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Evaluation Methods for Non-Experimental Data by Blundell, Richard, Costa Dias, Monica

“…This paper presents a review of non-experimental methods for the evaluation of social programmes. We consider matching and selection methods and analyse each…”
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Fiscal Decentralisation and Economic Growth in High-Income OECD Countries by Thiessen, Ulrich

“…Among the majority of high-income OECD countries, the degree of fiscal decentralisation has converged over the last 30 years towards an intermediate level. The…”
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Ownership and Production Costs: Choosing between Public Production and Contracting-Out in the Case of Swedish Refuse Collection by Ohlsson, Henry

“…Many comparisons of public and private firms use a public/private ownership dummy variable to capture cost differences. If, however, public and private firms…”
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How well targeted are soda taxes? by Dubois, Pierre, Griffith, Rachel, O'Connell, Martin

“…Soda taxes aim to reduce excessive sugar consumption. Policymakers highlight the young, particularly from poor backgrounds, and high sugar consumers as groups…”
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Human Capital Investment: The Returns from Education and Training to the Individual, the Firm and the Economy by Blundell, Richard, Dearden, Lorraine, Meghir, Costas, Sianesi, Barbara

“…This paper provides a non-technical review of the evidence on the returns to education and training for the individual, the firm and the economy at large. It…”
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Educational inequality: The widening socio-economic gap by Machin, Stephen, Vignoles, Anna

“…In this paper, we consider research on links between higher education and family background, focusing particularly on the experiences of two cohorts of…”
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Tax Structures and FDI: The Deterrent Effects of Complexity and Uncertainty by Edmiston, Kelly, Mudd, Shannon, Valev, Neven

“…In this study, we examine the connection between the varied experiences of the transition countries in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) and their…”
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Use of credit and arrears on debt among low-income families in the United Kingdom by Bridges, Sarah, Disney, Richard

“…Household accumulation of debt and arrears on debt, especially among low-income families, is an extremely topical issue in the UK media and in policy circles…”
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The restructuring and privatisation of British Rail: was it really that bad? by Pollitt, Michael G., Smith, Andrew S. J.

“…This paper uses a social cost–benefit analysis (SCBA) framework to assess whether rail privatisation in Britain has produced savings in operating costs. The…”
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The restructuring and privatisation of the electricity distribution and supply businesses in England and Wales: a social cost-benefit analysis by Domah, Preetum, Pollitt, Michael G.

“…In December 1990, the 12 regional electricity companies — responsible for the distribution and supply of electricity in England and Wales — were privatised…”
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The Distribution of Public Expenditure across the UK Regions by McLean, Iain, McMillan, Alistair

“…The distribution of UK revenue to the regional and territorial governments, administrations and authorities that spend the money is based on a hotchpotch of…”
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Following or Leading Public Opinion? Social Security Policy and Public Attitudes Since 1997 by Hills, John

“…This paper examines New Labour's social security and related policies since 1997 in the light of evidence on public attitudes. The list of measures where…”
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Who Will Pay for Long-Term Care in the UK? Projections Linking Macro- and Micro-Simulation Models by Hancock, Ruth, Comas-Herrera, Adelina, Wittenberg, Raphael, Pickard, Linda

“…The long-term care funding system continues to attract much debate in the UK. We produce projections of state and private long-term care expenditure and…”
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Distributional Implications of Environmental Taxation in Denmark by Klinge Jacobsen, Henrik, Birr-Pedersen, Katja, Wier, Mette

“…Environmental taxes have been introduced in many countries. However, few countries have reached the level of environmental taxation that is seen in Denmark…”
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Inequality and two decades of British tax and benefit reforms by Clark, Tom, Leicester, Andrew

“…Microsimulation methods are used to identify the contribution of tax and benefit reforms to the significant growth in UK income inequality since 1979. The…”
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A conceptual framework for understanding global and transnational public goods for health by Sandler, Todd, Arce M., Daniel G.

“…The paper presents two taxonomies for classifying global and transnational health-promoting activities according to three parameters of publicness —…”
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Public Investment, the Stability Pact and the 'Golden Rule' by Balassone, Fabrizio, Franco, Daniele

“…The fiscal rules set in the Treaty of Maastricht and in the Stability and Growth Pact have sometimes been criticised as an excessively binding constraint for…”
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Combining input-output analysis and micro-simulation to assess the effects of carbon taxation on Spanish households by Labandeira, Xavier, Labeaga, José

“…This paper explores the effects of a tax levied on Spanish energy-related CO2 emissions. After justifying the relevance of carbon taxation in the Spanish…”
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Public and private spending for environmental protection: a cross-country policy analysis by Pearce, David, Palmer, Charles

“…OECD data are used to investigate public and private environmental expenditures and, although they are more complete and consistent than other datasets, they…”
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On Sharing NATO Defence Burdens in the 1990s and Beyond by Sandler, Todd, Murdoch, James C.

“…This article investigates NATO burden sharing in the 1990s in light of strategic, technological, political and membership changes. Both an ability-to-pay and a…”
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