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Blanchflower, David G. (contributor); … - 2007

This paper documents some of the patterns in modern microeconomic data on young people’s employment, attitudes and entrepreneurial behaviour. Among other sources, the paper uses the Eurobarometer Surveys; the Labour Force Surveys from Canada and the Current Population Survey in the United...

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The objective measurement of world-leading research

Oswald, Andrew J. - 2015

measure of, a nation's 'world-leading research'? Following a variant of a method developed in Oswald (2010), I examine … citations data on 450 genuinely world-leading journal articles over the Research Excellence Framework period 2008-2014. The UK … Research Assessment Exercise period 2001-2008. I conclude that it is possible to produce an objective measure of world …

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Was Brexit caused by the unhappy and the old?

Liberini, Federica; Oswald, Andrew J.; Proto, Eugenio; … - 2017

On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union (so-called 'Brexit'). This paper uses newly released information, from the Understanding Society data set, to examine the characteristics of individuals who were for and against Brexit. Two key findings emerge. First, unhappy...

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