Gun Control Saves Lives

Monitoring Inequality via the Income Share of Society's Richest People

Low and Stable Inflation Eases Labour Market Adjustment in a Downturn

The UK's More Flexible Labour Markets Save Jobs in a Downturn

Low Inflation Increases Wage Flexibility and Boosts Employment: Evidence from Germany

Wage Rigidity Increases Unemployment: Evidence from Italy

New Evidence of Human Beings' Instinctive Fairness

Would Longer School Years Improve Pupils' Later Life Outcomes?

Offshore Financial Centres: Benefits Outweigh Costs for Neighbours

Big Mac Economics: Globalisation Does Make International Prices Converge

Inequality and Redistribution: The Politically Decisive Role of the Middle Class

The Economic Benefits of Being a Member of the Chinese Communist Party

The Impact of Religion and Political Conflict on Economic Performance

Britain's Public-Private Pay Gap

Clearance Sales: Why Retailers Have Them - and Why Flexible Manufacturing may Make Them Less Common

Protectionist Regulation: The European Commission Blocks Mergers that Threaten Tougher Competition for European Firms

When Mergers Go Wrong

Educational Benefits from Computers in Schools

Higher Wages Encourage us to Work Harder

Workers Care about their Employers' Intentions

Why Big Firms are Typically Reluctant to Participate in Research Joint Ventures

People's Charitable Giving is Influenced by their Beliefs about What Causes Poverty

Strategic Political Campaigns: Responsive, Swing Voters who Turn Out will be Offered Better Policies

Contrasting Patterns of Work in the World's Rich Countries

Employment Protection Reduces Productivity

Wrongful Discharge Law can Enhance Employment among Highly Skilled Workers

Restrictions on Firing: The Impact on the Creation and Destruction of Jobs

Employment Protection Benefits Prime Age Men at the Expense of the Young, Women, Immigrants and Lower Skilled Workers

Firm and Job Turnover: Both Labour and Product Market Regulation Matter

Why Employment Protection is Weak in Britain and Strong in France: It's Tougher to Get than to Defend Once in Place

The Gender Wage Will Narrow but is Unlikely Ever to Disappear

'Paternalistic Altruism': Why We Like Policies that Force People to Take Better Care of Themselves

Intergenerational Altruism: The Impact of Aspirations and Habits on What Parents Leave to their Children

How to Set Reserve Prices in Auctions

Pensions, Inequality and Redistribution

Market Power in the Wholesale Electricity Market

Institutional Change in Transition Economies: Comparing the Roles of Policy Choices and Historical Legacies

Experimental Evidence on the Impact of People's Expectations on Inflation and the Business Cycle

Fiscal Policy: The Impact on Price Differentials within Monetary Unions

Selfish Behaviour: New Evidence on Men versus Women, Younger versus Older

Excessive Pessimism about Job Security Means that People Earn Less

Weak Labour Markets Hurt New Immigrants

New Evidence on the National and International Significance of R&D

Rising Wage Inequality: The Impact of Investment in New Technology

Occupational Mobility in Britain and The United States: Convergence Between the Victorian Era and Now

Life Chances: Accounting for Falling Intergenerational Mobility

Fathers and Sons: Evidence on the Intergenerational Links in Earnings

Foreign Firms Choose to Locate R&D Labs Near Top British Universities

More Competition Means Lower Unemployment

Exporting Makes British Firms More Productive

The Economics of Microfinance

'Lasting peace cannot be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty', declared the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Committee in making their award to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh. 'Micro-credit is one such means.' A series of studies examines the economics of microfinance:

What Makes Microfinance Work

Closer Social Connections Make Microfinance More Effective

Getting Good Repayment Rates: The Importance of Personal Trust

Barriers to Successful Micro-lending

The Financial Performance of Leading Microbanks

For the Average British Woman, Life in a Couple Means More Housework and Less Wellbeing

Inequality in Consumption between Husbands and Wives

'In-work Benefits': A More Effective Way of Reducing Inequality than Traditional Redistribution Policies

Victims of their Own Success: How Neighbourhood Watch Schemes Can Break Down Once Crime is Cut

Currency Defences Should Not Raise Interest Rates Too Aggressively

Bonds or Bank Loans? How Macroeconomic Fundamentals Influence the Borrowing Choices of Emerging Market Firms

How Psychology Was Removed from Economics - And How it Might Come Back

How Bidders in Auctions Can Collude

New Research on the Market for Annuities