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For further information, copies of the journal or of individual articles or any information on economic research in the UK, contact: RES Media Consultant for Economics -
Romesh Vaitilingam on 0117-983-9770 or mobile 07768-661095
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To follow up particular research stories, contact Romesh Vaitilingam, or the relevant author(s).

NOVEMBER 2001
	The 'Scars' of Unemployment
	An Economist's Guide to Lottery Design
	Do Foreign Multinationals Really Improve Domestic Productivity?

The November issue also features an article by Nobel Laureate Professor James Heckman of the University of Chicago on Evaluating Social Programmes in the Modern Welfare State.

OCTOBER 2001
	A Justification for Paying Child Benefits to Middle Class Families
	Explaining Changing Patters of Wealth Inequality
	Game Show Evidence on Attitudes to Risk
	The Impact of Declining Relative Public Sector Pay on Staff Quality

JULY 2001
	New Evidence on the Benefits of Trade Liberalisation for Emerging Economies
	Liberalising Europe's Skies: The Gains for Airline Passengers
	Bargaining Piecemeal or All at Once?
European Monetary Union:
	The European Central Bank: Twin Sister of the German Bundesbank?
	The Impact of Monetary Union on Labour Market Behaviour
The Economics of Happiness:
	Why Rising Incomes Make Us No Happier
	'Status Effects' Explain the Stagnation of Happiness

JUNE 2001
	American Dominance of Economic Research is Weakening
The Economics of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
	Stan Fischer and colleagues at the International Monetary Fund on The Performance of the Palestinian Economy
	Palestinian Economic Prosperity is Essential to Peace in the Middle East
	The Need for Economic Sovereignty in Israeli-Palestinian Relations
The Measurement of Inflation:
	The Retail Prices Index Overstates the True Increase in the Cost of Living
	Bar-code Scanners Offer a More Accurate and Comprehensive Measure of Inflation

Media briefings for these stories are hyperlinked. The latest EJ also includes two further papers on measuring inflation:

• What Weight should be given to Asset Prices in the Measurement of Inflation? by Charles Goodhart, formerly of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee
• Jack Triplett of the Brookings Institution on Using the Cost of Living Index as a Framework for Consumer Price Indices

MAY 2001
	The Problem of World Poverty
	The Impact of the Housing Benefit System on Work Incentives
	The National Health Service and Growing Demand for Private Medical Insurance
	Has Increased Spending on Schools Improved Pupils' Educational Performance?
	Why the Rich and Some of the Poor Unite to Support Reform of Higher Education

APRIL 2001
	English Attitudes Towards Ethnic Minorities
	Should the Government Favour UK Firms in Procurement Decisions?
	Should the World Trade Organisation's Remit Cover National Competition Policies?
	The Impact of Interpersonal Trust on Economic Growth

FEBRUARY 2001
	Reducing Child Poverty in Britain: an Assessment of Government Policy 1997-2001
	Sports Economics: The Eclipse of the FA Cup: Inequality and the Decline of Inter-Division Competition
	European Football Rewards Excellence While Big US Sports Punish Success
	What Competition Policy for Sports and the Sports Broadcasting Industry?

JANUARY 2001
	Export Performance and the Euro
	The Benefits of Smaller Class Sizes
	'Nice Guys Don't Always Finish Last'
	The Full Monty: How Globalisation has Increased Wage Inequality in the UK
	The Contrasting Business Practices of American and Japanese Firms
	Performance Bonuses for Tax Collectors: A New Way to Increase Revenues?