CVER | Publications

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The impact of public employment: evidence from West Germany's post-war capital Bonn Sascha O. Becker, Stephan Heblich and Daniel M. Sturm November 2020
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Tags: economic geography; public employment; private sector; west germany; bonn; spillovers; synthetic control

Journal article
Face-to-Face Communication in Organisations Diego Battiston, Jordi Blanes i Vidal and Tom Kirchmaier
October 2020
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JEL Classification: D23; M11

Tags: teamwork; face-to-face communication; help in organizations; queueing theory

CEP discussion paper
The social determinants of choice quality: evidence from health insurance in the Netherlands Benjamin Handel, Jonathan Kolstad, Thomas Minten and Johannes Spinnewijn October 2020
Paper No' CEPDP1724:
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Tags: health insurance; the netherlands; impure public goods

CEP discussion paper
Growing like China: firm performance and global production line position Davin Chor, Kalina Manova and Zhihong Yu
September 2020
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JEL Classification: F10; F14; F23; L23; L24; L25

Tags: global value chains; production line position; upstreamness; firm heterogeneity; firm lifecycle; china

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Minority report: the impact of predicted grades on university admissions of disadvantaged groups Richard Murphy and Gill Wyness July 2020
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JEL Classification: I22, I23, I28

Tags: higher education; university application; information; mismatch

CEP discussion paper
Why are pollution damages lower in developed countries? Insights from high income, high-particulate matter Hong Kong Jonathan Colmer, Dajun Lin, Siying Liu and Jay Shimshack July 2020
Paper No' CEPDP1702:
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JEL Classification: Q53; I15; Q56

Tags: particulate matter; marginal damages; infant health

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In-house and arms length: productivity heterogeneity and variation in organizational form Arturs Kalnins, Stephen F. Lin and Catherine Thomas May 2020
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JEL Classification: D23; F12; L23; D22

Tags: firm heterogeneity; firm structure; incomplete contracts; outsourcing

CEP discussion paper
Automation, globalization and vanishing jobs: a labor market sorting view Ester Faia, Sebastien Laffitte, Maximilian Mayer and Gianmarco Ottaviano May 2020
Paper No' CEPDP1695:
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JEL Classification: O33; O47; F16; F66; J64

Tags: automation; offshoring; two-sided heterogeneity; positive assortativity; wage inequality; horizontal specialization; core-task-biased technological change

CEP occasional paper
When to release the lockdown: A wellbeing framework for analysing costs and benefits Andrew Clark, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Daisy Fancourt, Nancy Hey, Christian Krekel, Richard Layard and Gus O'Donnell April 2020
Paper No' CEPOP49:
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JEL Classification: D6; D61; H12; I31

Tags: covid-19; wellbeing economics; cost-benefit analysis; health policy

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Measuring the impact of malfunctioning credit markets on productivity Timothy Besley, Isabelle Roland and John Van Reenen
March 2020
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Tags: the great recession; gdp; public policy

External publication
World Happiness Report 2020 Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, John Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey D. Sachs
March 2020
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Tags: happiness; wellbeing; mental health

CEP discussion paper
On the economic impacts of mortgage credit expansion policies: evidence from help to buy Felipe Carozzi, Christian Hilber and Xiaolun Yu March 2020
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JEL Classification: G28; H24; H81; R21; R28; R31; R38

Tags: help to buy; house prices; construction; housing supply; land use regulation

CEP discussion paper
Machiavelli versus concave utility functions: should bads be spread out or concentrated? Paul Frijters, Christian Krekel and Aydogan Ulker March 2020
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JEL Classification: I31; D1; P35

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

CentrePiece article
In brief...Mismatched students and universities Gill Wyness and colleagues find that many disadvantaged students attend less academically prestigious courses than their A-level attainment merits. Gill Wyness
March 2020
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CentrePiece 25 (1) Spring 2020

JEL Classification: I22; I23; I28

Tags: higher education; educational economics; college choice; mismatch; undermatch

This article summarises 'Inequalities in Student to Course Match: Evidence from Linked Administrative Data' by Stuart Campbell, Lindsey Macmillan, Richard Murphy and Gill Wyness, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1647

CentrePiece article
In brief...Swings and silicon roundabouts: does cluster policy work? Max Nathan evaluates a flagship programme set up a decade ago to accelerate the growth of East London's Tech City. Max Nathan
March 2020
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CentrePiece 25 (1) Spring 2020

JEL Classification: L53; L86; O31; R30; R50

Tags: cities; clusters; technology; economic development; synthetic controls

This article summarises 'Does Light Touch Cluster Policy Work? Evaluating the Tech City Programme' by Max Nathan, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1648

CEP discussion paper
Trade liberalization, input intermediaries and firm productivity: evidence from China Fabrice Defever, Michele Imbruno and Richard Kneller December 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1666:
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JEL Classification: F12; F13

Tags: firm heterogeneity; trade liberalization; intermediate inputs; productivity; intermediaries; china

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

Blog
Eurosceptic votes are less likely when EU interventions visibly boost local job markets Riccardo Crescenzi, Marco Di Cataldo and Mara Giua November 2019
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Tags: europe; eu funds; cohesion policy; brexit; euroscepticism; rdd

CEP discussion paper
Measuring and explaining management in schools: new approaches using public data Clare Leaver, Renata Lemos and Daniela Scur
October 2019
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JEL Classification: M5; I2; J3

Tags: management; teacher selection; teacher incentives; cross-country

Journal article
Geography, competition, and optimal multilateral trade policy Antonella Nocco, Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano and Matteo Salto
September 2019
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JEL Classification: D4;D6;F1;L0;L1

Tags: international trade policy; monopolistic competition; firm heterogeneity; pricing to market; multilateralism; productivity; globalisation; economic geography

Blog
Book Review: Social Mobility and its Enemies by Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin Ross Goldstone
September 2019
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Tags: cep; social mobility and its enemies; book review; lee elliot major; stephen machin

CEP discussion paper
Understanding day care enrolment gaps Jonas Jessen, Sophia Schmitz and Sevrin Waights
September 2019
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JEL Classification: I24; J13

Tags: child care; early education; inequality; socio—economic status; discrimination; synthetic control

Journal article
The end of free college in England: Implications for enrolments, equity, and quality Richard Murphy, Judith Scott-Clayton and Gill Wyness August 2019
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Tags: financial aid; higher education; inequality; tuition fees;

CEP discussion paper
Does light touch cluster policy work? Evaluating the tech city programme Max Nathan
August 2019
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JEL Classification: L53; L86; O31; R30; R50

Tags: cities; clusters; technology; economic development; synthetic controls

CEP discussion paper
Inequalities in student to course match: evidence from linked administrative data Stuart Campbell, Lindsey Macmillan, Richard Murphy and Gill Wyness August 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1647:
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JEL Classification: I22; I23; I28

Tags: higher education; educational economics; college choice; mismatch; undermatch; education

CEP discussion paper
Does e-commerce reduce traffic congestion? Evidence from Alibaba Single Day shopping event Cong Peng
August 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1646:
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JEL Classification: R4; O3

Tags: e-commerce; traffic congestion; heterogeneous consumers; shopping vehicle demand; air pollution

CEP discussion paper
Innovation union: costs and benefits of innovation policy coordination Teodora Borota, Fabrice Defever and Giammario Impullitti August 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1640:
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JEL Classification: O41; O31; O38; F12; F42 F43

Tags: optimal innovation policy; growth theory; international policy coordination; eu integration; fdi spillovers

CEP discussion paper
Voting with their money: Brexit and outward investment by UK firms Holger Breinlich, Elsa Leromain, Dennis Novy and Thomas Sampson July 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1637:
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JEL Classification: F15; F21; F23

Tags: brexit; foreign direct investment; synthetic control method

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
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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

CentrePiece article
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

Blog
Changing Aspirations and Outcomes in Post-16 Education Steven McIntosh
June 2019
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Tags: augar; further education; fe; higher education; he

CEP discussion paper
Why unions: understanding how unions overcome the free-rider problem Richard Murphy
June 2019
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JEL Classification: J51; J45; J32

Tags: unions; teachers; media; insurance

Journal article
The changing returns to crime: do criminals respond to prices? Mirko Draca, Theodore Koutmeridis and Stephen Machin
May 2019
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Tags: illegal behavior; the enforcement of law; crime

CEP discussion paper
Tales of the city: what do agglomeration cases tell us about agglomeration in general? Giulia Faggio, Olmo Silva and William C. Strange May 2019
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JEL Classification: R10; R12; L52; L60

Tags: agglomeration; microfoundations; heterogeneity; industrial clusters

Blog
Childhood circumstances and young adult outcomes: the role of parental financial problems Marta Barazzetta, Andrew E. Clark and Conchita D'Ambrosio 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

