Latest articles from CentrePiece - The Magazine for Economic Performance - produced by the CEP

In brief: Job guarantee: a new promise on long-term unemployment

Richard Layard

CEPCP308. February 2010.
Richard Layard and Paul Gregg call for a 'job guarantee' for jobseekers who have been out of work for 12 months or more

Full article: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp308.pdf

Violence in Iraq: the impact of public debate during wartime

Radha Iyengar

CEPCP307. February 2010.
Radha Iyengar considers whether public debate about the UK's involvement in Iraq might undermine the chances of military success

Full article: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp307.pdf

In brief: A Swedish model for UK schools?

Helena Holmlund Sandra McNally

CEPCP306. February 2010.
Helena Holmlund and Sandra McNally ask whether educational reforms in Sweden really do offer lessons for the UK

Full article: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp306.pdf

Management practices in the NHS

Nick Bloom Carol Propper Stephan Seiler John Van Reenen

CEPCP305. February 2010.
CEP researchers have conducted a unique survey of clinicians and hospital managers to explore how well NHS hospitals are managed

Full article: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp305.pdf

The research on management in manufacturing was detailed first in CEP Discussion Paper No. 716, March 2006 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0716.pdf

Measuring and Explaining Management Practices across Firms and Countries by Nick Bloom and John Van Reenen, Quarterly Journal of Economics 122(4): 1351-1408

The integration of immigrants and their children in Europe

Yann Algan Christian Dustmann Albrecht Glitz Alan Manning

CEPCP304. February 2010.
The integration of immigrants and their children in Europe

Full article: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp304.pdf

This article summarises The Economic Situation of First- and Second-generation Immigrants in France, Germany and the United Kingdom by Yann Algan, Christian Dustmann, Albrecht Glitz and Alan Manning, which is published in the February 2010 issue of the Economic Journal http://www.res.org.uk/economic/ejtoc.asp?ref=0013-0133&vid=120&iid=542&oc=0

In brief: Modern Management: Good for the environment or just hot air?

Nick Bloom Christos Genakos Ralf Martin Raffaella Sadun

CEPCP303. February 2010.
Nick Bloom and colleagues examine whether well-managed firms are more or less energy-efficient than badly managed firms

Full article: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp303.pdf

This article summarises Modern Management: Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air? by Nick Bloom, Christos Genakos, Ralf Martin and Raffaella Sadun, CEP Discussion Paper No. 891 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0891.pdf

A Resource Curse? The impact of oil windfalls on living standards in Brazil

Francesco Caselli Guy Michaels

CEPCP302. February 2010.
A Resource Curse? The impact of oil windfalls on living standards in Brazil

Full article: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp302.pdf

This article summarises Do Oil Windfalls Improve Living Standards? Evidence from Brazil by Francesco Caselli and Guy Michaels, CEP Discussion Paper No. 960 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0960.pdf

In brief: Economic Inequality in the UK

Stephen Machin

CEPCP301. February 2010.
Stephen Machin, a member of the National Equality Panel, summarises its recent report

Full article: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp301.pdf

The report of the National Equality Panel, An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK was published in January 2010 http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/_new/publications/NEP.asp

The Doomsday Cycle

Peter Boone Simon Johnson

CEPCP300. February 2010.
Peter Boone and Simon Johnson believe that the next financial crisis could lead to economic disaster

Full article: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp300.pdf