Investigations of the earnings gap between males and females in the British labor market have highlighted the role of part-time employment in women's working lives. The vast majority of part-time jobs are held by women and, at sometime in their labor-market experience, most women hold part-time...

A commonly held view is that the frequency and value of pre-trial settlements in civil disputes are greatly influenced by the cost allocation regime that is in place if the case goes to trial. There is a large and growing theoretical literature on this subject but almost no empirical evidence....

Using data from the 1985 and 1986 Scottish People's Surveys, this paper attempts to measure the effectiveness of the Youth Training Scheme by estimating the impact of Youth Training Scheme participation on both the subsequent probability of employment and the subsequent earnings potential. The...

The paper discusses the corporate demand for insurance by offering a brief review of the theoretical work in the area and by presenting the results of a survey of large U.K. companies with regard to their insurance purchase decision. It is argued that the usual pooling-of-risks motivation for...