| The global auction: The broken promises of education, jobs, and incomes P Brown, H Lauder, D Ashton Oxford University Press, 2010 | 1864 | 2010 |
| The mismanagement of talent: Employability and jobs in the knowledge economy P Brown, A Hesketh, S Williams Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 | 1753 | 2004 |
| Employability in a knowledge-driven economy P Brown, A Hesketh, S Wiliams Journal of education and work 16 (2), 107-126, 2003 | 1370 | 2003 |
| High skills: Globalization, competitiveness, and skill formation: globalization, competitiveness, and skill formation P Brown, A Green, H Lauder OUP Oxford, 2001 | 1001 | 2001 |
| The ‘third wave’: Education and the ideology of parentocracy P Brown British journal of sociology of education 11 (1), 65-86, 1990 | 894 | 1990 |
| Education, globalization, and social change H Lauder, P Brown, JA Dillabough, AH Halsey Oxford university press, 2006 | 884* | 2006 |
| Education, globalization and economic development P Brown, H Lauder Journal of education Policy 11 (1), 1-25, 1996 | 829* | 1996 |
| Education: culture, economy and society AH Halsey, H Lauder, P Brown, AS Wells Oxford University Press, 1997 | 697 | 1997 |
| Cultural capital and social exclusion: some observations on recent trends in education, employment and the labour market P Brown Work, Employment and Society 9 (1), 29-51, 1995 | 588 | 1995 |
| Routledge Revivals: Schooling Ordinary Kids (1987): Inequality, Unemployment, and the New Vocationalism P Brown Routledge, 2018 | 546 | 2018 |
| The opportunity trap: Education and employment in a global economy P Brown European Educational Research Journal 2 (1), 141-179, 2003 | 540 | 2003 |
| Higher education and corporate realities: Class, culture and the decline of graduate careers P Brown, R Scase Routledge, 2005 | 487 | 2005 |
| Capitalism and social progress: The future of society in a global economy P Brown, H Lauder Springer, 2001 | 479* | 2001 |
| Education, meritocracy and the global war for talent P Brown, S Tannock Journal of Education Policy 24 (4), 377-392, 2009 | 475 | 2009 |
| Education, opportunity and the prospects for social mobility P Brown Education and Social Mobility, 60-82, 2017 | 419 | 2017 |
| The globalisation of positional competition? P Brown Sociology 34 (4), 633-653, 2000 | 371 | 2000 |
| The transformation of education and society: An introduction P Brown, H Lauder, AH Halsey, AS Wells Oxford University Press, 1997 | 365 | 1997 |
| Globalisation, knowledge and the myth of the magnet economy P Brown, H Lauder Globalisation, Societies and Education 4 (1), 25-57, 2006 | 360 | 2006 |
| Education, globalisation and the future of the knowledge economy P Brown, H Lauder, D Ashton, W Yingje, S Vincent-Lancrin European Educational Research Journal 7 (2), 131-156, 2008 | 322 | 2008 |
| Education, economy and social change P Brown, H Lauder International studies in sociology of education 1 (1-2), 3-23, 1991 | 303 | 1991 |
