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NOVEMBER 2002
	Experimental Research Reveals Pervasive Discrimination in the Labour Market
	The Benefits of Central Bank Transparency
Social Capital:
	Why Invest in Social Connections?
	The Invisible Handshake

DATE FOR THE DIARY: 4 December 2002: The Royal Economic Society Annual Public Lecture (at the Royal Institution):

'IS ECONOMIC GROWTH GOOD FOR US?' by Professor Nicholas Crafts (London School of Economics)

OCTOBER 2002
	Early Family Intervention Will Help Poorer Students Go to University
	Do Classroom Computers Improve Pupil Learning?
	The Failure of Regional Policy in Europe
	Ireland's Past Record as an Economic Success Story
	The Impact of European Monetary Union on the Cost of Capital
	Tackling Child Labour, High Fertility and Weak Economic Growth
	Assessing the Value of Property Rights for Economic Development
	Evaluating Active Labour Market Policies: Evidence from Switzerland

DATE FOR THE DIARY: 4 December 2002: The Royal Economic Society Annual Public Lecture (at the Royal Institution):

'IS ECONOMIC GROWTH GOOD FOR US?' by Professor Nicholas Crafts (London School of Economics)

JULY 2002
	Economic Explanations of Church Strictness
	Do Tax Incentives Increase National Savings?
	Economic Inequality is Bad for Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
	Economic Experiments Reveal How Quickly Discrimination Can Take Root
	The Welfare State and the Family: Which Should Insure Against Unemployment?

Also in this issue:

Professor Willem Buiter on 'The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level'

JUNE 2002
	Sickness Absence: Who Takes the Most Time Off Work?
	Why Do People Bother to Vote?
Temporary Work:
	Temporary Jobs: Stepping Stones or Dead Ends?
	Partial Labour Market Reform is Bad News for the Young and the Unemployed
	Lessons from the Spanish Route to Labour Market Flexibility
	Temporary Work in Turbulent Times: The Swedish Experience
	World Cup to stimulate Internet betting boom

The June issue also features a previously released report on:
A Policy Response to the E-Commerce Revolution: The Case of Betting Taxation in the UK

APRIL 2002
	The Dangers of Public Economic Illiteracy
	Happiness Depends on Your Position on the Income Ladder
	Do Benefits Increase the Time Claimants Spend in Unemployment?
	'Special Purpose Money': Explaining the Resurgence of International Barter
	Monetary Policy: Nominal Income Targeting Versus the Taylor Rule
	Union Recognition Procedures: Mandatory Votes or Card Check?

The April issue also features a report on:
Trade Policy: Unilateralism in a Multilateral World

MARCH 2002
	The Importance of Non-Selfish Motives in Economic Behaviour
	Educationally Egalitarian Countries Grow Faster
	Americans Face Growing Wage Instability
	Innovation and Economic Stability
	The Scarring Effect of Poverty

The journal also features:

• Ken Binmore and Paul Klemperer on 'The Biggest Auction Ever: The Sale of the British 3G Telecom Licenses'
• Canice Prendergast on 'Consumers and Agency Problems'
  IFS research on ' From Earnings Inequality to Consumption Inequality'
• NIESR research on 'Quantification of Qualitative Firm-level Survey Data'
• Richard Blundell on 'Pension Incentives and the Pattern of Retirement in the UK'
  

DATES FOR THE DIARY: The Royal Economic Society's Annual Conference is at Warwick University this year. The conference will run from 25-27 March 2002 with a pre-conference press briefing in London at 10am on 20 March 2002. Among the issues on the agenda:

• Globalisation and the Trend in Inequality
• Monetary Policy and Asset Prices
• Foreign Direct Investment and the Productivity Gap in the UK
• Private Provision of Public Services
• Current Policy Issues in Education
• New Technologies and Productivity Growth

FEBRUARY 2002
	The Limitations of Official Crime Statistics
	Funding Gaps: Should Governments Do Anything to Help Finance Small Firms?
	Growing New High-tech Firms: Accessible Equity Finance Gives the US its Advantage
	When Bureaucrats Meet Entrepreneurs: Governments as Venture Capitalists
	Why People Need Less not More Encouragement to Start New Businesses
	Small Firms and Relationship Lending

DATES FOR THE DIARY: The Royal Economic Society's Annual Conference is at Warwick University this year. The conference will run from 25-27 March 2002 with a pre-conference press briefing in London at 10am on 20 March 2002. Among the highlights are special sessions on:

• Globalisation and the Trend in Inequality
• Monetary Policy and Asset Prices
• Foreign Direct Investment and the Productivity Gap in the UK
• Private Provision of Public Services
• Current Policy Issues in Education
• New Technologies and Productivity Growth

JANUARY 2002
	The Real Meaning of Job Insecurity
	The Reality of Global Inequality
	UK Annuities are Bought by the Longer-lived
	Reserve Requirements on Sovereign Debt: A Solution to Global Financial Crises
	Emotional Hazard: The Key Role of Emotions in Economic Decision-making
	Spin or Not?: New Evidence on Attitudes to Uncertainty from The Price is Right

DATES FOR THE DIARY: The Royal Economic Society's Annual Conference is at Warwick University this year. The conference will run from 25-27 March 2002 with a pre-conference press briefing in London at 10am on 20 March 2002.