Search Results - "Simon M. Burgess"

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by Burgess, Simon M Greaves, Ellen Murphy, Richard De Paola, Maria
01.08.2019

“...A common feature of public sector labor markets is the use of pay scales. This paper examines how the removal of pay scales impacts productivity, by exploiting...”

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Motivated to succeed?: attitudes to education among native and immigrant pupils in England

by Burgess, Simon M Heller-Sahlgren, Gabriel
2018

“...We study attitudes to education among English adolescents. Using PISA data, we show there is considerable variation in these attitudes depending on background:...”

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The long-term outcomes of refugees: tracking the progress of the East African Asians

by Anders, Jake Burgess, Simon M Portes, Jonathan
2018

“...Refugees are often perceived as an economic "burden", as the current debate on the European refugee crisis illustrates. But there is little quantitative...”

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Italy since 1989: Events and Interpretations

by Bufacchi, Vittorio, Dr Burgess, Simon
2001

“...Italy Since 1989 provides the first in-depth, fully documented account in English of the extraordinary last eleven years in Italian politics. Bufacchi and...”

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Empirical Matching Functions: Estimation and Interpretation Using State-Level Data

by Patricia M. Anderson Simon M. Burgess Published in The review of economics and statistics (01.02.2000)

“...Using quarterly data to estimate state-level matching functions, we obtain point estimates that are slightly higher than are found with national gross flows...”

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Human capital and education: the state of the art in the economics of education

by Burgess, Simon M
2016

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Understanding the response to financial and non-financial incentives in education: field experimental evidence using high-stakes assessments

by Burgess, Simon M Metcalfe, Robert M Sadoff, Sally
2016

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Incentives in the public sector: evidence from a government agency

by Burgess, Simon M Published in The economic journal (2017)

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Italy since 1989: Events and Interpretations

by Bufacchi, Vittorio Burgess, Simon
1997.

“...Italy Since 1989 provides the first in-depth, fully documented account in English of the extraordinary last eleven years in Italian politics. Bufacchi and...”

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What parents want: School preferences and school choice

by Burgess, Simon M Greaves, Ellen Vignoles, Anna Wilson, Deborah Published in The Economic journal (London) (2015)

“...We investigate parents' preferences for school attributes in a unique data set of survey, administrative, census and spatial data. Using a conditional logit,...”

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A Model of Competition Between Unemployed and Employed Job Searchers: An Application to the Unemployment Outflow Rate in Britain

by Simon M. Burgess Published in The Economic journal (London) (01.09.1993)

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Job Creation and Job Destruction in Great Britain in the 1980s

by David G. Blanchflower Simon M. Burgess Published in Industrial & labor relations review (01.10.1996)

“...Using data from the Workplace Industrial Relations Surveys of 1980, 1984, and 1990, the authors investigate processes of job creation and job destruction in...”

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Test scores, subjective assessment, and stereotyping of ethnic minorities

by Burgess, Simon M Greaves, Ellen Published in Journal of labor economics (01.07.2013)

“...We assess whether ethnic minority pupils are subject to low teacher expectations. We exploit the English testing system of “quasi-blind” externally marked...”

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Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Government Agency

by Burgess, Simon Propper, Carol Ratto, Marisa Tominey, Emma Published in The Economic journal (London) (01.10.2017)

“...We study the impact of team‐based performance pay in a major UK government agency, the public employment service. The scheme covered quantity and quality...”

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The teacher labour market, teacher turnover and disadvantaged schools: New evidence for England

by Allen, Rebecca Burgess, Simon M Mayo, Jennifer Published in Education economics (2018)

“...We study the market for teachers in England, in particular teacher turnover. We show that there is a positive raw association between the level of school...”