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An Evaluation of the UfI/learndirect Telephone Guidance Trial
PublicationIn 2005 the government established a review of information, advice and guidance services for adults in order to help achieve the long-term...
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Danger: UK at Work!
PublicationWith the Lords ruling allowing employees to sue their bosses for negligence if they are subject to violence or harassment at work, IES questioned...
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The Desire for Income Equality Amongst the UK Adult Population
PublicationWhilst there is a volume of literature mapping out the evolution, causes and implications of income inequality across countries, there is little in...
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A Note on Productive Learning
PublicationWe use a standard production function to identify the impact of learning-by-doing on the productivity of labour, human capital and physical capital...
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Performance Related Pay Coverage in the UK
PublicationA simple model of firms' decisions to pay workers performance related pay (PRP) is tested using company level data for 1,001 UK private sector...
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The Present and the Future
PublicationIn this paper we provide detailed evidence from a UK adult population survey on various measures of entrepreneurial activity or potential activity....
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The Role of Loan Guarantee Schemes in Alleviating Credit Rationing in the UK
PublicationIt is a widely held perception, although empirically contentious, that credit rationing is an important phenomenon in the UK small business sector....
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Small Firm CEOs and Outside Directorships
PublicationWe investigate the determinants of the number of outside directorships held by CEOs of small, unquoted companies. CEOs of growth orientated firm's...
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Still at Work?
PublicationIn this study we use a large-scale European worker survey to test the validity of several competing hypotheses of why people work long hours. Our...
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Patterns of information disclosure and joint consultation in Great Britain - determinants and outcomes
PublicationThis publication was authored by Helen Gray before she joined IES.