-97). Oxford University Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2004). Riformara le pensioni: miti, verità e scelte politiche. La Rivista Delle Politiche Sociali, 2, 295-339.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2004). Variable fees are the fairer route to quality. Financial Times, (30 Mar), p. 21.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2004). A good deal for all the family. Times Educational Supplement, p. 21.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Crawford, Iain (2004). Why nobody need lose in this system. Guardian, 2004(Jan), 8-9.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2004). Alan Prest. In Rutherford, Donald (Ed.), Biographical Dictionary of British Economists (pp. 970-972). Continuum (Firm).
  • Barr, Nicholas (2004). Economics of the welfare state. Oxford University Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2004). Foreword. In Palacios Lleras, Miguel (Ed.), Investing in Human Capital : a Capital Markets Approach to Student Funding (pp. 17-20). Cambridge University Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2004). La seguridad de ingressos en la vejez y el papel del estado. In El Sistema De Pensiones En Chile En El Contexto Mundial y De América Latina: Evaluacion y Desafíos, Ponencias Del Seminario Inte (pp. 16-26). International Labour Organization. Oficina para el Cono Sur de América Latina.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2004). Notional defined contribution pensions: what they can do and what they can't. Nordisk Forsikringstidsskrift, 3, 203-214.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2004). Previsión social basada en contribuciones definidas nocionales: "mapeando el terreno". In El Futuro De la Prevision Social En Argentina y El Mundo: Evaluacion y Desafíos, Ponencias Del Seminario Internacional Buenos Ai (pp. 18-32). Ministerio de Trabajo Empleo y Seguridad Social, y Oficina Internacional del Trabajo.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2004). The logic of income-contingent programs. In O'Halloran, Elizabeth F, Palacios Llera, Miguel, Halliday, Amy L, Bruner, Robert F (Eds.), An Executive Briefing on Financing Human Capital (pp. 16-23). Darden Business Publishing.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Crawford, Iain (2003). Myth or magic. Guardian Education, 20-21.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2003). Can't pay, won't pay. Guardian, p. 21.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2003). University funding: discuss. Times Higher Education Supplement, (1572), p. 20.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Crawford, Iain (2003). Set universities free to decide their own fees. Independent, p. 3.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2003). Comment on "Between governmental and individual responsibility: new social programs: the example of the pensions system". In Matyas Kovacs, Janos (Ed.), Small Transformations: the Politics of Welfare Reform - East and West (pp. 212-222). Transaction Publishers.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2003). Population ageing : a problem not a crisis. In Aiginger, Karl, Hutschenreiter, Gernot (Eds.), Economic Policy Issues for the Next Decade (pp. 85-96). Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2003). The economics of the welfare state. China Labour and Social Security Publishing House.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2002). A way to make universities universal. Financial Times, p. 21.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Crawford, Iain (2002). Access for all. Guardian Education, p. 13.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2002). Welfare states in central and eastern Europe. In Kapstein, Ethan B, Milanovic, Branko (Eds.), When Markets Fail : Social Policy and Economic Reform (pp. 27-57). Russell Sage Foundation.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2002). The pension puzzle : prerequisites and policy choices in pension design. International Monetary Fund.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2001). Introduction. In Barr, Nicholas (Ed.), Economic Theory and the Welfare State (pp. 13-40). Edward Elgar.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2001). Reforming welfare states in post-communist countries. In Orlowski, Lucjan (Ed.), Transition and Growth in Post-Communist Countries : the Ten-Year Experience (pp. 169-218). Edward Elgar.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2001). The truth about pension reform. Finance and Development, 38(3), 6-9.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2001). The welfare state as piggy bank : information, risk, uncertainty, and the role of the state. Oxford University Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2000). La partnership pubblico-privata nelle pensioni : all ricerca del giusti equilibrio. L'assistenza Sociale, 1, 175-191.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2000). La reforma de las pensiones : analisis economico y algunas opciones de politica. In Munoz Machado, Santiago, Garcia Delgado, Jose Luis, Gonzalez Seara, Luis (Eds.), Las Estructuras Del Bienestar En Europa (pp. 657-675). Editorial Civitas.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2000). Postkomunistyczne pa | stwo opieku | cze, problem nierownoVci i wyzwania rozwoju. In Neneman, Jaroslav (Ed.), Po Dziesi Ciu Latach B Transformacja I Rozwoj W Krajach Postcomunistycznych (pp. 183-230). CASE (Organization : Warsaw, Poland).
