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CEP discussion paper
 Growing Like China: Firm Performance and Global Production Line Position Davin Chor, Kalina Manova and Zhihong Yu
September 2020
Paper No' CEPDP1715:
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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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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; Q56; I15

Tags: particulate matter; marginal damages; infant health
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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
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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' CEPOP049:
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JEL Classification: D6; D61; H12; I31

Tags: covid-19; wellbeing economics; cost-benefit analysis; health 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
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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
Paper No' CEPDP1681:
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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
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CEP discussion paper
 Machiavelli Versus Concave Utility Functions: Should Bads Be Spread Out Or Concentrated? Paul Frijters, Christian Krekel and Aydogan Ulker March 2020
Paper No' CEPDP1680:
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JEL Classification: I31; D1; P35

Tags: wellbeing; mental health; life events; non-linearities; hedonic adaptation; welfare analysis
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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
Paper No' CEPCP573:
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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
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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
Paper No' CEPCP571:
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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
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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
Blog
 Eurosceptic votes are less likely when EU interventions visibly boost local job markets November 2019
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Tags: europe; eu funds; cohesion policy; brexit; euroscepticism; rdd
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CEP discussion paper
 Measuring and Explaining Management in Schools: New Approaches Using Public Data Clare Leaver, Renata Lemos and Daniela Scur
October 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1656:
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JEL Classification: M5; I2; J3

Tags: management; teacher selection; teacher incentives; cross-country
Blog
 Book Review: Social Mobility and its Enemies by Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin September 2019
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Tags: cep; social mobility and its enemies; book review; lee elliot major; stephen machin
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CEP discussion paper
 Understanding Day Care Enrolment Gaps Jonas Jessen, Sophia Schmitz and Sevrin Waights
September 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1650:
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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;
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CEP discussion paper
 Does Light Touch Cluster Policy Work? Evaluating the Tech City Programme Max Nathan
August 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1648:
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JEL Classification: L53; L86; O31; R30; R50

Tags: cities; clusters; technology; economic development; synthetic controls
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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
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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
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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
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CEP discussion paper
 Dirty Density: Air Quality and the Density of American Cities Felipe Carozzi and Sefi Roth
July 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1635:
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JEL Classification: Q53; R11; I10

Tags: air pollution; urban congestion; density; health
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CEP discussion paper
 Why Unions: Understanding How Unions Overcome the Free-Rider Problem Richard Murphy
June 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1625:
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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
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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
Paper No' CEPDP1619:
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JEL Classification: R10; R12; L52; L60

Tags: agglomeration; microfoundations; heterogeneity; industrial clusters
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 Childhood circumstances and young adult outcomes: the role of parental financial problems April 2019
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Tags: cep; economy and society; featured; lse comment; austerity; childhood poverty; economics; economy; education; housing; life chances; life outcomes; mental health; opportunities; outcomes; parents; poverty; resources
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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Tags: balancing; c31; c52; hausman test; robustness checks; specification testing; variable addition;
Journal article
 Carry-along trade
March 2019
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Tags: demand-scope complementarity; exporting; heterogeneous firms; intermediation; multi-product firms; productivity; sourcing;
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CEP discussion paper
 Geography, Competition and Optimal Multilateral Trade Policy Antonella Nocco, Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano and Matteo Salto
March 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1610:
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JEL Classification: D4; D6; F1; L0; L1

Tags: international trade policy; monopolistic competition; firm heterogeneity; pricing to market; multilateralism
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CEP discussion paper
 Globalization and State Capitalism: Assessing Vietnam's Accession to the WTO Leonardo Baccini, Giammario Impullitti and Edmund J. Malesky January 2019
Paper No' CEPDP1593:
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JEL Classification: F12; F13; F14; P31; P33

Tags: state-owned enterprises; state capitalism; heterogeneous firms; gains from trade; wto; vietnam
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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
Paper No' CEPDP1592:
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JEL Classification: F10; F12; F16

Tags: production networks; productivity; firm size heterogeneity
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CEP discussion paper
 Technology, Market Structure and the Gains from Trade Giammario Impullitti, Omar Licandro and Pontus Rendahl
December 2018
Paper No' CEPDP1587:
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JEL Classification: F12; F13; O31; O41

Tags: gains from trade; heterogeneous firms; oligopoly; innovation; endogenous markups; endogenous market structure
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CentrePiece article
 Aid: it’s not just about the money Peter Boone
November 2018
Paper No' CEPCP542:
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CentrePiece 23 (3) Autumn 2018

