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This review examines the performance of the UK healthcare system. After presenting data on the level and distribution of resources, three topics are examined.
1 June 2001
This collection of papers examines regulation and competition issues in the UK water, gas and electricity industries.
1 June 2001
This paper examines the introduction of competition into the English and Welsh water and sewerage industry following privatisation of the 10 regional water authorities in 1989.
1 June 2001
The UK gas industry has undergone major changes since it was privatised in 1986 as a fully integrated monopoly.
1 June 2001
Electricity distribution is a primary candidate for regulation since it is a natural monopoly whose costs it would be inefficient to duplicate in a competitive market.
1 June 2001
A central implication of life-cycle models is that agents smooth consumption. We review the empirical evidence on smoothing at frequencies from within the year up to across a lifetime.
1 June 2001
In this paper we use the two waves of the British Retirement Survey (1988/89 and 1994) to quantify the relationship between socio-economic status and health outcomes.
1 June 2001
15 May 2001
9 May 2001
9 May 2001
7 May 2001
This paper was prepared for inclusion in a symposium on saving and consumption in the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
6 May 2001
Childcare subsidies are typically advocated as a means to making paid employment profitable for mothers, but also have important ramifications for the use and quality of paid childcare. Even if one is concerned primarily with the quantity aspect, the quality dimension cannot be ignored. This paper provides an exposition of the potential biases in estimates of price elasticities with respect to quantity that do not allow for quality variation or for the possibility of non-linear pricing structures.
5 May 2001
4 May 2001
Policy makers in Europe have been concerned that lack of product market competition have led productivity to lag behind the US.
3 May 2001
2 May 2001
1 May 2001
This Election Briefing Note looks at the planned levels of borrowing for the three main parties.
1 May 2001
Election 2001: Business taxes under Labour
1 May 2001
This Briefing Note looks at the current government's record on public spending, borrowing and taxation.
1 May 2001