Centre for Market and Public Organisation
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Podcast Description
The Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO) is a leading research centre, combining expertise in economics, geography and law. Our objective is to study the intersection between the public and private sectors of the economy, and in particular to understand the right way to organise and deliver public services. The Centre aims to develop research, contribute to the public debate and inform policy-making. CMPO, now an ESRC Research Centre, was established in 1998 with two large grants from The Leverhulme Trust. In 2004 we were awarded ESRC Research Centre status, and CMPO now combines core funding from both the ESRC and the Trust.
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Grant Miller - 'Personal research overview' | Grant Miller of Stanford University, the keynote speaker at CMPO conference 'Public Service Delivery in Developing Countries' talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about his recent research, including incentives for health care providers in developing countries such as India, and how policy makers might react to his work. | 4 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pushkar Maitra - 'Intermediated Loans: A New Approach to Microfinance' | Pushkar Maitra of Monash University, joins Romesh Vaitilingam to discuss his research on microfinance in India following his presentation at the CMPO conference, 'Public Service Delivery in Developing Countries'. | 4 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kjell Salvanes - 'A Flying Start? Long Term Consequences of Maternal Time Maternity Leave and Investments in Children During Th | Kjell Salvanes speaks to Saskia Walcott about his paper 'A Flying Start? Long Term Consequences of Maternal Time Maternity Leave and Investments in Children During Their First Year of Life' | 28 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Anna Vignoles - 'Parents' skills and children's cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes' | Anna Vignoles from the Institute of Education speaks to Saskia Walcott about her paper 'Parents' skills and children's cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes', presented at the CMPO conference 'Early life interventions and intergenerational mobility' in October 2011. Previous research has suggested a positive intergenerational relationship between a parent's childhood cognitive skill level and their own children's skill levels. Yet we also know that individuals' skill levels change during childhood and into adulthood, not least as a result of their education, training and work experience. This paper provides clear support for the notion that identifying parents with poor literacy and numeracy skills can help us predict which children are most at risk of having poor skills themselves. | 28 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bhashkar Mazumder - 'Birth Cohort and the Black-White Achievement Gap: The Roles of Access and Health Soon After Birth' | Bhashkar Mazumder speaks to Saskia Walcott about his paper 'Birth Cohort and the Black-White Achievement Gap: The Roles of Access and Health Soon After Birth' | 28 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stephanie Scholder - The relationship between childhood obesity and academic achievement | Stephanie Scholder speaks to Romesh Vaitilingam about the relationship between childhood obesity and academic achievement | 19 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Healthcare Reform | Carol Propper speaks to Romesh Vaitilingam about the healthcare reform proposals currently before Parliament | 10 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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School choice | Deborah Wilson explains parental preferences when it comes to choosing schools | 19 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A theory of menopause | Professor Aloysius Siow, visiting IAS Professor explains a theory of menopause. | 19 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Economic Return to Education | Dr Matt Dickson, CMPO Research Associate and host of the recent CMPO conference "The Economic Return to Education", talks with Romesh Vaitilingham on what determines the return to education. | 16 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Measuring Diversity | Simon Burgess, CMPO Director, talks with Romesh Vaitilingam about diversity in England's schools and the new Measuring Diversity website created by CMPO. | 27 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simon Burgess - renewal of CMPO funding | Simon Burgess, CMPO Director, talks with Romesh Vaitilingham about the subject of public service reform in the light of the renewal of funding of the CMPO's research agenda for a further five years. | 20 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simon Burgess - 'Do teachers matter?' | Simon Burgess dicusses his recent paper'Do teachers matter' which looks at whether individual teachers actually make a difference to GCSE scores. | 20 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Douglas Almond - Health capital and the prenatal environment | Douglas Almond discusses his paper 'Health capital and the prenatal environment: the effect of maternal fasting during pregnancy', with Romesh Vaitilingam, presented at the CMPO Persistence in Health Conference, October 2009 | 3 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lindsey MacMillan - Social Mobility and the Professions | Lindsey MacMillan discusses her paper 'Social Mobility and the Professions', a submission to The Panel for Fair Access to the Professions, with Romesh Vaitilingam, regarding the many changes in mobility across time in the UK | 30 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sarah Smith - Welfare reform: the impact on fertility | Have recent changes in government support for families led to an increase in the UK's birth rate? Sarah Smith discusses this with Romesh Vaitilingam. | 18 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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George Leckie - Are league tables any use for choosing schools? | Each year, the government publishes league tables of GCSE results to help parents choose their childrens secondary school. But as George Leckie discusses with Romesh Vaitilingam , the past performance of schools is an imprecise guide to how they might perform in the future. | 17 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Helen Ladd - School Choice and Segegation: Evidence from the United States | Helen Ladd (Duke University) talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about the work she presented at the 'School choice' conference in Bristol. | 10 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Carol Propper - Left-handedness and cognitive development | Professor Carol Propper discusses work she and colleagues have done investigating whether lefthandedness in children is associated with differential cognitive development. | 7 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Grout - Private delivery of public services | Professor Paul Grout discusses his new report entitled 'Private delivery of public services'. | 12 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bruce Sacerdote - When the Saints Come Marching In: Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Student Evacuees | Bruce Sacerdote (Dartmouth College) talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about his research entitled When the Saints Come Marching In: Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Student Evacuees | 23 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jane Waldfogel - Early Years Child Development and Social Mobility | Social Mobility has become a major political discussion point in recent years, here Professor Jane Waldfogel from Columbia University, New York, a leading expert on early years child development, discuss the importance of the early years of childhood for life chances and the evidence that policy intervention can make a difference to poor children's development. | 6 8 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eric Hanushek - Educational quality and economic growth | Eric Hanushek (Hoover Institution, Stanford University) talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about the important role of cognitive ability and