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Cross-national rankings of intergenerational mobility: a comparison of approaches from economics and sociology
Blanden, Jo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
, education or social class. The literatures on education and income mobility reveal a similar ranking with South America, other … second part of the paper looks for explanations for the differences in earnings and education persistence and finds that … mobility is negatively correlated with inequality and the return to education but positively correlated with a nation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126209
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The internationalisation of public welfare policy
Banks, James; Disney, Richard; Duncan, Alan; Van … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
With increasing globalisation of knowledge, there are increased opportunities to 'learn' from the experience of policy interventions elsewhere. This paper presents evidence on the extent of international convergence in public policy, with particular focus on labour, welfare, savings and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745841
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Evaluating spatial policies
Gibbons, Steve; Overman, Henry G.; Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
seem to be very unequal, whether we look at average earnings, employment, education or almost any other socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126214
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Decentralization and local service provision: what do we know?
Ahmad, Ehtisham; Brosio, Giorgio - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126432
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Unrealistic optimism: still a neglected trait
Coelho, Marta - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
Purpose: Unrealistic optimism is all around us, and it is a well-documented psychological phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to take a critical approach of the main research done in the area and to analyze the important impact that it has in many economic and managerial contexts. We also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128050
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Achieving innovation in central government organisations
Dunleavy, Patrick; Margetts, Helen; Bastow, Simon; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
The role of innovations in improving government productivity and the effectiveness of services has previously been little studied. This report surveys central departments and agencies to ascertain what kinds of innovations they have recently made, and analyses the factors that they see as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071225
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Survey on competing in network industries : firm strategies, market outcomes, and policy implications
Koski, Heli; Kretschmer, Tobias - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
We review the recent literature on market structure, firm strategies and public policy in network industries. In particular, we focus on the latest applied work, including case studies and empirical work as well as refinements of the established theoretical results. We group each set of results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928671
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Gender segregation in employment contracts
Petrongolo, Barbara - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
This paper presents evidence on gender segregation in employment contracts in 15 EU countries, using micro data from the ECHPS. Women are over-represented in part-time jobs in all countries considered, but while in northern Europe such allocation roughly reflects women’s preferences and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884580
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Social Capital and Public Policy in Greece.
Paraskevopoulos, Christos J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
Social capital has emerged as a key concept on the social sciences in general and political science/public policy in particular over the last two decades or so, because, by facilitating collective action among the actors, it leads to increased levels of performance in several public policy areas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005797588
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More on Marriage, Fertility, and the Distribution of Income.
Greenwood, J.; Guner, N.; Knkwles, J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999
According to Pareto, the distribution of income depends on "the nature of the people comprising a society, on the organization of the latter, and, also, in part, on An overlapping generations model of marriage, fertility and nature of the is captured by attitudes toward marriage, divorce,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005625912