The article examines the workplace sources of sex-based and gendered pay differentials in professional labour markets. Solicitors are among the highest paying professionals, yet women solicitors receive on average only 58 percent of the earnings received by men solicitors, well below an 82...

In this paper we examine tenure decisions of public sector tenants following the Housing Act of 1980 which gave tenants the right to buy their property and a substantial discount on the purchase price. Tenure choice is found to be determined by the household budget constraint, life-cycle...

The law provides that any person injured through the fault of another can claim monetary compensation in the form of damages. This study focuses on compensation paid for loss of future earnings and the fact that little use has been made of economic analysis by courts in Britain in determining...