Working papers

The following is a list of the working papers produced by the Centre. Please follow the links to view the abstracts. Most papers are downloadable as pdf files by following the link from the abstract. Hard copies can be obtained from cmpo-office@bristol.ac.uk. You can also search within a specific year.

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10/229 Genetic Markers as Instrumental Variables: An Application to Child Fat Mass and Academic Achievement (pdf 313 kB)
Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder, George Davey Smith, Debbie A. Lawlor, Carol Propper and Frank Windmeijer
(Abstract)/(PDF 313 kB

09/228 Digital Technology and the Allocation of Ownership in the Music Industry (pdf 335. kB) Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka and Tobias Regner
(Abstract)/(PDF, 335.3 kB)
This is an updated version of 04/096

09/227 An Economic Theory of Glass Ceiling (pdf 587.9 kB) Paul A.Grout, In-Uck Park and Silvia Sonderegger
(Abstract)/(PDF, 587.9 kB)
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)/(PDF, 195.1 kB)

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)/(PDF, 517.5 kB)

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)/(PDF, 226.8 kB)

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) / (PDF, 334.4 kB)

09/222 What Parents Want: School preferences and school choice (pdf 997.0 kB)
Simon Burgess, Ellen Greaves, Anna Vignoles and Deborah Wilson
(Abstract) / (PDF, 997.0 kB)

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

09/220 The Causal Effect of Education on Wages Revisited (pdf, 602.5 kB)
Matt Dickson
(Abstract) / ( PDF, 602.5kB)

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) / (PDF,570.5kB)

09/218 - Gradients of the Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Developing Countries (pdf, 786.9kB)
Sonia Bhalotra and Sam Rawlings
(Abstract) / (PDF, 786.9kB)

09/217 - Identification of Causal Effects on Binary Outcomes Using Structural Mean Models (pdf, 293.4kB)
Paul Clarke and Frank Windmeijer
(Abstract) / (PDF, 293.4kB)

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) / (PDF, 456.7kB)

09/214 - Evaluating Changing Residential Segregation in Auckland, New Zealand, Using Spatial Statistics (pdf, 20.7MB)
Ron Johnston, Michael Poulsen and James Forrest
(Abstract) / (PDF, 20.7MB)

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

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

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

09/210 - The Theory of Incentives Applied to the Transport Sector (pdf, 392.9kB)
Elisabetta Iossa and David Martimort
(Abstract) / (PDF, 392.9B)

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

09/208 - The Limitations of Using School League Tables to Inform School Choice (pdf, 671kB)
George Leckie and Harvey Goldstein
(Abstract) / (PDF, 671kB)

08/207- Investment Abroad and Adjustment at Home: evidence from UK multinational firms (pdf, 376.9kB)
Helen Simpson
(Abstract) / (PDF, 376.9kB)

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

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) / (PDF, 530.6kB)

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) / (PDF, 505.2kB)

08/203 - Sibling-Linked Data in the Demographic and Health Surveys (pdf, 240.3kB)
Sonia Bhalotra
(Abstract) / (PDF, 240.3kB)

08/202 - Non-Profit Organizations in a Bureaucratic Environment (pdf, 382.1kB)
Paul A. Grout and Wendelin Schnedler
(Abstract) / (PDF, 382.1kB)

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

08/200 - Geographic proximity and firm-university innovation linkages: evidence from Great Britain (pdf, 417.3kB)
Laura Abramovsky and Helen Simpson
(Abstract) / (PDF, 417.3kB)

08/199 - The Simple Micro-Economics of Public-Private Partnerships (pdf, 576kB)
Elisabetta Iossa and David Martimort
(Abstract) / (PDF, 576kB)

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

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) / (PDF, 341.8kB)

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

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) / (PDF, 407.4kB)

08/194 - Exit, Voice and Quality in the English Education Sector (pdf, 265.5kB)
Deborah Wilson
(Abstract) / (PDF, 265.5kB)

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) / (PDF, 537.9kB)

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

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) / (PDF, 525.5kB)

08/190 - Primary Education in India: Prospects of meeting the MDG Target (pdf, 1MB)
Sonia Bhalotra and Bernarda Zamora
(Abstract) / (PDF, 1MB)

08/189 - Modelling the Effects of Pupil Mobility and Neighbourhood on School Differences in Educational Achievement (pdf, 370.5kB)
George Leckie
(Abstract) / (PDF, 370.5kB)

