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The impacts of choice in public services are controversial. We exploit a reform in the English National Health Service … benefits. We find increased demand responsiveness led to a significant reduction in mortality and an increase in patient …
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Has the introduction of greater choice and competition in healthcare in England led to improved outcomes for patients? The authors assess changes in the quality of care that hospitals provided for cardiac surgery patients following the mid-2000s reforms.
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England's performance in international tests of student achievement continues to be disappointing. Further improvement is essential not only for students' themselves but also for economic growth. This briefing considers the impact of Academies, school spending and teacher quality. Research...
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Real wages and living standards have taken a hard hit in the UK in the recent past. Real wages of the typical (median …) UK worker have fallen by almost 10% since 2008 and median family incomes have significantly fallen for working age …
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market. Perceptions do not seem to line up with the existing academic evidence. On balance, the evidence for the UK labour … still not, on average, materialised. It is hard to find evidence of much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on … average. Immigrants, especially in recent years, tend to be younger and better educated than the UK-born and less likely to be …
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In brief: Economics of higher education
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The researchers note that there have been historically unprecedented falls in UK real wages since the start of the … States in 2013 were at about the same level as in 1979) might be viewed as a warning sign for the UK. …
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market. On balance, the evidence for the UK labour market suggests that fears about adverse consequences of rising … much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average. Immigrants, especially in recent years, tend to be younger and … better educated than the UK-born and less likely to be unemployed. Future migration trends will, as ever, depend on relative …
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In brief: Economics of higher education
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Ofsted inspections of schools have been a central feature of state education in England for nearly 20 years. Research by Iftikhar Hussain explores the validity of the school ratings that Ofsted produces, the impact of a fail rating on subsequent pupil performance and the extent to which teachers...
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