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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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What makes a young entrepreneur?

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003571667

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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Age, death risk, and the design of an exit strategy: a guide for policymakers and for citizens who want to stay alive

Oswald, Andrew J.; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2020

Some commentators argue for a fairly general release from COVID-19 lockdown. That has a troubling flaw. It ignores the fatality risks that will then be faced by citizens in midlife and older. This paper provides information on the strong age-pattern in the risk of death from three countries...

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Emotional prosperity and the Stiglitz Commission

Oswald, Andrew J. - 2010

This paper argues - in line with the proposals of the recent Stiglitz Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress - that we should now be measuring a nation's emotional prosperity rather than its economic prosperity (that is, we ought to focus on the level of mental...

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National happiness and genetic distance : a cautious exploration

Proto, Eugenio; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2014

This paper examines a famous puzzle in social science. Why do some nations report such high happiness? Denmark, for instance, regularly tops the league table of rich nations' well-being; Great Britain and the US enter further down; France and Italy do relatively poorly. Yet the explanation for...

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Mortality and immortality

Rablen, Matthew D. (contributor); … - 2007

It has been known for centuries that the rich and famous have longer lives than the poor and ordinary. Causality, however, remains trenchantly debated. The ideal experiment would be one in which status and money could somehow be dropped upon a sub-sample of individuals while those in a control...

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The wage curve reloaded

Blanchflower, David G. (contributor); … - 2005

This paper provides evidence for the existence of a wage curve - a micro-econometric association between the level of pay and the local unemployment rate - in modern U.S. data. Consistent with recent evidence from more than 40 other countries, the wage curve in the United States has a long-run...

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Can we test for bias in scientific peer-review?

Oswald, Andrew J. (contributor) - 2008

Science rests upon the reliability of peer review. This paper suggests a way to test for bias. It is able to avoid the fallacy - one seen in the popular press and the research literature - that to measure discrimination it is sufficient to study averages within two populations. The paper's...

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Oswald, Andrew J. - 2009

well spent. Is there an objective way to assess the quality of a nation's world-leading science? I attempt to suggest a … method, and illustrate it with modern data on economics. Of 450 genuinely world-leading journal articles, the UK produced 10 …

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