The aim of this paper is to investigate whether stock prices and exchange rates are related and whether there is evidence of convergence in the structure of this relationship across members of the European Union (EU). We then examine if this relationship differs, depending on whether the system...

This paper investigates the relationship between playing success and commercial success in team sports. Utilizing a data set relating to the English Premier League that combines both financial measures and indicators of playing skills and performances, our empirical analysis is based on three...

Population and education are likely to play a central role in public policy in South Africa as it emerges form years of apartheid. Using household survey data, collected as part of the Project for Statistics on Living Standards and Development, the paper examine some of the mechanisms that...

While the demand for health care has been shown to decline as prices rise, little is known about the impact of raising user fees on health outcomes or other dimensions of well-being such as labor supply and wages. Drawing on evidence from social experiments conducted in the United Statesine the...

Poor educational attainment is a persistent problem among latino children, relative to non-Latinos. This paper examines the effects of participation in the Head Start program on Latinos. We find that large and significat benefits accrue to Head Start children when we compare them to siblings who...

This paper analyzes the effect of quality and accessibility of health services and other public infrastructure on the health of children in Ghana. We focus on child survival, child height and weight using data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey. The results suggest an important role for...