08/188 - Childhood Mortality and Economic Growth (pdf, 302kB)
Sonia Bhalotra
(Abstract) / (PDF, 302kB)

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) / (PDF, 374.9kB)

08/186 - Girl Power? An analysis of peer effects using exogenous changes in the gender make-up of the peer group.(pdf, 460.4kB)
Steven Proud
(Abstract) / (PDF, 460.4kB)

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

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) / (PDF, 794.9kB)

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

07/182 - Welfare Reform and Lone Parents in the UK (pdf, 385.6kB)
Paul Gregg, Susan Harkness and Sarah Smith
(Abstract) / (PDF, 385.6kB)
Now published in the Economic Journal (Vol.119, Issue 535)

07/181 - Fatal Fluctuations? - Cyclicality in Infant Mortality in India (pdf, 432kB)
Sonia Bhalotra
(Abstract) / (PDF, 432kB)

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) / (PDF, 400.9k)

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) / (PDF, 276.k5B)
Published in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2008, vol 8, issue 1, article 5

07/178 - Legitimacy of Control (pdf, 360.5kB)
Wendelin Schnedler and Radovan Vadovic
(Abstract) / (PDF, 360.5kB)

07/177 - Does Welfare Reform Affect Fertility? Evidence from the UK (pdf, 291.4kB)
Mike Brewer, Anita Ratcliffe and Sarah Smith
(Abstract) / (PDF, 291.4kB)
See also Institute for Fiscal Studies working paper, W08/09

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

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

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

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) / (PDF, 145.8k)

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) / (PDF, 303.5kB)

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) / (PDF, 140.8kB)

07/170 - Governance Reform in Legal Service Markets (pdf, 296.5kB)
Paul Grout, Ian Jewitt and Silvia Sonderegger
(Abstract) / (PDF, 296.5kB)

07/169 - Spending to Save? State Health Expenditure & Infant Mortality in India (pdf, 274.1kB)
Sonia Bhalotra
(Abstract) / (PDF, 274.1kB)

07/168 - Birth Spacing, Fertility & Neonatal Mortality in India: Dynamics, Frailty & Fecundity (pdf, 308.8kB)
Sonia Bhalotra and Arthur van Soest
(Abstract) / (PDF, 308.8kB)

07/167 - Integration and Separation with Costly Demand Information (pdf, 332.9kB)
Elisabetta Iossa and Francesca Stroffolini
(Abstract) / (PDF, 332.9kB)

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) / (PDF, 212.9kB)

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

07/164 - Productivity in Public Services (pdf, 126.5kB)
Helen Simpson
(Abstract) / (PDF, 126.5kB)

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

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) / (PDF, 345.6kB)

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) / (PDF, 193kB)

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) / (PDF, 578kB)

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

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

06/157 - School Assignment, School Choice and Social Mobility (pdf, 459.3kB)
Simon Burgess and Adam Briggs
(Abstract) / (PDF, 459.3kB)

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) / (PDF, 119.7kB)

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) / (PDF, 375.7kB)
Published in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2008, vol 33, issue 1, 73-90

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

06/153 - Is Locking Domestic Funds into the Local Market Beneficial? Evidence from the Polish Pension Reforms (pdf, 236.4kB)
Anna Zalewska
(Abstract) / (PDF, 236.4kB)

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) / (PDF, 562.1kB)

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

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) / (PDF, 190.6kB)

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

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) / (PDF, 660.3kB)

06/147 - Task Difficulty, Performance Measure Characteristics, and the Trade-Off between Insurance and Well-Allocated Effort (pdf, 223.9kB)
Wendelin Schnedler
(Abstract) / (PDF, 223.9kB)
An Updated version of 03/067

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) / (PDF, 134.5kB)

06/144 - Profitability Measures and Competition Law (pdf, 136kB)
Paul A.Grout and Anna Zalewska
(Abstract) / (PDF, 136kB)

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

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) / (PDF, 396.2kB)

06/141 - On-the-job Search, Productivity Shocks, and the Individual Earnings Process (pdf, 740.8kB)
Fabien Postel-Vinay and Hélène Turon
(Abstract) / (PDF, 740.8kB)
forthcoming CEPR and IZA working paper

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

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

06/138 - The retirement-consumption puzzle and involuntary early retirement: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey (pdf, 856.4kB)
Sarah Smith
(Abstract) / (PDF, 856.4kB)
Economic Journal, March 2006, 116, C130-C148