Journal article
Poorly Measured Confounders are More Useful on the Left than on the Right Zhuan Pei, Jörn-Steffen Pischke and Hannes Schwandt
April 2019
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JEL Classification: C31;C52;

Tags: balancing; hausman test; robustness checks; specification testing; variable addition;

Journal article
Carry-along trade Andrew B. Bernard, Emily Blanchard, Ilke Van Beveren and Hylke Vandenbussche
March 2019
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JEL Classification: F12;F13;F14;L11

Tags: demand-scope complementarity; exporting; heterogeneous firms; intermediation; multi-product firms; productivity; sourcing;

CEP discussion paper
Geography, competition and optimal multilateral trade policy Antonella Nocco, Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano and Matteo Salto
March 2019
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JEL Classification: D4; D6; F1; L0; L1

Tags: international trade policy; monopolistic competition; firm heterogeneity; pricing to market; multilateralism

Journal article
The Economic Impact of Universities: Evidence from Across the Globe Anna Valero and John Van Reenen
February 2019
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Tags: universities; growth; human capital; innovation; higher education

Journal article
Hospital prices grew substantially faster than physician prices for hospital-based care in 2007-14 Zack Cooper, Stuart Craig, Martin Gaynor, Nir J. Harish, Harlan M. Krumholz and John Van Reenen February 2019
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Tags: healthcare spending; hospitals; inpatient care; insurance claims; organization of care; physician payment;

Journal article
Variation in health spending growth for the privately insured from 2007 to 2014 Zack Cooper, Stuart Craig, Martin Gaynor, Charles Gray and John Van Reenen February 2019
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Tags: health spending; insurance claims; hospital referral; medicare

CEP discussion paper
Globalization and state capitalism: assessing Vietnam's accession to the WTO Leonardo Baccini, Giammario Impullitti and Edmund J. Malesky January 2019
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JEL Classification: F12; F13; F14; P31; P33

Tags: state-owned enterprises; state capitalism; heterogeneous firms; gains from trade; wto; vietnam

CEP discussion paper
The origins of firm heterogeneity: a production network approach Andrew B. Bernard, Emmanuel Dhyne, Glenn Magerman, Kalina Manova and Andreas Moxnes January 2019
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JEL Classification: F10; F12; F16

Tags: production networks; productivity; firm size heterogeneity

Journal article
Tall buildings and land values: Height and construction cost elasticities in Chicago, 1870-2010 Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt and Daniel P. McMillen December 2018
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Tags: cities; chicago; density; height; land value; skyscraper

CEP discussion paper
Technology, market structure and the gains from trade Giammario Impullitti, Omar Licandro and Pontus Rendahl
December 2018
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JEL Classification: F12; F13; O31; O41

Tags: gains from trade; heterogeneous firms; oligopoly; innovation; endogenous markups; endogenous market structure

CentrePiece article
Aid: it’s not just about the money Peter Boone
November 2018
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CentrePiece 23 (3) Autumn 2018

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

CentrePiece article
Universities and industrial strategy in the UK Ghazala Azmat, Richard Murphy, Anna Valero and Gill Wyness
November 2018
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CentrePiece 23 (3) Autumn 2018

Tags: higher education; universities; industrial strategy; growth; innovation

This article summarises ‘Universities and Industrial Strategy in the UK: Review of Evidence and Implications for Policy’, by Ghazala Azmat, Richard Murphy, Anna Valero and Gill Wyness, CEP Industrial Strategy Paper No. 6, October 2018

CEP discussion paper
In-house and arms length: productivity heterogeneity and variation in organizational form Arturs Kalnins, Stephen F. Lin and Catherine Thomas October 2018
Paper No' CEPDP1579:
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JEL Classification: D23; F12; L23; D22

Tags: firm heterogeneity; firm structure; incomplete contracts; outsourcing

CEP industrial strategy paper
Universities and industrial strategy in the UK: review of evidence and implications for policy Ghazala Azmat, Richard Murphy, Anna Valero and Gill Wyness October 2018
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JEL Classification: I23; I26; J24; O25; O30

Tags: higher education; universities; industrial strategy; growth; innovation; education

CEP discussion paper
Fiscal and education spillovers from charter school expansion Matthew Ridley and Camille Terrier
September 2018
Paper No' CEPDP1577:
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JEL Classification: C10; C36; H23; H39; H75; I21; I22; I28

Tags: charter school; competition; fiscal spillover; achievement; synthetic control

CEP discussion paper
Teacher effectiveness and classroom composition Esteban M. Aucejo, Patrick Coate, Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, Sean Kelly and Zachary Mozenter September 2018
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JEL Classification: I2; I20; I21

Tags: teacher; practices; peer effects; effectiveness; education

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
Who teaches the teachers? A RCT of peer-to-peer observation and feedback in 181 schools Richard Murphy, Felix Weinhardt and Gill Wyness August 2018
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JEL Classification: I21; I28; M53

Tags: education; teachers; rct; peer mentoring

CentrePiece article
Higher education funding reforms in England Ghazala Azmat and Stefania Simion
July 2018
Paper No' CEPCP536:
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CentrePiece 23 (2) Summer 2018

JEL Classification: I22; I23; I29; J30

Tags: higher education; tuition fees; means-tested support; career choices; career outcomes

This article summarises ‘Higher Education Funding Reforms: A Comprehensive Analysis of Educational and Labour Market Outcomes in England’ by Ghazala Azmat and Stefania Simion, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1529, February 2018.

CEP discussion paper
Currency unions, trade and heterogeneity Natalie Chen and Dennis Novy
June 2018
Paper No' CEPDP1550:
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JEL Classification: F14; F15; F33

Tags: currency unions; euro; gravity; heterogeneity; trade costs; trade elasticity; translog

Journal article
Changing how literacy is taught: evidence on synthetic phonics Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally and Martina Viarengo
May 2018
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JEL Classification: JEL I21, I24, I28

Tags: schools; synthetic phonics; low literacy

Journal article
The buyer margins of firms’ exports Jerónimo Carballo, Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano and Christian Volpe Martincus
May 2018
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Tags: competition; firm heterogeneity; import-export relations; selection; taste heterogeneity; globalisation

CEP discussion paper
Medical marijuana laws and mental health in the United States Jörg Kalbfuß, Reto Odermatt and Alois Stutzer
May 2018
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JEL Classification: H75; I12; I18; I31; K42

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

CEP discussion paper
Firm-to-firm connections in Colombian imports Andrew B. Bernard, Esther Ann Bøler and Swati Dhingra
April 2018
Paper No' CEPDP1543:
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JEL Classification: F14

Tags: exporters; importers; gravity; export growth; margins of trade; heterogeneous firms

CEP discussion paper
Poorly measured confounders are more useful on the left than on the right Zhuan Pei, Jörn-Steffen Pischke and Hannes Schwandt
April 2018
Paper No' CEPDP1539:
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JEL Classification: C31; C52

Tags: balancing; variable addition; robustness checks; specification testing; hausman test

Journal article
‘Making it count’: incentives, student effort and performance Arnaud Chevalier, Peter Dolton and Melanie Lührmann
February 2018
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Tags: effort; effort displacement; higher education; incentive;

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Cohesion Policy Incentives for Collaborative Industrial Research. The Evaluation of a Smart Specialisation Forerunner Programme Riccardo Crescenzi, Mara Giua and Guido de Blasio February 2018
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JEL Classification: O18; R11; R58

Tags: cohesion policy; smart specialisation; policy evaluation; innovation; european union

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
One or Many Cohesion Policies of the European Union? On the Diverging Impacts of Cohesion Policy across Member States Riccardo Crescenzi and Mara Giua February 2018
Paper No' SERCDP0230:
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JEL Classification: O18; R11; R58

Tags: cohesion policy; european union; regions; growth; employment

CEP discussion paper
Teacher turnover: does it matter for pupil achievement? Stephen Gibbons, Vincenzo Scrutinio and Shqiponja Telhaj
February 2018
Paper No' CEPDP1530:
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JEL Classification: H4; I2; J24

Tags: teachers; turnover; student attainment; schools

CEP discussion paper
Higher education funding reforms: a comprehensive analysis of educational and labour market outcomes in England Ghazala Azmat and Stefania Simion February 2018
Paper No' CEPDP1529:
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JEL Classification: I22; I23; I29; J30

Tags: higher education; tuition fees; means-tested support; career choices; career outcomes; education

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
Oil discoveries and education spending in the Postbellum South Stephan E. Maurer
January 2018
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JEL Classification: I2; N3; Q3

Tags: oil; education; race; rosenwald; local public finances; resource booms; teachers

