Implications of Skill-Biased Technological Change: International Evidence
Demand for less skilled workers decreased dramatically in the US and in other developed countries over the past two decades. WE argue that pervasive skill-biased technological change, rather than…
Intergenerational Mobility in Britain
- L. Dearden, S. Machin, H. Reed
- Economics
- 1995
In this paper we use longitudinal data on children and their parents to assess the extent of intergenerational mobility in Britain. Based on data from the National Child Development Survey, a cohort…
Changes in intergenerational mobility in britain
- J. Blanden, A. Goodman, Paul Gregg, S. Machin
- Economics
- 29 August 2002
© Cambridge University Press 2004 and 2009. The extent to which children's economic or social success is shaped by the economic or social position of their parents is a contentious and hotly debated…
Crime and Immigration: Evidence from Large Immigrant Waves
- Brian Bell, Francesco Fasani, S. Machin
- SociologyReview of Economics and Statistics
- 30 September 2013
Abstract This paper focuses on empirical connections between crime and immigration, studying two large waves of recent U.K. immigration (the late 1990s/early 2000s asylum seekers and the post-2004…
The Economic Impact of Minimum Wages in Europe
- J. Dolado, F. Kramarz, S. Machin, A. Manning, David N. Margolis, C. Teulings
- Economics
- 1 October 1996
Opponents of minimum wages argue that they hurt jobs in Europe; supporters say that they combat exploitation and help the poor. We try to sort out myth from reality. Differing policy prescriptions…
The Profitability of Innovating Firms
- P. Geroski, S. Machin, J. V. Reenen
- Business, Economics
- 1993
This article seeks to evaluate the effects on corporate profitability of producing a major innovation. We examine two types of effect: innovations can have a direct but transitory effect on…
Minimum Wages and Firm Profitability
- J. Van Reenen, M. Draca, S. Machin
- EconomicsSSRN Electronic Journal
- 1 January 2006
Although there is a large literature on the economic effects of minimum wages on labour market outcomes (especially employment), there is hardly any evidence on their impact on firm performance. This…
Technology and Changes in Skill Structure: Evidence from Seven OECD Countries
- S. Machin, J. V. Reenen
- Economics
- 1 November 1998
This paper compares the changing skill structure of wage bills and employment in the United States with six other OECD countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, and the United Kingdom). We…
Panic on the Streets of London: Police, Crime and the July 2005 Terror Attacks
In this paper we study the causal impact of police on crime by looking at what happened to crime before and after the terror attacks that hit central London in July 2005. The attacks resulted in a…
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