Working papers

This papers compares data from the US and Canada to investigate the effect of differential taxation on portfolio allocation.

We investigate the idea that increased use of ICT has facilitated outsourcing of business services, and that these are complementary activities in production because they allow firms to focus on their core competencies.

This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of detailed spending data, collected in surveys of households using barcode scanners.

This paper uses a life-cycle model to understand why young home ownership fell over a period when it became easier to own a home.

This paper looks at the value of pension rights in the context of the Teachers' Pension Scheme.

We model the choice of individuals to follow or not apprenticeship training and their subsequent career.

This paper looks at evidence as to whether expanding preschool education provides work incentives for mothers.

This paper looks at different labour market outcomes for Ethnic Minority benefit claimants and otherwise identical Whites.

We examine whether firms locate their R&D labs near universities, and whether those that do are more likely to co-operate with, or source knowledge from universities.

We look at the impact the government's cut in the VAT rate could have on people's spending.

This paper looks at how best to cope with measurement in error survey responses.

We study noncooperative household models with two agents and several voluntarily contributed public goods.