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This paper tests whether the so-called ‘reach of the market’ helps to explain ‘why Europe’ and ‘why north …-western Europe’. By looking at grain markets from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century, this study concludes that the … neither a concomitant nor an effect of the Industrial Revolution, but indeed a plausible determinant for the rise of Europe …
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Over the last decade, many countries have experienced dramatic increases in university enrolment, which, when not matched by compensating increases in other inputs, have resulted in larger class sizes. Using administrative records from a leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects...
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The arguments for refinancing the European Union’s (EU) higher education via highertuition fees largely rest on preserving the profitability of the educational investmentand offering deferred and income-contingent payments. Using income survey datasetson Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom...
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In both Britain and the United States, people have been moving awayfrom the inner cities to suburban developments, often leaving behindconcentrations of poverty and decaying neighbourhoods. Anne Power’spaper focuses on the British situation. As Britain comes to terms with theimplications of...
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The way we run urban neighbourhoods in Britain is a key to reversingsocial exclusion, crime and poor performance on almost every front inour cities. This study for the Social Exclusion Unit of seven models ofneighbourhood management analyses the reason for its key position inthe national...
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