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CentrePiece Magazine: All articles CentrePiece, the magazine of economic performance. Papers listed most recent first. Authors listed in alphabetical order.
America's fiscal cliff
Ethan Ilzetzki, Jonathan Pinder, December 2012 Paper No' CEPCP388: Read Abstract | Full paper 
CentrePiece 17 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 26-28
'Stop fighting and wealth will follow'
Timothy Besley, Hannes Mueller, December 2012 Paper No' CEPCP387: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 24-25
Science: why the gender gap?
Thomas Breda, Son Thierry Ly, December 2012 Paper No' CEPCP386: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 22-23
Sexism at work
Björn Erikssoon, Tobias Karlsson, Tim Leunig, Maria Stanfors, December 2012 Paper No' CEPCP385: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 20-21
Working or shirking?
Nicholas Bloom, James Liang, John Roberts, Zhichun Jenny Ying, December 2012 Paper No' CEPCP384: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 18-19
Hooray for GDP!
Nicholas Oulton, December 2012 Paper No' CEPCP383: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 6-11
The UK's housing crises
Henry Overman, December 2012 Paper No' CEPCP382: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 2-5
Immigration and the UK Labour Market
David Metcalf, December 2012 Paper No' CEPCP381: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 12-17
In brief: Mental illness and the NHS
Richard Layard, September 2012 Paper No' CEPCP380: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (2) Autumn 2012 pages: 28 This article summarises 'How Mental Illness Loses Out in the NHS', a report by CEP's Mental Health Policy Group.
Gender gaps in performance
Ghazala Azmat, Rosa Ferrer, September 2012 Paper No' CEPCP379: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (2) Autumn 2012 pages: 26-27 This article summarises 'Gender Gaps in Performance: Evidence from Young Lawyers' by Ghazala Azmat and Rosa Ferrer, CEP Discussion paper No.1136, March 2012
In brief: Mother tongue:the economics of language learning
Javier Ortega, Gregory Verdugo, September 2012 Paper No' CEPCP378: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (2) Autumn 2012 pages: 24-25 This article summarises 'Assimilation in Multilingual Cities' by Javier Ortega and Gregory Verdugo, CEP Discussion Paper No.1110, December 2011
Are public sector employees overcompensated?
Alexander Danzer, Peter Dolton, September 2012 Paper No' CEPCP377: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (2) Autumn 2012 pages: 20-23 This article summarises 'Total Reward and Pensions in the UK in the Public and Private Sectors' by Alexander Danzer and Peter Dolton, Labour Economics 19(4): 584-594, August 2012
Student awareness of the costs and benefits of higher education
Martin McGuigan, Sandra McNally, Gill Wyness, September 2012 Paper No' CEPCP376: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (2) Autumn 2012 pages: 13-19 This article summarises 'Student Awareness of Costs and Benefits of Educational Decisions: Effects of an Information Campaign' by Martin McGuigan, Sandra McNally and Gill Wyness, Centre for the Economics of Education Discussion Paper No.139, August 2012
The doomsday cycle turns: who's next?
Peter Boone, Simon Johnson, September 2012 Paper No' CEPCP375: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (2) Autumn 2012 pages: 6-12 Peter Boone and Simon Johnson are co-founders of The Baseline Scenario, a leading economics blog
Big ideas: valuing schooling through house prices
Steve Gibbons, September 2012 Paper No' CEPCP374: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (2) Autumn 2012 pages: 2-5 More details on the research discusssed here are in 'Houses and Schools Valuation of School Quality throught he Housing Market', CEP Occasional Paper No.29, May 2011
In brief: UK chief executives: paid for performance?
Brian Bell, John Van Reenen, May 2012 Paper No' CEPCP373: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (1) Spring 2012 pages: 28 This article summarises 'Firm Performance and Wages: Evidence from Across the Corporate Hierarchy;, Brian Bell and John Van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 1088, May 2012
In brief: Two cheers for Anglo-Saxon financial markets?
Philippe Aghion, John Van Reenen, Luigi Zingales, May 2012 Paper No' CEPCP372: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (1) Spring 2012 pages: 26-27 This article summarises 'Innovation and Institutional Ownership' by Philippe Aghion, John Van Reenen and Luigi Zingales, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 911, February 2009
Giant oilfields and civil conflict
Yu-Hsiang Lei, Guy Michaels, May 2012 Paper No' CEPCP371: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (1) Spring 2012 pages: 22-25 This article summarises 'Do Giant Oilfield Discoveries Fuel Internal Armed Conflicts?' by Yu-Hsiang Lei and Guy Michaels, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 1089, November 2011
In brief: Can industrial policy boost jobs?
