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CEP Discussion Paper
Machiavelli Versus Concave Utility Functions: Should Bads Be Spread Out Or Concentrated? Paul Frijters, Christian Krekel and Aydogan Ulker March 2020
Paper No' CEPDP1680:
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JEL Classification: I31; D1; P35

Tags: wellbeing; mental health; life events; non-linearities; hedonic adaptation; welfare analysis

CEP Election Analysis
#GE2019Economists: The Research Evidence on Key issues for Voters in the 2019 UK General Election December 2019
Paper No' CEPEA056:
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Tags: uk 2019 general election; uk economy; labour market; brexit economics; immigration; social mobility; education and skills; people; places and politics; housing; energy and climate change; health and social care; policing and crime

CEP Discussion Paper
Widening the High School Curriculum to Include Soft Skill Training: Impacts on Health, Behaviour, Emotional Wellbeing and Occupational Aspirations Grace Lordan and Alistair McGuire July 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1630:
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JEL Classification: I18; I20

Tags: soft skills; health related quality of life; character; high school curriculum; personal; social; health and economic education

CEP Discussion Paper
Dirty Density: Air Quality and the Density of American Cities Felipe Carozzi and Sefi Roth
July 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1635:
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JEL Classification: Q53; R11; I10

Tags: air pollution; urban congestion; density; health

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Healthy Minds: the positive impact of a new school curriculum Grace Lordan and Alistair McGuire
July 2019
Paper No' CEPCP558:
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CentrePiece 24 (2) Summer 2019

Tags: healthy minds; hm; health education; uk secondary schools; social and emotional learning; relationships; healthy living

This article summarises the evaluation of Healthy Minds by Grace Lordan and Alistair McGuire

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Childhood circumstances and young adult outcomes: the role of parental financial problems
April 2019
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Tags: cep; economy and society; featured; lse comment; austerity; childhood poverty; economics; economy; education; housing; life chances; life outcomes; mental health; opportunities; outcomes; parents; poverty; resources

CentrePiece Article
Aid: it’s not just about the money Peter Boone
November 2018
Paper No' CEPCP542:
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CentrePiece 23 (3) Autumn 2018

Tags: education; health; africa; india; effective interventions

Journal Article
Life satisfaction, QALYs, and the monetary value of health Li Huang, Paul Frijters, Kim Dalziel and Philip Clarke
August 2018
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Tags: australia; life satisfaction; qaly; value of health; wellbeing;

CEP Discussion Paper
Medical Marijuana Laws and Mental Health in the United States Jörg Kalbfuß, Reto Odermatt and Alois Stutzer
May 2018
Paper No' CEPDP1546:
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JEL Classification: H75; I12; I18; I31; K42

Tags: medical marijuana laws; cannabis regulation; mental health; chronic pain; prescription drug monitoring

Journal Article
Do you have to win it to fix it?: A longitudinal study of lottery winners and their health-care demand Terence C. Cheng, Joan Costa Font and Nattavudh Powdthavee January 2018
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Tags: health care; income elasticity; lottery wins; public-private;

CEP Discussion Paper
Surprise! Out-of-Network Billing for Emergency Care in the United States Zack Cooper, Fiona Scott Morton and Nathan Shekita
December 2017
Paper No' CEPDP1524:
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JEL Classification: I11; I13; I18; L14

Tags: health care; emergency care; us; hospital; politics

CEP Discussion Paper
Politics, Hospital Behaviour and Health Care Spending Zack Cooper, Amanda Kowalski, Eleanor Neff Powell and Jennifer Wu
December 2017
Paper No' CEPDP1523:
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JEL Classification: I10; I18; H51; D72; P16

Tags: health care; us; hospital; politics

CEP Discussion Paper
Early-Life Correlates of Later-Life Well-Being: Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Andrew E. Clark and Tom Lee
November 2017
Paper No' CEPDP1512:
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JEL Classification: I31; I38

Tags: life-course; well-being; eudaimonia; health; happiness

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Social Tenants' Health: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Landlord Interventions Paul Cheshire, Stephen Gibbons and Jemma Mouland August 2017
Paper No' SERCDP0219:
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JEL Classification: I18; C93; R29

Tags: randomised control trial; social housing; health interventions

This paper has been published as:
'Social tenants' health: evaluating the effectiveness of landlord interventions', Paul Cheshire, Paul Cheshire, Stephen Gibbons and Jemma Mouland, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, Volume 72, Issue 5, May 2018