  • Barr, Nicholas (2000). Reforming pensions: myths, truths and policy choices. (IMF working paper 139). International Monetary Fund. https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451856033.001
  • Barr, Nicholas (2000). The history of the Phillips Machine. In Leeson, Robert (Ed.), A. W. H. Phillips : Collected Works in Contemporary Perspective (pp. 89-114). Cambridge University Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2000). A market failures approach to health and education. Market Failures Review, 16-25.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Agulnik, Philip (2000). The public / private mix in UK pension policy. World Economics, 1(1), 69-80.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1999). Comments on ''Economic policy and equity : an overview'' by Amartya Sen. In Tanzi, Vito, Ke-young Chu, Gupta, Sanjeev (Eds.), Economic Policy and Equity (pp. 44-48). International Monetary Fund.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1999). Fundamentals of social security analysis. Australian Social Policy, (1), 7-29.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1999). Pension reform in central and eastern Europe : the good, the bad and the unsustainable. In Daniel, Sami, Arestis, Philip, Grahl, John (Eds.), Regulation Strategies and Economic Policies (pp. 174-191). Edward Elgar.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1999). Response to Arthur Grimes, ''Pensions and the demographic crisis : can building up pension funds help?''. Australian Social Policy, (2), 96-98.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1999). A public-private partnership in pensions : getting the balance right. In Agulnik, Phil, Barr, Nicholas, Falkingham, Jane, Rake, Katherine (Eds.), Partnership in Pensions? Responses to the Pensions Green Paper (pp. 30-45). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1998). Comments on ''Older and wiser : the economics of public pensions''. In The Future of Social Security (pp. 120-126). Federation of Social Insurance Offices.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Crawford, Iain (1998). Funding higher education in an age of expansion. Education Economics, 6(1), 45-70.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1998). Health and health care in the post-communist countries. Eurohealth, 4(6), 8-10.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1998). The economics of the welfare state. Weidenfeld and Nicolson (Firm).
  • Barr, Nicholas (1997). Comment on ''SuperHECS : a proposal for funding Australian higher education'' by Paul W Miller and Jonathan J Pincus. In Miller, Paul W, Pincus, Jonathan J (Eds.), Funding Higher Education : Performance and Diversity (pp. 151-156). Australian Government Publishing Service.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Crawford, Iain (1997). Funding higher education : the Dearing Recommendations and the Government's response. Parliamentary Brief, 5(2).
  • Barr, Nicholas (1997). Higher education for the masses. Economic Review, 15(2), 16-18.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1997). Market forces in higher education : the United Kingdom experience and a view ahead. In Miller, Paul W, Pincus, Jonathan J (Eds.), Funding Higher Education : Performance and Diversity (pp. 97-110). Australian Government Publishing Service.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1997). More resources without increased public spending. Review, 16, 10-11.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1997). Reforming student loans : a better deal for students and the taxpayer. Parliamentary Brief, 5(1), 22-23.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Crawford, Iain, Falkingham, Jane (1996). Student loans: where are we now? Repayment rates for student loans: some sensitivity tests. (Welfare State Programme Discussion Papers WSP 127). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1996). Comment on ''Government provision and regulation of economic support in old age'' by Peter Diamond. In Bruno, Michael, Pleskovic, Boris (Eds.), Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (pp. 104-109). World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1996). Investing in people and growth. In World Development Report 1996 : From Plan to Market (pp. 123-131). Oxford University Press for the World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1996). People and transition. In World Development Report 1996 : From Plan to Market (pp. 66-84). Oxford University Press for the World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1996). People in transition : reforming education and health care. Finance and Development, 33(3), 24-27.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1996). The transition from socialism to a market economy. In Sasson, Helen, Diamond, Derek (Eds.), LSE on Social Science (pp. 23-35). LSE Books.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Falkingham, Jane, Glennerster, Howard (1995). Education funding, equity and the life cycle. In Falkingham, Jane, Hills, John (Eds.), The Dynamic of Welfare : the Welfare State and the Life Cycle (pp. 150-166). Prentice Hall; Harvester Wheatsheaf.