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The chances of a company being found guilty of abuse of a monopoly position by the UK’s Competition Commission increase enormously if the chair of the... More
The stock market and the unemployment rate are like two drunks walking down the street tied together with a rope, according to Professor Roger Farmer,... More
Governments and central banks should think twice before designing policies aimed at the housing market in an effort to stimulate household demand and... More
Raising the compulsory school leaving age in the UK is likely to reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy, currently among the highest in Europe. That is... More
A temporary policy of removing penalties for possessing cannabis in the London borough of Lambeth increased the number of admissions to hospital for... More
Differences in productivity between rich and poor countries are systematically larger in sectors that require skilled labour and extensive research... More
Women are much more willing to compete as part of a team than as individuals. Nearly two thirds of the gap between men and women in the ... More
The US Federal Reserve did not cause the recessions of the 1970s and early 1980s by raising interest rates in response to unexpectedly higher... More
Higher local authority taxes reduce employment in existing firms, according to research by Gilles Duranton, Laurent Gobillon and Henry Overman. But... More
Childhood circumstances have large effects on career success, according to the latest analysis of Whitehall II, the well-known and widely respected... More
There is no easy answer to the question ‘how much do parents spend on their children?’ using conventional data. But based on a novel Danish... More
Top US economist calls for us all to recognise the extent of our uncertainty Both politicians and journalists should be deeply sceptical of analysts... More
There is no easy answer to the question ‘how much do parents spend on their children?’ using conventional data. But based on a novel Danish... More
In Aceh, Indonesia, the Indian ocean region that suffered the most deaths in the 2004 tsunami, people in households with more adult males were... More
Childhood circumstances have large effects on career success, according to the latest analysis of Whitehall II, the well-known and widely... More
Both politicians and journalists should be deeply sceptical of analysts in academia, thinktanks and government agencies who seem unwavering in... More
Hospital competition in the National Health Service (NHS) in England lowers death rates, according to research by Dr Zack Cooper and colleagues,... More
Teenage girls in the UK typically play an active role in family decisions about the allocation of household resources. But older children (those over... More
The idea of ‘information cascades’, in which people make decisions on the basis of seeing what other people are doing, provides valuable insights into... More
It is often claimed that innovations in financial markets, particularly around consumer credit and home mortgages, played an important role in the... More
Small revisions to the data that go into the widely cited Human Development Index (HDI) can substantially alter a country’s position in the global... More
Countries that host the Olympic games and other ‘mega-events’, such as the World Cup, enjoy a large and permanent increase in trade. That is one of... More
Simple binary questions – ‘yes or no’, ‘for or against’, ‘positive or negative’ – are the most effective way to get an accurate reading of public... More
New research indicates that income inequality has a significant impact on the degree of redistribution that a country pursues. Analysing more than 25... More
Integration of financial markets within the euro area has so far failed to deliver for households looking to maintain their living standards and... More