Tags: education; health; africa; india; effective interventions
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CEP discussion paper
 In-House and Arm's 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
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CEP industrial strategy
 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
Paper No' CEPIS06:
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JEL Classification: I23; I26; J24; O25; O30

Tags: higher education; universities; industrial strategy; growth; innovation
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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
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CEP discussion paper
 Teacher Effectiveness and Classroom Composition Esteban M. Aucejo, Patrick Coate, Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, Sean Kelly and Zachary Mozenter September 2018
Paper No' CEPDP1574:
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JEL Classification: I2; I20; I21

Tags: teacher; practices; peer effects; effectiveness
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;
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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
Paper No' CEPDP1565:
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JEL Classification: I21; I28; M53

Tags: education; teachers; rct; peer mentoring
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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
 Prices, Policing and Policy: The Dynamics of Crime Booms and Busts Tom Kirchmaier, Stephen Machin, Matteo Sandi and Robert Witt May 2018
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Tags: illegal behavior and the enforcement of law;
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;
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CEP discussion paper
 Medical Marijuana Laws and Mental Health in the United States Jörg Kalbfuß, Reto Odermatt and Alois Stutzer
May 2018
Paper No' CEPDP1546:
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JEL Classification: H75; I12; I18; I31; K42

Tags: medical marijuana laws; cannabis regulation; mental health; chronic pain; prescription drug monitoring
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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
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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;
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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
Paper No' SERCDP0231:
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JEL Classification: O18; R11; R58

Tags: cohesion policy; smart specialisation; policy evaluation; innovation; european union
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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
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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
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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
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;
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CEP discussion paper
 Oil Discoveries and Education Spending in the Postbellum South Stephan E. Maurer
January 2018
Paper No' CEPDP1526:
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JEL Classification: I2; N3; Q3

Tags: oil; education; race; rosenwald; local public finances; resource booms; teachers
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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
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CEP discussion paper
 Politics, Hospital Behaviour and Health Care Spending Zack Cooper, Amanda Kowalski, Eleanor Neff Powell and Jennifer Wu
December 2017
Paper No' CEPDP1523:
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JEL Classification: I10; I18; H51; D72; P16

Tags: health care; us; hospital; politics
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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
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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
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CEP discussion paper
 Structural Adjustments and International Trade: Theory and Evidence from China Hanwei Huang, Jiandong Ju and Vivian Z. Yue
November 2017
Paper No' CEPDP1508:
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JEL Classification: F12; L16

Tags: structural adjustments; comparative advantage; heterogeneous firm
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CEP discussion paper
 Twin Peaks Fabrice Defever and Alejandro Riaño
October 2017
Paper No' CEPDP1505:
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JEL Classification: F12; F14; C12; O50

Tags: exports; export intensity distribution; bimodality; firm heterogeneity
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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
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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
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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
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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
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CentrePiece article
 Does teacher turnover affect young people's academic achievement? Steve Gibbons, Vincenzo Scrutinio and Shqiponja Telhaj
March 2017
Paper No' CEPCP500:
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CentrePiece 22 (1) Spring 2017

Tags: teacher turnover; student performance
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CentrePiece article
 Origins of happiness Andrew Clark, Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee and George Ward
March 2017
Paper No' CEPCP497:
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CentrePiece 22 (1) Spring 2017

Tags: happiness; wellbeing; government; mental health
Book
 Origins of Happiness
January 2017
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CentrePiece article
 In brief... Social mobility in the United States Maria Molina-Domene
December 2016
Paper No' CEPCP492:
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CentrePiece 21 (3) Winter 2016 | View Video (pdf)

Tags: social mobility; usa; uk; raj chetty
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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
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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
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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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CentrePiece article
 In brief: Weekend opening of GP practices Peter Dolton and Vikram Pathania
October 2016
Paper No' CEPCP482:
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CentrePiece 21 (2) Autumn 2016

Tags: national health service; uk health service; doctors
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 The ‘photo-finish effect’: when third place winners are happier than second
August 2016
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Tags: health and wellbeing; bronze medal; centre for economic performance; gold medal; london 2012; london school of economics; olympics; rio 2016; silver medal
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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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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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; financial aid; degree completion
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CEP discussion paper
 The Price Ain't Right? Hospital Prices and Health Spending on the Privately Insured Zack Cooper, Stuart Craig, Martin Gaynor and John Van Reenen December 2015
Paper No' CEPDP1395:
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JEL Classification: Ill; L10; L11