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Sipos, Sandor (1995). Safety nets after the cooperatives : the challenge to welfare in Central and Eastern Europe. In Umali-Deininger, Dina, Maguire, Charles (Eds.), Agriculture in Liberalizing Economies : Changing Roles for Governments (pp. 345-376). World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1995). Safety nets for the rural poor : an overview. In Umali-Deininger, Dina, Maguire, Charles (Eds.), Agriculture in Liberalizing Economies : Changing Roles for Governments (pp. 331-344). World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Gomulka, Stanislaw, Tomes, Igor (1994). Constraints on change. In Barr, Nicholas (Ed.), Labor Markets and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe : the Transition and Beyond (pp. 89-109). Oxford University Press for the World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1994). Income transfers : social insurance. In Barr, Nicholas (Ed.), Labor Markets and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe : the Transition and Beyond (pp. 192-225). Oxford University Press for the World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1994). Labor markets and social policy in Central and Eastern Europe : the transition and beyond. Oxford University Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1994). Munkaerpiac s Szocilpolitika kzep-s Kelet-Eurpban : Az talakuls, s ami utna jn. Hilscher Rezső Szociálpolitikai Egyesület.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Harbison, Ralph W (1994). Overview : hopes, tears and transformation. In Barr, Nicholas (Ed.), Labor Markets and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe : the Transition and Beyond (pp. 1-28). Oxford University Press for the World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1994). Private unemployment insurance: myths and realities. Benefits: the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 10, 1-9.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1994). The forces driving change. In Barr, Nicholas (Ed.), Labor Markets and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe : the Transition and Beyond (pp. 77-88). Oxford University Press for the World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1994). The role of government in a market economy. In Barr, Nicholas (Ed.), Labor Markets and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: the Transition and Beyond (pp. 29-50). Oxford University Press for the World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1994). A strategy for reform. In Barr, Nicholas (Ed.), Labor Markets and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe : the Transition and Beyond (pp. 113-120). Oxford University Press for the World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Whynes, DK (Ed.) (1993). Current issues in the economics of welfare. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1993). Ekonomika polityki spolecznej. Wydawnictwo Akademii Ekonomicznej w Poznaniu.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Glennerster, Howard (1993). European school systems and financing : lessons for the United States. In Thornton, Robert J, O'Brien, Anthony P (Eds.), The Economic Consequences of American Education (pp. 137-187). JAI Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Whynes, David (1993). Introductory issues. In Barr, Nicholas, Whynes, David (Eds.), Current Issues in the Economics of Welfare (pp. 1-19). Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Falkingham, Jane (1993). Paying for learning. (Welfare State Programme Discussion Papers WSP 094). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1993). Poland : income support and the social safety net during the transition. World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1993). Retirement pensions. In Barr, Nicholas, Whynes, David (Eds.), Current Issues in the Economics of Welfare (pp. 45-62). Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1993). The economics of the welfare state. Weidenfeld and Nicolson (Firm).
  • Barr, Nicholas (1992). Economic theory and the welfare state: a survey and reinterpretation. (Welfare State Programme Discussion Papers WSP 054). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1992). Income transfers and the social safety net in Russia. World Bank. Europe and Central Asia Region.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1992). The social safety net during economic transition : the case of Poland. (The World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Region, Discussion Paper ; report no. IDP-00106 (January 1992)). World Bank.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1991). Income support during the transition: common problems and some policies. Prague Journal of Sociology, 17, 631-636.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1991). Income-contingent student loans : an idea whose time has come. In Shaw, G K (Ed.), Economics, Culture and Education - Essays in Honour of Mark Blaug (pp. 155-170). Edward Elgar.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1991). The objectives and attainments of pension schemes. In Wilson, T, Wilson, D (Eds.), The State and Social Welfare - the Objectives of Policy (pp. 143-162). Longman.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Hills, John, Le Grand, Julian (1990). The state of welfare: the welfare state in Britain since 1974. Oxford University Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Barnes, AJL (1990). Policies for access, expansion and efficiency. In Watts, Ron, Greenberg, Jeff (Eds.), Post-Secondary Education : Preparation for the World of Work . Dartmouth Publishing Co Ltd.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Coulter, F (1990). Social security : solution or problem? In Hills, J (Ed.), The State of Welfare - the Welfare State in Britain Since 1974 (pp. 274-337). Oxford University Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1990). United Kingdom: administrative and social conditions. In Encyclopaedia Britannica (pp. 16-20). Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc..
