Working papers

Below is a list of the working papers produced by the Centre. All our research findings are available free of charge and can be downloaded by following the links below. Hard copies can be obtained from cmpo-admin@bristol.ac.uk. You can search within a specific year, or by author surname.

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2012

12/288 The Impact of Fathers’ Job Loss during the 1980s Recession on their Child’s Educational Attainment and Labour Market Outcomes (pdf 295 kB)
Paul Gregg, Lindsey Macmillan and Bilal Nasim
(Abstract)

12/287 How should we treat under-performing schools? A regression discontinuity analysis of school inspections in England (pdf 1,070 kB)
Rebecca Allen and Simon Burgess
(Abstract)

12/286 Ethical and Economic Perspectives on Global Health Interventions (pdf 339 kB)
Sonia Bhalotra and Thomas Pogge
(Abstract)

12/285 Separation of Powers and the Size of Government in the U.S. States (pdf 520 kB)
Leandro de Magalhães and Lucas Ferrero
(Abstract)
Revised version of 09/225

12/284 Incumbency Effects in Brazilian Mayoral Elections: A Regression Discontinuity Design (pdf 256 kB)
Leandro de Magalhães
(Abstract)

12/283 The Effect of a Hospital Nurse Staffing Mandate on Patient Health Outcomes: Evidence from California’s Minimum Staffing Regulation (pdf 272 kB)
Andrew Cook, Martin Gaynor, Melvin Stephens Jr. and Lowell Taylor
(Abstract)

12/282 Competition in Health Care Markets (pdf 976 kB)
Martin Gaynor and Robert J. Town
(Abstract)

12/281 Can governments do it better? Merger mania and hospital outcomes in the English NHS (pdf 572 kB)
Martin Gaynor, Mauro Laudicella and Carol Propper
(Abstract)

2011

11/280 Health and the Political Agency of Women (pdf 826 kB)
Sonia Bhalotra and Irma Clots-Figueras
(Abstract)

11/279 War and Stature: Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War (pdf 176 kB)
Richard Akresh, Sonia Bhalotra, Marinella Leone and Una Osili
(Abstract)

11/278 Measuring the intergenerational correlation of worklessness (pdf 421 kB)
Lindsey Macmillan
(Abstract)
Revised version of 10/231

11/277 Intergenerational Persistence in Income and Social Class: The Impact of Within-Group Inequality (pdf 462 kB)
Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Lindsey Macmillan
(Abstract)
Revised version of 10/230

11/276 Student effort and educational attainment: Using the England football team to identify the education production function (pdf 1,203 kB)
Robert Metcalfe, Simon Burgess and Steven Proud
(Abstract)
11/275 '“Sleepwalking towards Johannesburg”? Local measures of ethnic segregation between London’s secondary schools, 2003 – 2008/9' (pdf 825 kB)
Richard Harris
(Abstract)

11/274 'Genetic Markers as Instrumental Variables' (pdf 436 kB)
Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder, George Davey Smith, Debbie A. Lawlor, Carol Propper, Frank Windmeijer
(Abstract)

11/273 'The Captain of the Men of Death and His Shadow: Long-Run Impacts of Early Life Pneumonia Exposure' (pdf 773 kB)
Sonia Bhalotra and Atheendar Venkataramani
(Abstract)

11/272 'Seller Reputation and Trust in Pre-Trade Communication' (pdf 596 kB)
Bruno Jullien and In-Uck Park
(Abstract)

11/271 'Raising your sights: the impact of friendship networks on educational aspirations' (pdf 280 kB)
Simon Burgess and Marcela Umana-Aponte
(Abstract)

11/270 'An integrated approach for evaluating the effectiveness of landslide risk reduction in unplanned communities in the Caribbean' (pdf 1762 kB)
Elizabeth Holcombe, Sarah Smith, Malcolm Anderson and Edmund Wright
(Abstract)

11/269 ‘Rational Inattention to Subsidies for Charitable Contributions' (pdf 288 kB)
Kimberly Scharf and Sarah Smith
(Abstract)

11/268 ‘Who works in the public sector? Evidence from the World Values Survey' (pdf 558 kB)
Sarah Smith and Edd Cowley
(Abstract)

11/267 ‘School ties: An analysis of homophily in an adolescent friendship network' (pdf 496 kB)
Simon Burgess, Eleanor Sanderson and Marcela Umana Aponte
(Abstract)

11/266 ‘Estimating Structural Mean Models with Multiple Instrumental Variables using the Generalised Method of Moments' (pdf 342 kB)
Paul S. Clarke, Tom M. Palmer and Frank Windmeijer
(Abstract)

11/265 ‘Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Government Agency' (pdf 379 kB)
Simon Burgess, Carol Propper, Marissa Ratto and Emma Tominey
(Abstract)

11/264 ‘Child Mental Health and Educational Attainment:Multiple Observers and the Measurement Error Problem' (pdf 489 kB)
David Johnston, Carol Propper, Stephen Pudney and Michael Shields
(Abstract)

11/263 ‘Management practices: Are not for profits different?' (pdf 462 kB)
Josse Delfgaauw, Robert Dur, Carol Propper and Sarah Smith
(Abstract)

11/262 ‘Is Teenage Motherhood Contagious? Evidence from a Natural Experiment' (pdf 327 kB)
Karin Monstad, Carol Propper and Kjell G. Salvanes
(Abstract)

11/261 ‘School meal crowd out in the 1980s' (pdf 379 kB)
Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder
(Abstract)

11/260 ‘Measuring social segregation between London’s secondary schools, 2003 – 2008/9 (pdf 895 kB)
Richard Harris
(Abstract)

11/259 ‘A naked scrap for party advantage, dressed up as a principled defence of democracy’: the House of Lords on the number of MPs and defining their constituencies (pdf 318 kB)
Ron Johnston and Charles Pattie
(Abstract)

11/258 Long-term effects of a nutritional shock: the 1980 famine of Karamoja, Uganda (pdf 734 kB)
Marcela Umana Aponte
(Abstract)

11/257 The separation of lower and higher attaining pupils in the transition from primary to secondary schools: a longitudinal study of London (pdf 816 kB)
Richard Harris
(Abstract)

11/256 What determines the return to education: An extra year or hurdle cleared? (pdf 224 kB)
Matt Dickson and Sarah Smith
(Abstract)
Forthcoming in the Economics of Education Review

2010

10/255 Social connectedness and retirement (pdf 217 kB)
Sarah Smith
(Abstract)

10/254 Where have all the young girls gone? Identification of sex selection in India (pdf, 725 kB)
Sonia Bhalotra and Tom Cochrance
(Abstract)

10/253 Poverty and survival (pdf, 451 kB)
Sonia Bhalotra
(Abstract)

10/252 Party Activists, Campaign Funding and the Quality of Government (pdf, 455 kB)
Andrew Pickering and John Maloney
(Abstract)

10/251 Segregation by choice? The debate so far (pdf, 425 kB)
Rich Harris
(Abstract)

10/250 Hidden action, identification and organisation design (pdf, 702 kB)
Wendelin Schnedler
(Abstract)

10/249 Intergenerational persistence in health in developing countries: the penalty of gender inequality (pdf, 1.8 mB)
Sonia Bhalotra, Sam Rawlings
(Abstract)

10/248 Peer effects in English Primary schools: an IV estimation of the effect of a more able peer group on age 11 examination results (pdf, 64 8kB)
Steven Proud
(Abstract)

10/247 The price elasticity of charitable giving: does the form of tax relief matter? (pdf 489 kB)
Sarah Smith, Kim Scharf
(Abstract)

10/246 A natural experiment in school accountability: the impact of school performance information on pupil progress and sorting (pdf, 607 kB)
Simon Burgess, Deborah Wilson, Jack Worth
(Abstract)

10/245 Child height, health and human capital: evidence using genetic markers (pdf 1.2 mB)
Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder, George Davey Smith, Debbie A. Lawlor, Carol Propper, Frank Windmeijer
(Abstract)

10/244 The early impact of Brighton and Hove’s school admission reforms (pdf 922 kB)
Rebecca Allen, Simon Burgess and Leigh McKenna
(Abstract)

10/243 Nature of Human Capital, Technology and Ownership of Public Goods (pdf 311 kB)
Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka
(Abstract)