Tags: health care; health spending; hospitals; prices; price dispersion; competition; market structure; mergers
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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CEP election analysis
 A New Priority for Mental Health Richard Layard
May 2015
Paper No' CEPEA035:
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Tags: mental health; nhs; government policy
Blog
 The NHS: Promises and productivity
April 2015
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Tags: alistair mcguire; cep; featured; john van reenen; public services and the welfare state
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CEP election analysis
 #ElectionEconomics: The Research Evidence on Key Issues for Voters in the 2015 UK General Election Ghazala Azmat, Brian Bell, Jonathan Colmer, Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Swati Dhingra, Christian Hilber, Stephen Machin, Alan Manning, Ralf Martin, Alistair McGuire, Sandra McNally, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Henry Overman, Isabelle Roland, Thomas Sampson, Anna Valero, John Van Reenen, Jonathan Wadsworth, Gill Wyness and Gabriel Zucman April 2015
Paper No' CEPEA034:
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Tags: 2015 uk general election; government policy; austerity; productivity; health; nhs; education; higher education; immigration; brexit; eu; inequality; real wages; unemployment; gender; management; productivity; uk housing; environment; climate change; uk cities; infrastructure; taxation
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Blog
 Leaving the European Union would likely have a significant negative impact on the UK’s economy
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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CentrePiece article
 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
Blog
 The state of the UK economy: Diagnosis, prognosis and recommended treatment
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
Blog
 Small isn’t always beautiful: The cost of regulation on French firms 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.
Blog
 UK Spending Review 2013: A triumph of politics over reason?
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Blog
 The economic legacy of Margaret Thatcher is a mixed bag
April 2013
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Tags: economy; john van reenen; margaret thatcher; thatcherism; uk
Blog
 No Triple Dip does not mean a good recovery for the UK
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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CEP discussion paper
 China's Pure Exporter Subsidies Fabrice Defever and Alejandro Riaño
December 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1182:
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JEL Classification: F12; F13; O47

Tags: trade policy; export subsidies; heterogeneous firms; china
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CEP discussion paper
 The Enduring Impact of Childhood Experience on Mental Health: Evidence Using Instrumented Co-Twin Data Rachel Berner Shalem, Francesca Cornaglia and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve November 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1175:
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JEL Classification: I10

Tags: mental health; childhood experience; twin study; instrumental variable analysis
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CEP discussion paper
 Selection Effects with Heterogeneous Firms Monika Mrázová and J. Peter Neary
October 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1174:
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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
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CEP discussion paper
 Exporters, Importers and Credit Constraints Mirabelle Muûls
October 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1169:
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JEL Classification: F10; F14; G01; G20

Tags: credit constraints; international trade; firms’ heterogeneity; imports; exports
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CEP discussion paper
 Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Technology Diffusion and Learning On-the-job Thomas Sampson
September 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1168:
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JEL Classification: F2; J24; O33

Tags: technology diffusion; managerial knowledge; learning on-the-job; fdi; brain drain
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CEP discussion paper
 Taxes, Cigarette Consumption, and Smoking Intensity: Reply Jérôme Adda and Francesca Cornaglia
September 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1167:
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JEL Classification: D12; H25; I12

Tags: tobacco; public health; compensatory behavior; excise taxes
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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
Paper No' CEPOP31:
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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
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CEP discussion paper
 Musn't Grumble. Immigration, Health and Health Service Use in the UK and Germany Jonathan Wadsworth
September 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1166:
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JEL Classification: H00; J00

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

Tags: industry wage differentials; health; happiness; intergenerational mobility
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CEP discussion paper
 Heterogeneity, Demand for Insurance and Adverse Selection Johannes Spinnewijn
May 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1142:
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JEL Classification: D60; D82; D83; G28

Tags: heterogeneity; adverse selection; risk perceptions; welfare and policy
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CEP discussion paper
 Environmental Policy and Directed Technological Change: Evidence from the European Carbon Market Raphael Calel and Antoine Dechezleprêtre April 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1141:
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JEL Classification: O3; Q55; Q58; C14

Tags: directed technological change; eu emissions trading scheme; policy evaluation
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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
Paper No' CEPDP1137:
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JEL Classification: D22; F12; F14; L22; L23

