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182“...In this paper, we discuss the quest for more and more education and its implications for social mobility. We document very rapid educational upgrading in...”
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183“...Growing numbers of university students in Britain and the United States are staying on after their first degrees to invest in a postgraduate qualification...”
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185“...Recessions lead to short-term job loss, lower levels of happiness and decreasing income levels. There is growing evidence that workers who first join the...”
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188“...During this election period many Americans are feeling angry towards the very rich, especially those working in the financial sector, who helped cause the...”
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189“..."This paper considers what has hitherto been a relatively neglected subject in the wage inequality literature, albeit one that has been becoming more important...”
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190by Hansen, Kirstine Machin, Stephen Published in Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics (01.12.2002)“...This paper provides an empirical evaluation of whether one can uncover a link between crime and the labour market using a research methodology that is...”
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191“...The Academies programme set up under the Labour government, beginning in 2002, has so far given Academy status to 203 English secondary schools. These schools...”
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192“...This study examines the variation in educational outcomes across and within countries using the TIMSS mathematics tests. It documents the wide cross-country...”
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193“...Among policymakers, educators and economists there remains a strong, sometimes heated, debate on the extent to which good schools matter. This is seen, for...”
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194by Machin, Stephen“...This paper considers to what extent union decline in Britain has been characterised by convergence or divergence in union membership rates for people with...”
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196“...Using data on Wages Council coverage from the United Kingdom New Earnings Survey, the authors examine the impact of mandated minimum wages on wage dispersion...”
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197“...Education is an area that is highly devolved in the UK, and the fact that all four constituent countries have pursued very different policies in the recent...”
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198by Machin, Stephen“...n this paper I consider the rapid decline in the unionization rate that has occurred in Britain since the late 1970s. An establishment based analysis reports...”
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200by Machin, Stephen“...In this paper I document changes in the distribution of employment in the UK labour market in the 1980s. I use two longitudinal data sources, an industry-level...”
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