CEP Discussion Paper
The Key Determinants of Happiness and Misery Andrew E. Clark, Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee and George Ward June 2017
Paper No' CEPDP1485:
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JEL Classification: I31; I10

Tags: happiness; subjective wellbeing; life satisfaction; government; mental health

CEP Discussion Paper
The Hospital as a Multi-Product Firm: The Effect of Hospital Competition on Value-Added Indicators of Clinical Quality Matthew Skellern May 2017
Paper No' CEPDP1484:
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JEL Classification: C21; D21; H42; I11; I18; L1; L15; L32; R12

Tags: health care; hospital competition; price regulation; prospective reimbursement; patient choice; health care quality; vertical product quality; performance measurement; multi-tasking; value added

CEP Election Analysis
The NHS and Social Care: Prospects for Funding, Staffing and Performance into the 2020s Alistair McGuire
May 2017
Paper No' CEPEA037:
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Tags: 2017 general election; health; nhs; social care; healthcare; conservative government; labour party; liberal democrat party; brexit; health and social care act 2012

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CentrePiece Article
Origins of happiness Andrew Clark, Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee and George Ward
March 2017
Paper No' CEPCP497:
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CentrePiece 22 (1) Spring 2017

Tags: happiness; wellbeing; government; mental health

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
The Stimulative Effect of an Unconditional Block Grant on the Decentralized Provision of Care Mark Kattenberg and Wouter Vermeulen November 2016
Paper No' SERCDP0209:
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JEL Classification: H42; H51; H71; H75

Tags: intergovernmental transfers; flypaper effect; decentralization of health care

CentrePiece Article
In brief: Weekend opening of GP practices Peter Dolton and Vikram Pathania
October 2016
Paper No' CEPCP482:
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CentrePiece 21 (2) Autumn 2016

Tags: national health service; uk health service; doctors

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The ‘photo-finish effect’: when third place winners are happier than second
August 2016
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Tags: health and wellbeing; bronze medal; centre for economic performance; gold medal; london 2012; london school of economics; olympics; rio 2016; silver medal

CentrePiece Article
A shortage of nurses? David Metcalf
June 2016
Paper No' CEPCP476:
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CentrePiece 21 (1) Summer 2016

Tags: nhs; nursing; immigration; uk health sector; migration advisory committee; workforce; wages; trade unions

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CentrePiece Article
Misery and mental health Sarah Flèche and Richard Layard
February 2016
Paper No' CEPCP466:
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CentrePiece 20 (3) Winter 2015/2016

JEL Classification: I1; I3; I31; I32

Tags: mental health; life-satisfaction; wellbeing; poverty; unemployment

This article summarises ‘Do More of Those in Misery Suffer from Poverty, Unemployment or Mental Illness?’ by Sarah Flèche and Richard Layard, CEP Discussion Paper No.1356,June 2015.

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Taking Care of the Budget? Practice-level Outcomes during Commissioning Reforms in England Ted Pinchbeck
February 2016
Paper No' SERCDP0192:
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JEL Classification: H51; I11; I18; J44; C33

Tags: nhs reforms; commissioning; primary care; health care budgets

CEP Discussion Paper
The Price Ain't Right? Hospital Prices and Health Spending on the Privately Insured Zack Cooper, Stuart Craig, Martin Gaynor and John Van Reenen December 2015
Paper No' CEPDP1395:
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JEL Classification: Ill; L10; L11

Tags: health care; health spending; hospitals; prices; price dispersion; competition; market structure; mergers

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Making the world a happier place
September 2015
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Tags: economy and business; esrc at 50; health and wellbeing; centre for economic performance; esrc 50; happiness; health and wellbeing; richard layard; wellbeing

CEP Discussion Paper
Do More of those in Misery Suffer From Poverty, Unemployment or Mental Illness? Sarah Flèche and Richard Layard
June 2015
Paper No' CEPDP1356:
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JEL Classification: I1; I3; I31; I32

Tags: mental health; life-satisfaction; wellbeing; poverty; unemployment

CEP Election Analysis
A New Priority for Mental Health Richard Layard
May 2015
Paper No' CEPEA035:
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Tags: mental health; nhs; government policy

