A portrait of trade in services. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Presents a portrait of trade in services using the Annual and Quarterly Inquiry into International Trade in Services (ITIS) dataset.
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| 06/1950 | 27-09-2006 |
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46 Pages
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An analysis of industrial clustering in Great Britain. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Final report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Provides empirical evidence on the extent of industry co-location, or geographic clustering, for all sectors within Great Britain.
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| 07/1161 | 04-07-2007 |
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70 Pages
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Analysis of firm structures and outsourcing in Great Britain. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Final report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Provides empirical evidence on firms' demographic characteristics and the extent of specialisation and vertical integration of British firms across industries.
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| 07/1164 | 04-07-2007 |
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70 Pages
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Estimating the impact of R&D on productivity using the BERD-ARD data. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Analyses the link between R&D and productivity for a sample of firms derived from merging the ONS's business research and development databases (BERD) and the annual respondents database (ARD).
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| 06/734 | 03-02-2006 |
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37 Pages
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Industry forum network: report on the industry forum adaptor programme. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Report on the progress of the 15 industry forums including a summary of overall saving benefits achieved by the forums.
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| 06/945 | 08-03-2006 |
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40 Pages
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Job reallocation and labour market adjustment: a proposal to analyse linked employer-employee data for the UK. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Explanatory report examining the suitability of the inter-departmental business register (IBDR) for calculating comprehensive and up to date measures of job creation and job destruction for the whole UK economy and examining the feasibility of linking the IDBR to the new earnings survey (NES).
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| 06/735 | 03-02-2006 |
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21 Pages
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Matching plant-level data from the ABI/ARD with the employers skill survey, 2001. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
The results of the matching of data from the employers' skill survey (ESS) with the annual business inquiry (ABI).
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| 06/736 | 03-02-2006 |
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21 Pages
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Non-certified learning and skills: incidence in the UK, variation across countries and links to productivity. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Looks at the nature of non-certified learning in the UK. Compares rates against EU competitors and examines links to productivity.
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| 06/1670 | 31-08-2006 |
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59 Pages
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Productivity, spillovers and human capital: an analysis for British establishments using the ARD dataset. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
The extent to which British firms, having access to a more qualified workforce at a regional level, can benefit more from knowledge spillovers (in terms of productivity gains) than firms located in areas with a less qualified workforce.
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| 06/1198 | 17-05-2006 |
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50 Pages
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Risk transfer in private finance initiatives: an economic analysis. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Industry Economics and Statistics Directorate working paper. Develops a simple microeconomic model of risk transfer in a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and examines the effects of different levels of risk aversion on the part of Government and the contractor and the effects of the contractor's risk management and costs of capital.
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| 06/843 | 14-02-2006 |
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25 Pages
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Sample bias in microeconometric analyses of official microdata. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Report on the impact of weighting and other methods used in the analysis of linked business surveys.
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| 06/737 | 03-02-2006 |
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27 Pages
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UK response to the call for input on the forthcoming review of the recommendation on relevant markets. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)
Reflects the joint views of the UK Government and the UK independent regulator, the Office of communications (Ofcom) in relation to the EU review of the regulatory frame work.
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| 06/1624 | 14-07-2006 |
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7 Pages
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