We find little support for the Schumpeterian hypothesis of a positiverelationship between market power and innovation …. Competition policy appears to have been much too lenient but theproductivity problems of British industry at this time are best … viewed as arisinglargely from the difficulties of reaping the benefits of innovation rather thanfrom a failure to innovate …

In this paper the author argues that social scientists need to do more toprovide policy-relevant research. Rapid …

A review of research evidence suggests that low levels of educationalattainment are crucial in generating and … average pupils. Hence schools are a good placeto improve children’s skills. Research suggests that higher per pupilspending …

research is the relativeimportance of childhood poverty and of early motherhood as correlatesof outcomes later in life. How far …

contribution of area effects research to date. Methodological anddata constraints mean that quantitative studies often …