CEP Election Analysis
#ElectionEconomics: The Research Evidence on Key Issues for Voters in the 2015 UK General Election Ghazala Azmat, Brian Bell, Jonathan Colmer, Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Swati Dhingra, Christian Hilber, Stephen Machin, Alan Manning, Ralf Martin, Alistair McGuire, Sandra McNally, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Henry Overman, Isabelle Roland, Thomas Sampson, Anna Valero, John Van Reenen, Jonathan Wadsworth, Gill Wyness and Gabriel Zucman April 2015
Paper No' CEPEA034:
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Tags: 2015 uk general election; government policy; austerity; productivity; health; nhs; education; higher education; immigration; brexit; eu; inequality; real wages; unemployment; gender; management; productivity; uk housing; environment; climate change; uk cities; infrastructure; taxation

CEP Discussion Paper
Do You Have To Win It To Fix It? A Longitudinal Study of Lottery Winners and Their Health Care Demand Terence C. Cheng, Joan Costa Font and Nattavudh Powdthavee March 2015
Paper No' CEPDP1339:
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JEL Classification: H42; I11; D1

Tags: lottery wins; health care; income elasticity; public-private

CentrePiece Article
Policy for better mental health Richard Layard
October 2014
Paper No' CEPCP429:
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CentrePiece 19 (2) Autumn 2014

Tags: mental health; psychological therapy; government policy

This paper has been published as:
Thrive: The Power of Evidence Based Psychological Therapies by David M. Clark and Richard Layard, Penguin, 2014

CEP Discussion Paper
Education and Health Knowledge: Evidence from UK Compulsory Schooling Reforms David W. Johnston, Grace Lordan, Michael A. Shields and Agne Suziedelyte September 2014
Paper No' CEPDP1297:
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JEL Classification: I20; I10; I12

Tags: education; health; knowledge; compulsory schooling; causality

CEP Discussion Paper
Because I'm Worth It: A Lab-Field Experiment on the Spillover Effects of Incentives in Health Paul Dolan and Matteo M. Galizzi July 2014
Paper No' CEPDP1286:
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JEL Classification: C91; C93; D03; I10

Tags: incentives in health; spillover effects; licensing; hidden costs of incentives

CEP Discussion Paper
Wealth Shocks and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Stock Market Fluctuations Hannes Schwandt
July 2014
Paper No' CEPDP1281:
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JEL Classification: G10; I10; J14

Tags: retiree health; wealth shocks; stock market

CEP Discussion Paper
What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-Course Model of Well-Being Andrew E. Clark, Francesca Cornaglia, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee and James Vernoit October 2013
Paper No' CEPDP1245:
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JEL Classification: A12; D60; H00; I31

Tags: well-being; life-satisfaction; intervention; model; life-course; emotional health; conduct; intellectual performance; success

This paper has been published as:
What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-Course Model of WellBeing, Richard Layard, Andrew Clark, Francesca Cornaglia, Nattavudh Powdthavee and James Vernoit, Economic Journal, Feature Issue, Vol. 124, Issue 580, pp. F720-F738, November 2014
This paper has been published as:
Son of my Father? The Life-cycle Analysis of Well-being: Introduction, Andrew Clark, Economic Journal, Feature Issue, Vol. 124, Issue 580, November 2014

CEP Discussion Paper
Mental Illness and Unhappiness Dan Chisholm, Richard Layard, Vikram Patel and Shekhar Saxena
September 2013
Paper No' CEPDP1239:
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JEL Classification: I10; I14; I18

Tags: mental illness; welfare benefits; healthcare costs; life-satisfaction

CEP Discussion Paper
Winning Big But Feeling No Better? The Effect of Lottery Prizes on Physical and Mental Health Bénédicte Apouey and Andrew E. Clark July 2013
Paper No' CEPDP1228:
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JEL Classification: D1; I1; I3

Tags: income; self-assessed health; mental health; smoking; drinking

CentrePiece Article
Free to choose? The impact of healthcare reform Martin Gaynor, Carol Propper and Stephan Seiler
June 2013
Paper No' CEPCP397:
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CentrePiece 18 (1) Summer 2013

JEL Classification: D12; I11; I18; L13; L30

Tags: demand estimation; non-price competition; health economics; patient choice; health care reform

This article summarises 'Free to choose? Reform and demand response in the National Health Service' by Martin Gaynor, Carol Propper and Stephan Seiler, CEP Discussion Paper No.1179, November 2012

CEP Discussion Paper
The Marginal Income Effect of Education on Happiness: Estimating the Direct and Indirect Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Well-Being in Australia Warn N. Lekfuangfu, Nattavudh Powdthavee and Mark Wooden May 2013
Paper No' CEPDP1214:
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JEL Classification: I20; I32; C36

Tags: schooling; indirect effect; well-being; mental health; windfall income; hilda survey