05/137 - Building and Managing Facilities for Public Services (pdf, 890.9kB)
John Bennett and Elisabetta Iossa
(Abstract) / (PDF, 890.9kB)

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

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

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) / (PDF, 1MB)

05/133 - Extending Choice In English Health Care: The implications of the economic evidence (pdf, 732.1kB)
Carol Propper, Deborah Wilson and Simon Burgess
forthcoming in Journal of Social Policy
(Abstract) / (PDF, 732.1kB)

05/132 - Transparency, Recuitment and Retention in the Public Sector (pdf, 1.5MB)
Gian Luigi Albano and Clare Leaver
(Abstract) / (PDF, 1.5MB)

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

05/130 - The Dynamics of School Attainment of England's Ethnic Minorities (pdf, 2.5MB)
Deborah Wilson, Simon Burgess and Adam Briggs
(Abstract) / (PDF, 2.5MB)
CASE Working Paper 105

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) / (PDF, 946.5kB)

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) / (PDF, 142.8kB)

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) / (PDF, 527.2kB)
Also published in PEUK Working Paper no. 4, July 2005

05/126 - Division of Labour and Directed Production (pdf, 154.7kB)
Marisa Ratto and Wendelin Schnedler
(Abstract) / (PDF, 154.7kB)
Also published in IZA Discussion Papers 1669, July 2005
An Updated version of 03/090
Also published in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 8, Issue 1 (Topics), Article 27, 2008.

05/125 - Delegation of Contracting in the Private Provision of Public Services (pdf, 231.9kB)
John Bennett and Elisabetta Iossa
(Abstract) / (PDF, 231.9kB)

05/124 - Contracting Out Public Service Provision to Not-For-Profit Firms (pdf, 248.1kB)
John Bennett and Elisabetta Iossa
(Abstract) / (PDF, 248.1kB)

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) / (PDF, 194.5kB)
CASE Working Paper No.102

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

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) / (PDF, 474.1kB)

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) / (PDF, 205.5kB)
published in Pearce, N. and Paxton, W. (eds) 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) / (PDF, 161.4kB) - UPDATED VERSION

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

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

05/116 - Why Economics is Good for Your Health.(pdf, 107kB)
2004 Royal Economic Society Public Lecture
Carol Propper, December 2004
(Abstract) / (PDF, 107kB)
forthcoming in Health Economics

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

05/114 - Macroeconomic Performance and Inequality: Brazil 1983-94 (pdf, 471.5kB)
M.F. Meyer Bittencourt, January 2005
(Abstract) / (PDF, 471.5kB) - UPDATED VERSION

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) / (PDF, 540.6kB)
The Times 08/12/05
BBC Online 08/12/05

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

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

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

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

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

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
published in Policy Studies, vol 27, issue 2, 153-171
(Abstract) / (PDF, 71.5kB)

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) / (PDF, 255kB)

04/105 - Exclusive Contracts Foster Relationship-Specific Investment (pdf, 296.2kB)
David de Meza and Mariano Selvaggi, June 2004
(Abstract) / (PDF, 296.2kB)

04/104 - Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment (pdf, 1MB)
Robin Burgess and Rohini Pande, June 2003
(Abstract) / (PDF, 1MB)

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) / (PDF, 282.5kB)

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) / (PDF, 385.9kB)
published in the Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 92, pp. 54-90, February 2008.

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) / (PDF, 102.9kB)
published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy 20 (2) June 2004

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

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) / (PDF, 127.5kB)
forthcoming in Social Science and Medicine

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) / (PDF, 122.5kB)

04/097 - The Wage Scar from Youth Unemployment (pdf, 159.3kB)
Paul Gregg and Emma Tominey, February 2004
(Abstract) / (PDF, 159.3kB)
published in Labour Economics vol 12, issue 4 (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) / (PDF, 253.1kB)

04/095 - Mapping choice in the NHS: Analysis of routine data (pdf, 608.6kB)
Mike Damiani, Jennifer Dixon and Carol Propper, March 2004
(Abstract) / (PDF, 608.6kB)
published in British Medical Journal 330, (7486) 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) / (PDF, 408kB)
Published in Urban Studies vol 42, issue 7, 1027-1056 (2005)