10/242 Death by Market Power. Reform, Competition and Patient Outcomes in the National Health Service (pdf 431kB)
Martin Gaynor, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra and Carol Propper
(Abstract)
Published as NBER Working Paper number 16164 (July 2010)
Updated August 2011

10/241 Evaluating the Provision of School Performance Information for School Choice (pdf 490kB)
Rebecca Allen and Simon Burgess
(Abstract)
10/240 The Choice Between Fixed and Random Effects Models: Some Considerations For Educational Research (pdf 306kB)
Paul Clarke, Claire Crawford, Fiona Steele and Anna Vignoles
(Abstract)
Published as DoQSS Working Paper number 10-10 (June 2010)

10/239 Instrumental Variable Estimators for Binary Outcomes UPDATE OF 09/209 (pdf 325kB)
Paul Clarke and Frank Windmeijer
(Abstract)

10/238 Choosing secondary school by moving house: school quality and the formation of neighbourhoods (pdf 303kB)
Rebecca Allen, Simon Burgess and Tomas Key
(Abstract)

10/237 The Impact of Competition on Management Quality: Evidence from Public Hospitals (pdf 179kB)
Nicholas Bloom, Carol Propper, Stephan Seiler and John van Reenan
(Abstract)
Published as NBER Working Paper Series number 16032 (May 2010)
Published as CEP Discussion Paper number 0983 (May 2010)
Published as CEPR Discussion Paper number 7862 (June 2010)

10/236 How do firms’ outward FDI strategies relate to their activity at home? Empirical evidence for the UK (pdf 333kB)
Helen Simpson
(Abstract)
Published as Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation Working Papers number 10/09 (2010)

10/235 The dynamics of women's labour supply in developing countries (pdf 483kB)
Sonia Bhalotra and Marcela Umaña-Aponte
(Abstract)
Published as IZA Discussion Paper number 4879 (April 2010)

10/234 Housing wealth or economic climate: Why do house prices matter for well-being? (pdf 345 kB)
Anita Ratcliffe
(Abstract)
Revised December 2010

10/233 Booms, busts and retirement timing (pdf 368 kB)
Richard Disney, Anita Ratcliffe and Sarah Smith
(Abstract)
December 2010

10/232 Is there an Income Gradient in Child Health? It depends whom you ask (pdf 360kB)
David W. Johnston, Carol Propper, Stephen E. Pudney and Michael A. Shields
(Abstract)
Published as IZA Discussion Paper number 4830 (March 2010)
Published as ISER Working Paper number 2010-08 (2010)

10/231 The Intergenerational Transmission of Worklessness in the UK (pdf 395kB)
Lindsey Macmillan
(Abstract)

10/230 Intergenerational persistence in income and social class: the impact of within-group inequality (pdf 314kB)
Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Lindsey Macmillan
(Abstract)

10/229 Genetic Markers as Instrumental Variables: An Application to Child Fat Mass and Academic Achievement (pdf 313kB)
Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder, George Davey Smith, Debbie A. Lawlor, Carol Propper and Frank Windmeijer
(Abstract)
Published as HEDG Working Paper number 09/25 (2009)
Published as Cemmap Working Paper number 03/10 (2010)

2009

09/228 Digital Technology and the Allocation of Ownership in the Music Industry (pdf 335. kB)
Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka and Tobias Regner
(Abstract)
This is an updated version of 04/096
Published as Jena Economic Research Papers in Economics number 2009-096 (2009)

09/227 An Economic Theory of Glass Ceiling (pdf 587.9 kB)
Paul A.Grout, In-Uck Park and Silvia Sonderegger
(Abstract)
This is an updated version of 07/183

09/226 You Don’t Always Get What You Pay For: Bonuses, Perceived Income, and Effort (pdf 195.1 kB)
Wendelin Schnedler
(Abstract)
Published in German Economic Review (2010)

09/225 Budgetary Separation of Powers in the American States and the Tax Level: A Regression Discontinuity Design (pdf 335.3 kB)
Leandro M. De Magalhães and Lucas Ferrero
(Abstract)

09/224 Parental choice of primary school in England: what ‘type’ of school do parents choose? (pdf 226.8 kB)
Simon Burgess, Ellen Greaves, Anna Vignoles and Deborah Wilson
(Abstract)

09/223 Family Income and Education in the Next Generation: Exploring income gradients in education for current cohorts of youth (pdf, 334.4 kB)
Paul Gregg and Lindsey Macmillan
(Abstract)

09/222 What Parents Want: School preferences and school choice (pdf 997.0 kB)
Simon Burgess, Ellen Greaves, Anna Vignoles and Deborah Wilson
(Abstract)
Published as DoQSS Working Paper number 09-01 (2009)

09/221 Test Scores, Subjective Assessment and Stereotyping of Ethnic Minorities (pdf 693.0 kB)
Simon Burgess and Ellen Greaves
(Abstract)

09/220 The Causal Effect of Education on Wages Revisited (pdf, 602.5 kB)
Matt Dickson
(Abstract)
Published as IZA Discussion Paper number 4419 (September 2009)

09/219 - Do as the Neighbors Do: The Impact of Social Networks on Immigrant Employment (pdf, 570.5kB)
Fredrik Andersson, Simon Burgess and Julia Lane
(Abstract)
Published as IZA Discussion Paper number 4423 (September 2009)

09/218 - Gradients of the Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Developing Countries (pdf, 786.9kB)
Sonia Bhalotra and Sam Rawlings
(Abstract) / (PDF, 786.9kB)
Published as HEDG Working Papers number 09/13 (2009)
Published as IZA Discussion Paper number 4353 (August 2009)

09/217 - Identification of Causal Effects on Binary Outcomes Using Structural Mean Models (pdf, 293.4kB)
Paul Clarke and Frank Windmeijer
(Abstract)
Published as Cemmap Working Paper Series number 02/10 (2010)
Published in Biostatistics Advance Access (June 2010)

09/216 - More Reliable Inference for Segregation Indices (pdf, 498kB)
Rebecca Allen, Simon Burgess and Frank Windmeijer
(Abstract) / (PDF, 498kB)

09/215 - Smarter Task Assignment or Greater Effort: the impact of incentives on team performance (pdf, 456.7kB)
Simon Burgess, Carol Propper, Marisa Ratto, Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder and Emma Tominey
(Abstract)
Published in The Economic Journal (2010)

09/214 - Evaluating Changing Residential Segregation in Auckland, New Zealand, Using Spatial Statistics (pdf, 20.7MB)
Ron Johnston, Michael Poulsen and James Forrest
(Abstract)
Published in Journal of Economic and Social Geography (2010)

09/213 - Using Local Statistics to Portray Ethnic Residential Segregation in London (pdf, 584kB)
Michael Poulsen, Ron Johnston and James Forrest
(Abstract)

09/212 - Do teachers matter? Measuring the variation in teacher effectiveness in England (pdf, 289.5kB)
Helen Slater, Neil Davies and Simon Burgess
(Abstract)

09/211 - Reputation and Ownership of Public Goods (pdf, 483kB)
Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka and Evagelos Pafilis
(Abstract) / (Supplementary Appendix, 69.6kB)

09/210 - The Theory of Incentives Applied to the Transport Sector (pdf, 392.9kB)
Elisabetta Iossa and David Martimort
(Abstract)
Published in CEDI Discussion Paper Series number 09-04 (2009)

09/209 - Instrumental Variable Estimators for Binary Outcomes (pdf, 386.4kB)
Paul Clarke and Frank Windmeijer
(Abstract)

09/208 - The Limitations of Using School League Tables to Inform School Choice (pdf, 671kB)
George Leckie and Harvey Goldstein
(Abstract)
Published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A 172 (4) pp. 835-851 (2009)

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2008

08/207- Investment Abroad and Adjustment at Home: evidence from UK multinational firms (pdf, 376.9kB)
Helen Simpson
(Abstract)
Published as IFS Working Paper number 07/07 (2007)
Published as Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation Working Paper number 09/03 (2009)

08/206- Exploring Shorrocks Mobility Indices Using European Data (pdf, 1MB)
Paul Gregg and Claudia Vittori
(Abstract)

08/205- Incentives and Targets in Hospital Care: Evidence from a Natural Experiment (pdf, 530.6kB)
Carol Propper, Matt Sutton, Carolyn Whitnall and Frank Windmeijer
(Abstract)
Published in Journal of Public Economics 94 (3-4) pp. 318-335 (April 2010)