This paper has been published as:
Whats the Good of Education on our Overall Quality of Life?, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Warn N. Lekfuangfu and Mark Wooden, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Volume 54, February 2015

CEP Discussion Paper
Mental Health: The New Frontier for Labour Economics Richard Layard
May 2013
Paper No' CEPDP1213:
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JEL Classification: I30; J30

Tags: mental health; wellbeing; employment

CEP Discussion Paper
Moving Up and Sliding Down: An Empirical Assessment of the Effect of Social Mobility on Subjective Wellbeing Paul Dolan and Grace Lordan February 2013
Paper No' CEPDP1190:
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JEL Classification: D31; D63; I1; I14; J60

Tags: income mobility; social mobility; inter-generational; life satisfaction; swb; subjective wellbeing; mental health

CEP Discussion Paper
Free to Choose? Reform and Demand Response in the English National Health Service Martin Gaynor, Carol Propper and Stephan Seiler November 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1179:
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JEL Classification: D12; I11; I18; L13; L30

Tags: demand estimation; non-price competition; health economics; patient choice; health care reform

This paper has been published as:
'Free to Choose? Reform, Choice, and Consideration Sets in the English National Health Service', Martin Gaynor, Carol Propper and Stephan Seiler, American Economic Review, 106(11), November 2016

CEP Discussion Paper
The Enduring Impact of Childhood Experience on Mental Health: Evidence Using Instrumented Co-Twin Data Rachel Berner Shalem, Francesca Cornaglia and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve November 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1175:
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JEL Classification: I10

Tags: mental health; childhood experience; twin study; instrumental variable analysis

CEP US Election Analysis
Healthcare Reform: The US Policy Debate Zack Cooper
October 2012
Paper No' CEPUSA003:
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Tags: usa; presidential election; politics; government policy; healthcare; public debt

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CEP Discussion Paper
Taxes, Cigarette Consumption, and Smoking Intensity: Reply Jérôme Adda and Francesca Cornaglia
September 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1167:
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JEL Classification: D12; H25; I12

Tags: tobacco; public health; compensatory behavior; excise taxes

CentrePiece Article
In brief: Mental illness and the NHS Richard Layard
September 2012
Paper No' CEPCP380:
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CentrePiece 17 (2) Autumn 2012

Tags: wellbeing; mental health; nhs; government policy

This article summarises 'How Mental Illness Loses Out in the NHS', a report by CEP's Mental Health Policy Group.

CEP Discussion Paper
Musn't Grumble. Immigration, Health and Health Service Use in the UK and Germany Jonathan Wadsworth
September 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1166:
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JEL Classification: H00; J00

Tags: immigration; health; health service

CEP Discussion Paper
A Cautionary Note on Using Industry Affiliation to Predict Income Jörn-Steffen Pischke and Hannes Schwandt
September 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1163:
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JEL Classification: D31; I14; I3; J31

Tags: industry wage differentials; health; happiness; intergenerational mobility

CEP Report
How Mental Illness Loses Out in the NHS A report by The Centre for Economic Performance's Mental Health Policy Group Richard Layard June 2012
Paper No' CEPSP26:
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Tags: nhs; health policy; wellbeing; mental health

CEE/Education and Skills Programme Discussion Paper
Mental Health and Education Decisions Francesca Cornaglia, Elena Crivellaro and Sandra McNally
February 2012
Paper No' CEEDP0136:
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JEL Classification: I1; I2

Tags: mental health; educational attainment; drop-out

CEP Discussion Paper
Do Cash Transfers Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence from Matched Vital Statistics, Social Security and Program Data Verónica Amarante, Marco Manacorda, Edward Miguel and Andrea Vigorito December 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1106:
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JEL Classification: J88; I38; J13

Tags: poverty relief program; maternal health; cash transfers; social assistance; uruguay; birth outcomes; low birthweight; cash transfer program; nutrition

CEP Discussion Paper
Does High Involvement Management Improve Worker Wellbeing? Alex Bryson, Petri Böckerman and Pekka Ilmakunnas
November 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1095:
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JEL Classification: I10; J28; J81; M52; M53; M54

Tags: health; subjective wellbeing; sickness absence; job satisfaction; pain; high involvement management; high performance work system; performance-related pay; training; team working; information sharing

CEP Discussion Paper
A Model for the Delivery of Evidence-Based PSHE (Personal Wellbeing) in Secondary Schools John Coleman, Daniel Hale and Richard Layard August 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1071:
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JEL Classification: I1; I18; I2

Tags: health education; social-emotional learning; life-skills; prevention

CentrePiece Article
In brief: Chernobyl: the long-term health and economic consequences Hartmut Lehmann and Jonathan Wadsworth
June 2011
Paper No' CEPCP342:
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CentrePiece 16 (1) Summer 2011

JEL Classification: H00; J00

Tags: chernobyl; health; labour market performance

This article summarises 'The Impact of Chernobyl on Health and Labour Market Performance' by Hartmut Lehmann and Jonathan Wadsworth, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1052.