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

03/092 - School segregation in multi-ethnic England (pdf, 208.8kB)
Simon Burgess, Ron Johnston and Deborah Wilson, September 2003
(Abstract) / (PDF, 208.8kB)
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) / (PDF, 50.1kB)

03/090 - Too Few Cooks Spoil the Broth (pdf, 159.5kB)
Marisa Ratto and Wendelin Schnedler, September 2003
(Abstract) / (PDF, 159.5kB)
This has now been updated. See 05/126

03/089 - Incentives in HMO's (pdf, 646.3kB)
Martin Gaynor, James B Rebitzer and Lowell J Taylor, June 2002
(Abstract) / (PDF, 646.3kB)

03/088 - Entry and Competition in Local Hospital Markets (pdf, 159.9kB)
Jean Marie Abraham, Martin Gaynor and William B Vogt, May 2003
(Abstract) / (PDF, 159.9kB)

03/087 - Competition Among Hospitals (pdf, 373.1kB)
Martin Gaynor and William B Vogt, July 2003
(Abstract) / (PDF, 373.1kB)

03/086 - Ethnic Segregation in England's Schools (pdf, 151.4kB)
Simon Burgess and Deborah Wilson, August 2003
(Abstract) / (PDF, 151.4kB)
Published in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers vol 30, issue 1, 20-36 (2005)

03/085 - A Simple Inducement Scheme to Overcome Adoption Externalities (pdf, 293.2kB)
In-Uck Park, June 2003
(Abstract) / (PDF, 293.2kB)

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) / (PDF, 433.8kB)
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) / (PDF, 196.3kB)

03/082 - What you always wanted to know about censoring but never dared to ask (pdf, 200.5kB)
Wendelin Schnedler, July 2003
(Abstract) / (PDF, 200.5kB)
Published. in Econometric Reviews (2005), 24(2) pp. 152-217.

03/081 - Traits, Imitation and Evolutionary Dynamics (pdf, 364kB)
Wendelin Schnedler, July 2003
(Abstract) / (PDF, 364kB)

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) / (PDF, 154.5kB)
This has now been been updated. See 04/103.

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

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) / (PDF, 292.7kB)

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) / (PDF, 140kB)
Published in The Economic Journal, 2008, vol 118, issue 525, 138-170

03/076 - Financing and Managing Public Services: An Assessment (pdf, 90.3kB)
Paul A Grout and Margaret Stevens, August 2003
(Abstract) / (PDF, 90.3kB)
published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy 19 (2) 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) / (PDF, 93.1kB)

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

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

03/071 - The Role of Incentives in the Public Sector: Issues and Evidence (pdf, 96.9kB)
Simon Burgess and Marissa Ratto, May 2003
(Abstract) / (PDF, 96.9kB)
published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy 19 (2) 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) / (PDF, 286.9kB)
published in the Economic Journal vol 115, F48-80, (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) / (PDF, 243.2kB)

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) / (PDF, 338.1kB)

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

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

03/065 - Making Money out of Publicly Available Information (pdf, 242.2kB)
Alan D. Morrison and Nir Vulkan, February 2003
(Abstract) / (PDF, 242.2kB)

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) / (PDF,794.3kB)

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

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

03/061 - Incomplete Contracts and Public Ownership: Remarks, and an Application to Public-Private Partnerships (pdf, 43kB)
Oliver Hart, July 2002
(Abstract) / (PDF, 43kB)

03/060 - Not-for-profit Provision of Public Services (pdf, 157.2kB)
Patrick Francois, September 2002
(Abstract) / (PDF, 157.2kB)

03/059 - Public and Private Sector Discount Rates in Public-Private Partnerships (pdf, 39.9kB)
Paul A Grout, September 2002
(Abstract) / (PDF, 39.9kB)
published in Economic Journal 113 (486) C62 (March 2003) and 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) / (PDF,180.7kB)
published in Public Money and Management 24 (1) 37-45 (January 2004)

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

02/056 - Competition Law in Telecommunications and its Implications for Common Carriage of Water (pdf, 99.2kB)
Paul A Grout, July 2002
(Abstract) / (PDF, 99.2kB)

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) / (PDF, 175.9kB)

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

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) / (PDF,147.7kB)

02/052 - Eradicating Child Poverty in Britain: Welfare Reform and Children since 1997 (pdf, 169.5kB)
Mike Brewer and Paul Gregg, October 2002
(Abstract) / (PDF, 169.5kB)
published in Walker and Wiseman (eds)'The Welfare We Want', Policy Press Bristol (2003)