08/204- Segregation and the Attainment of Minority Ethnic Pupils in England (pdf, 505.2kB)
Simon Burgess, Deborah Wilson, Adam Briggs and Anete Piebalga
(Abstract)

08/203 - Sibling-Linked Data in the Demographic and Health Surveys (pdf, 240.3kB)
Sonia Bhalotra
(Abstract)
Published in Economic and Political Weekly 43 (48) pp.39-43 (2008)

08/202 - Non-Profit Organizations in a Bureaucratic Environment (pdf, 382.1kB)
Paul A. Grout and Wendelin Schnedler
(Abstract)
Published as IZA Discussion Paper number 3685 (September 2008)
Published as SFB 504 Discussion Paper number 08-17 (2008)
Published as University of Heidelberg Discussion Paper Series number 474 (September 2008)

08/201 - Patent Protection, Takeovers, and Startup Innovation: A Dynamic Approach (pdf, 601.9kB)
Andreas Panagopoulos and In-Uck Park
(Abstract)

08/200 - Geographic proximity and firm-university innovation linkages: evidence from Great Britain (pdf, 417.3kB)
Laura Abramovsky and Helen Simpson
(Abstract)
Published as IFS Working Paper number 09/03 (2008)
Published in Journal of Economic Geography (2010)

08/199 - The Simple Micro-Economics of Public-Private Partnerships (pdf, 576kB)
Elisabetta Iossa and David Martimort
(Abstract)
Published as CEIS Research Papers number 139 (December 2008)

08/198 - Handedness and Child Development (pdf, 398kB)
Paul Gregg, Katharina Janke and Carol Propper
(Abstract)

08/197 - How Important is Pro-social Behaviour in the Delivery of Public Services? (pdf, 341.8kB)
Paul Gregg, Paul Grout, Anita Ratcliffe, Sarah Smith and Frank Windmeijer
(Abstract)
Published in the Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7-8), 758-766

08/196 - UK Welfare Reform 1996 to 2008 and beyond:A personalised and responsive welfare system? (pdf, 546.2kB)
Paul Gregg
(Abstract)

08/195 - Intergenerational Persistence in Income and Social Class: The Impact of Increased Inequality (pdf, 407.4kB)
Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Lindsey Macmillan
(Abstract)

08/194 - Exit, Voice and Quality in the English Education Sector (pdf, 265.5kB)
Deborah Wilson
(Abstract)
Published in Social Policy and Administration 43 (6) pp. 571-584 (2009)
Published in Choice:Challenges and Perspectives for the European Welfare States
Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy. Greve, B (ed) Wiley-Blackwell, Chapter 3 (2010)

08/193 - Understanding the Relationship between Parental Income and Multiple Child Outcomes: a decomposition analysis (pdf, 537.9kB)
Paul Gregg, Carol Propper and Elizabeth Washbrook
(Abstract)
Published as CASE Paper number 129 (2007)

08/192 - Corruption and Power in Democracies (pdf, 489.6kB)
Francesco Giovannoni and Daniel J. Seidmann
(Abstract)

08/191 - The Costs and Benefits of "Strangers": Why mixed communities are better.(pdf, 525.5kB)
Paul A. Grout, Sebastien Mitraille and Silvia Sonderegger
(Abstract)

08/190 - Primary Education in India: Prospects of meeting the MDG Target (pdf, 1MB)
Sonia Bhalotra and Bernarda Zamora
(Abstract)
Published as UNU-WIDER Research Paper number 2006/80 (2006)

08/189 - Modelling the Effects of Pupil Mobility and Neighbourhood on School Differences in Educational Achievement (pdf, 370.5kB)
George Leckie
(Abstract)
Published as The complexity of school and neighbourhood effects and movements of pupils on school differences in models of educational achievement in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A 170 (4) pp. 941-954 (2007)

08/188 - Childhood Mortality and Economic Growth (pdf, 302kB)
Sonia Bhalotra
(Abstract)
Published as UNU-WIDER Research Paper number 2006/79 (2006)

08/187 - The Impact of Classroom Peer Groups on Pupil GCSE Results (pdf, 374.9kB)
Adele Atkinson, Simon Burgess, Paul Gregg, Carol Propper and Steven Proud
(Abstract)

08/186 - Girl Power? An analysis of peer effects using exogenous changes in the gender make-up of the peer group (pdf, 917 kB)
Steven Proud - UPDATED VERSION
(Abstract)

08/185 - Religion and Childhood Death in India (pdf, 579.5kB)
Sonia Bhalotra, Christine Valente and Arthur van Soest
(Abstract)

08/184 -Can pay regulation kill? Panel data evidence on the effect of labor markets on hospital performance (pdf, 794.9kB)
Emma Hall, Carol Propper and John Van Reenen
(Abstract)
Published as NBER Working Paper number 13776 (2008)
Published as CEP Discussion Paper number 0843 (2008)
Published in The Journal of Political Economy (Vol. 118, No. 2, April 2010)

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2007

07/183 - An Economic Theory of the Glass Ceiling (pdf, 539.7kB)
Paul A. Grout, In–Uck Park and Silvia Sonderegger
(Abstract)

07/182 - Welfare Reform and Lone Parents in the UK (pdf, 385.6kB)
Paul Gregg, Susan Harkness and Sarah Smith
(Abstract)
Published in the Economic Journal 119 (535) (February 2009)

07/181 - Fatal Fluctuations? - Cyclicality in Infant Mortality in India (pdf, 432kB)
Sonia Bhalotra
(Abstract)
Published as IZA discussion Paper number 3086 (2007)
Published in Journal of Development Economics 93 (1) pp. 7-16 (2010)

07/180 - Maternal Employment and Overweight Children: Does Timing Matter? (pdf, 400.9kB)
Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder
Winner of the student paper prize awarded at the 6th iHEA World Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark 8-11th July 2007
(Abstract)
Published in Health Economics 17 (8) pp.889-906 (2008)
Published as University of York Health, Econometrics and Data Group Working Paper number 07/12 (2007)

07/179 - Did ‘targets and terror’ Reduce Waiting Times in England for Hospital Care? (pdf, 276.k5B)
Carol Propper, Matt Sutton, Carolyn Whitnall and Frank Windmeijer
(Abstract)
Published in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 8 (1) Article 5 (2008)
Published as Public Service Programme Discussion Paper number 0706 (2007)

07/178 - Legitimacy of Control (pdf, 360.5kB)
Wendelin Schnedler and Radovan Vadovic
(Abstract)
Published as IZA Discussion Paper number 3013 (August 2007)

07/177 - Does Welfare Reform Affect Fertility? Evidence from the UK (pdf, 291.4kB)
Mike Brewer, Anita Ratcliffe and Sarah Smith
(Abstract)
Published as Institute for Fiscal Studies working paper number W08/09 (2008)
Forthcoming in Journal of Population Economics (2010)

07/176 - Accurate performance measure but meaningless ranking exercise? An analysis of the English school league tables (pdf)
Deborah Wilson and Anete Piebalga
(Abstract)

07/175 - Fathers, Childcare and Children’s Readiness to Learn (pdf, 1011.6kB)
Elizabeth Washbrook
(Abstract)

07/174 - Explaining the Gender Division of Labour: The Role of the Gender Wage Gap (pdf, 639.9kB)
Elizabeth Washbrook
(Abstract)

07/173 - Keeping Up With The Schmidts: An Empirical Test of Relative Deprivation Theory in the Neighbourhood Context (pdf, 145.8kB)
Gundi Knies, Simon Burgess and Carol Propper
(Abstract)
Published in Journal of Applied Social Science Studies 128 (1) pp.75-108 (2008)
Published as SOEP papers number 24 (2007)

07/172 - The Formation of School Peer Groups: Pupils' Transition from Primary to Secondary School in England (pdf, 303.5kB)
Simon Burgess, Ron Johnston, Tomas Key, Carol Propper and Deborah Wilson
(Abstract)

07/171 - Comparing Subjective and Objective Measures of Health. Evidence from Hypertension for the Income/Health Gradient (pdf, 140.8kB)
David W. Johnston, Carol Propper and Michael A. Shields
(Abstract)
Published as IZA Discussion Paper number 2737 (April 2007)
Published as CEPR Discussion Paper Series number 6270 (April 2007)
Published in Journal of Health Economics 28 (3) pp.540-552 (May 2009)
This paper won the Australian Health Economics Society Research Prize 2011