CEP Discussion Paper
The Impact of Chernobyl on Health and Labour Market Performance Hartmut Lehmann and Jonathan Wadsworth
May 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1052:
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JEL Classification: H00; J00

Tags: chernobyl; health; labour market performance

CEP Discussion Paper
Crime and Mental Wellbeing Francesca Cornaglia and Andrew Leigh
April 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1049:
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JEL Classification: I18; K14; R28

Tags: neighbourhood effects; health; mental health; fear of crime

CentrePiece Article
In brief: Hospital performance: the impact of good management Nicholas Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, Rebecca Homkes, Dennis Layton, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen March 2011
Paper No' CEPCP330:
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CentrePiece 15 (3) Winter 2011

JEL Classification: I10;I18

Tags: health

This article summarises Management in Healthcare: Why Good Practice Really Matters by Stephen Dorgan, Dennis Layton, Nicholas Bloom, Rebecca Homkes, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen

CEP Discussion Paper
Did Vietnam Veterans Get Sicker in the 1990s? The Complicated Effects of Military Service on Self-Reported Health Joshua D. Angrist, Stacey H. Chen and Brigham R. Frandsen December 2010
Paper No' CEPDP1041:
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JEL Classification: H55; H59; I12; I38; J22

Tags: public economics; social security and public pensions; health; education; welfare; labour; demographic economics

CEP Discussion Paper
A Map of Mental Health Rachel Smithies
September 2010
Paper No' CEPDP0996:
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JEL Classification: H51; I19

Tags: mental health; nhs; mental health services; mental health staff; public health; expenditure

CentrePiece Article
Making the UK's aid budget work better Peter Boone
July 2010
Paper No' CEPCP309:
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CentrePiece 15 (1) Summer 2010

Tags: regional aid; health; education; poverty

CEP Election Analysis
CEP Election Analysis 2010 - The complete Series, discussing research on some of the key policy battlegrounds of the 2010 General Election April 2010
Paper No' CEPEA017:
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Tags: immigration; crime; education; health; banks; finance; jobs; unemployment; macroeconomics; public finances; urban renewal; housing; inequality; climate change

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CEP Election Analysis
Health: Higher Spending has Improved Quality, But Productivity Must Increase Zack Cooper and Alistair McGuire
April 2010
Paper No' CEPEA009:
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Tags: health; productivity; uk

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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Does Hospital Competition Save Lives? Evidence from the English NHS Patient Choice Reforms Zack Cooper, Steve Gibbons, Simon Jones and Alistair McGuire January 2010
Paper No' SERCDP0041:
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JEL Classification: I1; L1; R0

Tags: health care; quality; competition; choice; incentives; reimbursement

CEP Discussion Paper
Anatomy of a Health Scare: Education, Income and the MMR Controversy in the UK Dan Anderberg, Arnaud Chevalier and Jonathan Wadsworth May 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0929:
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JEL Classification: H42; I18

Tags: childhood vaccinations; health outcomes; education

CEP Discussion Paper
Long-Term Health Effects on the Next Generation of Ramadan Fasting During Pregnancy Reyn van Ewijk
April 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0926:
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JEL Classification: I2; I12; J1; J14

Tags: health; ramadan; pregnancy; nutrition; indonesia

CEP Discussion Paper
'The Value of Rude Health': Employees' Well Being, Absence and Workplace Performance David Marsden and Simone Moriconi
April 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0919:
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JEL Classification: J22; J28

Tags: time allocation; absenteeism; safety; accidents; industrial health

CEP Discussion Paper
Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Early Child Outcomes Emma Tominey
October 2007
Paper No' CEPDP0828:
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JEL Classification: I12; I18; J13; J24

Tags: smoking; pregnancy; child health; birth weight

CEE/Education and Skills Programme Discussion Paper
Sheepskin or Prozac: The Causal Effect of Education on Mental Health Arnaud Chevalier and L Feinstein
August 2006
Paper No' CEEDP0071:
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JEL Classification: I12; I29

Tags: returns to education; mental health