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
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JEL Classification: I10; I18; H51; D72; P16

Tags: health care; us; hospital; politics

CEP discussion paper
It's time to learn: understanding the differences in returns to instruction time Andrés Barrios Fernandez and Giulia Bovini
December 2017
Paper No' CEPDP1521:
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JEL Classification: I28; I24; I20

Tags: instruction time; education reform; heterogeneous effects; charter schools

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

CEP discussion paper
Structural adjustments and international trade: theory and evidence from China Hanwei Huang, Jiandong Ju and Vivian Z. Yue
November 2017
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JEL Classification: F12; L16

Tags: structural adjustments; comparative advantage; heterogeneous firm

Submissions to parliamentary inquiries and government consultations
CVER Submission to Economic Affairs Committee - Economics of higher, further and technical education inquiry Sandra McNally October 2017
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Tags: post-16; further education; training

CEP discussion paper
Twin peaks Fabrice Defever and Alejandro Riaño
October 2017
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JEL Classification: F12; F14; C12; O50

Tags: exports; export intensity distribution; bimodality; firm heterogeneity

CEP discussion paper
Efficiency in large markets with firm heterogeneity Swati Dhingra and John Morrow
October 2017
Paper No' CEPDP1502:
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JEL Classification: F1; L1; D6

Tags: efficiency; productivity; limit theorem; market expansion; competition

CEP discussion paper
The end of free college in England: implications for quality, enrolments and equity Richard Murphy, Judith Scott-Clayton and Gill Wyness October 2017
Paper No' CEPDP1501:
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JEL Classification: I22; I23; I28

Tags: higher education; financial aid; tuition fees; inequality; education

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

CentrePiece article
The end of free college in England Richard Murphy, Judith Scott-Clayton and Gill Wyness
July 2017
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CentrePiece 22 (2) Summer 2017

Tags: free college; further education; policy; education finance

This article summarises ‘Lessons from the End of Free College in England’ by Richard Murphy, Judith Scott-Clayton and Gill Wyness, published by Brookings.

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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Journal article
A Characteristics Approach to Optimal Taxation: Line Drawing and Tax-Driven Product Innovation Christian Gillitzer, Henrik Kleven and Joel Slemrod April 2017
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JEL Classification: H21

Tags: productivity; notches; tax design

Blog
How English care homes have coped with the National Living Wage Giulia Giupponi and Stephen Machin
April 2017
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Tags: economy and business; public services; society; care homes; centre for economic performance; cep; employees; england; giulia giupponi; low pay commission; minimum wage; national living wage; nlw; stephen machin; wages; workers

CEP discussion paper
What’s in a name? Expectations, heuristics and choice during a period of radical school reform Marco Bertoni, Stephen Gibbons and Olmo Silva April 2017
Paper No' CEPDP1477:
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JEL Classification: I21; H75; C23; D03

Tags: school reform; choice and autonomy; parental preferences; heuristic-based decision making

CEP discussion paper
Teacher quality, test scores and non-cognitive skills: evidence from primary school teachers in the UK Sarah Flèche
March 2017
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JEL Classification: I21; J00

Tags: teacher quality; test scores; non-cognitive skills; long-run impacts; teaching practices; alspac

CentrePiece article
Does teacher turnover affect young people's academic achievement? Steve Gibbons, Vincenzo Scrutinio and Shqiponja Telhaj
March 2017
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CentrePiece 22 (1) Spring 2017

Tags: teacher turnover; student performance

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Origins of happiness Andrew Clark, Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee and George Ward
March 2017
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CentrePiece 22 (1) Spring 2017

Tags: happiness; wellbeing; government; mental health

Journal article
Do More of Those in Misery Suffer from Poverty, Unemployment or Mental Illness? Sarah Flèche and Richard Layard
February 2017
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Tags: wellbeing; mental health

Book
Origins of Happiness
January 2017
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Tags: happiness; wellbeing; government; mental health

CentrePiece article
In brief... Social mobility in the United States Maria Molina-Domene
December 2016
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Tags: social mobility; usa; uk; raj chetty

CentrePiece article
In brief... Fear of fracking: the impact on UK house prices Stephen Gibbons, Stephan Heblich, Esther Lho and Christopher Timmins December 2016
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CentrePiece 21 (3) Winter 2016

JEL Classification: Q5; Q42; Q51

Tags: shale gas; fracturing; property valuation; housing prices; consumer expectation; hedonic price; united kingdom

This article summarises ‘Fear of Fracking: The Impact of the Shale Gas Exploration on House Prices in Britain’ by Steve Gibbons, Stephan Heblich, Esther Lho and Christopher Timmins, Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC)Discussion Paper No. 207, October 2016.

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

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Fear of Fracking? The Impact of the Shale Gas Exploration on House Prices in Britain Steve Gibbons, Stephan Heblich, Esther Lho and Christopher Timmins October 2016
Paper No' SERCDP0207:
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JEL Classification: Q5; Q42; Q51

Tags: shale gas; fracturing; property valuation; housing prices; consumer expectation; hedonic price; united kingdom

CEP discussion paper
Trade and the size distribution of firms: evidence from the German Empire Marcus Biermann
October 2016
Paper No' CEPDP1450:
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JEL Classification: F14; F15

Tags: firm size distribution; firm heterogeneity; technology adoption; german empire

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In brief: Powerhouse of cards? Neil Lee
October 2016
Paper No' CEPCP485:
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CentrePiece 21 (2) Autumn 2016

Tags: regional disparities; northern powerhouse; george osborne; infrastructure; investment; devolution

This article summarises ‘Powerhouse of Cards? Understanding the “Northern Powerhouse”’ by Neil Lee, Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC/Urban Programme) Policy Paper No. 14, January 2016.

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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 Laura Kudrna
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

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Austerity States, Institutional Dismantling and the Governance of Sub-National Economic Development: The Demise of the Regional Development Agencies in England Mike Coombes, Peter O'Brien, Andy Pike and John Tomaney August 2016
Paper No' SERCDP0206:
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JEL Classification: H70; O10; O20; R58

Tags: austerity; institutions; the state; governance; economic development; regional development agencies; england

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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

For further details, see the MAC’s report , published in March 2016.

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in brief... Children's reading: evaluating a new teaching method Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally and Martina Viarengo
June 2016
Paper No' CEPCP472:
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CentrePiece 21 (1) Summer 2016

Tags: education; synthetic phonics; reading; education attainment; government policy

This article summarises ‘“Teaching to Teach” Literacy’ by Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally and Martina Viarengo, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1425, April 2016.

CEP discussion paper
Does competition from private surgical centres improve public hospitals' performance? Evidence from the English National Health Service Zack Cooper, Stephen Gibbons and Matthew Skellern June 2016
Paper No' CEPDP1434:
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JEL Classification: C23; H57; I11; L1; L33; R12

Tags: hospital competition; public-private competition; market entry; market structure; outsourcing; hospital efficiency; risk selection; cherry picking

CEP discussion paper
Protectionism through exporting: subsidies with export share requirements in China Fabrice Defever and Alejandro Riaño
May 2016
Paper No' CEPDP1431:
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JEL Classification: F12; F13; O47

Tags: export share requirements; export subsidies; trade policy; heterogeneous firms; china

CEP discussion paper
Exporter dynamics and partial-year effects Andrew B. Bernard, Renzo Massari, Jose-Daniel Reyes and Daria Taglioni
May 2016
Paper No' CEPDP1430:
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JEL Classification: F14; C81; D22

Tags: export entry; export growth; margins of trade; heterogeneous firms

CEP discussion paper
Estimating border effects: the impact of spatial aggregation Cletus C. Coughlin and Dennis Novy
May 2016
Paper No' CEPDP1429:
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JEL Classification: F10; F15; R12

Tags: gravity; geography; borders; trade costs; heterogeneity; home bias; spatial attenuation; modifiable areal unit problem (maup)

CEP discussion paper
Two-sided heterogeneity and Trade Andrew B. Bernard, Andreas Moxnes and Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe
April 2016
Paper No' CEPDP1426:
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JEL Classification: F10; F12; F14

Tags: heterogeneous firms; exporters; importers; sourcing costs; trade elasticity

This paper has been published as:
'Two-Sided Heterogeneity and Trade', Andrew B Bernard, Andreas Moxnes and Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe, Review of Economics and Statistics, Volume 100, Issue 3, July 2018

CEP discussion paper
Global firms Andrew B. Bernard, J. Bradford Jensen, Stephen J. Redding and Peter K. Schott
April 2016
Paper No' CEPDP1420:
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JEL Classification: L11; L21; L25; L60

Tags: firm heterogeneity; international trade; multinationals; multi-product firms

This paper has been published as:
'Global Firms', Andrew B Bernard, J. Bradford Jensen, Stephen J Redding and Peter K Schott, Journal of Economic Literature, Volumn 56, Issue 2, June 2018

CEP discussion paper
Models of affective decision-making: how do feelings predict choice? Caroline J. Charpentier, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Jonathan P. Roiser and Tali Sharot February 2016
Paper No' CEPDP1408:
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JEL Classification: D01; D03; D81

Tags: decision-making; feelings; subjective well-being; value; utility; prospect theory

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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.