Chiara Criscuolo, Ralf Martin, Henry Overman, John Van Reenen, May 2012 Paper No' CEPCP370: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (1) Spring 2012 pages: 20-21 This article summarises 'The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy' by Chiara Criscuolo, Ralf Martin, Henry Overman and John Van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 1113, January 2012
The polluter-doesn't-pay principle
Ralf Martin, Ulrich J. Wagner, Laure B. de Preux, May 2012 Paper No' CEPCP369: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (1) Spring 2012 pages: 16-19
In brief: Language barriers? The impact of non-native English speakers in the classroom
Charlotte Geay, Sandra McNally, Shqiponja Telhaj, May 2012 Paper No' CEPCP368: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (1) Spring 2012 pages: 14-15 This article summarises 'Non-native Speakers of English in the Classroom: What are the Effects on Pupil Performance?' by Charlotte Geay, Sandra McNally and Shqiponja Telhaj, Centre for the Economics of Education Discussion Paper No.137, March 2012
In brief: Urban schools: does money make a difference?
Steve Gibbons, Sandra McNally, Martina Viarengo, May 2012 Paper No' CEPCP367: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (1) Spring 2012 pages: 12-13 This article summarises 'Does Additional Spending Help Urban Schools? An Evaluation Using Boundary Discontinuities', by Steve Gibbons, Sandra McNally and Martina Viarengo, Centre for the Economics of Education Discussion Paper No. 128, September 2011
Growth and productivity: UK economic performance since 1997
Dan Corry, Anna Valero, John Van Reenen, May 2012 Paper No' CEPCP366: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (1) Spring 2012 pages: 8-11 This article summarises 'UK Economic Performance Since 1997: Growth, Productivity and Jobs', by Dan Corry, Anna Valero and John Van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance Special Paper No. 24, December 2011
Jobs in a recession
Pascal Michaillat, May 2012 Paper No' CEPCP365: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 17 (1) Spring 2012 pages: 3-7
Sequential exporting: how firms break into foreign markets
Facundo Albornoz, Hector Calvo-Pardo, Gregory Corcos, Emanuel Ornelas, February 2012 Paper No' CEPCP364: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 26-28
The letters page
Alan Manning, February 2012 Paper No' CEPCP363: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 24-25
Policy uncertainty: a new indicator
Scott R. Baker, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, February 2012 Paper No' CEPCP362: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 21-23
HS2: assessing the costs and benefits
Henry Overman, February 2012 Paper No' CEPCP361: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 18-20
The returns to lobbying
Jordi Blanes i Vidal, Mirko Draca, Christian Fons-Rosen, February 2012 Paper No' CEPCP360: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 16-17
Pupils' progress: how children's perceptions influence their efforts
Amine Ouazad, Lionel Page, February 2012 Paper No' CEPCP359: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 14-15
School inspections: can we trust Ofsted reports?
Iftikhar Hussain, February 2012 Paper No' CEPCP358: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 10-13 This article summarises ‘Subjective Performance Evaluation in the Public Sector: Evidence from School Inspections?’ by Iftikhar Hussain, Centre for the Economics of Education Discussion Paper No. 135, February 2012.
Crime and mental wellbeing
Francesca Cornaglia, Andrew Leigh, February 2012 Paper No' CEPCP357: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 8-9
Wellbeing in the workplace: the impact of modern management
Alex Bryson, Pekka Ilmakunnas, February 2012 Paper No' CEPCP356: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 6-7
Big ideas: wellbeing and public policy
Richard Layard, February 2012 Paper No' CEPCP355: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (3) Winter 2012 pages: 2-5
The Future of Work in Europe
Christopher Pissarides, October 2011 Paper No' CEPCP354: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (2) Autumn 2011 pages: 26-28
Unequal Britain: How Real Are Regional Disparities?
