We explore the relationship between business ownership and attitudes towards financial risk using individual level data drawn from the US <italic>Survey of Consumer Finances</italic> (SCF). The SCF includes a measure of individuals’ attitudes towards risk allowing us to explore the implications of...

We explore the relationship between gambling and the use of credit at the individual and household levels using representative pooled cross-section data from the UK Expenditure and Food Surveys (EFS) (2001--2007). Gambling and the use of credit are shown to be positively correlated at the...

This paper considers how technological change and globalization has influenced the return to education and occupation in Great Britain over the period 1973 to 1994. A number of papers in the literature have documented increasing demand for individuals who possess higher skill endowments than...

This paper profiles individual strike incidence and militancy in Britain over the period 1985-1990 using data derived from the British Social Attitudes Survey. The approach of the study is to quantify the differential probabilities of strike activity and other forms of militant behaviour of...

This paper proffers the first formal econometric analysis into the privatization of public housing under the Conservative Government's 'Right to Buy' (RTB) legislation. Results reveal that both actual and prospective RTB beneficiaries exhibit significantly different demographic and attitudinal...