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Panic on the streets of London: police, crime and the july 2005 terror attacks
Draca, Mirko; Machin, Stephen; Witt, Robert - 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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Labor and Financial Market Interactions: The Case of Labor Income Risk and Car Insurance in the UK 1969-95
Koeniger, Winfried - 2001
Microeconomic theory predicts that under certain regularity conditions higher idiosyncratic risk increases the propensity to insure against independent marketable risks. We apply these predictions to the specific case of labor income risk and car insurance using data from the UK. The main...
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A suggested method for the measurement of world leading research: (illustrated with data on economics)
Oswald, Andrew J. - 2009
Countries often spend billions on university research. There is growing interest in how to assess whether that money is 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....
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The distribution of top incomes in five Anglo-Saxon countries over the twentieth century
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leigh, Andrew - 2010
Taxation data have been used to create long-run series for the distribution of top incomes in quite a number of countries. Most of these studies have focused on the national experience of individual countries, but we can also learn from cross-country comparisons. Comparative analysis is...
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The impact of union dissolution on moving distances and destinations in the UK
Feijten, Peteke; van Ham, Maarten - 2011
The number of people who have ever experienced a divorce, or a split up of a non-marital union, is rising every year. It is well known that union dissolution has a disruptive effect on the housing careers of those involved, often leading to downward moves on the housing ladder. Much less is...
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Work hours constraints and health
Bell, David; Otterbach, Steffen; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2011
The issue of whether employees who work more hours than they want to suffer adverse health consequences is important not only at the individual level but also for governmental formation of work time policy. Our study investigates this question by analyzing the impact of the discrepancy between...
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Is graduate under-employment persistent? Evidence from the United Kingdom
Mosca, Irene; Wright, Robert E. - 2011
This paper examines the persistence of under-employment amongst UK higher education graduates. For the cohort of individuals who graduated in 2002/3, micro-data collected by the Higher Education Statistical Agency, are used to calculate the rates of non-graduate job employment 6 months and 42...
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Electoral accountability and corruption in local governments: evidence from audit reports
Ferraz, Claudio; Finan, Frederico - 2007
Political corruption is a concern of many modern democracies. It weakens democratic institutions, restricts public services, and lowers productivity undermining economic development. Yet despite its importance, our understanding of what determines corruption is limited. This paper uses a novel...
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Motivating politicians: the impacts of monetary incentives on quality and performance
Ferraz, Claudio; Finan, Frederico - 2008
Recent studies have emphasized the importance of the quality of politicians for good government and consequently economic performance. But if the quality of leadership matters, then understanding what motivates individuals to become politicians and perform competently in office becomes a central...
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Institutional development and colonial heritage within Brazil
Naritomi, Joana; Soares, Rodrigo Reis; Assunção, … - 2009
This paper analyzes the determinants of local institutions and distribution of political power within a constant 'macro-institutional' setting. We show that characteristics of Brazilian municipalities related to institutional quality and distribution of political power are partly inherited from...
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