Steve Gibbons, Henry Overman, October 2011 Paper No' CEPCP353: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (2) Autumn 2011 pages: 23-25 For further reading, see SERC Discussion Papers No.60, No.65 and No.74
Teachers' Pay and Pupil Performance
Peter Dolton, Oscar Marcenaro Gutierrez, October 2011 Paper No' CEPCP352: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (2) Autumn 2011 pages: 20-22 This article summarises 'If You Pay Peanuts, Do You Get Monkeys? A Cross-Country Analysis of Teacher Pay and Pupil Performance' by Peter Dolton and Oscar Marcenaro-Gutierrez, Economic Policy 26(65): 5-55, January 2011
The Boom in Postgraduate Education and Its Impact on Wage Inequality
Joanne Lindley, Stephen Machin, October 2011 Paper No' CEPCP351: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (2) Autumn 2011 pages: 16-19 This article summarises 'Rising Wage Inequality and Postgraduate Education' by Joanne Lindley and Stephen Machin, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1075
In brief... House Prices and School Quality: Evidence from State and Private Education in Paris
Gabrielle Fack, Julien Grenet, October 2011 Paper No' CEPCP350: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (2) Autumn 2011 pages: 14-15 This article summarises 'When do Better Schools Raise Housing Prices? Evidence from Paris Public and Private Schools' by Gabrielle Fack and Julien Grenet, Centre for the Economics of Education Discussion Paper No. 119
Young People Without Qualifications: How 'Headline Numbers' Shape Policy and Aspiration
Hilary Steedman, October 2011 Paper No' CEPCP349: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (2) Autumn 2011 pages: 11-13 The article is based on Les élèves sans qualification: La France et les pays de l’OCDE by Ekaterina Melnik, Martine Möbus, Noémie Olympio. Hilary Steedman, Rémi Tréhin-Lalanne and Eric Verdier, a study commissioned by the HCE and coordinated by Eric Verdier and Hilary Steedman.
Football Matches: the Effects on Crime
Olivier Marie, October 2011 Paper No' CEPCP348: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (2) Autumn 2011 pages: 8-10
In brief...Cotton and Cars: the Huge Gains from Process Innovation
Tim Leunig, Joachim Voth, October 2011 Paper No' CEPCP347: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (2) Autumn 2011 pages: 6-7
Big ideas: Innovation Policy
John Van Reenen, October 2011 Paper No' CEPCP346: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (2) Autumn 2011 pages: 2-5
Land use planning: the impact on retail productivity
Paul Cheshire, Christian Hilber, Ioannis Kaplanis, June 2011 Paper No' CEPCP345: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (1) Summer 2011 pages: 25-28 This article summarises 'Evaluating the Effects of Planning Policies on the Retail Sector: Or do Town Centre First Policies Deliver the Goods?' by Paul Cheshire, Christian Hilber and Ioannis Kaplanis, Spatial Reconomics Research Centre Discussion Paper No. 66
Team performance and the optimal spread of talent
Alex Bryson, Rafael Gomez, Kerry L. Papps, June 2011 Paper No' CEPCP344: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (1) Summer 2011 pages: 22-24 This article summarises 'Heterogeneous Worker Ability and Team-based Production: Evidence from Major League Baseball, 1920-2009' by Alex Bryson, Kerry Papps and Rafael Gomez, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1015
Fees and loathing: higher education finance and university participation
Gill Wyness, June 2011 Paper No' CEPCP343: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (1) Summer 2011 pages: 18-21
In brief: Chernobyl: the long-term health and economic consequences
Hartmut Lehmann, Jonathan Wadsworth, June 2011 Paper No' CEPCP342: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (1) Summer 2011 pages: 16-17 This article summarises 'The Impact of Chernobyl on Health and Labour Market Performance' by Hartmut Lehmann and Jonathan Wadsworth, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1052.
In brief: Competition in the public sector: good for the goose, good for the gander?
Zack Cooper, June 2011 Paper No' CEPCP341: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (1) Summer 2011 pages: 14-15 See also NHS Reforms: CEP Research Evidence and Policy Recommendations
Big ideas: How competition improves management and productivity
John Van Reenen, June 2011 Paper No' CEPCP340: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (1) Summer 2011 pages: 10-13
Challenges for the dollar as a reserve currency
Gianluca Benigno, June 2011 Paper No' CEPCP339: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (1) Summer 2011 pages: 6-9 This is an edited version of 'Challenges for the Dollar as a Reserve Currency' by Gianluca Benigno, a chapter in Beyond the Dollar: Rethinking the International Monetary System, a Chatham House report edited by Paola Subacchi and John Driffill.
Youth unemployment
Barbara Petrongolo, John Van Reenen, June 2011 Paper No' CEPCP338: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 16 (1) Summer 2011 pages: 2-5
In brief: Unequal shares: the economics of elite football clubs
Eran Yashiv, March 2011 Paper No' CEPCP337: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (3) Winter 2011 pages: 27-28
Trade crisis - what trade crisis?