07/170 - Governance Reform in Legal Service Markets (pdf, 296.5kB)
Paul Grout, Ian Jewitt and Silvia Sonderegger
(Abstract)
Published in The Economic Journal 117 (519) pp. 93-113 (March 2007)
Published as CEPR Discussion Paper number 5959 (November 2006)

07/169 - Spending to Save? State Health Expenditure & Infant Mortality in India (pdf, 274.1kB)
Sonia Bhalotra
(Abstract)
Published in Health Economics 16 (9) pp. 911-928 (August 2007)
Published as IZA Discussion Paper number 2914 (2007)

07/168 - Birth Spacing, Fertility & Neonatal Mortality in India: Dynamics, Frailty & Fecundity (pdf, 308.8kB)
Sonia Bhalotra and Arthur van Soest
(Abstract)
Published in Journal of Econometrics 143 (2) pp.274-290 (April 2008)
Published as IZA Discussion Papers number 2163 (June 2006)

07/167 - Integration and Separation with Costly Demand Information (pdf, 332.9kB)
Elisabetta Iossa and Francesca Stroffolini
(Abstract)
Published as CSEF Working Paper number 170 (January 2007)

07/166 - Is Drug Coverage a Free Lunch? Cross-Price Elasticities and the Design of Prescription Drug Benefits (pdf, 212.9kB)
Martin Gaynor, Jian Li and William B. Vogt
(Abstract)
Published as NBER Working Paper number 12758 (December 2006)

07/165 - Fertility and women's education in the UK: A cohort analysis (pdf, 272.5kB)
Anita Ratcliffe and Sarah Smith
(Abstract)
Published as a chapter in ed D.Mukherjee's Women's Education and Empowerment - a global perspective (2008)

07/164 - Productivity in Public Services (pdf, 126.5kB)
Helen Simpson
(Abstract)
Published in Journal of Economic Surveys 23 (2) pp.250-276 (2008)

07/163 - Inflation and Finance: Evidence from Brazil (pdf, 241kB)
Manoel F. Bittencourt
(Abstract)

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2006

06/162 - Distance Travelled in the NHS in England for Inpatient Treatment (pdf, 345.6kB)
Carol Propper, Michael Damiani, George Leckie And Jennifer Dixon
(Abstract)
Published in Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 12, pp. 153-159 (2007)

06/161 - The Impact of Neighbourhood on the Income and Mental Health of British Social Renters (pdf, 193kB)
Carol Propper, Simon Burgess, Anne Bolster, George Leckie, Kelvyn Jones and Ron Johnston
(Abstract)
Published in Urban Studies 44 (2) pp.393-415 (2007)

06/160 - Is the Minimum Wage Efficient? Evidence of the Effects of the UK National Minimum Wage in the Residential Care Homes Sector (pdf, 578kB)
Andreas P. Georgiadis
(Abstract)

06/159 - School Choice in England: Background Facts (pdf, 153.3kB)
Simon Burgess Adam Briggs, Brendon McConnell and Helen Slater
(Abstract)

06/158 - Using Boundary Changes to Estimate the Impact of School Competition on Test Scores (pdf, 267.8kB)
Simon Burgess and Helen Slater
(Abstract)

06/157 - School Assignment, School Choice and Social Mobility (pdf, 459.3kB)
Simon Burgess and Adam Briggs
(Abstract)
Published in Economics of Education Review 29 (4) pp.639-649 (August 2010)

06/156 - Modelling the impact of pupil mobility on school differences in educational achievement (pdf, 119.7kB)
Harvey Goldstein, Simon Burgess and Brendon McConnell
(Abstract)

06/155 - 'Sleep-Walking Towards Segregation'?The Changing Ethnic Composition of English Schools, 1997-2003 - an Entry Cohort Analysis (pdf, 375.7kB)
Ron Johnston, Simon Burgess, Richard Harris and Deborah Wilson
(Abstract)
Published in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 33 (1) pp. 73-90 (2008)

06/154 - Efficiency in the Trust Game: an Experimental Study of Preplay Contracting (pdf, 331kB)
Juergen Bracht and Nick Feltovich
(Abstract)

06/153 - Is Locking Domestic Funds into the Local Market Beneficial? Evidence from the Polish Pension Reforms (pdf, 236.4kB)
Anna Zalewska
(Abstract)
Published in Emerging Markets Review 7 (4) pp.339-360 (December 2006)

06/152 - Is there a Wage-Supervision Trade-Off? Efficiency Wages Evidence From the 1990 British Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (pdf, 562.1kB)
Andreas P. Georgiadis
(Abstract)

06/151 - What Do We Know About Competition and Quality in Health Care Markets? (pdf, 350.4kB)
Martin Gaynor
(Abstract)

06/150 - The Result of 11 Plus Selection: An Investigation into Opportunities and Outcomes for Pupils in Selective LEAs (pdf, 190.6kB)
Adele Atkinson, Paul Gregg and Brendon McConnell
(Abstract)
Published as NBER Working Paper number 12301 (June 2006)

06/149 - Governing and Governance A Social Housing Case Study (pdf, 262.2kB)
Dave Cowan, Morag McDermont and Jessica Prendergast
(Abstract)

06/148 - Ensuring Compliance: The Case of the Private Rented Sector (pdf, 660.3kB)
Martin Partington, Alex Marsh, Robert Lee, Frank Stephen, Dave Cowan, Helen Carr, Caroline Hunter and Tony Crook
(Abstract)

06/147 - Task Difficulty, Performance Measure Characteristics, and the Trade-Off between Insurance and Well-Allocated Effort (pdf, 223.9kB)
Wendelin Schnedler
(Abstract)
An Updated version of 03/067
Published as IZA Discussion Paper number 2124 (2006)
Published as Bonn Econ Discussion Paper number 7/2003 (2003)
Published as University of Heidelberg Discussion Paper number 425 (2006)

06/146 - Explaining Intergenerational Income Persistence: Non-cognitive Skills, Ability and Education (pdf, 199.5kB)
Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Lindsey Macmillan
(Abstract) / (PDF, 199.5kB)

06/145 - School and Residential Ethnic Segregation: An Analysis of Variations across England's Local Education Authorities (pdf, 134.5kB)
Ron Johnston, Simon Burgess, Deborah Wilson and Richard Harris
(Abstract)
Published in Regional studies 40 (9) pp.973 – 990 (2006)

06/144 - Profitability Measures and Competition Law (pdf, 136kB)
Paul A.Grout and Anna Zalewska
(Abstract)
Published in W.D. Collins (ed.)Issues in Competition Law and Policy, American Bar Association pp. 373-392 (2008)

06/143 - Task-specific effort costs and the trade-off between risk and efficiency (pdf, 480.2kB)
Marisa Ratto
(Abstract)

06/142 - Ethnic segregation and educational performance at secondary school in Bradford and Leicester (pdf, 396.2kB)
Ron Johnston, Deborah Wilson and Simon Burgess
(Abstract)
Published in Environment and Planning A 39 (3) pp.609-629 (2007)

06/141 - On-the-job Search, Productivity Shocks, and the Individual Earnings Process (pdf, 740.8kB)
Fabien Postel-Vinay and Hélène Turon
(Abstract)
Published as PSE Working Paper number 2005-31 (2005)
Published as IZA Discussion Paper number 2006 (March 2006)
Published as CEPR Discussion Paper number 5593 (March 2006)

06/140 - Retirement in the UK (pdf, 747.1kB)
James Banks and Sarah Smith
(Abstract)
Published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy 22(1) pp.40-56 (Spring 2006)

06/139 - Persistency of pension contributions in the UK: Evidence from aggregate and micro-data (pdf, 735.5kB)
Sarah Smith
(Abstract)
Published in the Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 5 (3) pp 257-274 (2006)

06/138 - The retirement-consumption puzzle and involuntary early retirement: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey (pdf, 856.4kB)
Sarah Smith
(abstract)
Published in Economic Journal 116 (510) pp.130-148 (2006)

2005

05/137 - Building and Managing Facilities for Public Services (pdf, 890.9kB)
John Bennett and Elisabetta Iossa
(Abstract)
Published in Journal of Public Economics 90 (10-11) pp.2143-2160 (2006)
Published as Brunel University Economics and Finance discussion Papers number 02-08 (2002)

