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Latest media briefings June 2010

June 2010
	AMERICAN JEWS’ ENTHUSIASTIC CELEBRATION OF HANUKKAH DRIVEN BY COMPETITION FROM CHRISTMAS
	OPTIONAL WATER METERS: THE DOWNSIDE OF ALLOWING HOUSEHOLDS TO CHOOSE
	PUPILS TAUGHT IN SMALLER CLASSES GET HIGHER EXAM MARKS
	CONTRACEPTION AS DEVELOPMENT: HOW FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMMES IMPROVE WOMEN’S LIVES
	AFRICA’S GROWTH PERFORMANCE: FAILURE EVEN WHEN GOVERNMENT REVENUES ARE HIGH
	NEW EVIDENCE OF HOW E-COMMERCE CREATES WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THE RETAIL SECTOR
	DAMPENING DEMAND FOR MEDICAL CARE: EVIDENCE ON THE IMPACT OF ASKING PATIENTS TO MAKE A LARGER FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION
May 2010
	GOOD MANAGEMENT IS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
	FAST-GROWING AFRICAN POPULATIONS RISK MORE CIVIL WARS
	FALLING COMMODITY PRICES LEAD TO CIVIL WAR
	COMPARING OUR INCOME WITH OTHERS MAKES US UNHAPPY
	US DEFENCE CONTRACTOR STOCKS PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING SHOCKS
	FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS BOOST ESTABLISHED EXPORTERS
	ASSET PRICE BUBBLES DROVE GLOBAL TRADE IMBALANCES
	AVERTING ECONOMIC ARMAGEDDON WITH A ‘SUPER CHAPTER 11’
March 2010
	RESTRICTING ALCOHOL REDUCES VIOLENT CRIME
	NEW EVIDENCE ON THE ALLOCATION OF WORK AND INCOME WITHIN MARRIED AND UNMARRIED COUPLES
	LOBBYING FOR LEGISLATORS’ VOTES
	ENFORCING MINIMUM WAGE LAWS: THE IMPORTANCE OF GOVERNMENTS MAKING A CREDIBLE COMMITMENT
	THE DOWNSIDE OF COMPETITION BETWEEN TRADING PLATFORMS
	GOVERNMENTS SHOULD ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN BASIC RESEARCH
	EXPLAINING THE ‘GREAT MODERATION’: THE IMPACT OF PRODUCTIVITY, IMPROVED MONETARY POLICY AND CHANGING OIL MARKETS
	WEATHER TO GO TO COLLEGE: HOW CLOUD COVER ENCOURAGES UNIVERSITY ENROLMENT
	MEETING OF MINDS: EXPLAINING HOW GROUPS OF PEOPLE CONVERGE ON ‘FOCAL POINTS’
	ECONOMIC INEQUALITY DRIVES A COUNTRY’S POLITICAL SYSTEM
February 2010
	THE RENEWED IMPORTANCE OF MONITORING MONETARY AGGREGATES FOR MONETARY POLICY-MAKING
	CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS FOLLOW THEIR PARENTS’ LEAD ON FEELINGS OF ETHNIC IDENTITY
	PAYING DOCTORS FOR QUALITY: INTENDED AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF AN NHS PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE SCHEME
	CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANT GROUPS DO BETTER THAN THEIR PARENTS IN EUROPEAN LABOUR MARKETS – BUT STILL NOT AS WELL AS CHILDREN OF NATIVE-BORN PARENTS
	IMMIGRANTS’ READY ASSIMILATION OF BRITISH IDENTITY SUGGESTS WE NEED NOT FEAR A ‘CULTURE CLASH’

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