  • Barr, Nicholas, Glennerster, Howard, Le Grand, Julian (1989). Working for patients? The right approach? Social Policy and Administration, 23(2), 117 - 127. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.1989.tb00504.x
  • Barr, Nicholas (1989). Alternative proposals for student loans in the United Kingdom. In Woodhall, Maureen (Ed.), Financial Support for Students : Grants, Loans or Graduate Tax? (pp. 110-121). University of London. Institute of Education.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1989). Funding the National Health Service. Economics, 25(105), 4-8.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1989). Higher education : a suitable case for privatisation? Economic Review, 7(2), 32-35.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1989). Social insurance as an efficiency device. Journal of Public Policy, 9(1), 59-82. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X00007972
  • Barr, Nicholas (1989). Student loans : the key to future reform. Public Money and Management, 9(2), 47-50.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1989). Student loans : the next steps. Aberdeen University Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Glennerster, Howard, Le Grand, Julian (1989). Working for patients: the right approach? (Welfare State Programme Discussion Papers WSP 040). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1989). The welfare state as an efficiency device. (Welfare State Programme Discussion Papers WSP 022). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1989). The white paper on student loans. Journal of Social Policy, 18(3), 409-417. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279400017633
  • Barr, Nicholas (1988). Build on a cheap and popular NHS. Medeconomics, 9(5), 101-105.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1988). Cash benefits. In Gillie, Alan (Ed.), D345 Block 4 Unit 13 Economics and Government Policy, Unit 13 Cash Benefits . Open University.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1988). Implications of spending plans for income distribution.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1988). The Phillips Machine. LSE Quarterly, 2(4), 305-337.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Glennerster, Howard, Le Grand, Julian (1988). Reform and the National Health Service. (Welfare State Programme Discussion Papers WSP 032). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Barnes, John, Barr, Nicholas (1988). Strategies for higher education : the alternative white paper. Aberdeen University Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Low, William (1988). Student grants and student poverty. (Welfare State Programme Discussion Papers WSP 028). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1988). The mirage of private unemployment insurance. (Welfare State Programme Discussion Papers WSP 034). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1987). Strategies for income support: a simple taxonomy. (Suntory and Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics, Welfare State Programme Research Note ; No 3). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1987). The economics of the welfare state. Weidenfeld and Nicolson (Firm).
  • Barr, Nicholas (1986). Revenue, expenditure and the government accounts. British Tax Review, 6, 340-346.
  • Cahn, Edgar S, Barr, Nicholas (1986). Service credits: a new currency for the welfare state. (Welfare State Programme Discussion Papers WSP 008). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1985). Economic welfare and social justice. Journal of Social Policy, 14(2), 175-187. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279400014501
  • Prest, A R, Barr, Nicholas (1985). Public finance in theory and practice. Weidenfeld and Nicolson (Firm).
  • Hutchinson, G, Barr, Nicholas, Drobny, A (1984). The employment of young males in a segmented labour market: the case of Great Britain. Applied Economics, 16(2), 187-204. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036848400000031
  • Barr, Nicholas (1984). The pensions time bomb. Economic Review, 2(1), 33-36.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1981). Empirical definitions of the poverty line. Policy and Politics, 9(1), 1-21.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1981). Real rates of return in British manufacturing and service industries 1962-1979. In Comparative Studies of Service Industries Between Japan and Britain . Kikai Shinko Kyokai Keizai Kenkyusho, Tokyo and Kansai Economic Research Centre.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Hall, RE (1981). The probability of dependence on public assistance. Economica, 48(190), 109-123.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1981). The taxation of husband and wife. British Tax Review, 1981(1), 6-9.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1980). Health care and education in Britain. In Comparative Studies of Service Industries Between Japan and Britain . Kikai Shinko Kyokai Keizai Kenkyusho, Tokyo and Kansai Economic Research Centre.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1980). The taxation of married women's incomes, I. British Tax Review, 1980(5), 398-412.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1980). The taxation of married women's incomes, II. British Tax Review, 1980(6), 478-490.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1979). Myths my Grandpa taught me. Three Banks Review, 124, 27-55.
  • Prest, A R, Barr, Nicholas (1979). Public finance in theory and practice. Weidenfeld and Nicolson (Firm).