05/136 - Home bias and stock market development. The Polish experience (pdf, 751.5kB)
Anna Zalewska
(Abstract)

05/135 - The Clementi Report: Potential Risks of External Ownership and Regulatory Responses (pdf, 130.2kB)
Paul Grout
(Abstract)

05/134 - Modelling Poverty by not Modelling Poverty: An Application of a Simultaneous Hazards Approach to the UK (pdf, 1MB)
Arnstein Aassve, Simon Burgess, Matt Dickson and Carol Propper
(Abstract)
Published as CASE paper number 106 (January 2006)
Published as ISER Working Paper number 2005-26 (2005)

05/133 - Extending Choice In English Health Care: The implications of the economic evidence (pdf, 732.1kB)
Carol Propper, Deborah Wilson and Simon Burgess
(Abstract)
Published as CEPR Discussion Paper number 5328 (November 2005)
Published in Journal of Social Policy 35 (4) pp.537-557 (2006)

05/132 - Transparency, Recuitment and Retention in the Public Sector (pdf, 1.5MB)
Gian Luigi Albano and Clare Leaver
(Abstract)
Published as UCL Discussion Paper number 04-05 (2004)
Published as University of Oxford Department of Economics Discussion Paper Series number 219 (December 2004)

05/131 - Mixing Private and Public Service Providers and Specialization (pdf, 984.7kB)
Hans Gersbach and Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka
(Abstract)

05/130 - The Dynamics of School Attainment of England's Ethnic Minorities (pdf, 2.5MB)
Deborah Wilson, Simon Burgess and Adam Briggs
(Abstract)
Published as CASE Working Paper number 105 (January 2006)
Published in Journal of Population Economics (September 2009)

05/129 - Law, Economic Incentives and Public Service Culture (pdf, 946.5kB)
Tony Prosser, Pat O’Malley, Colin Scott, Morag McDermont, Peter Vincent-Jones, Mike Feintuck and Dave Cowan
(Abstract)

05/128 - Who wins and who loses from school accountability? The distribution of educational gain in English secondary schools (pdf, 142.8kB)
Simon Burgess, Carol Propper, Helen Slater and Deborah Wilson
(Abstract)
Published as CEPR Discussion Paper number 5248 (September 2005)

05/127 - Tax Compliance as a Social Norm and the Deterrent Effect of Investigations (pdf, 527.2kB)
Marisa Ratto, Richard Thomas and David Ulph
(Abstract)
Published as PEUK Working Paper no. 4 (July 2005)

05/126 - Division of Labour and Directed Production (pdf, 154.7kB)
Marisa Ratto and Wendelin Schnedler
(Abstract))
An Updated version of 03/090
Published as IZA Discussion Papers number 1669 (July 2005
Published in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 8 (1) Article 27 (2008)
Published as University of Heidelberg Discussion Paper Series number 468 (July 2008)

05/125 - Delegation of Contracting in the Private Provision of Public Services (pdf, 231.9kB)
John Bennett and Elisabetta Iossa
(Abstract)
Published in Review of Industrial Organization 29 (1-2) pp.75-92 (2006)
Published as Economics and Finance discussion Papers, Brunel University, number 05-15 (2005)

05/124 - Contracting Out Public Service Provision to Not-For-Profit Firms (pdf, 248.1kB)
John Bennett and Elisabetta Iossa
(Abstract)
Published as CEDI Discussion Paper Series number 07-08 (2007)
Published in Oxford Economic Papers (2009)

05/123 - Health Supplier Quality and the Distribution of Child Health (pdf, 194.5kB)
Carol Propper, John Rigg, Simon Burgess and the ALSPAC Study Team
(Abstract)
Published as CASE Working Paper No.102 (June 2005)

05/122 - Executive Pay and Performance in the UK 1994-2002 (pdf, 183.1kB) Paul Gregg, Sarah Jewell and Ian Tonks, June 2005
(Abstract)

05/121 - The Public Pay Gap in Britain: Small Differences That (Don’t?) Matter (pdf, 474.1kB) Fabien Postel-Vinay and Helene Turon, May 2005
(Abstract)
Published in The Economic Journal 117 (523) pp. 1460-1503 (2007)

05/120 - Is Britain Pulling Apart? Area Disparities in Employment, Education and Crime (pdf, 205.5kB) Stephen Gibbons, Anne Green, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin, June 2005
(Abstract)
Published in Pearce, N. and Paxton, W. (eds) Social Justice: Building a Fairer Britain, IPPR, Politico's, London

05/119 - Family Expenditures Post-Welfare Reform in the UK: Are Low-Income Families Starting to Catch Up? (pdf, 161.4kB)
Paul Gregg, Jane Waldfogel, and Elizabeth Washbrook, May 2005
(Abstract) - UPDATED VERSION
Published in Labour Economics 13 (6) pp. 721-746 (December 2006)

05/118 - Acquisition and Disclosure of Genetic Information Under Alternative Policy Regimes (pdf, 81.9kB) Deborah Wilson, April 2005
(Abstract)
Published in Health Economics, Policy and Law 1 (3) pp. 263-276 (2006)

05/117 - Resolving Contractual Disputes: Arbitration vs Mediation (pdf, 460.8kB) Surajeet Chakravarty and Miltiadis Makris, March 2005
(Abstract)

05/116 - Why Economics is Good for Your Health.(pdf, 107kB) 2004 Royal Economic Society Public Lecture Carol Propper, December 2004
(Abstract)
Published in Health Economics 14 (10) pp.987-997 (October 2005)

05/115 - Why Voluntary Contributions? Google Answers! (pdf, 333.3kB)
Tobias Regner, January 2005
(Abstract)

05/114 - Macroeconomic Performance and Inequality: Brazil 1983-94 (pdf, 471.5kB)
M.F. Meyer Bittencourt, January 2005
(Abstract) - UPDATED VERSION
Published in The Developing Economics 47 (1) pp.30-52 (March 2009)
Published as Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers number 163 (2007)
Published as Economic Research South Africa Working Paper number 101 (November 2008)

2004

04/113 - Evaluating the Impact of Performance-related Pay for Teachers in England (pdf, 540.6kB)
Adele Atkinson, Simon Burgess, Bronwyn Croxson, Paul Gregg, Carol Propper, Helen Slater and Deborah Wilson, December 2004
(Abstract)
The Times 08/12/05
BBC Online 08/12/05
Published in Labour Economics 16 (3) pp.251-261 (June 2009)

04/112 - Strategic Delays of Delivery, Market Separation and Demand Discrimination (pdf, 246.9kB)
Eric Avenel and Sébastien Mitraille, November 2004
(Abstract)

04/111 - Sorting and Choice in English Secondary Schools (pdf, 788.3kB)
Simon Burgess, Brendon McConnell, Carol Propper and Deborah Wilson, October 2004
(Abstract)

04/110 - Nonlinear Pricing and Multimarket Duopolists (pdf, 2.5MB)
Silvia Sonderegger, October 2004
(Abstract)

04/109 - Constitutional Rules (pdf, 532kB)
Toke S Aidt and Francesco Giovannoni, September 2004
(Abstract)

04/108 - Efficient Contracts for Digital Content (pdf, 309.8kB)
Tobias Regner, July 2004
(Abstract)

04/107 - “What Gets Measured Gets Done”: Headteachers’ Responses to the English Secondary School Performance Management System (pdf, 71.5kB)
Deborah Wilson, Bronwyn Croxson and Adele Atkinson, August 2004
(Abstract)
Published in Policy Studies, 27 (2) pp. 153-171 (June 2006)

04/106 - Neighbourhoods, Households and Income Dynamics: A semi-parametric investigation of Neighbourhood Effects (pdf, 255kB)
Anne Bolster, Simon Burgess, Ron Johnston, Kelvyn Jones, Carol Propper and Rebecca Sarker, August 2004
(Abstract)
Published in Journal of Economic Geography 7 (1) pp.1-38 (2007)
Published as CEPR Discussion Paper number 4611 (September 2004)

04/105 - Exclusive Contracts Foster Relationship-Specific Investment (pdf, 296.2kB)
David de Meza and Mariano Selvaggi, June 2004
(Abstract)
Published in The RAND Journal of Economics 38 (1) pp.85-97 (2008)