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In brief... The rewards for getting a good degree Robin Naylor, Jeremy Smith and Shqiponja Telhaj
February 2016
Paper No' CEPCP464:
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CentrePiece 20 (3) Winter 2015/2016

JEL Classification: J31; J24; I23; D82

Tags: graduate returns; higher education participation; ability composition

This article summarises ‘Graduate Returns, Degree Class Premia and Higher Education Expansion in the UK’ by Robin Naylor, Jeremy Smith and Shqiponja Telhaj, CEP Discussion Paper No.1392, November 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

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Policy Paper
Powerhouse of Cards? Understanding the 'Northern Powerhouse' Neil Lee
January 2016
Paper No' SERCPP014:
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JEL Classification: R1; R12; R58

Tags: agglomeration; rebalancing; northern powerhouse; north-south divide

CEP discussion paper
Testing means-tested aid Richard Murphy and Gill Wyness
December 2015
Paper No' CEPDP1396:
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JEL Classification: I22; I23; I28

Tags: higher education; education; financial aid; degree completion

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

CEP discussion paper
Graduate returns, degree class premia and higher education expansion in the UK Robin Naylor, Jeremy Smith and Shqiponja Telhaj November 2015
Paper No' CEPDP1392:
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JEL Classification: J31; J24; I23; D82

Tags: graduate returns; higher education participation; ability composition; education

This paper has been published as:
Graduate returns, degree class premia and higher education expansion in the UK, Robin Naylor, Jeremy Smith and Shqiponja Telhaj, Oxford Economic Papers, Volume 68, Issue 2, April 2016

CEP discussion paper
Contracting and the division of the gains from trade Andrew B. Bernard and Swati Dhingra
October 2015
Paper No' CEPDP1381:
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JEL Classification: F10; F12; F14

Tags: heterogeneous firms; exporters; importers; vertical integration; contracts; consumer welfare

CEP discussion paper
How firms export: processing vs. ordinary trade with financial frictions Kalina Manova and Zhihong Yu
October 2015
Paper No' CEPDP1377:
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JEL Classification: F10; F13; F14; F23; F34; G32

Tags: china; trade regime; processing trade; global value chain; credit constraints; heterogeneous firms

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Making the world a happier place Richard Layard
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

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
The Role of Education for Amenity Based Sorting in British Cities Luisa Gagliardi and Teresa Schlüter
September 2015
Paper No' SERCDP0184:
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JEL Classification: R23; R22; J24

Tags: neighborhood characteristics; sorting; amenities; skills; local labour markets; hedonic pricing

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
The Vertical City: The Price of Land and the Height of Buildings in Chicago 1870-2010 Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt and Daniel P. McMillen July 2015
Paper No' SERCDP0180:
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JEL Classification: R20; R30

Tags: chicago; density; height; land value; skyscraper

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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The NHS: Promises and productivity John Van Reenen
April 2015
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Tags: alistair mcguire; cep; featured; john van reenen; public services and the welfare state

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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CEP election analysis
Paying for Higher Education Gill Wyness
March 2015
Paper No' CEPEA026:
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Tags: higher education; university fees; government policy; post graduate; #electioneconomics

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

Journal article
What predicts a successful life? A life-course model of well-being Andrew E. Clark, Francesca Cornaglia, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee and James Vernoit November 2014
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Tags: wellbeing; life-satisfaction; intervention; model; life-course; emotional health; conduct; intellectual performance; success

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Asymptotic Properties of Imputed Hedonic Price Indices Olivier Schöni
October 2014
Paper No' SERCDP0166:
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JEL Classification: C21; C43; C53; C58

Tags: price indices; hedonic regression; imputation; asymptotic theory

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
Assessing the Effect of School Days and Absences on Test Score Performance Esteban Aucejo and Teresa Foy Romano
September 2014
Paper No' CEPDP1302:
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JEL Classification: I20

Tags: absences; days; schools; teachers

CEP discussion paper
Patents and the Global Diffusion of New Drugs Iain Cockburn, Jean O. Lanjouw and Mark Schankerman
September 2014
Paper No' CEPDP1298:
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JEL Classification: O31; O33; O34; O38; I15; I18; K19; L65

Tags: patents; pharmaceuticals; diffusion; drug launches; price regulation

This paper has been published as:
Patents and the Global Diffusion of New Drugs, Iain M. Cockburn, Jean O. Lanjouw and Mark Schankerman, American Economic Association, Vol 106, No.1, January 2016

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
What is 'Firm Heterogeneity' in Trade Models? The Role of Quality, Scope, Markups and Cost Colin Hottman, Stephen J. Redding and David E. Weinstein September 2014
Paper No' CEPDP1294:
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JEL Classification: L11; L21; L25; L60

Tags: firm heterogeneity; multiproduct firms; cannibalization effects

This paper has been published as:
Quantifying the Sources of Firm Heterogeneity, Colin J. Hottman, Stephen J. Redding and David E. Weinstein, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 131, Issue 3, August 2016

CEP discussion paper
Dynamic Selection: An Idea Flows Theory of Entry, Trade and Growth Thomas Sampson
August 2014
Paper No' CEPDP1288:
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JEL Classification: F12; O41

Tags: international trade; firm heterogeneity; technology diffusion; endogenous growth

This paper has been published as:
Dynamic Selection: An Idea Flows Theory of Entry, Trade, and Growth, Thomas Sampson, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 131, Issue 1, February 2016

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
Reconciling Observed Tariffs and the Median Voter Model Swati Dhingra
July 2014
Paper No' CEPDP1285:
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JEL Classification: F11; F13; F59

Tags: median voter; trade policy; heckscher ohlin; terms of trade; wto

This paper has been published as:
Reconciling observed tariffs and the median voter model, Swati Dhingra, Economics & Politics, Volume 26, Issue3, November 2014

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

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Leaving the European Union would likely have a significant negative impact on the UK’s economy Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson and John Van Reenen May 2014
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Tags: gianmarco ottaviano; joão paulo pessoa; john van reenen; lse comment; thomas sampson; brexit; cost to uk economy of leaving the eu; uk

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In brief - New technology: who wins, who loses? John Van Reenen, Nicholas Bloom, Luis Garicano and Raffaella Sadun
May 2014
Paper No' CEPCP418:
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CentrePiece 19 (1) Spring 2014

JEL Classification: O31; O32; O33; F23

Tags: organisation; delegation; information technology; communication technology; the theory of the firm

This article summarises 'The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organisation' by Nicholas Bloom, Luis Garicano, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen, CEP Discussion Paper No. 927, May 2009. Revised June 2013.

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In brief: Mrs Thatcher's industrial legacy John Van Reenen
February 2014
Paper No' CEPCP414:
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CentrePiece 18 (3) Winter 2014

Tags: industrial policy; margaret thatcher; economy; growth; productivity

This paper has been published as:
Chapter 1 in Investing for Prosperity: A Manifesto for Growth(2013)edited by Tim Besley and John Van Reenen.