knowledge in driving economic growth | 15 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dan Hamermesh - Beauty and the labour market | Dan Hamermesh (University of Texas, Austin) talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about his research programme on the impact of people's physical appearance on their pay and other life outcomes | 14 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rebecca Blank - Welfare Reform | Rebecca Blank form the University of Michigan and Brookings Institution talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about welfare reform - where it started, how it has worked out, where it goes next | 4 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sarah Smith - In Search of the Public Service Ethos | Research by Sarah Smith and colleagues finds evidence that there is a public service ethos and it makes a real difference in the delivery of public services. | 3 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steven Proud - Girl Power? An analysis of peer effects using exogenous changes in the gender make-up of the peer group | The effect of a childs peers has long been regarded as an important factor in affecting their educational outcomes. Romesh Vaitilingam discusses this with Steven Proud. | 26 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sonia Bhalotra - Fatal Fluctuations? | Can recessions have permanent effects on health outcomes in developing countries? Sonia Bhalotra addresses this question by looking at infant mortality in India. | 25 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Deborah Wilson - How informative are English school league tables? | Deborah Wilson discusses her research on English school league tables | 22 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rich Harris - Ethnic Segregation | Rich Harris discusses his research on neighbourhood segregation in large British cities and school segregation | 25 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Carol Propper - Targets and Terror | Waiting times have been a central concern in the English NHS, where care is provided free at the point of delivery and is rationed by waiting time. Pro-market reforms introduced in the NHS in the 1990s were not accompanied by large drops in waiting times. As a result, the English government in 2000 adopted the use of an aggressive policy of targets coupled with publication of waiting times data at hospital level and strong sanctions for poor performing hospital managers. This regime has been dubbed 'targets and terror'. Carol Propper discusses this research | 25 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Carol Propper - Centralised Pay Setting | Nurses' pay in England is set centrally with little local variation. This means that hospitals in high cost areas like London and the South East struggle to recruit and retain staff. As a consequence, they treat fewer patients and have higher fatality rates among patients admitted with emergency heart attacks. Carol Propper discusses this research | 25 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Janet Currie - Children's Health and Later Life Outcomes | Family background plays a crucial role in childrens outcomes in later life. But what is the specific impact of health in childhood on educational success? Romesh Vaitilingam chats to Professor Janet Currie (Columbia University) at the American Economic Association meetings in New Orleans. | 18 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Helen Simpson - Knowledge transfer: The links between university research and business innovation | Helen Simpson and colleagues are investigating the links between university research and innovation in the private sector. Here she examines whether firms are locating R and D facilities close to top university departments | 23 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder - Working mums and overwieght kids: Is there a link? | Might the rise in childhood obesity be connected with the increasing numbers of mothers in full-time jobs? Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder, looks at the evidence | 23 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Victor Lavy - Peer Effects in the Classroom | Victor Lavy (Hebrew University, Jerusalem and Royal Holloway, University of London) came to visit the CMPO in October and took the time to discuss Peer Effects in the Classroom with us. | 11 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Francis Kramarz - Economic Reform in France | Francis Kramarz (CREST-INSEE) came to visit the CMPO in October and took the time to discuss Economic Reform in France with us. | 26 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Grout - Public-Private Partnerships | Paul Grout (CMPO, University of Bristol) discusses his latest article 'Can Public-Private Partnerships deliver better services?' in issue 4 of the CMPO bulletin Research in Public Policy. | 20 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sarah Smith - Fertility and Women's Education in the UK | Sarah Smith (CMPO, University of Bristol) discusses her latest article 'Fertility and Women's Education in the Uk' in issue 4 of the CMPO bulletin Research in Public Policy. | 30 7 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Carol Propper - Hospital Care in England: Who Will Choose? | Carol Propper (CMPO, University of Bristol) discusses her latest article 'Hospital Care in England: Who Will Choose?' in issue 4 of the CMPO bulletin Research in Public Policy. | 30 7 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jacob Vigdor on Segregation and the Black-White Test Score Gap | Jacob Vigdor (Duke University and NBER) came to the CMPO to present at the Ethnic Segregation, Education and Neighbourhood conference in March. Whilst visiting the centre Jacob took the time to discuss his research into segregation and the black-white test score gap. | 30 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Markus Mobius on Social Networks | Markus Mobius (Harvard University) came to the CMPO to present at the Networks in Industry conference in June. Whilst visiting the centre Markus took the time to discuss his research into social networks. | 28 7 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Christopher Hood on Public Service Performance | Christopher Hood (Public Service Programme) discusses public service performance. | 28 7 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matthew Jackson on Social Networks | On the same day he was presenting at the CMPO Networks in Industry conference, Matthew Jackson (Caltech and Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences) took the time to discuss his research into social networks. | 28 7 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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School Achievements of Ethnic Minorities | All minority ethnic groups in the UK make greater progress on average than white pupils over the course of their secondary schooling. That is the central conclusion of new research by Dr Deborah Wilson and CMPO colleagues. | 8 6 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Regulating Health Care in the World of Choice | The impact of competition in health care markets depends on the precise nature of the policies introduced and the interaction between them. Find out more in Carol Propper's interview. | 8 6 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Measuring Productivity in Public Services | In the light of the recent Atkinson Review, Helen Simpson discusses the challenges of developing robust productivity measures for public services. | 8 6 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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School Choice | Following on from the recent debates about Education Reform, Simon Burgess, Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), University of Bristol discusses school choice. | 14 3 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pensions Policy in the UK | In November 2005, the independent Pensions Commission published its second report, setting out a series of recommendations for reform of the UK pension system. Drawing on recent research from the Centre for Market and Public organisation (CMPO), University of Bristol, Sarah Smith discusses the Commission's proposals. | 14 3 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 49 Episodes |
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