The important role of friends, neighbors and colleagues in shaping individual choices has been brought out in a number of studies over the years. The presence of significant ‘local’ influence in shaping individual behavior suggests that firms, governments and developmental agencies should...

This Thesis consists of six Chapters.Chapter I provides an overview of the economic theories of discrimination,summarises the existing empirical work with respect to gender and ethnicity wagedifferentials, presents a discussion on equal opportunities policies, and highlights themerits of matched...

This study sets out the potential costs and benefits of a move to a licensed, taxed and regulated cannabis market in England and Wales. It identifies at least 17 sources of social cost/benefit and gives indicative estimates of annual net external benefit for 13 of them. We stress the important...