What Are the Costs and Benefits of Internet Gambling for Society? Evidence From the United Kingdom

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artur Chalaguine
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Internet Gambling ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
The United Kingdom

One in Three? The Incidence and Outcomes Associated with the Late Attainment of Qualifications in the United Kingdom

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-45
Author(s):  
Gavan Conlon
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Data Limitations ◽  
And Training

Successive governments in the United Kingdom have consistently attempted to increase the skills base by encouraging younger members of society to remain in education, increasing access to higher and further education and by removing barriers to learning later in life. Although there are estimates of the incidence of educational participation2 and the economic rewards achieved by those in possession of formally recognised qualifications, either in terms of labour market outcomes or earnings, little is known about the personal or family characteristics associated with those engaged in learning later in life. There is no formal definition of what exactly late learning refers to, insufficient quantitative information3 relating to the incidence of adult learning, the associated costs and benefits or even whether the type of qualification or the method by which the qualification is undertaken is important. This article makes a provisional attempt to answer some of these questions. The conclusions are not intended to be definitive, but should be seen as a basis for other possible research work. However, some conclusions are clear and unambiguous. Learning undertaken later in life is widespread. Approximately one in three of the hours of education and training received by working-age individuals in the United Kingdom are attributable to those above the age of 25. This figure is substantially higher than the received wisdom in the academic arena. The costs and benefits associated with learning later in life remain difficult to compute due to the data limitations; however, it is illustrated that there is a sizeable penalty in terms of hourly wages and hours worked for late learners. Additional work must be undertaken as superior sources of data become available, as this area of work is currently under-researched. Rather than being at the periphery of education and training policy in the United Kingdom, late learning should continue to be seen as an important pillar within the general attempt to build the knowledge base within the United Kingdom.

scholarly journals Researching Literacy and Numeracy Costs and Benefits: What is possible

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-22
Author(s):  
Robyn Hartley ◽  
Jackie Horne
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Adult Literacy ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Literacy Survey ◽  
International Adult Literacy Survey ◽  
Work Done

Assessing the social and economic benefits of investing in adult literacy and numeracy and the costs of poor adult literacy and numeracy, is largely uncharted territory in Australia. Some interest was evident in the late 1980s leading up to International Literacy Year, 1990 (for example, Miltenyi 1989, Singh 1989, Hartley 1989); however, there has been little work done in the area since then, with the exception of recent studies concerned with financial literacy costs and benefits (Commonwealth Bank Foundation 2005). Assessing the benefits (returns) of workplace training in general has received some attention (for example Moy and McDonald 2000), although the role of literacy and numeracy is often implied rather than explored in any detail. In contrast, there is a considerable body of relevant research emanating from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and some European countries. The release of data from the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) in the 1990s contributed to some of this research, as did policy developments for example, in the United Kingdom. The much greater use of IALS data in some other countries compared with Australia, seems to be related to a combination of factors in the overall policy and research environment for adult literacy and numeracy in each country.

Costs and Benefits of Adult Retraining in the United Kingdom

Economica ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 36 (144) ◽  
pp. 363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Ziderman
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
The United Kingdom

scholarly journals Some Costs and Benefits of Price Stability in the United Kingdom

10.3386/w6660 ◽  
1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Bakhshi ◽  
Andrew Haldane ◽  
Neal Hatch
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Price Stability ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
The United Kingdom

The Discriminatory System of Personal Taxation: Some Proposals for Reform

1982 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Green Paper ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Social ◽  
Real Costs ◽  
Personal Taxation

ABSTRACTThe system of personal taxation in the United Kingdom is under attack because of the way in which it discriminates between taxpayers on the basis of sex and marital status. Criticisms are allied with proposals for reform, all of which are primarily concerned with the social effects of changing the system. In this paper the various proposals have been categorized under the heads ‘conservative’, ‘radical’, and ‘moderate’ according to the social implications of the changes they advocate. Each set of proposals is discussed and evaluated in terms of revenue costs and savings to the Exchequer and real costs and benefits to the community. The proposals of the recent Green Paper are categorized as conservative and discussed under that head.

Nederlandse wet- en regelgeving rondom zzp'ers in internationaal perspectief

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lian Kösters
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
The United Kingdom

Dutch legislation on solo self-employed persons from an international perspective In comparison to other European countries, the Netherlands has a lot of solo self-employed persons and has also experienced a strong growth in this number in recent years. It is likely that Dutch legislation and regulations play a role in this, although this is difficult to determine empirically. In the development of the share of solo self-employed persons, the choice to become a solo self-employed (supply side) and the choice of employers to hire solo self-employed (demand side) both play a role. The laws and regulations in a country can influence these choices. Based on a literature study, this article aims to provide an overview of the costs and benefits of solo self-employment and the institutional factors that can influence the weighting of these costs and benefits. The Netherlands is compared with four other countries, namely Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom and Denmark. The outcome shows that under Dutch legislation hiring solo self-employed instead of employees is beneficial for employers in several ways. The Netherlands also has a number of targeted schemes that make it attractive for people to become solo self-employed.

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