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Are current levels of air pollution in England too high?The impact of pollution on population mortality

Janke, Katharina; Propper, Carol; Henderson, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

We examine the relationship between common sources of airborne pollution and population mortality in present day … with excess deaths. We examine all cause mortality and deaths from specific cardiovascular and respiratory causes that are … associated with higher mortality rates. The size of the effects we find translates into around 4,500 deaths per annum.[...] …

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Dynastic Management

Caselli, Francesco; Gennaioli, Nicola - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

rely much more heavily on the dynastic family firm,where ownership and control are passed on from one generation to the …

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Intergenerational and Life-Course Transmission of SocialExclusion in the 1970 British Cohort Study

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004

This study used data from the British Cohort Study to examine the relationshipsbetween childhood background experiences and a variety of indicators of adultwell-being. Similar to an earlier study that analyses the National ChildDevelopment Study, we use a rich array of childhood background...

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Cooperation in Collective Action

Bandiera, Oriana; Barankay, Iwan; Rasul, Imran - London School of Economics and Political Science; … - 2005

The ability to cooperate in collective action problems — such as those relating to the useof common property resources or the provision of local public goods — is a key determinant ofeconomic performance. In this paper we discuss two aspects of collective action problemsin developing...

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Tackling Difficult Estates

Richardson, Liz - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999

Based on practitioners’ experience of making things work on the ground, severalcommon themes emerged. These themes prompted questions about how success can bereplicated, how to overcome obstacles, and what role government can play.The themes were:• scaling down and linking up;• cutting...

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computational methods in econometrics

Hajivassiliou, Vassilis - London School of Economics and Political Science

The computational properties of an econometric method are fundamentaldeterminants of its importance and practical usefulness, in conjunction withthe method’s statistical properties. Computational methods in econometricsare advanced through successfully combining ideas and methods in...

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The de Soto Effect

Besley, Timothy; Ghatak, Maitreesh - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009

This paper explores the consequences of creating and improvingproperty rights so that xed assets can be used as collateral. Thishas become a cause célèbre of Hernando de Soto whose views areinfluential in debates about policy reform concerning property rights.Hence, we refer to the economic...

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Homeownership and land use controls : a dynamic model with voting and lobbying

Hilber, Christian (contributor); … - 2007

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Women’s family histories and incomes in later life in the UK, US and West Germany

Evandrou, Maria; Falkingham, Jane; Sefton, Tom - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009

Using data from several large scale longitudinal surveys, this paper investigates the relationship between older women‟s families histories and their personal incomes in later life in the UK, US and West Germany, By comparing three countries with very different welfare regimes, we seek to gain...

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