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Unmet aspirations as an explanation for the age u-shape in human wellbeing

Schwandt, Hannes - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

A large literature in behavioral and social sciences has found that human wellbeing follows a U-shape over age. Some theories have assumed that the U-shape is caused by unmet expectations that are felt painfully in midlife but beneficially abandoned and experienced with less regret during old...

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Collapsing worlds and varieties of welfare capitalism: in search of a new political economy of welfare

Schelkle, Waltraud - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

The study of welfare capitalism is concerned with a founding question of political economy, namely how capitalism and democracy can be combined. Ever since the publication of Esping-Andersen’s Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism in 1990, the answer was sought in identifying ideal types of...

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The contributions of Professor Amartya Sen in the field of human rights

Vizard, Polly - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

his paper analyses the work of the Nobel Prize winning economist Professor Amartya Sen from the perspective of human rights. It assesses the ways in which Sen’s research agenda has deepened and expanded human rights discourse in the disciplines of ethics and economics, and examines how his...

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The resistible decline of European science

Bauwens, Luc; Mion, Giordano; Thisse, Jacques-François - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

Using a new data set that allows us to analyze precisely the research output in all fields of science, we show that the …

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Peer effects in science: evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany

Waldinger, Fabian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

This paper analyzes peer effects among university scientists. Specifically, it investigates whether the number of peers and their average quality affects the productivity of researchers in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. The usual endogeneity problems related to estimating peer effects are...

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Public policy and inequalities of choice and autonomy

Burchardt, Tania; Evans, Martin; Holder, Holly - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

This article explores the conceptualisation of choice as autonomy using three components – self-reflection, active … decision-making, and quality and range of options - and investigates empirical inequalities in autonomy, using newly … deeper sense of autonomy – has an intrinsic value. The empirical findings indicate that disabled people are most likely to …

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Management of bureaucrats and public service delivery: evidence from the Nigerian civil service

Rasul, Imran; Rogger, Daniel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

the approach of Bloom and Van Reenen[2007]. Management practices matter: a one standard deviation increase in autonomy for …

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Does management matter in schools?

Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the...

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