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Economics of higher education Richard Murphy and Gill Wyness
February 2014
Paper No' CEPCP412:
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CentrePiece 18 (3) Winter 2014

Tags: higher education; uk; government policy

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The state of the UK economy: Diagnosis, prognosis and recommended treatment John Van Reenen
January 2014
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Tags: john van reenen; lse comment; the euro; european economics; finance; business and regulation; economic growth; economics; infrastructure; uk; uk economy; unemployment

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Heterogeneous Agglomeration Giulia Faggio, Olmo Silva and William C. Strange
January 2014
Paper No' SERCDP0152:
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JEL Classification: R00; R28

Tags: agglomeration; microfoundations; heterogeneity; clusters

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Urban Renewal after the Berlin Wall Gabriel M. Ahfeldt, Wolfgang Maennig and Felix J. Richter
December 2013
Paper No' SERCDP0151:
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JEL Classification: D62; H23; R21; R31

Tags: urban; renewal; revitalization; redevelopment; hedonic regression; quasi-experiment

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
No Escape? The Co-ordination Problem in Heritage Preservation Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt and Nancy Holman
October 2013
Paper No' SERCDP0145:
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JEL Classification: R52; D23; C7

Tags: designation; england; heritage; property value; prisoner’s dilemma

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

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Game of Zones: The Economics of Conservation Areas Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Kristoffer Moeller, Sevrin Waights and Nicolai Wendland September 2013
Paper No' SERCDP0143:
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JEL Classification: H23; H31; R40; R58

Tags: designation; difference-in-difference; rdd-dd; england; gentrification; heritage; property value

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Student Satisfaction, League Tables and University Applications Stephen Gibbons, Eric Neumayer and Richard Perkins
September 2013
Paper No' SERCDP0142:
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JEL Classification: I2; D8

Tags: student satisfaction; higher education; information; university choice

This paper has been published as:
'Game of Zones: the Political Economy of Conservation Areas', Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Kristoffer Moeller, Sevrin Waights and Nicolai Wendland, The Economic Journal, Volume 127, Issue 605, October 2017

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

Journal article
Unemployment in the Great Recession Christopher A. Pissarides
July 2013
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Tags: unemployment; germany; usa; uk; recession; the great recession 2008

CEP discussion paper
The Buyer Margins of Firms' Exports Jerónimo Carballo, Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano and Christian Volpe Martincus
July 2013
Paper No' CEPDP1234:
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JEL Classification: F12; F14

Tags: firm heterogeneity; taste heterogeneity; import-export relations; competition; selection

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

CEP discussion paper
Enhancing Recovery Rates: Lessons from Year One of the English Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme David M. Clark, Alex Gyani, Richard Layard and Roz Shafran July 2013
Paper No' CEPDP1227:
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JEL Classification: I12; I18

Tags: mental illness; depression; anxiety; cognitive behavioural therapy

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Small isn’t always beautiful: The cost of regulation on French firms Luis Garicano and John Van Reenen
June 2013
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Tags: john van reenen; luis garicano; the euro; european economics; finance; business and regulation; west europe; firms; france; regulation.

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UK Spending Review 2013: A triumph of politics over reason? John Van Reenen
June 2013
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Tags: john van reenen; the euro; european economics; finance; business and regulation; budget; economics; spending cuts; spending review; uk; uk economy

CEP discussion paper
Molecular Genetics and Subjective Well-Being Meike Bartels, Daniel J. Benjamin, David Cesarini, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Magnus Johannesson, Philipp D. Koellinger, Robert F. Krueger, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Nancy L. Pedersen, Cornelius A. Rietveld and Henning Tiemeier June 2013
Paper No' CEPDP1225:
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JEL Classification: D03; D60

Tags: subjective well-being; heritability; genetics; greml

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

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In brief: China's trading success: the role of pure exporter subsidies Fabrice Defever and Alejandro Riaño
June 2013
Paper No' CEPCP396:
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JEL Classification: F12; F13; O47

Tags: trade policy; export subsidies; heterogeneous firms; china

This article summarises 'China's pure exporter subsidies' by Fabrice Defever and Alejandro Riano, CEP Discussion Paper No.1182, December 2012.

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Urbanity Gabriel M. Ahfeldt
May 2013
Paper No' SERCDP0136:
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JEL Classification: R20; R30

Tags: amenities; consumer city; hedonic analysis; photography geography; property prices

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
Debt and Incomplete Financial Markets: A Case for Nominal GDP Targeting Kevin D. Sheedy
May 2013
Paper No' CEPDP1209:
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JEL Classification: E21; E31; E44; E52

Tags: incomplete markets; heterogeneous agents; risk sharing; nominal gdp targeting

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The economic legacy of Margaret Thatcher is a mixed bag John Van Reenen
April 2013
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Tags: economy; john van reenen; margaret thatcher; thatcherism; uk

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No Triple Dip does not mean a good recovery for the UK John Van Reenen
April 2013
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Tags: john van reenen; the euro; european economics; finance; business and regulation; welfare states and public services; west europe; economy; growth; recession; uk

CEP discussion paper
Monopolistic Competition and Optimum Product Selection: Why and How Heterogeneity Matters Antonella Nocco, Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano and Matteo Salto April 2013
Paper No' CEPDP1206:
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JEL Classification: D4; D6; F1; L0; L1

Tags: monopolistic competition; product diversity; heterogeneity; selection; welfare

CEP discussion paper
Firm Heterogeneity and Aggregate Welfare Marc J. Melitz and Stephen J. Redding
April 2013
Paper No' CEPDP1200:
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JEL Classification: F12; F15

Tags: firm heterogeneity; welfare gains from trade

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

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Rocketing Rents The magnitude and attenuation of agglomeration economies in the commercial property market Hans R. A. Koster January 2013
Paper No' SERCDP0125:
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JEL Classification: R30; R33

Tags: commercial buildings; hedonic pricing; agglomeration economies; spatial decay; kernel densities

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Historic Amenities, Income and Sorting of Households Hans R. A. Koster, Piet Rietveld and Jos Van Ommeren
January 2013
Paper No' SERCDP0124:
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JEL Classification: R14; R21; R31; R38

Tags: historic amenities; sorting; conservation areas; semiparametric regression-discontinuity design; hedonic price method

CEP discussion paper
Heterogeneous Firms and Trade Marc J. Melitz and Stephen J. Redding
December 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1183:
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JEL Classification: F10; F12; F14

Tags: firm heterogeneity; international trade; productivity

This paper has been published as:
Chapter 1 - Heterogeneous Firms and Trade, Marc J. Melitz and Stephen J. Redding, in Elhanan Helpman, Kenneth Rogoff and Gita Gopinath (eds), Handbook of International Economics, Volume 4, 2015, pp.1-54.

CEP discussion paper
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JEL Classification: F12; F13; O47

Tags: trade policy; export subsidies; heterogeneous firms; china

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
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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
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JEL Classification: I10

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

CEP discussion paper
Selection Effects with Heterogeneous Firms Monika Mrázová and J. Peter Neary
October 2012
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JEL Classification: F23; F15; F12

Tags: foreign direct investment (fdi); heterogeneous firms; proximity-concentration trade-off; r&d with threshold effects; super- and sub-convexity; supermodularity

CEP US election analysis
Healthcare Reform: The US Policy Debate Zack Cooper
October 2012
Paper No' CEPUSA003:
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CEP discussion paper
Exporters, Importers and Credit Constraints Mirabelle Muûls
October 2012
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JEL Classification: F10; F14; G01; G20

Tags: credit constraints; international trade; firms’ heterogeneity; imports; exports

CEP discussion paper
Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Technology Diffusion and Learning On-the-job Thomas Sampson
September 2012
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JEL Classification: F2; J24; O33

Tags: technology diffusion; managerial knowledge; learning on-the-job; fdi; brain drain

CEP discussion paper
Taxes, Cigarette Consumption, and Smoking Intensity: Reply Jérôme Adda and Francesca Cornaglia
September 2012
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JEL Classification: D12; H25; I12

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

CEP occasional paper
What Do We Know About China's CEO's? Evidence from Across the Whole Economy Alex Bryson, John Forth and Minghai Zhou
September 2012
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JEL Classification: G34; J31; J33; M12; M52; O16; P31

Tags: executive compensation; ceo's; corporate governance; agency theory; china; firm performance

CentrePiece article
In brief: Mental illness and the NHS Richard Layard
September 2012
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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
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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
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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
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Tags: nhs; health policy; wellbeing; mental health

CEP discussion paper
Heterogeneity, Demand for Insurance and Adverse Selection Johannes Spinnewijn
May 2012
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JEL Classification: D60; D82; D83; G28

Tags: heterogeneity; adverse selection; risk perceptions; welfare and policy

External publication
World Happiness Report 2012 Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, John Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey D. Sachs
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Environmental Policy and Directed Technological Change: Evidence from the European Carbon Market Raphael Calel and Antoine Dechezleprêtre April 2012
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JEL Classification: O3; Q55; Q58; C14

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CEP discussion paper
Intermediaries in International Trade: Direct Versus Indirect Modes of Export Andrew B. Bernard, Marco Grazzi and Chiara Tomasi March 2012
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JEL Classification: D22; F12; F14; L22; L23

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CEP discussion paper
CEO Bonding: Who Posts Performance Bonds and Why? Alex Bryson, John Forth and Minghai Zhou
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JEL Classification: G34; J31; J33; M12; M52; O16; P31

Tags: performance bonds; security deposits; executive compensation; ceo's; corporate governance; agency theory; china

This paper has been published as:
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CEP discussion paper
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JEL Classification: F12; R11; R12

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CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
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February 2012
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JEL Classification: I1; I2

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CEP discussion paper
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JEL Classification: F23; F12; F19

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CEP discussion paper
Gravity Redux: Measuring International Trade Costs with Panel Data Dennis Novy
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JEL Classification: F10; F15

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CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
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JEL Classification: J88; I38; J13

