All Outputs (925)

User-focused threat identification for anonymised microdata
Preprint / Working Paper

When producing anonymised microdata for research, national statistics institutes (NSIs) identify a number of 'risk scenarios' of how intruders might seek to attack a confidential dataset. This paper argues that the strategy used to identify confident... Read More about User-focused threat identification for anonymised microdata.

DSGE models and the Lucas Critique. A historical appraisal
Preprint / Working Paper

This contribution to the history of the economic thought aims at describing how “Econometric Policy Evaluation: A Critique” (Lucas, 1976) has been interpreted through four decades of debates. This historical appraisal clarifies how Lucas’s argument i... Read More about DSGE models and the Lucas Critique. A historical appraisal.

Reacting to the Lucas Critique: The Keynesians' pragmatic replies
Preprint / Working Paper

We illustrate how the Lucas Critique was called into question by Keynesian macroeconomists during the 1970s and 1980s. Our claim is that Keynesians' reactions were carried out from a pragmatic approach, which addressed the empirical and practical rel... Read More about Reacting to the Lucas Critique: The Keynesians' pragmatic replies.

Hellenic statistical authority mission on microdata access: Final report
Report

A mission was convened to review current data access practices at the Hellenic Statistical Authority and make recommendations for future development. The resulting report defines a complete data access strategy for the Greek NSI. The report uses the... Read More about Hellenic statistical authority mission on microdata access: Final report.

Five Safes: Designing data access for research
Preprint / Working Paper

What is the best way of managing access to sensitive data? This is not a straightforward question, as it involves the interaction of legal, technical, statistical and, above all, human components to produce a solution. This paper introduces a modelli... Read More about Five Safes: Designing data access for research.

What is hindering adaptation to climate change in the English suburbs, and what would help facilitate action?
Book Chapter

Climate change makes many challenges on suburban areas. This chapter focuses on one of the multiple problematics of climate change: the challenge of overheating. Reporting on evidence from the EPSRC-funded SNACC project (EP/G061289/1), the chapter... Read More about What is hindering adaptation to climate change in the English suburbs, and what would help facilitate action?.

Measuring non-compliance with minimum wages
Preprint / Working Paper

Many countries have a statutory minimum wage for employees. There is a strong policy interest in knowing the degree of compliance with the law. Quantitative analysis is ideally suited to this, and many countries have rich datasets for employment rese... Read More about Measuring non-compliance with minimum wages.

Can a change in attitudes improve effective access to administrative data for research?
Preprint / Working Paper

The re-use of administrative data for social research holds great potential. From a privacy perspective, administrative data present some additional challenges, including lack of consent, existence of matching databases, and the association with data... Read More about Can a change in attitudes improve effective access to administrative data for research?.

Do shadow banks create money? 'Financialisation' and the monetary circuit
Preprint / Working Paper

The rise of the shadow banking system is viewed throught the lens of Graziani's Monetary Theory of Production. Graziani's categories of 'initial finance' and 'final finance' are used to analyse the new forms of credit created in the shadow banking se... Read More about Do shadow banks create money? 'Financialisation' and the monetary circuit.

Business partnering as a complement to the accountant’s other roles: International survey evidence
Preprint / Working Paper

Cases involving change towards a more strongly business-oriented, or business partnering, role for accountants have been documented but evidence of the extent of such change more widely is sparse and indicates limited adoption of the role in practice... Read More about Business partnering as a complement to the accountant’s other roles: International survey evidence.

Entrepreneurship in Wales policy developments and new models
Journal Article

A manual on macroeconomic fundamentals for conflict-affected states
Book

Increasingly, peace agreements and economic development programs reference the centrality of sound economic policy and a stable macroeconomic framework in state-building efforts. But few practitioners have the background to know what this means and t... Read More about A manual on macroeconomic fundamentals for conflict-affected states.

Determining military expenditures: Arms races and spill-over effects in cross-section and panel data
Preprint / Working Paper

This paper considers the determinants of military spending, building on an emerging literature that estimates military expenditure demand functions in cross-section and panel data, incorporating ‘arms-race’ type effects. It updates Dunne and Perlo-Fr... Read More about Determining military expenditures: Arms races and spill-over effects in cross-section and panel data.

Costing, funding and budgetary control in UK hospitals: An historical reflection
Preprint / Working Paper

Student ideas for addressing the attainment gap
Report

UK SELFCITY National Report - V12 Sept 2018
Report

Operationalising principles-based output statistical disclosure control
Other

This document is intended to help support staff and managers in research environments to implement principles-based output statistical disclosure control of results generated from confidential sources of data. It contains extensive discussion on the... Read More about Operationalising principles-based output statistical disclosure control.

Demand-side policies for employment promotion in low-and middle-income countries
Report

High rates of unemployment and underemployment are widespread in many low- and middle-income countries (LMCs). Progress has been disappointing during a period in which the historical policy focus on capital accumulation and structural transformation... Read More about Demand-side policies for employment promotion in low-and middle-income countries.

Urban food security in the context of inequality and dietary change: A study of schoolchildren in Accra
Preprint / Working Paper

Diets are changing globally, as agricultural and food systems have become globalised and created new forms of food production, distribution, and trade. Understanding how patterns of globalisation affect the welfare of populations is a key development... Read More about Urban food security in the context of inequality and dietary change: A study of schoolchildren in Accra.

The financialisation of the South African economy and its impact on economic growth and employment
Preprint / Working Paper

The financialisation of the South African economy and its impact on economic growth and employment