04/104 - Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment (pdf, 1MB)
Robin Burgess and Rohini Pande, June 2003
(Abstract)
Published in The American Economic Review 95 (3) pp.780-795 (June 2005)
Published as CEPR Discussion Paper number 4211 (January 2004)
Published as STICERD Development Economics Papers number DEDPS 40 (August 2003)

04/103 - Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Government Agency (pdf, 282.5kB)
Simon Burgess, Carol Propper, Marisa Ratto and Emma Tominey, March 2004
(Abstract)
Published as CEPR Discussion Paper number 4010 (August 2003)

04/102 - Relative performance of two simple incentive mechanisms in a public good experiment (pdf, 385.9kB)
Juergen Bracht, Charles Figuieres and Marisa Ratto, May 2004
(Abstract)
Published in the Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 92, pp. 54-90, February 2008.
Published as IDEP Working Paper Series number 0409 (2004)

04/101 - Family Income and Educational Attainment: A Review of Approaches and Evidence for Britain (pdf, 102.9kB)
Jo Blanden and Paul Gregg, April 2004
(Abstract)
Published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy 20 (2) pp.245-263 June 2004
Published as CEP Discussion Paper number 0041 (September 2004)

04/100 - Inter-region Competition for FDI (pdf, 184.1kB)
Osiris Parcero, May 2004
(Abstract)

04/099 - Local Neighbourhood and Mental Health: Evidence from the UK (pdf, 127.5kB)
Carol Propper, Kelvyn Jones, Anne Bolster, Simon Burgess, Ron Johnston and Rebecca Sarker, March 2004
(Abstract)
Published in Social Science and Medicine 61 (10) pp. 2065-2083 (November 2005)

04/098 - The Impact of Low-Income on Child Health: Evidence from a Birth Cohort Study (pdf, 122.5kB)
Simon Burgess, Carol Propper, John Rigg and the ALSPAC Study Team, March 2004 - UPDATED November 2004
(Abstract)
Published as CASE papers number CASE 085 (2004)

04/097 - The Wage Scar from Youth Unemployment (pdf, 159.3kB)
Paul Gregg and Emma Tominey, February 2004
(Abstract)
Published in Labour Economics 12 (4) pp.487-509 (August 2005)

04/096 - Digital Technology and the Allocation of Ownership in the Music Industry (pdf, 253.1kB)
Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka and Toby Regner, January 2004
(Abstract)
Published in Jena Economic Research Papers number 2009-096 (2009)

04/095 - Mapping choice in the NHS: Analysis of routine data (pdf, 608.6kB)
Mike Damiani, Jennifer Dixon and Carol Propper, March 2004
(Abstract)
Published in British Medical Journal 330 (7486) pp.284 (2005)

04/094 - Parallel lives? Ethnic segregation in the playground and the neighbourhood (pdf, 408kB)
Simon Burgess, Deborah Wilson and Ruth Lupton, March 2004
(Abstract)
Published in Urban Studies 42 (7) pp.1027-1056 (2005)

04/093 - 'Making a Difference': Labor Donations in the Production of Public Goods (pdf, 284.9kB)
Patrick Francois, January 2004
(Abstract)

2003

03/092 - School segregation in multi-ethnic England (pdf, 208.8kB)
Simon Burgess, Ron Johnston and Deborah Wilson, September 2003
(Abstract)
Published in Ethnicities 4 (2) 237-265 (2004)

03/091 - Explaining differences in hospital performance: Does the answer lie in the labour market? (pdf, 50.1kB)
Simon Burgess, Denise Gossage and Carol Propper, September 2003
(Abstract)
Published as CEPR Discussion Paper number 4118 (November 2003)

03/090 - Too Few Cooks Spoil the Broth (pdf, 159.5kB)
Marisa Ratto and Wendelin Schnedler, September 2003
(Abstract)
This has now been updated. See 05/126
Published in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 8 (1) Article 27 (2008)
Published as University of Heidelberg Discussion Paper Series number 468 (July 2008)

03/089 - Incentives in HMO's (pdf, 646.3kB)
Martin Gaynor, James B Rebitzer and Lowell J Taylor, June 2002
(Abstract)
Published in EconWPA series Macroeconomics number 0111001 (2001)
Published as NBER Working Paper Number 8522 (October 2001)
Published as The Levy Economics Institute Working Paper number 340 (August 2001)

03/088 - Entry and Competition in Local Hospital Markets (pdf, 159.9kB)
Jean Marie Abraham, Martin Gaynor and William B Vogt, May 2003
(Abstract)
Published as NBER Working Paper number 11649 (October 2005)
Published in Journal of Industrial Economics 55 (2) pp. 265-288(24) (June 2007)
Published as GSIA Working Paper number 1999-E32 (2005)

03/087 - Competition Among Hospitals (pdf, 373.1kB)
Martin Gaynor and William B Vogt, July 2003
(Abstract)
Published in The RAND Journal of Economics 34 (4) pp. 764-785 (2003)
Published as NBER Working Paper number 9471 (February 2003)

03/086 - Ethnic Segregation in England's Schools (pdf, 151.4kB)
Simon Burgess and Deborah Wilson, August 2003
(Abstract)
Published in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 30 (1) pp.20-36 (2005)
Published as CASE paper number CASE079 (February 2004)

03/085 - A Simple Inducement Scheme to Overcome Adoption Externalities (pdf, 293.2kB)
In-Uck Park, June 2003
(Abstract)
Published in The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 4 (1) Article 3 (2004)

03/084 - Girls Rock, Boys Roll: An Analysis of the Age 14-16 Gender Gap in English Schools (pdf, 433.8kB)
Simon Burgess, Brendon McConnell, Carol Propper and Deborah Wilson, July 2003
(Abstract)
Published in Scottish Journal of Political Economy 51 (2) 209-229 (2004)

03/083 - Making Government Accountable: Lessons from a Federal Job Training Program (pdf, 196.3kB)
Pascal Courty and Gerald Marschke, July 2003
(Abstract)
Published in University of Albany Discussion Paper number 04/03 (July 2003)
Published in Public Administration Review 67 (5) pp. 904-916 (2007)

03/082 - What you always wanted to know about censoring but never dared to ask (pdf, 200.5kB)
Wendelin Schnedler, July 2003
(Abstract)
Published. as Bonn Econ Discussion Paper 16/2003 (July 2003)
Published. as IZA Discussion Paper number 837 (July 2003)

03/081 - Traits, Imitation and Evolutionary Dynamics (pdf, 364kB)
Wendelin Schnedler, July 2003
(Abstract)
Published as IZA Discussion Paper number 849 (August 2003)
Published as Bonn Econ Discussion Paper 15/2003 (July 2003)

03/080 - Incentives in the Public Sector: Some Preliminary Evidence from a UK Government Agency (pdf, 154.5kB)
Simon Burgess, Carol Propper, Marissa Ratto and Emma Tominey, July 2003
(Abstract)
This has now been been updated. See 04/103.
Published as CEPR Discussion Paper number 4010 (August 2003)

03/079 - Changes in Educational Inequality (pdf, 345.4kB)
Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin, June 2003
(Abstract)

03/078 - The Employment of Married Mothers in Great Britain: 1974 - 2000 (pdf, 292.7kB)
Paul Gregg, Maria Gutierrez-Domenech and Jane Waldfogel, May 2003
(Abstract)
Published in Economica 74 (296) pp.842-864 (2007)
Published as CEP Discussion Paper number 0596 (December 2003)

03/077 - Competition and Quality: Evidence from the NHS Internal Market 1991 - 1999 (pdf, 140kB)
Simon Burgess, Denise Gossage and Carol Propper, May 2003
(Abstract)
Published in The Economic Journal 118 (525) pp.138-170 (2008)
Published as CEPR Discussion Paper number 4026 (August 2003)

03/076 - Financing and Managing Public Services: An Assessment (pdf, 90.3kB)
Paul A Grout and Margaret Stevens, August 2003
(Abstract)
Published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy 19 (2) pp.215-234 (2003)

03/074 - The Role of Donated Labour and Not-For-Profits at the Public/Private Interface (pdf, 93.1kB)
Paul A Grout and Michelle Yong, April 2003
(Abstract)

