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Changing the structure of minimum wages : firm adjustment and wage spillovers

Giupponi, Giulia; Machin, Stephen - 2018

This paper analyses the economic impact of a significant change to the structure of a minimum wage setting policy. The context is the United Kingdom where government mandated an unexpected change in the structure of minimum wages and their setting in 2016 by introducing a new minimum wage - the...

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Panic on the streets of London : police, crime and the july 2005 terror attacks

Draca, Mirko (contributor); Machin, Stephen (contributor); … - 2008

terror attacks that hit central London in July 2005. The attacks resulted in a large redeployment of police officers to … central London boroughs as compared to outer London - in fact, police deployment in central London increased by over 30 … London. Study of the timing of the crime reductions and their magnitude, the types of crime which were more likely to be …

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New technology in schools : is there a payoff?

Machin, Stephen (contributor); McNally, Sandra (contributor) - 2006

Despite its high relevance to current policy debates, estimating the causal effect of Information Communication Technology (ICT) investment on educational standards remains fraught with difficulties. In this paper, we exploit a change in the rules governing ICT funding across different school...

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Crime and police resources : the street crime initiative

Machin, Stephen (contributor); Marie, Olivier (contributor) - 2005

In this paper we look at links between police resources and crime in a different way to the existing economics of crime work. To do so we focus on a large-scale policy intervention the Street Crime Initiative that was introduced in England and Wales in 2002. This allocated additional resources...

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Youth unemployment : Déjà Vu?

Bell, David N. F.; Blanchflower, David G. - 2010

This paper reviews current issues in youth labour markets in developed countries. It argues that young people aged 16-25 have been particularly hard hit during the current recession. Using the USA and UK as cast studies, it analyses both causes and effects of youth unemployment using micro-data....

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Retire later or work harder?

Bell, David N. F.; Hart, Robert A. - 2010

We compare two policies of increasing British state pension provision: (a) increase the pensionable age of men and women, (b) maintain the existing retirement age but require older workers to work longer per-period hours. There are reasons for policy makers to give serious consideration to the...

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Crime and immigration : evidence from large immigrant waves

Bell, Brian; Machin, Stephen; Fasani, Francesco - 2010

This paper examines the relationship between immigration and crime in a setting where large migration flows offer an opportunity to carefully appraise whether the populist view that immigrants cause crime is borne out by rigorous evidence. We consider possible crime effects from two large waves...

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The crime reducing effect of education

Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier; Vujić, Sunčica - 2010

In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources from Britain. A robust finding is that criminal activity is negatively associated with higher levels of education. However, it is essential to ensure that the direction of...

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The changing economic advantage from private school

Green, Francis; Machin, Stephen; Murphy, Richard; Zhu, Yu - 2010

Despite its relatively small size, the private school sector plays a prominent role in British society. This paper focuses on changing wage and education differentials between privately educated and state educated individuals in Britain. It reports evidence that the private/state school wage...

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Resources and standards in urban schools

Machin, Stephen (contributor); McNally, Sandra (contributor) - 2007

Despite being central to government education policy in many countries, there remains considerable debate about whether resources matter for pupil outcomes. In this paper we look at this question by considering an English education policy initiative Excellence in Cities which has been a flagship...

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