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CEP discussion paper
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JEL Classification: F10; F14; M37; N80

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CEP discussion paper
Does High Involvement Management Improve Worker Wellbeing? Alex Bryson, Petri Böckerman and Pekka Ilmakunnas
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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
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November 2011
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JEL Classification: F12; F14; G14

Tags: heterogeneous firm models; stock market event studies; canada-u.s. free trade agreement

This paper has been published as:
Heterogeneous Firm-Level Responses to Trade Liberalization: A Test Using Stock Price Reactions, Holger Breinlich, Journal of International Economics, Volume 93, Issue 2, July 2014

CEP discussion paper
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JEL Classification: F10; F12; F14

Tags: heterogeneous firms; exporting; importing; productivity

CentrePiece article
Teachers' Pay and Pupil Performance Peter Dolton and Oscar Marcenaro Gutierrez
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CentrePiece 16 (2) Autumn 2011

Tags: incentive systems; merit pay; education; teacher salaries; pupil outcome

This article summarises 'If You Pay Peanuts, Do You Get Monkeys? A Cross-Country Analysis of Teacher Pay and Pupil Performance' by Peter Dolton and Oscar Marcenaro-Gutierrez, Economic Policy 26(65): 5-55, January 2011

CEP discussion paper
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JEL Classification: C43; D12; E01; I31; O47

Tags: purchasing power parity (ppp); standard of living; international comparisons; konüs; index number; welfare; homothetic

Journal article
Implementing NICE guidelines for the psychological treatment of depression and anxiety disorders: The IAPT experience David M. Clark August 2011
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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
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JEL Classification: I1; I18; I2

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CEP discussion paper
Managerial Incentives and Compensation in a Global Market Yanhui Wu
August 2011
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JEL Classification: D2; F1; J3; L1

Tags: trade; heterogeneous firms; pay contracts; managerial incentives; managerial compensation; wage inequality

CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
The Impact of Tuition Fees and Support on University Participation in the UK Lorraine Dearden, Emla Fitzsimons and Gill Wyness July 2011
Paper No' CEEDP0126:
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JEL Classification: I21; I22; I28

Tags: university participation; higher education funding policies; tuition fees; maintenance grants; pseudo-panel

This paper has been published as:
Money for nothing: Estimating the impact of student aid on participation in higher education, Lorraine Dearden, Emla Fitzsimons and Gill Wyness, Economics of Education Review, Volume 43, December 2014

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Is the Sky the Limit? An Analysis of High-Rise Office Buildings Hans R. A. Koster, Piet Rietveld and Jos N. van Ommerren
July 2011
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JEL Classification: R30; R33

Tags: commercial buildings; building height; landmarks; reputation effect; semiparametric regression; agglomeration effect

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Valuing Iconic Design: Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture in Oak Park, Illinois Gabriel M. Ahfeldt and Alexandra Mastro
July 2011
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JEL Classification: R21; Z11

Tags: frank lloyd wright; hedonic analysis; iconic architecture; property prices

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Whether to Hire Local Contract Teachers? Trade-off Between Skills and Preferences in India Sonja Fagernäs and Panu Pelkonen
July 2011
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JEL Classification: H75; J24; J41; J45

Tags: discrete choice experiment; education; para-teachers; preferences; skills

CentrePiece article
In brief: Chernobyl: the long-term health and economic consequences Hartmut Lehmann and Jonathan Wadsworth
June 2011
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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
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May 2011
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JEL Classification: H00; J00

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CEP discussion paper
Crime and Mental Wellbeing Francesca Cornaglia and Andrew Leigh
April 2011
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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
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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

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
If We Build, Will They Pay? Predicting Property Price Effects of Transport Innovations Gabriel Ahlfeldt
March 2011
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JEL Classification: H43; R40; R58

Tags: property prices; hedonic analysis; transport innovations; gravity equation

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
The Amenity Value of English Nature: A Hedonic Price Approach Steve Gibbons, Susana Mourato and Guilherme Resende
March 2011
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JEL Classification: R11; R29

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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Where is the Economics in Spatial Econometrics? Luisa Corrado and Bernard Fingleton
March 2011
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JEL Classification: C21; C31; R0

Tags: spatial econometrics; endogenous spatial lag; exogenous spatial lag; spatially dependent errors; network dependence; externalities; the w matrix; panel data with spatial effects; multilevel models with spatial effects

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
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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

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Academy schools under Labour combated disadvantage and increased pupil achievement: the coalition’s new policy may exacerbate existing inequalities Stephen Machin and James Vernoit November 2010
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CEP discussion paper
A Map of Mental Health Rachel Smithies
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JEL Classification: H51; I19

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LSE Centre for Economic Performance – A Note on Academy School Policy Stephen Machin and James Vernoit
August 2010
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Tags: james vernoit; public services and the welfare state; stephen machin; academies; cep; coalition; education policy; michael gove; politics; schools; uk; uk government

CEP discussion paper
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JEL Classification: F12; F16; L22

Tags: heterogeneous firms; international trade; within-industry reallocation; selection into exporting

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Hospital competition is good for patients, and for efficiency Zack Cooper
July 2010
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Tags: public services and the welfare state; zack cooper; centre for economic performance; cep; hospitals; nhs; politics; uk politics

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LSE Centre for Economic Performance: Reducing Crime: More Police, More Prisons or More Pay? Olivier Marie
July 2010
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Tags: oliver marie; public services and the welfare state; cep; coalition; crime; fear of crime; policing; prisons; uk government; uk politics

CentrePiece article
Making the UK's aid budget work better Peter Boone
July 2010
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CentrePiece 15 (1) Summer 2010

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LSE Centre for Economic Performance – all election analyses are now available
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Tags: central government and core executive functions; public services and the welfare state; cep; politics; uk; uk government; uk politics

CEP discussion paper
Intra-Firm Trade and Product Contractibility (Long Version) Andrew B. Bernard, J. Bradford Jensen, Stephen Redding and Peter K. Schott May 2010
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JEL Classification: F10; F23; L14; L23

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CEP discussion paper
Trade Liberalization and Heterogeneous Firm Models: An Evaluation Using the Canada - US Free Trade Agreement Holger Breinlich and Alejandro Cuñat May 2010
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JEL Classification: F12; F13; F15

Tags: heterogeneous firm models; trade liberalization; cusfta; empirical evaluation

This paper has been published as:
Tariffs, Trade and Productivity: A Quantitative Evaluation of Heterogeneous Firm Models’, Holger Breinlich and Alejandro Cuñat, The Economic Journal, Volume 126, Issue 595, September 2016

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
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CEP election analysis
Health: Higher Spending has Improved Quality, But Productivity Must Increase Zack Cooper and Alistair McGuire
April 2010
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CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
Individual Teacher Incentives, Student Achievement and Grade Inflation Pedro Martins
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CEP discussion paper
Depression Econometrics: A FAVAR Model of Monetary Policy During the Great Depression Pooyan Amir Ahmadi and Albrecht Ritschl January 2010
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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
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JEL Classification: I1; L1; R0

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CEP discussion paper
The Extent of Collective Bargaining and Workplace Representation: Transitions between States and their Determinants. A Comparative Analysis of Germany and Great Britain John T. Addison, Lutz Bellman, Alex Bryson, André Pahnke and Paulino Teixeira October 2009
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JEL Classification: J50; J53

Tags: union recognition; union coverage; sectoral and firm-level collective bargaining; works councils; joint consultative committees; changes in collective bargaining; worker representation states; bargaining transitions and their determinants

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Trade, Wages and Productivity Kristian Behrens, Giordano Mion, Yasusada Murata and Jens Südekum
October 2009
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JEL Classification: F12; F15; F17

Tags: firm heterogeneity; monopolistic competition; general equilibrium; endogenous markups; gravity equation system; counterfactual analysis

CEP discussion paper
US Real Interest Rates and Default Risk in Emerging Economies Nathan Foley-Fisher and Bernardo Guimaraes
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JEL Classification: F34; G15

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CEP discussion paper
How to Measure Living Standards and Productivity Nicholas Oulton
September 2009
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JEL Classification: C43; D11; D12; E31; D24; I31; O47

Tags: consumer price index; konüs; cost of living; measurement of welfare change; quadratic almost ideal demand system; producer price index; homothetic; productivity

CEP discussion paper
Trade, Wages and Productivity Kristian Behrens, Giordano Mion, Yasusada Murata and Jens Südekum
July 2009
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JEL Classification: F12; F15; F17

Tags: firm heterogeneity; monopolistic competition; general equilibrium; endogenous markups; gravity equation system; counterfactual analysis

This paper has been published as:
Trade, wages and productivity, Kristian Behrens, Giordano Mion, Yasusada Murata and Jens Südekum, International Economic Review, Volume 55, Issue 4, November 2014