03/073 - The Use and Usefulness of Performance Measures in the Public Sector (pdf, 94.9kB)
Carol Propper and Deborah Wilson, May 2003
(Abstract)
Published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy 19 (2) pp.250-261 (2003)

03/072 - Welfare Reform and Lone Parents Employment in the UK (pdf, 163kB)
Paul Gregg and Susan Harkness, June 2003
(Abstract)

03/071 - The Role of Incentives in the Public Sector: Issues and Evidence (pdf, 96.9kB)
Simon Burgess and Marissa Ratto, May 2003
(Abstract)
Published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy 19 (2) pp.285-300 (2003)

03/070 - The Effects of Early Maternal Employment on Child Development in the UK (pdf, 286.9kB)
Paul Gregg, Elizabeth Washbrook and the ALSPAC Study Team, May 2003
(Abstract)
Published in the Economic Journal 115 pp. 48-80, (February 2005)

03/069 - Commons as Insurance and the Welfare Impact of Privatization (pdf, 243.2kB)
Jean-Marie Baland and Patrick Francois, March 2003
(Abstract)
Published in Journal of Public Economics 89 (2-3) pp. 211-231 (February 2005)

03/068 - Appropriability, Investment Incentives and the Property Rights Theory of the Firm (pdf, 338.1kB)
David de Meza and Ben Lockwood, April 2003
(Abstract)

03/067 - On the Prudence of Rewarding A While Hoping for B (pdf, 113.9kB)
Wendelin Schnedler, April 2003
(Abstract)
This has now been been updated. See 06/147.
Published as IZA Discussion Paper number 765 (2003)

03/066 - Please Hold me Up: Why Firms Grant Exclusive Dealing Contracts (pdf, 445.1kB)
David de Meza and Marianno Selvaggi, April 2003
(Abstract)

03/065 - Making Money out of Publicly Available Information (pdf, 242.2kB)
Alan D. Morrison and Nir Vulkan, February 2003
(Abstract)
Published as OFRC Working Paper Series number 2003 fe07 (2003)
Published in Economic Letters 89 (1) pp. 31-38 (October 2005)

03/064 - The Effects of Budgets on Doctors Behaviour: Evidence from a Natural Experiment (pdf,794.3kB)
Mark Dusheiko, Hugh Gravelle, Rowena Jacobs and Peter Smith, March 2003
(Abstract)
Published as Department of Economics, University of York Discussion Papers number 03/04 (2003)

03/063 - Measuring Pupil Attainment in English Secondary Schools: A Preliminary Analysis (pdf, 71.8kB)
Adele Atkinson and Deborah Wilson, March 2003
(Abstract)

03/062 - Administrative Bureaus with Standard Operating Procedures (pdf, 843.1kB)
Miltos Makris, January 2003
(Abstract)

03/061 - Incomplete Contracts and Public Ownership: Remarks, and an Application to Public-Private Partnerships (pdf, 43kB)
Oliver Hart, July 2002
(Abstract)
Published in Economic Journal 113 (486) pp.69 - 76 (March 2003)

03/060 - Not-for-profit Provision of Public Services (pdf, 157.2kB)
Patrick Francois, September 2002
(Abstract)
Published in The Economic Journal 113 (486) pp.53 - 61 (March 2003)

03/059 - Public and Private Sector Discount Rates in Public-Private Partnerships (pdf, 39.9kB)
Paul A Grout, September 2002
(Abstract)
Published in Economic Journal 113 (486) pp.62 - 68 (March 2003)
Published in The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics: The Economics of Public Private Partnerships, Grimsey and Lewis (eds) Edward Elgar (2005)

03/058 - Which Ranking? The Use of Alternative Performance Indicators in the English Secondary Education Market (pdf,180.7kB)
Deborah Wilson, January 2003
(Abstract)
Published in Public Money and Management 24 (1) pp.37-45 (January 2004)

2002

02/057 - Do Unprejudiced Societies Need Equal Opportunity Legislation? (pdf, 236.1kB)
David de Meza, December 2002
(Abstract)

02/056 - Competition Law in Telecommunications and its Implications for Common Carriage of Water (pdf, 99.2kB)
Paul A Grout, July 2002
(Abstract)
Published in Utilities Policy 10 (3-4) pp.137-149 (2001)

02/055 - Maternity Rights and Mothers' Return to Work (pdf, 175.9kB)
Simon Burgess, Paul Gregg, Carol Propper, Elizabeth Washbrook and the ALSPAC Study Team, July 2002
(Abstract)

02/054 - Optimal Audit Policy and Heterogenous Agents (pdf, 188.6kB)
Marisa Ratto and Thibaud Verge, December 2002
(Abstract)

02/053 - Reconciling Workless Measures at the Individual and Household Level. Theory and Evidence from the United States, Britain, Germany, Spain and Australia (pdf, 147.7kB)
Paul Gregg, Rosanna Scutella and Jonathan Wadsworth, September 2002
(Abstract)
Published in Journal of Population Economics 23 (1) pp.139-167 (2010)
Published as CEP Discussion Paper number 0635 (2004)

02/052 - Eradicating Child Poverty in Britain: Welfare Reform and Children since 1997 (pdf, 169.5kB)
Mike Brewer and Paul Gregg, October 2002
(Abstract)
Published in Walker and Wiseman (eds)'The Welfare We Want', Policy Press Bristol (2003);
Published as IFS Working Paper number W01/08 (2001)

02/051 - Annuity Prices, Money's Worth and Replacement Ratios: UK Experience 1972-2002 (pdf, 106.7kB)
Edmund Cannon and Ian Tonks, September 2002
(Abstract)

02/050 - Employment Polarisation in Australia (pdf, 1.6MB)
Peter Dawkins, Paul Gregg and Rosanna Scutella, July 2002
(Abstract)
Published in Economic Record vol.81 No.255 pp 336-350 (2005)
Published in Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 09/2002 (2002)

02/049 - Does Performance Monitoring Work? A Reivew of the Evidence from the UK Public Sector, Excluding Health Care (pdf, 112.8kB)
Simon Burgess, Carol Propper and Deborah Wilson, July 2002
(Abstract)

02/048 - Bilateral Control with Vertical Contracts (pdf, 324.5kB)
Patrick Rey and Thibaud Vergé, July 2002
(Abstract)
Published in Econ WPA Industrial Organisation number 0309005 (2003)
Published in RAND Journal of Economics 35 (4) pp.728-746 (2004)

02/047 - Resale Price Maintenance and Horizontal Cartel (pdf, 401.8kB)
Patrick Rey and Thibaud Vergé, February 2002
(Abstract)

02/046 - Portfolio Analysis in European Merger Control: An Economic Analysis (pdf, 321.9kB)
Thibaud Vergé, February 2002
(Abstract)

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2001

01/045 - Incentives in Secondary Schools: The Impact of the Performance Threshold (pdf, 112.6kB)
Bronwyn Croxson and Adele Atkinson, November 2001
(Abstract)

01/044 - The Implementation of the Performance Threshold in UK Secondary Schools (pdf, 1043.7kB)
Bronwyn Croxson and Adele Atkinson, November 2001
(Abstract)

01/043 - Changes in Intergenerational Mobility in Britain (pdf, 85.8kB)
Jo Blanden, Alissa Goodman, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin, October 2001
(Abstract)
Published in M.Corak (ed) Generational Income Mobility, Cambridge University Press (2004)
Published as CEP Discussion Paper number 0517 (2002)

01/042 - Is Commission-Based Financial Advice Always Bad Advice? (pdf, 298.2kB)
Andreas Bentz, October 2001
(Abstract)

01/041 - Privatisation of Utilities and the Asset Value Problem (pdf, 360.5kB)
Paul Grout, Andrew Jenkins and Ania Zalewska, August 2001
(Abstract)
Published in European Economic Review 48 (4) 927-941 (August 2004)

01/040 - What Should the State Buy? (pdf, 315kB)
Andreas Bentz, Paul Grout and Maija Halonen, March 2002
(Abstract)

01/039 - Circularity and the Undervaluation of Privatised Companies (pdf, 134.8kB)
Paul Grout and Anna Zalewska, December 2001
(Abstract)

01/038 - Regulatory Opportunism and Asset Valuation: Evidence from the US Supreme Court and UK Regulation (pdf, 284.5kB)
Paul Grout and Andrew Jenkins, August 2001
(Abstract)

