The Royal Economic Society
Annual Conference 2005

Press Centre

Media briefings on papers presented at the conference are in seven broad subject areas and are now available (pdf format) - see below. The Royal Economic Society Media Consultant, Romesh Vaitilingam, may be contacted on 0117-983-9770 or 07768-661095 or romesh@compuserve.com

The economics of families and care

The economics of education and health

The economics of labour markets and migration

The economics of business and financial markets

Monetary policy and economic development

The economics of computers and the internet

The economics of war, wine and wellbeing

THE ECONOMICS OF FAMILIES AND CARE
NEW RESEARCH AT THE RES ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2005

The Royal Economic Society's Annual Conference, the leading UK conference for academic, government and business economists, took place on 21-23 March 2005 at the University of Nottingham.

On the agenda were:

• Financial Benefits from Delaying Motherhood
• Child Support Keeps Families Together
• Top-quality Childcare Demands a Combination of Public and Subsidised Private Provision
• Your Happiness Makes Your Partner Happy - But Only if You're Married
• Involuntary Retirement: Damaging Effects on Living Standards and Wellbeing
• Many Informal Carers Lose Out in Job Market

Also on the programme were:

• A special session on 'Wellbeing, Social Capital and Public Policy' with Richard Layard
• A special session on school quality and school outcomes

For Further Information: contact Romesh Vaitilingam on 0117-983-9770 or 07768-661095; or the relevant author (details on briefings).

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THE ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION AND HEALTH
NEW RESEARCH AT THE RES ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2005

The Royal Economic Society's Annual Conference, the leading UK conference for academic, government and business economists, took place on 21-23 March 2005 at the University of Nottingham.

On the agenda were:

• More Education Means Better Mental Health
• The Macroeconomic Impact of Increased Health Care Provision in the UK
• University Funding Systems: The Impact on Research and Teaching
• The Evolution of Public Spending on Higher Education
• The Reality of Graduate Overeducation
• Doctor Who? New Evidence on Admission Offers at UK Medical Schools
• New Estimates of the House Price Premium for Access to Good/Popular Primary Schools
• Selection Increases Educational Inequality and Reduces Educational Performance

For Further Information: contact Romesh Vaitilingam on 0117-983-9770 or 07768-661095; or the relevant author (details on briefings).

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THE ECONOMICS OF LABOUR MARKETS AND MIGRATION
NEW RESEARCH AT THE RES ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2005

The Royal Economic Society's Annual Conference, the leading UK conference for academic, government and business economists, took place on 21-23 March 2005 at the University of Nottingham.

On the agenda were:

• The Minimum Wage Reduced Working Hours for Low-wage Workers
• Long-term Benefits of the New Deal for Young People
• Employment and Wage Effects of Full Migration within the European Union: North Wins; South and East Lose
• Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Effects of the Emigration of Educated Workers
• The New Economics of the Brain Drain

Also on the programme were:

• Nobel Laureate Clive Granger returns to Nottingham to talk about 'Evaluation in Economics'
• Orley Ashenfelter delivers the Sargan lecture on 'Measuring the Value of a Statistical Life'
• A special session on 'Executive Remuneration'

For Further Information: contact Romesh Vaitilingam on 0117-983-9770 or 07768-661095; or the relevant author (details on briefings).

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THE ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL MARKETS
NEW RESEARCH AT THE RES ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2005

The Royal Economic Society's Annual Conference, the leading UK conference for academic, government and business economists, took place on 21-23 March 2005 at the University of Nottingham.

On the agenda were:

• Rewards to UK Chief Executives Start to Match those of American Bosses
• Experimental Evidence on the Pros and Cons of Teamwork and Communication within Companies
• International Outsourcing Raises Firms' Productivity
• Launch Aid to the Aerospace Industry: A New Criterion for Assessing whether it is a Subsidy
• Tilting the Playing Field: Why League Bosses Don't Really Want Competitive, Smaller Teams
• Greater Institutional Ownership of Public Companies means Higher Dividends
• Market Sentiment is a Stronger Driver of Share Prices than Fundamental Value
• Explaining Home Bias in Equity Investment: Fund Managers' "Relative Return Optimism" - and a Misguided View that They Know Local Companies Better

For Further Information: contact Romesh Vaitilingam on 0117-983-9770 or 07768-661095; or the relevant author (details on briefings).

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MONETARY POLICY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NEW RESEARCH AT THE RES ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2005

The Royal Economic Society's Annual Conference, the leading UK conference for academic, government and business economists, took place on 21-23 March 2005 at the University of Nottingham.

On the agenda were:

• The End of Macroeconomic Volatility in the UK?
• Why the European Central Bank's Monetary Policy Seems Less Transparent
• Ageing Populations: The Impact on Economic Growth and Investment Returns
• Educational Inequality Holds Back Economic Development
• 'Oligarchs' can be Good for Economic Performance
• Women Politicians are Different: Evidence from India
• The Power of School Textbooks and Peer Effects in Promoting Learning in the Developing World

For Further Information: contact Romesh Vaitilingam on 0117-983-9770 or 07768-661095; or the relevant author (details on briefings).

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NEW ECONOMY?
THE ECONOMICS OF COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET
NEW RESEARCH AT THE RES ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2005

The Royal Economic Society's Annual Conference, the leading UK conference for academic, government and business economists, took place on 21-23 March 2005 at the University of Nottingham.

On the agenda were:

• Culture and Religion Still Matter! Why the French Do Worse in "New Economy" Industries than Anglo-Saxons
• "A High-tech Crystal Ball": How the New Betting Exchanges can Help Predict the Future
• E-commerce Improves UK Productivity
• Computers at Home: Bad News for Educational Outcomes
• The Impact of Computers on Earnings: Differences between Men and Women
• Why People Tip: Evidence from 'Google Answers'
• America's 'New Economy' Asset Price Bubble Reflected Distorted Incentives

For Further Information: contact Romesh Vaitilingam on 0117-983-9770 or 07768-661095; or the relevant author (details on briefings).

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THE ECONOMICS OF WAR, WINE AND WELLBEING
NEW RESEARCH AT THE RES ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2005

The Royal Economic Society's Annual Conference, the leading UK conference for academic, government and business economists, took place on 21-23 March 2005 at the University of Nottingham.

On the agenda were:

• Economists Count the Cost of War - in Iraq and Elsewhere
• Life Satisfaction: The Impact of Quality of Government
• Racial Harassment in the UK: The Impact of Neighbourhoods
• The Way Economists Teach is Distorting Students' Economic Views

• Economics Professor Shakes up the Wine Industry
• Economists Question the Importance of 'Terroir' in Making Top-quality Wines
• The Impact of Gurus on Wine Prices: Measuring the Robert Parker Effect on Young Clarets

Also on the programme was:

• A special session on 'The Economics of Road Pricing'

For Further Information: contact Romesh Vaitilingam on 0117-983-9770 or 07768-661095; or the relevant author (details on briefings).

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Dr Steve Humphrey, Local Organiser, School of Economics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD. Email: RES2005@nottingham.ac.uk
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