Tags: heterogeneous firms; international trade; intermediation; wholesalers; export entry costs; product adding and dropping; exchange rates
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CEP discussion paper
 CEO Bonding: Who Posts Performance Bonds and Why? Alex Bryson, John Forth and Minghai Zhou
March 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1135:
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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:
China Economic Review, Volume 30, September 2014
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CEP discussion paper
 Agglomeration, Trade and Selection Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano
February 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1129:
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JEL Classification: F12; R11; R12

Tags: agglomeration; trade; heterogeneity; selection; economic geography
CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
 Mental Health and Education Decisions Francesca Cornaglia, Elena Crivellaro and Sandra McNally
February 2012
Paper No' CEEDP0136:
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JEL Classification: I1; I2

Tags: mental health; educational attainment; drop-out
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CEP discussion paper
 The Determinants of Intrafirm Trade: Evidence from French Firms Gregory Corcos, Delphine M. Irac, Giordano Mion and Thierry Verdier January 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1119:
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JEL Classification: F23; F12; F19

Tags: intrafirm trade; outsourcing; firm heterogeneity; incomplete contracts; internationalization strategies; quality of institutions; extensive margin; intensive margin
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CEP discussion paper
 Gravity Redux: Measuring International Trade Costs with Panel Data Dennis Novy
January 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1114:
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JEL Classification: F10; F15

Tags: trade costs; gravity; multilateral resistance; ricardian trade; heterogeneous firms
CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
 Students’ Perceptions of Teacher Biases: Experimental Economics in Schools Amine Ouazad and Lionel Page
January 2012
Paper No' CEEDP0133:
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Tags: teacher biases; educational achievement
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CEP discussion paper
 Do Cash Transfers Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence from Matched Vital Statistics, Social Security and Program Data Verónica Amarante, Marco Manacorda, Edward Miguel and Andrea Vigorito December 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1106:
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JEL Classification: J88; I38; J13

Tags: poverty relief program; maternal health; cash transfers; social assistance; uruguay; birth outcomes; low birthweight; cash transfer program; nutrition
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CEP discussion paper
 Trading Away Wide Brands for Cheap Brands Swati Dhingra
December 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1103:
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JEL Classification: F10; F14; M37; N80

Tags: brands; trade; manufacturing; heterogeneous firms; thailand
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CEP discussion paper
 Does High Involvement Management Improve Worker Wellbeing? Alex Bryson, Petri Böckerman and Pekka Ilmakunnas
November 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1095:
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JEL Classification: I10; J28; J81; M52; M53; M54

Tags: health; subjective wellbeing; sickness absence; job satisfaction; pain; high involvement management; high performance work system; performance-related pay; training; team working; information sharing
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CEP discussion paper
 The Empirics of Firm Heterogeneity and International Trade Andrew B. Bernard, J. Bradford Jensen, Stephen J. Redding and Peter K. Schott October 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1084:
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JEL Classification: F10; F12; F14

Tags: heterogeneous firms; exporting; importing; productivity
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CEP discussion paper
 The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: True PPPs for 141 Countries Nicholas Oulton
September 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1080:
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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
 Panic on the Streets of London: Police, Crime, and the July 2005 Terror Attacks Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin and Robert Witt
August 2011
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Tags: crime; police; terror attacks; illegal behavior and the enforcement of law
CEP discussion paper
 A Model for the Delivery of Evidence-Based PSHE (Personal Wellbeing) in Secondary Schools John Coleman, Daniel Hale and Richard Layard August 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1071:
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JEL Classification: I1; I18; I2

Tags: health education; social-emotional learning; life-skills; prevention
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CEP discussion paper
 Managerial Incentives and Compensation in a Global Market Yanhui Wu
August 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1066:
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JEL Classification: D2; F1; J3; L1

Tags: trade; heterogeneous firms; pay contracts; managerial incentives; managerial compensation; wage inequality
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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
Paper No' SERCDP0086:
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JEL Classification: R30; R33

Tags: commercial buildings; building height; landmarks; reputation effect; semiparametric regression; agglomeration effect
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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
Paper No' SERCDP0084:
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JEL Classification: R21; Z11

Tags: frank lloyd wright; hedonic analysis; iconic architecture; property prices
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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
Paper No' SERCDP0083:
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JEL Classification: H75; J24; J41; J45

