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Wage regulation and the quality of police officer recruits
Crawford, Rowena; Disney, Richard - 2015
The paper analyses the impact of centrally regulated pay on the quality of applicants to be police officers in England … quality of applicants. First, national wage setting implies that relative wages between the police and other occupations vary … the proportion of crime that is violent) is also associated with lower quality police applicants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307800
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Reform of ill-health retirement of police in England and Wales : impact on pension liabilities and the role of local finance
Crawford, Rowena; Disney, Richard - 2013
We examine ill-health retirement of police officers in England and Wales between 2002-3 and 2009-10. Differences in ill … human resources policies. Reforms to police pensions plans- in particular a shift in the incidence of financing ill …-health retirement from central government to local police authorities- impacted on the level of ill-health retirement, especially among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009725524
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Child poverty in the UK since 1998-99 : lessons from the past decade
Brewer, Mike; Browne, James; Joyce, Robert; Sibieta, Luke - 2010
As a result of the Child Poverty Act (2010), current and future governments are committed to reducing the rate of relative income child poverty in the UK to 10% by 2020-21. This paper looks in detail at the progress made towards this goal under the previous Labour administrations. Direct tax and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008664494
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The socio-economic gradient in early child outcomes : evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study
Dearden, Lorraine; Sibieta, Luke; Sylva, Kathy - 2011 - DRAFT: please do not cite without permission
This paper shows that there are large differences in cognitive and socio-emotional development between children from rich and poor backgrounds at the age of 3, and that this gap widens by the age of 5. Children from poor backgrounds also face much less advantageous "early childhood caring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008905994
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Widening participation in higher education : analysis using linked administrative data
Chowdry, Haroon; Crawford, Claire; Dearden, Lorraine; … - 2010
follow two cohorts of students in England - those who took GCSEs in 2001-02 and 2002-03 - from age 11 to age 20. The findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951462
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Differences in the measurement and structure of wealth using alternative data sources : the case of the UK
Oldfield, Zoe͏̈ (contributor); Sierminska, Eva (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003519893
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Better prepared for retirement? : using panel data to improve wealth estimates of ELSA respondents
Banks, James (contributor); Emmerson, Carl (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003519899
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Labour supply and taxation
Meghir, Costas (contributor); Phillips, David (contributor) - 2008
In this paper we provide an overview of the literature relating labour supply to taxes and welfare benefits with a focus on presenting the empirical consensus. We begin with a basic continuous hours model, where individuals have completely free choice over their hours of work. We then consider...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003727667
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Job changes, hours changes and the path of labour supply adjustment
Blundell, Richard W. (contributor); Brewer, Mike (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003155506
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State pensions and the well-being of the elderly in the UK
Banks, James; Blundell, Richard W.; Emmerson, Carl; … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003356090