  • Barr, Nicholas, Hutchinson, Gillian (1979). Quantitative and qualitative identification of the target group. In Youth Unemployment and Vocational Training : a Report on Occupational Choice and Motivation of Young People , Their Vocational T (pp. 9-119). European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Hutchinson, G, Drobny, A (1979). A sequential approach to the dynamic specification of the demand for young male labour in Great Britain. (Working paper; no. 60). Queen Mary College, Department of Economics.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1978). Taxation benefits and pay : action on the social division of welfare. In Brown, Muriel, Baldwin, Sally (Eds.), The Year Book of Social Policy in Britain 1977 (pp. 228-244). Routledge and Kegan Paul.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Carrier, John (1978). Women's aid groups: the economic case for state assistance to battered wives. Policy and Politics, 6(3), 333-350.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1977). PAYE codes in 1977-78. British Tax Review, 6, 321-324.
  • Barr, Nicholas, James, SR, Prest, AR (1977). Self-assessment for income tax. Heinemann Educational (Firm).
  • Barr, Nicholas (1975). Labour's pension plan : a lost opportunity. British Tax Review, 2, 107-113.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1975). Labour's pension plan: a lost opportunity II. British Tax Review, 3, 155-174.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1975). Negative income taxation and the redistribution of income. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 37(1), 29-48.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1975). Real rates of return to financial assets since the war. Three Banks Review, 107, 23-43.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Hall, RE (1975). The taxation of earnings under public assistance. Economica, 42(168), 373-384.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Roper, John (1974). Tax credits : an optimistic appraisal. Three Banks Review, 101, 24-45.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Hall, RE (1974). The probability of dependence on public assistance. (MIT Department of Economics working paper ; no 131). Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics.
    • Public
  • Barr, Nicholas (2025). Welfare state. In Besley, Tim, Bucelli, Irene, Velasco, Andrés (Eds.), The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century (pp. 351 - 390). LSE Press. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tlc.k picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (15 July 2025) Financing universities - is there a way out of the maze? British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (28 May 2025) Abolishing the two-child benefit limit would be a great investment. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (2025). Risk-sharing in pension plans: multiple options. Economics and Philosophy, 41(1), 192 - 198. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266267124000403 picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (8 January 2025) UK politics needs to take a long-term view on social care. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (4 November 2024) Reeves' Budget is right on strategy and objectives. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (8 July 2024) Six messages to the new government for how to restore the UK. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (7 May 2024) How much should we spend on the NHS? British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (12 January 2024) Random walk: memoir of an itinerant - review. LSE Review of Books. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (2023). Individual funded pension accounts and the World Bank: evolving views. Ubezpieczenia Społeczne. Teoria i praktyka, 156(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0053.8834 picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (7 June 2023) A fairer way to finance tertiary education. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (1 June 2023) How can people improve their relationship with money? LSE Business Review. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (28 September 2022) Trussonomics for dummies. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (6 September 2022) Reforming pensions to protect adequate and sustainable benefits. LSE Business Review. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (7 September 2021) NI is the right way to pay for social care after COVID, but it needs to be made fairer. LSE COVID-19 Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (2021). Pension design and the failed economics of squirrels. LSE Public Policy Review, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.31389/lseppr.40 picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nick (23 October 2020) The herd immunity ‘solution’ is pub economics – a simple model that won’t work. LSE COVID-19 Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (1 October 2020) Britain’s job support schemes: right direction, more to do. LSE COVID-19 Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas, Glennerster, Howard (29 May 2020) Life after Covid-19: start planning now. LSE COVID-19 Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas, Chapman, Bruce, Dearden, Lorraine, Dynarski, Susan (2019). The US college loans system: lessons from Australia and England. Economics of Education Review, 71, 32-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2018.07.007
  • Barr, Nicholas (2019). Gender and family: conceptual overview. (Social Protection and Jobs Discussion Papers 1916). World Bank. picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas, Diamond, Peter (2018). Response to superannuation: assessing efficiency and competitiveness: productivity commission draft report. Australian Government Productivity Commission.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2017). Funding post-compulsory education. In Johnes, Geraint, Johnes, Jill, Agasisti, Tommaso, López-Torres, Laura (Eds.), Handbook on the Economics of Education . Edward Elgar.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Diamond, Peter (2017). Designing a default structure: submission to the Inquiry into Superannuation: assessing efficiency and competitiveness. Australian Government Productivity Commission.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2017). Don’t hobble post-Brexit Britain by throwing away Single Market membership.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2016). Letter to friends (2): why Britain voted to leave, and what to do about it.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2016). Milton Friedman and the finance of higher education. In Cord, Robert, Hammond, J. Daniel (Eds.), Milton Friedman: Contributions to Economics and Public Policy, (pp. 436-463). Oxford University Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2016). Letter to friends: this is why I will vote Remain in the referendum.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2016). EU membership is not the only way to foster labour mobility. But it is the best.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2016). Can we afford the welfare state? In Franklin, Ben, Urzi Brancati, Cesira, Hocklaf, Dean (Eds.), Towards a new age: The future of the UK welfare state (pp. 35-40). The International Longevity Centre.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2015). Ensuring access to university education without breaking the bank. video_file
  • Barr, Nicholas (2011). The recommendations of the Hutton Report will protect workers and pensioners, but we must come to terms with retiring later.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Diamond, Peter (2010). Reforming pensions: lessons from economic theory and some policy directions. Economía, 11(1), 1 - 14. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2010.0012 picture_as_pdf
  • Barr, Nicholas (2010). A properly designed ‘graduate contribution’ could work well for UK students and higher education: even though the original ‘graduate tax’ proposal is a terrible idea.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2010). Long-term care: a suitable case for social insurance. Social Policy and Administration, 44(4), 359-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2010.00718.x
  • Barr, Nicholas (2010). Hard choices in UK public policy: fees harm access – a case of pub economics.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2010). Retirement age – a good news story.
