[…] hierarchy. This study started with the conceptual distinction between two types of health selection studies. Type I health selection study (the presence of health selection) examines the impact of poor health on the subsequent social mobility. On the contrary, type II study (the contribution of health selection to social inequalities in health) examines whether […]

This paper provides a framework for analyzing the impact of a change in property division law – a natural experiment that affects spouses’ bargaining power in a discrete manner – on household decision making. I focus on the House of Lords decision of 2000 (White v. White), which led to a more equitable division […]

The analysis in this paper focuses on the impact of health on the savings and consumption decisions of the elderly. In principle, there are at least five alternative channels through which health may affect consumption and savings. Ill health may affect both consumption capacities and needs while the risk of deteriorating health might increase […]

This paper uses the ‘Jamie Oliver Feed Me Better’ campaign to evaluate the impact of healthy school meals on educational outcomes. The campaign introduced drastic changes in the meals offered in the schools of one Borough, shifting from low-budget processed meals towards healthier options. We evaluate the effect of the campaign on educational outcomes […]

[…] person’s life partner dies there are often many changes in financial and economic arrangements for the bereaved member of the couple. Much research has explored the psychological impact of death of a partner, but little is known about the financial implications, especially for people bereaved under pension age. This study investigated the financial and […]

[…] for the independent review of variable tuition fees in higher education in England that will begin this year. This new report which is based on work that CRA International has undertaken over the past few months, extends our work in a new direction by exploring the impact of a possible increase in the fee cap.

[…] a weak but significant association between interviewer departures from standard interviewing practice and the occurrence of respondent cognition problems regardless of question type. Dependent interviewing did, however, impact the survey interaction itself. We found that dependent interviewing questions were nearly 6.5 times more likely to be interrupted by respondents than regular survey questions. We […]

[…] non-employment. The distinction between types of promotion, made in our study, proved fruitful as it seems to explain gender differences in promotion probabilities. We show that the impact of gender on promotions depends crucially on how promotions are defined. Women are more likely than men to receive automatic promotions, but as likely to receive […]