Tags: discrete choice experiment; education; para-teachers; preferences; skills
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CEP discussion paper
 The Impact of Chernobyl on Health and Labour Market Performance Hartmut Lehmann and Jonathan Wadsworth
May 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1052:
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JEL Classification: H00; J00

Tags: chernobyl; health; labour market performance
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CEP discussion paper
 Crime and Mental Wellbeing Francesca Cornaglia and Andrew Leigh
April 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1049:
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JEL Classification: I18; K14; R28

Tags: neighbourhood effects; health; mental health; fear of crime
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CentrePiece article
 In brief: Hospital performance: the impact of good management Nicholas Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, Rebecca Homkes, Dennis Layton, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen March 2011
Paper No' CEPCP330:
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CentrePiece 15 (3) Winter 2011

JEL Classification: I10;I18

Tags: health

This article summarises Management in Healthcare: Why Good Practice Really Matters by Stephen Dorgan, Dennis Layton, Nicholas Bloom, Rebecca Homkes, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
 If We Build, Will They Pay? Predicting Property Price Effects of Transport Innovations Gabriel Ahlfeldt
March 2011
Paper No' SERCDP0075:
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JEL Classification: H43; R40; R58

Tags: property prices; hedonic analysis; transport innovations; gravity equation
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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
Paper No' SERCDP0074:
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JEL Classification: R11; R29

Tags: amenity value; hedonic price method (hpm); environmental amenities
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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
Paper No' SERCDP0071:
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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
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CEP discussion paper
 Did Vietnam Veterans Get Sicker in the 1990s? The Complicated Effects of Military Service on Self-Reported Health Joshua D. Angrist, Stacey H. Chen and Brigham R. Frandsen December 2010
Paper No' CEPDP1041:
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JEL Classification: H55; H59; I12; I38; J22

Tags: public economics; social security and public pensions; health; education; welfare; labour; demographic economics
Blog
 Academy schools under Labour combated disadvantage and increased pupil achievement: the coalition’s new policy may exacerbate existing inequalities November 2010
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Tags: james vernoit; public services and the welfare state; stephen machin; academy schools; cep; education policy; gcse; government; politics; uk; uk government; uk politics
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CEP discussion paper
 A Map of Mental Health Rachel Smithies
September 2010
Paper No' CEPDP0996:
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JEL Classification: H51; I19

Tags: mental health; nhs; mental health services; mental health staff; public health; expenditure
Blog
 LSE Centre for Economic Performance – A Note on Academy School Policy
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
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CEP discussion paper
 Theories of Heterogeneous Firms and Trade Stephen Redding
August 2010
Paper No' CEPDP0994:
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JEL Classification: F12; F16; L22

Tags: heterogeneous firms; international trade; within-industry reallocation; selection into exporting
Blog
 Hospital competition is good for patients, and for efficiency
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
Blog
 LSE Centre for Economic Performance: Reducing Crime: More Police, More Prisons or More Pay?
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
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CentrePiece article
 Making the UK's aid budget work better Peter Boone
July 2010
Paper No' CEPCP309:
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CentrePiece 15 (1) Summer 2010

Tags: regional aid; health; education; poverty
Blog
 LSE Centre for Economic Performance – all election analyses are now available
May 2010
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Tags: central government and core executive functions; public services and the welfare state; cep; politics; uk; uk government; uk politics
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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
Paper No' CEPDP0978:
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JEL Classification: F10; F23; L14; L23

Tags: related party trade; imports; contract theory; contractibility; intermedication; human capital; physical capital
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CEP election analysis
 Health: Higher Spending has Improved Quality, But Productivity Must Increase Zack Cooper and Alistair McGuire
April 2010
Paper No' CEPEA009:
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Tags: health; productivity; uk

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CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
 Individual Teacher Incentives, Student Achievement and Grade Inflation Pedro Martins
March 2010
Paper No' CEEDP0112:
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Tags: teacher incentives; pupil attainment
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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
Paper No' CEPDP0967:
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JEL Classification: N12; E37; E47; E52; C11; C53

Tags: great depression; monetary policy; friedman; schwartz hypothesis; bayesian favar; dynamic factor model; gibbs sampling
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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
 Does Hospital Competition Save Lives? Evidence from the English NHS Patient Choice Reforms Zack Cooper, Steve Gibbons, Simon Jones and Alistair McGuire January 2010
Paper No' SERCDP0041:
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JEL Classification: I1; L1; R0