  • Barr, Nicholas, Johnston, Alison (2010). Interest subsidies on student loans: a better class of drain. (CEE discussion papers CEEDP0114). Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2009). Financing higher education: lessons from economic theory and reform in England. Higher Education in Europe, 34(2), p. 201. https://doi.org/10.1080/03797720902867419
  • Barr, Nicholas, Diamond, Peter (2009). Reforming pensions: principles, analytical errors and policy directions. International Social Security Review, 62(2), 5-29. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-246X.2009.01327.x
  • Barr, Nicholas (2007). Foreword: investing in human capital: a capital markets approach to student funding. In Lleras, Miguel Palacios (Ed.), Investing in Human Capital: a Capital Markets Approach to Student Funding (pp. xvii-xx). Cambridge University Press.
  • Barr, Nicholas (2006). Pensions: overview of the issues. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 22(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grj001
  • Barr, Nicholas, Diamond, Peter (2006). The economics of pensions. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 22(1), 15-39. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grj002
  • Barr, Nicholas (2004). Higher education funding. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 20(2), 264-283. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grh015
  • Barr, Nicholas (2003). Financing higher education: lessons from the UK debate. Political Quarterly, 74(3), 371-381. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.00546
  • Barr, Nicholas (2002). Reforming pensions: myths, truths, and policy choices. International Social Security Review, 55(2), 3 - 36. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-246X.00122
  • Agulnik, Philip, Barr, Nicholas, Falkingham, Jane, Rake, Katherine (1999). Partnership in pensions? Responses to the pensions green paper. (CASEpaper 24). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Rake, Katherine, Falkingham, Jane, Evans, Martin, Agulnik, Philip, Barr, Nicholas (1999). The pensions Green Paper. (CASEbriefs 10). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1998). Higher education in Australia and Britain : what lessons? Australian Economic Review, 31(2), 179-188. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.00064
  • Barr, Nicholas (1998). Towards a 'third way' : rebalancing the role of the state. New Economy, 5(2), 71-76. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0041.00017
  • Barr, Nicholas, Crawford, Iain (1998). The Dearing Report and the government's response : a critique. Political Quarterly, 69(1), 72-84. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.00138
  • Barr, Nicholas (1997). Student loans : towards a new public/private mix. Public Money and Management, 17(3), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9302.00080
  • Barr, Nicholas (1996). Income transfers in transition : constraints and progress. Most: Economic Policy in Transitional Economies, 6(1), 57-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02430938
  • Barr, Nicholas (1993). Alternative funding resources for higher education. The Economic Journal, 103(418), 718-728.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1993). Income transfers in Russia : problems and some policy directions. Economics of Transition, 1(3), 317-344.
  • Barr, Nicholas (1992). Economic theory and the welfare state : a survey and interpretation. Journal of Economic Literature, 30(2), 741-803.
    • Restricted
  • Barr, Nicholas, Bosch, Mariano (2025). Pensions in low- and middle-income countries. In Hanna, Rema, Olken, Benjamin A. (Eds.), The Handbook of Social Protection: Evidence and New Directions for Low- and Middle-Income Countries (pp. 241 - 258). MIT Press. picture_as_pdf