01/037 - Team-Based Incentives in the NHS: An Economic Analysis (pdf, 174.2kB)
Marisa Ratto with Simon Burgess, Bronwyn Croxson, Ian Jewitt and Carol Propper, June 2001
(Abstract)

01/036 - The Impact of Teacher Pay Reform on Pupil Attainment: An outline of the CMPO research project on the Performance Threshold (pdf, 90kB)
Simon Burgess and Bronwyn Croxson, August 2001
(Abstract)

01/035 - The Intricacies of the Relationship Between Pay and Performance for Teachers: Do teachers respond to Performance Related Pay schemes? (pdf, 111.8kB)
Simon Burgess, Bronwyn Croxson, Paul Gregg and Carol Propper, July 2001
(Abstract)

01/034 - Competition Policy and Agreements Between Firms (pdf, 417.1kB)
Fabian Bergès-Sennou, Frédéric Loss, Estelle Malavolti and Thibaud Vergé, August 2001
(Abstract)

01/033 - Fund Manager Performance of Segregated UK Pension Funds (pdf, 63.2kB)
Ian Tonks, August 2001
(Abstract)

01/032 - Squawk and Capture: Influencing Appointed Regulators (pdf, 318.9kB)
Clare Leaver, June 2001
(Abstract)

01/031 - Information Acquisition and Crowding Out in Regulatory Hierarchies (pdf, 397.9kB)
Andreas Bentz, June 2001
(Abstract)

01/030 - Expenditure on Health Care in the UK: A review of the issues (pdf, 224.6kB)
Carol Propper, May 2001
(Abstract)
Published in Fiscal Studies 22 (2) 151-184 (2001)

2000

00/029 - Bid Rotation and Collusion in Repeated Auctions (pdf, 215.5kB)
Masaki Aoyagi, May 2000
(Abstract)
Published in Journal of Economic Theory 112 (1) 79-105 (2003)

00/028 - Incentive Pay and Product Market Competition (pdf, 57.6kB)
Simon Burgess and Paul Metcalfe, December 2000
(Abstract)

00/027 - Does Competition Between Hospitals Improve the Quality of Care? Hospital Death Rates and the NHS Internal Market (pdf, 191.4kB)
Carol Propper, Simon Burgess and Katherine Green, February 2002
Published in Journal of Public Economics 88 (708) 1247-1272 (July 2004)
(Abstract)

00/026 - Equity Performance of Segregated Pension Funds in the UK (pdf, 142.3kB)
Alison Thomas and Ian Tonks
(Abstract)
Published in Journal of Asset Management 1 (4) 321-343 (April 2001)

00/025 - Promoting Competition in the Presence of Essential Facilities (pdf, 306.9kB)
Paul A Grout and In-Uck Park, August 2000
(Abstract)
Published in International Journal of Industrial Organization 22 (19) pp.1415-1441 (2004)

00/024 - The Impact of Policy Uncertainty on Regulated Companies (pdf, 75.6kB)
Nic Francis and Paul A Grout, August 2000
(Abstract)

00/023 - Recent Developments in Definitions of Abusive Pricing in European Competition Policy (pdf, 86.8kB)
Paul A Grout, August 2000
(Abstract)

Benchmarking and Incentives in the NHS (pdf)
Paul Grout, Andrew Jenkins and Carol Propper, May 2000
(PDF)
Published in Welfare Reform Issue 14 (August 2000)

00/022 - Evaluating the 'Leverage Theory' of Product Bundling in the Context of Negotiations (pdf, 311.2kB)
Esther Gal-Or, January 2000
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00/021 - Passive Industry Interests in a Large Polity: A Large Poisson Game Approach to Endogenous Lobby Formation (pdf, 490.6kB)
Clare Leaver and Miltos Makris, May 2000
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00/020 - Waiting Times for Hospital Admissions: the Impact of GP Fundholding (pdf, 178.7kB)
Carol Propper, Bronwyn Croxson and Arran Shearer, May 2000
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Published in Journal of Health Economics 21 (1) pp. 227-252 (2002)
Published as CEPR Discussion Paper number 2489 (2000)

00/019 - New Labour and the Labour Market (pdf, 211.2kB)
Richard Dickens, Paul Gregg and Jonathan Wadsworth, February 2000
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Published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy 16 (1) (2000)

00/018 - Elected versus Appointed Regulators
Timothy Besley and Stephen Coate, February 2000
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Published in Journal of the European Economic Association 1 (5) pp.1176- 1206 (2006)
Published as NBER Working Paper Number 7579 (2000)

1999

99/017 - Market Provision of Public Goods: The Case of Broadcasting
Simon P Anderson and Stephen Coate, December 1999
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Published as NBER Working Paper Series number 7513 (2000)

99/016 - Incentives in Organisations: A Selective Overview of the Literature with Application to the Public Sector (pdf, 291.3kB)
Simon Burgess and Paul Metcalfe, December 1999
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99/015 - The Use of Incentive Schemes in the Public and Private Sectors: Evidence from British Establishments (pdf, 148.9kB)
Simon Burgess and Paul Metcalfe, November 1999
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99/014 - Insurance Fraud and Optimal Claims Settlement Strategies: An Empirical Investigation of Liability Insurance Settlements,
Keith J Crocker and Sharon Tennyson, October 1999
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Published in The Journal of Law and Economics 45 (2) pp.469-507 (2002)

99/013 - The Demand for Private Medical Insurance in the UK: A Cohort Analysis (pdf, 762.6kB)
Carol Propper, Hedley Rees and Katherine Green, November 1999
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Published in Economic Journal 111 (471) pp.180-200 (2001)
Published in CEPR Discussion Papers number 2513 (July 2000)

99/012 - Pensions Policy in the UK (pdf, 112.5kB)
Ian Tonks, November 1999
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99/011 - The Class of '81: The Effects of Early-career Unemployment on Subsequent Unemployment Experiences (pdf, 117kB)
Simon Burgess, Carol Propper, Hedley Rees and Arran Shearer, October 1999
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Published in Labour Economics 10 (3) 291-311 (2003)
Published as CASE Discussion Paper number 32 (1999)

99/010 - The Organisation of Government Bureaucracies: the Choice Between Competition and Single Agency (pdf, 147.4kB)
Maija Halonen and Carol Propper, May 1999
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99/009 - A Larger Role for the Private Sector in Health Care?: A Review of the Arguments (pdf, 86.2kB)
Carol Propper and Katherine Green, April 1999
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Published in Journal of Social Policy 30 (4) 685-704 (2001)

99/008 - Using Performance Standards to Evaluate Social Programs with Incomplete Outcome Data: General Issues and Application to a Higher Education Block Grant Program (pdf, 89.8kB)
Charles F Manski, John Newman and John V Pepper, March 1999
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Published in Evaluation Review 26 (4) pp.355-381 (2002)

99/007 - Rush, Delay and the Money Burning Refinement in Political Signalling Games (pdf, 145.3kB)
Hans Gersbach, March 1999
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1998

98/006 - Does the UK have a Private Welfare Class ? (pdf, 141kB)
Carol Propper and Tania Burchardt, January 1999
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Published in Journal of Social Policy 28 (4) pp.643-665 (1999)

98/005 - Institutional Investors' Trading Profits in Auction and Dealer Markets (pdf, 213.6kB)
Andy Snell and Ian Tonks, December 1998
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98/004 - Private Demand and Public Provision: The Case of Private Health Care in the UK (pdf, 182.5kB)
Carol Propper, December 1998
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98/003 - The Economics of Career Concerns, Part II: Application to Missions and Accountability of Government Agencies (pdf, 696.4kB)
Mathias Dewatripont, Ian Jewitt and Jean Tirole, November 1998
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Published in The Review of Economic Studies 66 (1) pp.199-217 (1999)

98/002 - The Economics of Career Concerns, Part I: Comparing Information Structures (pdf, 228.5kB)
Mathias Dewatripont, Ian Jewitt and Jean Tirole, November 1998
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Published in The Review of Economic Studies 66 (1) pp.183-198 (1999)

98/001 - Do doctors respond to financial incentives? UK family doctors and the GP fundholder scheme (pdf, 87.8kB)
B Croxson, C Propper and A Perkins, November 1998
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Published in Journal of Public Economics 79 (2) pp.375-398 (2001)

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