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) / (PDF, 106.7kB)

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

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) / (PDF, 112.8kB)

02/048 - Bilateral Control with Vertical Contracts (pdf, 324.5kB)
Patrick Rey and Thibaud Vergé, July 2002
(Abstract) / (PDF, 324.5kB)

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

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

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

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

01/043 - Changes in Intergenerational Mobility in Britain (pdf, 85.8kB)
Jo Blanden, Alissa Goodman, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin, October 2001
(Abstract) / (PDF, 85.8kB)
published in M.Corak (ed) Generational Income Mobility, Cambridge University Press

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

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

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

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

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) / (PDF, 284.5kB)

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) / (PDF, 174.2kB)

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) / (PDF, 90kB)

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) / (PDF, 111.8kB)

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

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

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

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

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

00/029 - Bid Rotation and Collusion in Repeated Auctions (pdf, 215.5kB)
Masaki Aoyagi, May 2000
(Abstract) / (PDF, 215.5kB)

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

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) / (PDF, 191.4kB)

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

00/025 - Promoting Competition in the Presence of Essential Facilities (pdf, 306.9kB)
Paul A Grout and In-Uck Park, August 2000
(Abstract) / (PDF, 306.9kB)

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

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

Benchmarking and Incentives in the NHS
Paul Grout, Andrew Jenkins and Carol Propper, May 2000
(PDF)

00/022 - Evaluating the 'Leverage Theory' of Product Bundling in the Context of Negotiations (pdf, 311.2kB)
Esther Gal-Or, January 2000
(Abstract) / (PDF, 311.2kB)

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
(Abstract) / (PDF, 490.6kB)

00/020 - Waiting Times for Hospital Admissions: the Impact of GP Fundholding (pdf, 178.7kB)
Carol Propper, Bronwyn Croxson and Arran Shearer, May 2000
(Abstract) / (PDF, 178.7kB)
published in Journal of Health Economics 21 (1) 227-252 (2002)

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

00/018 - Elected versus Appointed Regulators
Timothy Besley and Stephen Coate, February 2000
(Abstract) / (PDF)

99/017 - Market Provision of Public Goods: The Case of Broadcasting
Simon P Anderson and Stephen Coate, December 1999
(Abstract) / (PDF)

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
(Abstract) / (PDF, 291.3kB)

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
(Abstract) / (PDF, 148.9kB)

99/014 - Insurance Fraud and Optimal Claims Settlement Strategies: An Empirical Investigation of Liability Insurance Settlements,
Keith J Crocker and Sharon Tennyson, October 1999
(Abstract) / (PDF)

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
(Abstract) / (PDF, 762.6kB)
published in Economic Journal 111 (471) C180-C200 (2001)

99/012 - Pensions Policy in the UK (pdf, 112.5kB)
Ian Tonks, November 1999
(Abstract) / (PDF, 112.5kB)

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
(Abstract) / (PDF, 117kB)
published in Labour Economics 10 (3) 291-311 (2003)

99/010 - The Organisation of Government Bureaucracies: the Choice Between Competition and Single Agency (pdf, 147.4kB)
Maija Halonen and Carol Propper, May 1999
(Abstract) / (PDF, 147.4kB)

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
(Abstract) / (PDF, 86.2kB)
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
(Abstract) / (PDF, 89.8kB)

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

98/006 - Does the UK have a Private Welfare Class ? (pdf, 141kB)
Carol Propper and Tania Burchardt, January 1999
(Abstract) / (PDF, 141kB)

98/005 - Institutional Investors' Trading Profits in Auction and Dealer Markets (pdf, 213.6kB)
Andy Snell and Ian Tonks, December 1998
(Abstract) / (PDF, 213.6kB)

98/004 - Private Demand and Public Provision: The Case of Private Health Care in the UK (pdf, 182.5kB)
Carol Propper, December 1998
(Abstract) / (PDF, 182.5kB)

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
(Abstract) / (PDF, 696.4kB))

98/002 - The Economics of Career Concerns, Part I: Comparing Information Structures (pdf, 228.5kB)
Mathias Dewatripont, Ian Jewitt and Jean Tirole, November 1998
(Abstract) / (PDF, 228.5kB)

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
(Abstract) / (PDF, 87.8kB)
published in Journal of Public Economics 79 (2) 375-398 (2001)

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