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POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS USUALLY FOCUS ON DEMAND AS A MEANS OF STABILIZING PRICES. AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THE SUPPLY OF PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS IS A FUNCTION OF VARIABLES PROXYING THE ABILITY AND WILLINGNESS OF THE BUILDING INDUSTRY TO EXPAND ITS OUTPUT, THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT VARIABLES BEING THE NUMBER OF BANKRUPTCIES IN THE CURRENT AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

disparity has drawn attention to the remarkable sensitivity of health to the social environment.This publication examines this social gradient in health, and explains how psychological and social influences affect physical health and longevity. It then looks at what is known about the most important social determinants of health today, and the role that public policy can play in shaping a social environment that is more conducive to better health.This second edition relies on the most up-to-date sources in its selection and description of the main social determinants of health in our s

Les pauvres vivent moins longtemps et sont plus souvent malades que les riches. Cette disparité met en évidence le fait que l'environnement social influe considérablement sur la santé. Cet ouvrage examine le gradient social en matière de santé et explique les influences psychologiques et sociales qui s'exercent sur la santé physique et la longévité. Il examine ensuite les connaissances relatives aux principaux déterminants sociaux de la santé aujourd'hui et le rôle que les politiques des pouvoirs publics peuvent jouer dans la création d'un environnement social plus favorable à la santé. Cette

Poorer people live shorter lives and are more often ill than the rich. This disparity has drawn attention to the remarkable sensitivity of health to the social environment. This publication examines this social gradient in health, and explains how psychological and social influences affect physical health and longevity. It then looks at what is known about the most important social determinants of health today, and the role that public policy can play in shaping a social environment that is more conducive to better health. This second edition relies on the most up-to-date sources in its select

THE END OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) MINISTERIAL MEETING IN SINGAPORE IN DECEMBER 1996 SAW THE ISSUING OF A DECLARATION WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, ADDRESSED THE CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC OF TRADE AND LABOR STANDARDS. THE AUTHORS DETERMINE HOW A PLAUSIBLE CASE CAN BE MADE FOR THE INCORPORATION OF A CORE SET OF LABOR STANDARDS INTO THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF THE WTO. THEY EXAMINE THE FORM THAT SUCH AN INCORPORATION MIGHT TAKE AND IDENTIFY THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH WTO-REGULATED AGREEMENTS AND SHOW HOW THESE MAY AFFECT A SOCIAL CLAUSE.

A portable, unprepared simple reaction time (USRT) test is described. This test is particularly suitable for assessing performance in the field as a function of arousal-related stress. The test, which is housed in a small, battery-powered cassette recorder, presents a visual stimulus at quasi-random intertrial intervals ranging from 1 to 10 s. The subject responds by pressing a button as quickly as possible, whereupon the reaction time is displayed. The duration of the test is limited only by the cassette tape on which the data are recorded, but 10 min is recommended. Reviewed are studies illustrating the test's brief practice curve and its sensitivity to arousal-related stress.

Criticisms of mortgage tax relief have come from several quarters in recent years but they have been rejected by successive governments. We present here estimates of the distribution of this subsidy to owner-occupation and show, contrary to the claims of the Housing Consultative Document (1977), that it has some tendency to be regressive. The justification for continuing this policy, including that advanced in the Green Paper, is then critically examined in light of an economic analysis of effects. It is concluded that the gradual withdrawal of the subsidy would increase equity and efficiency in housing policy.

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the process of urban economic development and the role of housing markets in this process is as essential as it is obvious. In order to make progress towards providing answers to some of the important questions relating to the development of towns, it is necessary to try to obtain more precise information on trends in house prices, the level and structure of housing demand and the character of the supply side of the markets. Studies of local housing markets, however, have been constrained by the lack of reliable data on the most important variables and are, therefore, characteristically qualitative and descriptive. Our main objective, therefore, when embarking on the study described below, was to obtain reliable data on which to base analyses of local housing markets.