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The Effect of Local Area Crime on Mental Health

Dustmann, Christian - 2014

experienced by in the direct aftermath of the London Bombings of Jul 7th, 2005 …

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Do Economic Incentives Promote Physical Activity? Evidence from the London Congestion Charge

Nakamura, Ryota; Albanese, Andrea; Coombes, Emma; … - 2022

This study investigates the impact of economic incentives on travel-related physical activity, leveraging the London … Congestion Charge's disincentivising of sedentary travel modes via increasing the cost of private car use within Central London …. The scheme imposes charges on most types of cars entering, exiting and operating within the Central London area, while …

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Can Anyone Be 'the' One? Evidence on Mate Selection from Speed Dating

Belot, Michèle - 2011

Marriage data show a strong degree of positive assortative mating along a variety of attributes. But since marriage is an equilibrium outcome, it is unclear whether positive sorting is the result of preferences rather than opportunities. We assess the relative importance of preferences and...

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Non-Pecuniary Returns to Higher Education : The Effect on Smoking Intensity in the UK

Miranda, Alfonso - 2011

In this paper we investigate whether higher education (HE) produces non-pecuniary returns via a reduction in the consumption of health-damaging substances. In particular, the paper focuses on studying the smoking intensity of British individuals. We use data on current smokers from the 1970...

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Parental Education and Child Health : Evidence from a Schooling Reform

Lindeboom, Maarten - 2010

This paper investigates the impact of parental education on child health outcomes. To identify the causal effect we explore exogenous variation in parental education induced by a schooling reform in 1947, which raised the minimum school leaving age in the UK. Findings based on data from the...

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Technological Capabilities and Patterns of Cooperation of UK Firms : A Regional Investigation

Iammarino, Simona - 2009

This paper focuses on the relationship between firms' technological capabilities and different forms of cooperation for innovation by combining the analysis of both micro and meso levels, i.e. the level of the firm and of the geographical region. Our findings, based on the Fourth UK Community...

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Above and Beyond the Call : Long-Term Real Earnings Effects of British Male Military Conscription During WWII and the Post-War Years

Hart, Robert A. - 2009

This paper adds to the literature on the relationship between military service and long-term real earnings. Based on a regression discontinuity design it compares the earnings of age cohorts containing British men who were required to undertake post-war National Service with later cohorts who...

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Workplace Job Satisfaction in Britain : Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Haile, Getinet Astatike - 2009

This paper examines the determinants of job satisfaction in Britain using nationally representative linked employer-employee data (WERS2004) and alternative econometric techniques. It uses eight facets of job satisfaction for the purpose. As well as underscoring the importance of accounting for...

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The Effect of Neighbourhood Housing Tenure Mix on Labour Market Outcomes : A Longitudinal Perspective

van Ham, Maarten - 2009

This paper investigates the effect of different levels of neighbourhood housing tenure mix on transitions from unemployment to employment and the probability of staying in employment for those with a job. We used individual level data from the Scottish Longitudinal Study (SLS), a 5.3% sample of...

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Obesity and Labor Market Outcomes : Evidence from the British NCDS

Lindeboom, Maarten - 2009

We study the effect of obesity on wages and employment, using data from the British NCDS. The results show a significant negative association between obesity and labor market outcomes even after controlling for a rich set of demographic, socioeconomic, environmental and behavioral variables....

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