Brexit: even a worst-case scenario is not so bad
16 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, international economics Tags: Brexit, British economy, British politics, EU
The National Living Wage: Jeopardising 60,000 Jobs
25 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, labour economics, minimum wage Tags: British economy, British politics, living wage
Why are French jobs so miserable and dangerous?
13 Mar 2017 Leave a comment
in labour economics Tags: British economy, compensating differentials, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy
British gender pay gap now negative for 20 something women
13 Jan 2017 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: British economy, gender wage gap, reversing gender gap
British top 1% really have dropped the ball, left labour surplus on the table
11 Jan 2017 Leave a comment
Street Scenes of Manchester in the Edwardian Era
24 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture Tags: British economy
How well do you know your local burglar?
05 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: British economy, crime and punishment, law and order
Something is known about the burglar in 45% of cases. In this rather invasive crime, half of burglaries are betrayals of trust or familiarity. More than a few of these burglaries might be committed by family members and friends wanting money for drugs but that is speculation.
Source: Home Office via What burglars steal – and how they get in | News | theguardian.com.
British unemployment rate since 1855
20 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, unemployment Tags: British economy, British history, search and matching
College and post-graduate wage premium in the English speaking countries, France, S. Korea, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden
31 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, College premium, Denmark, education premium, Finland, France, graduate premium, Ireland, Korea, Norway, post-graduate premium, Sweden
Source: Education at a Glance 2015, section 6.
German, French, British, and US real housing prices, March 1975 to March 2016
15 Jul 2016 1 Comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, politics - USA, urban economics Tags: British economy, France, Germany, housing affordability
Still have not seen a decent explanation for why German housing prices seem to fall for decades on the trot.
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