One of the enduring problems of British economic management has been the mismatch between the rate of growth of wages and output per person. This paper investigates the relationship between pay and performance since 1980. Industry level analysis confirms the absence of a direct relationship...

Hospitals can be reimbursed for their costs in many ways. Several authors have investigated the effects of these reimbursement rules on physician incentives and, therefore, on the quantity of services provided to patients. A form of (linear) cost-sharing tends to emerge as the socially efficient...

This paper contrasts the labor market fortunes of workers in different housing tenures over the past twenty years, focusing on how two major developments--rising inequality and the declining economic position of men--have affected various housing types. The author concentrates on just three...