CEP discussion paper
The Organization of Firms Across Countries Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
June 2009
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JEL Classification: L2; M2; O32; O33

Tags: decentralization; trust; rule of law; social capital; theory of the firm

This paper has been published as:
Quarterly Journal of Economics (2012) 127(4): 1663-1705

CEP discussion paper
Trading Partners and Trading Volumes: Implementing the Helpman-Melitz-Rubinstein Model Empirically J. M. C. Santos Silva and Silvana Tenreyro June 2009
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JEL Classification: C13; C50; F10

Tags: gravity equation; heteroskedasticity; jensen's inequality

This paper has been published as:
Trading Partners and Trading Volumes: Implementing the Helpman-Melitz-Rubinstein Model Empirically, J. M. C. Santos Silva and Silvana Tenreyro, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Volume 77, Issue 1, February 2015

CEP discussion paper
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Tags: gravity equation; heteroskedasticity; jensen's inequality

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Anatomy of a Health Scare: Education, Income and the MMR Controversy in the UK Dan Anderberg, Arnaud Chevalier and Jonathan Wadsworth May 2009
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The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization Nick Bloom, Luis Garicano, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen May 2009
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CEP discussion paper
Long-Term Health Effects on the Next Generation of Ramadan Fasting During Pregnancy Reyn van Ewijk
April 2009
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'The Value of Rude Health': Employees' Well Being, Absence and Workplace Performance David Marsden and Simone Moriconi
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CEP discussion paper
Peer Effects in Science - Evidence from the Dismissal of Scientists in Nazi Germany Fabian Waldinger
February 2009
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Tags: peer effects; nazi germany; science; university; higher education; spillovers; co-authors

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The Macroeconomic Role of Unemployment Compensation Tomer Blumkin, Yossi Hadar and Eran Yashiv
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JEL Classification: E24; E61

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CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
Access, Choice and Participation in Higher Education Steve Gibbons and Anna Vignoles
January 2009
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JEL Classification: I2; R

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CEP discussion paper
The Margins of US Trade Andrew B. Bernard, J. Bradford Jensen, Stephen Redding and Peter K. Schott
January 2009
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JEL Classification: F1

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CEP discussion paper
Trade, Technology Adoption and Wage Inequalities: Theory and Evidence Maria Bas
December 2008
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JEL Classification: F10; F12;F41

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CEP discussion paper
Improving Access to Psychological Therapy: Initial Evaluation of the Two Demonstration Sites David M. Clark, Richard Layard and Rachel Smithies November 2008
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JEL Classification: I12

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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Survival of the Fittest in Cities: Agglomeration, Selection and Polarisation Kristian Behrens and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud
November 2008
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JEL Classification: F12; R12

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CEP discussion paper
Why Capital does not Migrate to the South: A New Economic Geography Perspective Jang Ping Thia
November 2008
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JEL Classification: F12; F15

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CEP discussion paper
Survival of the Fittest in Cities: Agglomeration, Selection, and Polarisation Kristian Behrens and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud
October 2008
Paper No' CEPDP0894:
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JEL Classification: F12; R12

Tags: entrepreneur heterogeneity; firm selection; agglomeration; income inequalities; urbanization; urban systems

This paper has been published as:
Survival of the Fittest in Cities: Urbanisation and Inequality, Kristian Behrens and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud, The Economic Journal Volume 124, Issue 581, December 2014

CEP discussion paper
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JEL Classification: F4; F12

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A 'New Trade' Theory of GATT/WTO Negotiations Ralph Ossa
June 2008
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JEL Classification: F12; F13

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CEP discussion paper
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JEL Classification: E13; E60; F11; F43; H20

Tags: international trade; heckscher-ohlin; dynamic macroeconomics; taxation; revenue estimation; laffer curve

Journal article
The part-time pay penalty for women in Britain Alan Manning and Barbara Petrongolo
February 2008
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JEL Classification: D12; H31; J16; J18; J2

Tags: employment transitions; part-time work; motherhood; eu; equality

CEP discussion paper
Panic on the Streets of London: Police, Crime and the July 2005 Terror Attacks Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin and Robert Witt
February 2008
Paper No' CEPDP0852:
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JEL Classification: H00; H5; K42

Tags: crime; police; terror attacks; illegal behavior and the enforcement of law

CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
Competition for private and state school teachers Francis Green, Stephen Machin, Richard Murphy and Yu Zhu
January 2008
Paper No' CEEDP0094:
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Tags: private schools; state schools; independent schools; teachers' labour markets

CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
Students' academic self-perception Arnaud Chevalier, Steve Gibbons, Sherria Hoskins, Martin Snell and Andy Thorpe
January 2008
Paper No' CEEDP0090:
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JEL Classification: I21; J16; Y80

Tags: test performance; self-assessment; higher education participation; academic self-perception

CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
The effects of higher education funding reforms on the lifetime incomes of graduates Lorraine Dearden, Emla Fitzsimons, Alissa Goodman and Greg Kaplan January 2008
Paper No' CEEDP0078:
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Tags: higher education; funding; fees; earnings; student loans

CEP discussion paper
Inflation Persistence When Price Stickiness Differs Between Industries Kevin D. Sheedy
November 2007
Paper No' CEPDP0838:
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JEL Classification: E3

Tags: inflation persistence; heterogeneity; price stickiness; new keynesian phillips curve

CEP discussion paper
Creative Destruction with On-the-Job Search Jean-Baptiste Michau
November 2007
Paper No' CEPDP0835:
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JEL Classification: E24; J41; J63; J64; O39

Tags: commitment device; creative destruction; job flows; obsolescence; on-the-job search; search equilibrium; unemployment

CEP discussion paper
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Psychological Therapy David Clark, Martin Knapp, Richard Layard and Guy Mayraz
October 2007
Paper No' CEPDP0829:
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JEL Classification: H5; I1

Tags: depression; anxiety; cost-benefit analysis; cognitive behavioural therapy; psychological therapists

This paper has been published as:
National Institute Economic Review No.202 October 2007

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

CEP discussion paper
Intergenerational Mobility and the Informative Content of Surnames Maia Güell, José V. Rodríguez Mora and Chris Telmer
July 2007
Paper No' CEPDP0810:
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JEL Classification: C31; E24; J1

Tags: inheritance; birth-death processes; cross-sectional data; population genetics

This paper has been published as:
The Informational Content of Surnames, the Evolution of Intergenerational Mobility, and Assortative Mating, Maia Güell, Jose V. Rodríguez Mora, Christopher I. Telmer, Review of Economic Studies, Volume 82, Issue 2, April 2015

Manpower Human Resource Lab paper
Are There Day of the Week Productivity Effects? Alex Bryson and John Forth
July 2007
Paper No' MHRLDP0004:
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JEL Classification: J22; J24

Tags: labour productivity; days of the week; temporal variation

CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
Higher Education Academic Salaries in the UK Mark Collins, Anna Vignoles and James Walker
May 2007
Paper No' CEEDP0075:
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Tags: higher education

CEP discussion paper
Offshoring: General Equilibrium Effects on Wages, Production and Trade Richard E. Baldwin and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud
May 2007
Paper No' CEPDP0794:
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JEL Classification: F02; F12; L22; R11

Tags: offshoring; shadow migration; inter-industry trade; intra-industry trade; trade theorems

CEP discussion paper
Multi-Product Firms and Trade Liberalization Andrew B. Bernard, Stephen Redding and Peter K. Schott
December 2006
Paper No' CEPDP0769:
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JEL Classification: F12; F13; L11

Tags: heterogeneous firms; endogenous product scope; love of variety; core competency

CEP discussion paper
American Economic Development Since the Civil War or the Virtue of Education Fabrice Murtin
December 2006
Paper No' CEPDP0765:
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JEL Classification: D31; E27; F02; N00; O40.