Tags: health care; quality; competition; choice; incentives; reimbursement
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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
 Trade, Wages and Productivity Kristian Behrens, Giordano Mion, Yasusada Murata and Jens Südekum
October 2009
Paper No' SERCDP0029:
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JEL Classification: F12; F15; F17

Tags: firm heterogeneity; monopolistic competition; general equilibrium; endogenous markups; gravity equation system; counterfactual analysis
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CEP discussion paper
 US Real Interest Rates and Default Risk in Emerging Economies Nathan Foley-Fisher and Bernardo Guimaraes
October 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0952:
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JEL Classification: F34; G15

Tags: real interest rates; default; sovereign debt; identification through heteroskedasticity
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CEP discussion paper
 How to Measure Living Standards and Productivity Nicholas Oulton
September 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0949:
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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
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CEP discussion paper
 The Organization of Firms Across Countries Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
June 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0937:
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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
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CEP discussion paper
 Further Simulation Evidence on the Performance of the Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood Estimator J. M. C. Santos Silva and Silvana Tenreyro May 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0933:
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JEL Classification: C13; C50; F10

Tags: gravity equation; heteroskedasticity; jensen's inequality
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CEP discussion paper
 Anatomy of a Health Scare: Education, Income and the MMR Controversy in the UK Dan Anderberg, Arnaud Chevalier and Jonathan Wadsworth May 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0929:
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JEL Classification: H42; I18

Tags: childhood vaccinations; health outcomes; education
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CEP discussion paper
 The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization Nick Bloom, Luis Garicano, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen May 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0927:
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JEL Classification: O31; O32; O33; F23

Tags: organization; delegation; information technology; communication technology; the theory of the firm
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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
Paper No' CEPDP0926:
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JEL Classification: I2; I12; J1; J14

Tags: health; ramadan; pregnancy; nutrition; indonesia
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CEP discussion paper
 'The Value of Rude Health': Employees' Well Being, Absence and Workplace Performance David Marsden and Simone Moriconi
April 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0919:
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JEL Classification: J22; J28

Tags: time allocation; absenteeism; safety; accidents; industrial health
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CEP discussion paper
 Peer Effects in Science - Evidence from the Dismissal of Scientists in Nazi Germany Fabian Waldinger
February 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0910:
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JEL Classification: I20; I21; I23; I28; J24; L31; L38; N34; N44; O31; O38

Tags: peer effects; nazi germany; science; university; higher education; spillovers; co-authors
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CEP discussion paper
 The Macroeconomic Role of Unemployment Compensation Tomer Blumkin, Yossi Hadar and Eran Yashiv
February 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0909:
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JEL Classification: E24; E61

Tags: productivity; heterogeneity; unemployment compensation policy; technological change; assortative matching
CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
 Access, Choice and Participation in Higher Education Steve Gibbons and Anna Vignoles
January 2009
Paper No' CEEDP0101:
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JEL Classification: I2; R

Tags: higher education; choice; migration
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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
Paper No' CEPDP0906:
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JEL Classification: F1

Tags: heterogeneous firms; product differentiation; product market entry and exit
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CEP discussion paper
 Trade, Technology Adoption and Wage Inequalities: Theory and Evidence Maria Bas
December 2008
Paper No' CEPDP0902:
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JEL Classification: F10; F12;F41

Tags: firm heterogeneity; trade reforms; technology adoption; skill premium; plant panel data
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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
Paper No' CEPDP0897:
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JEL Classification: I12

Tags: cognitive behavioural therapy; cbt; psychological therapy; evaluation; cost benefit analysis; iapt
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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
Paper No' SERCDP0012:
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JEL Classification: F12; R12

Tags: entrepreneur heterogeneity; firm selection; agglomeration; income inequalities; urbanization; urban systems
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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
Paper No' CEPDP0895:
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JEL Classification: F12; F15

Tags: firm heterogeneity; capital mobility; economic geography
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CEP discussion paper
 A 'New Trade' Theory of GATT/WTO Negotiations Ralph Ossa
June 2008
Paper No' CEPDP0877:
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JEL Classification: F12; F13

Tags: trade negotiations; gatt; wto; new trade theory
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CEP discussion paper
 Tax Cuts in Open Economies Alejandro Cuñat, Szabolcs Deak and Marco Maffezzoli
March 2008
Paper No' CEPDP0860:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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