Tags: unified growth theory; human capital; technological progress; inequality and growth

CentrePiece article
Panic on the Streets of London Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin and Rober Witt
October 2006
Paper No' CEPCP207:
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CentrePiece 11 (2) Autumn 2006

Tags: crime; police; terror attacks; illegal behavior and the enforcement of law

This article summarises Draca, Mirko, Stephen Machin, and Robert Witt. 2011. "Panic on the Streets of London: Police, Crime, and the July 2005 Terror Attacks." American Economic Review, 101 (5): 2157-81

CEE/Education and skills 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

CEP discussion paper
Pay for Performance Where Output is Hard to Measure: the Case of Performance Pay for School Teachers Richard Belfield and David Marsden August 2006
Paper No' CEPDP0747:
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JEL Classification: I2; J33; J45; M52

Tags: education; teachers; performance related pay; public sector; compensation; industrial relations

This paper has been published as:
Forthcoming in Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations 2006, edited by Kaufman B, and Lewin D for the US Labor and Employment Relations Association, published by Elsevier. Final draft: 20.7.06

CEP discussion paper
Multi-Product Firms and Product Switching Andrew B. Bernard, Stephen Redding and Peter K. Schott
August 2006
Paper No' CEPDP0736:
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JEL Classification: D21; E23; L11; L60

Tags: heterogeneous firms; product differentiation; product market entry and exit

CEP report
The Depression Report: A New Deal for Depression and Anxiety Disorders Richard Layard & CEP Mental Health Policy Group
June 2006
Paper No' CEPSP15:
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Tags: depression; mental health

CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
Comprehensive Versus Selective Schooling in England and Wales: What Do We Know? Alan Manning and Jörn-Steffen Pischke
June 2006
Paper No' CEEDP0066:
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Tags: education; secondary schools; comprehensive schooling; selective schooling; tracking

CEP discussion paper
Trade and Growth with Heterogeneous Firms Richard E. Baldwin and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud
June 2006
Paper No' CEPDP0727:
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JEL Classification: H32; P16

Tags: trade and endogenous growth; heterogeneous firms; dynamic versus static efficiency

CEP discussion paper
Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Claire Lelarge, John Van Reenen and Fabrizio Zilibotti May 2006
Paper No' CEPDP0722:
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JEL Classification: O31; O32; O33; F23

Tags: decentralization; heterogeneity; learning; the theory of the firm

CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
Education Policy in the UK Stephen Machin and Anna Vignoles
March 2006
Paper No' CEEDP0057:
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Tags: education policy; participation; higher education

This paper has been published as:
CESifo DICE Report, 4, 64-74 (2005)

CEP discussion paper
Performance Pay for Teachers: Linking Individual and Organisational Level Targets Richard Belfield and David Marsden
August 2005
Paper No' CEPDP0703:
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JEL Classification: I2; J33; J45; M52

Tags: education; teachers; performance related pay; public sector; compensation; industrial relations

CEP discussion paper
The Growth of Network Computing: Quality Adjusted Price Changes for Network Servers John Van Reenen
July 2005
Paper No' CEPDP0702:
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JEL Classification: O3; L1; L4

Tags: hedonic prices; network servers; computers

CEP discussion paper
The Log of Gravity Joao Santos Silva and Silvana Tenreyro
July 2005
Paper No' CEPDP0701:
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JEL Classification: C13; C21; F10; F11; F12; F15

Tags: elasticities; gravity equation; heteroskedasticity; jensen's inequality; poisson regression; preferential-trade agreements

CEP discussion paper
Factor Price Equality and the Economies of the United States Andrew B. Bernard, Stephen Redding and Peter K. Schott
July 2005
Paper No' CEPDP0696:
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JEL Classification: F16; J30; R23; C14

Tags: factor price equality; regional wages; neoclassical trade theory; labor market areas

CEP election analysis
Health Care: Evidence on the Impact of Increased Spending and Patient Choice Alistair McGuire and John Van Reenen
April 2005
Paper No' CEPEA001:
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Tags: healthcare; patient choice; nhs

CEP discussion paper
The Part-Time Pay Penalty Alan Manning and Barbara Petrongolo
March 2005
Paper No' CEPDP0679:
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JEL Classification: D12; H31; J16; J18; J2

Tags: employment transitions; part-time work; motherhood; eu; equality

This paper has been published as:
'The Part-time Pay Penalty' by Alan Manning and Barbara Petrongolo, published by the Women and Equality Unit of the Department of Trade and Industry

CEP discussion paper
Can Comparative Advantage Explain the Growth of US Trade? Alejandro Cuñat and Marco Maffezzoli
January 2005
Paper No' CEPDP0669:
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JEL Classification: F1; F4

Tags: international trade; heckscher-ohlin

CEP discussion paper
Unions, Performance-Related Pay and Procedural Justice: the Case of Classroom Teachers Richard Belfield and David Marsden
November 2004
Paper No' CEPDP0660:
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JEL Classification: J33; J51

Tags: unions; procedural justice; performance-related pay; teachers

CEP discussion paper
Comparative Advantage and Heterogeneous Firms Andrew B. Bernard, Stephen Redding and Peter K. Schott
August 2004
Paper No' CEPDP0643:
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JEL Classification: F11; F12; L11

Tags: heckscher-ohlin; international trade; inter-industry trade; intra-industry trade; trade costs; entry and exit

CEP discussion paper
Product Choice and Product Switching Andrew B. Bernard, Stephen Redding and Peter K. Schott
November 2003
Paper No' CEPDP0594:
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JEL Classification: L11; D21; L60

Tags: heterogeneous firms; product differentiation; sunk costs; entry and exit

CEP discussion paper
Survival of the Best Fit: Exposure to Low-Wage Countries and the (Uneven) Growth of U.S. Manufacturing Plants Andrew B. Bernard, J. Bradford Jensen and Peter K. Schott September 2003
Paper No' CEPDP0584:
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JEL Classification: F11; F14 ; L25; L60

Tags: low-wage country import competition; heckscher-ohlin; manufacturing plant

CEP discussion paper
Employment After Motherhood: A European Comparison Maria Gutierrez-Domenech
May 2003
Paper No' CEPDP0567:
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JEL Classification: I20;J13;J18;J20

Tags: employment transitions; part-time work; motherhood; education

CEP discussion paper
Employment Penalty After Motherhood In Spain Maria Gutierrez-Domenech
September 2002
Paper No' CEPDP0546:
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JEL Classification: I20;J13;J18;J20

Tags: employment transitions; fixed-term contracts; motherhood; education

CEP discussion paper
One Third of the World's Growth and Inequality Danny Quah
June 2002
Paper No' CEPDP0535:
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JEL Classification: D30;O10;O57

Tags: china; distribution dynamics; gini coefficient; headcount index; india; poverty; world individual income distribution

CEP discussion paper
From Sectoral To Functional Urban Specialisation Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga
September 2001
Paper No' CEPDP0511:
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JEL Classification: R30; L23; R12

Tags: functional specialisation; cities; business services; headquarters

CEP discussion paper
Factor Endowments and Production in European Regions Stephen Redding and Mercedes Vera-Martin
July 2001
Paper No' CEPDP0501:
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JEL Classification: F11; F14; R13

Tags: factor endowments; heckscher-ohlin; specialization; european integration

CEP discussion paper
Union Effects On Managerial and Employee Perceptions of Employee Relations in Britain Alex Bryson
April 2001
Paper No' CEPDP0494:
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JEL Classification: J51; J53

Tags: trades unions; industrial relations climate; employee relations; matched employer-employee data

CEP discussion paper
Frustrated Demand for Unionisation: the Case of the United States and Canada Revisited Rafael Gomez, Seymour Martin Lipset and Noah Meltz April 2001
Paper No' CEPDP0492:
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Tags: frustrated demand for unionisation: the case of the united states and canada revisited

CEP discussion paper
Jobs, Workers and Changes in Earnings Dispersion Simon Burgess, Julia Lane and David Stevens
April 2001
Paper No' CEPDP0491:
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JEL Classification: J31; D31

Tags: earnings inequality; labour reallocation; matched worker and firm panels

CEP discussion paper
Looking Into the Black Box: A Survey of the Matching Function Barbara Petrongolo and Christopher A. Pissarides
September 2000
Paper No' CEPDP0470:
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Tags: matching function; search; mismatch; beveridge curve; co-ordination failure; stock-flow matching; ranking; on-the-job search; space aggregation; time aggregation

CEP discussion paper
Trade Unions and Industrial Injury in Great Britain A. S. Litwin
August 2000
Paper No' CEPDP0468:
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Tags: unions; industrial injury; occupational injury; health and safety

CEP discussion paper
Gender, Motivation, Experience and Wages Joanna Swaffield
May 2000
Paper No' CEPDP0457:
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Tags: experience; motivation; unobserved heterogeneity; gender wage differentiation

CEP discussion paper
Teachers Before the 'Threshold' David Marsden
April 2000
Paper No' CEPDP0454:
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Tags: school teachers; performance related pay; work motivation; public sector

CEP discussion paper
The Fallacy of the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level W.H. Buiter
March 2000
Paper No' CEPDP0447:
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Tags: fiscal theory of the price level; ricardian fiscal rules; government budget constraint; price level indeterminacy

CEP discussion paper
The Multi-Dimensional Nature of Labour Demmand and Skill Biased Technical Change E Mellander
February 2000
Paper No' CEPDP0440:
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Tags: robustness test; labor quality; heterogeneous low-skilled; manufacturing application

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