Giordano Mion, March 2011 Paper No' CEPCP336: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (3) Winter 2011 pages: 24-26 This article summarises 'Trade Crisis? What Trade Crisis?' by Kristian Behrens, Gregory Corcos and Giordano Mion, CEP Discussion Paper No. 995
Bank bailouts in a global economy: the challenges for international cooperation
Friederike Niepmann, March 2011 Paper No' CEPCP335: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (3) Winter 2011 pages: 20-23 This article summarises 'Bank Bailouts, International Linkages and Cooperation' by Friederike Niepmann and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1023
Chris Pissarides, CEP's Nobel laureate
Barbara Petrongolo, March 2011 Paper No' CEPCP334: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (3) Winter 2011 pages: 18-19
How did London get away with it?
Henry Overman, March 2011 Paper No' CEPCP333: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (3) Winter 2011 pages: 16-17 Further reading: Steve Gibbons, Henry Overman and Panu Pelkonen (2010) 'Wage Disparities in Britain: People or Place?', SERC Discussion Paper No.60
In brief: Location, location, location: why geography matters for R&D
John Van Reenen, March 2011 Paper No' CEPCP332: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (3) Winter 2011 pages: 14-15 This article summarises 'Spillovers in Space: Does Geography Matter?' by Sergey Lychagin, Joris Pinkse, Margaret Slade and John Van Reenen, CEP Discussion Paper No. 991
Big ideas: economic geography
Henry Overman, March 2011 Paper No' CEPCP331: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (3) Winter 2011 pages: 10-13
In brief: Hospital performance: the impact of good management
Nicholas Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, Rebecca Homkes, Dennis Layton, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, March 2011 Paper No' CEPCP330: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (3) Winter 2011 pages: 8-9 This article summarises Management in Healthcare: Why Good Practice Really Matters by Stephen Dorgan, Dennis Layton, Nicholas Bloom, Rebecca Homkes, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
In brief: Improving management in India
Nick Bloom, March 2011 Paper No' CEPCP329: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (3) Winter 2011 pages: 7 This article summarises 'Does Management Matter? Evidence from India' by Nicholas Bloom, Benn Eifert, Aprajit Mahajan, David McKenzie and John Roberts, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1042
Enhancing management quality: the potential for productivity growth after the recession
Rebecca Homkes, March 2011 Paper No' CEPCP328: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (3) Winter 2011 pages: 2-6 More details on the programme, including past reports and full methodology, are available on the CEP Management programme site.
In brief: The future of finance
Peter Boone, C Goodhart, Andrew Haldane, Simon Johnson, John Kay, Andrew Large, Richard Layard, Andrew Smithers, A Turner, S Wadhwani, Martin Wolf, Paul Woolley, November 2010 Paper No' CEPCP327: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (2) Autumn 2010 pages: 27-28 The Future of Finance: The LSE Report was published in September 2010 (ISBN: 978 0 85328 458 1).To order a copy: call 0845 458 9910; See http://www.futureoffinance.org.uk
The shrinking middle
Guy Michaels, Ashwini Natraj, John Van Reenen, November 2010 Paper No' CEPCP326: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (2) Autumn 2010 pages: 22-26 This article summarises 'Has ICT Polarized Skill Demand? Evidence from Eleven Countries over 25 Years' by Guy Michaels, Ashwini Natraj and John Van Reenen, CEP Discussion Paper No. 987 (http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0987.pdf).
Academy schools: who benefits?
Stephen Machin, James Vernoit, November 2010 Paper No' CEPCP325: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (2) Autumn 2010 pages: 19-21 For further reading : 'A Note on Academy School Policy', CEP Policy Analysis, Stephen Machin and James Vernoit (2010) (http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/pa011.pdf).
In brief: The state of apprenticeships
Hilary Steedman, November 2010 Paper No' CEPCP324: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (2) Autumn 2010 pages: 18 This article summarises The State of Apprenticeship in 2010 - International Comparisons: Australia, Austria, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland by Hilary Steedman, jointly published by CEP and the Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network.The report is available for download at http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/special/cepsp22.pdf
The NHS White Paper: evolution or revolution?
Zack Cooper, November 2010 Paper No' CEPCP323: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (2) Autumn 2010 pages: 14-17 For further reading : 'Does Hospital Competition Improve Efficiency? An Analysis of the Recent Market-Based Reforms to the English NHS', CEP Discussion Paper No. 988, Zack Cooper, Stephen Gibbons, Simon Jones and Alistair McGuire (2010) (http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0988.pdf).
In brief: 'Revolving door' lobbyists
Jordi Blanes i Vidal, Mirko Draca, Christian Fons-Rosen, November 2010 Paper No' CEPCP322: View Video | Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (2) Autumn 2010 pages: 12-13 This article summarises 'Revolving Door Lobbyists' by Jordi Blanes I Vidal, Mirko Draca and Christian Fons-Rosen, CEP Discussion Paper No. 993 (http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0993.pdf).
Does fiscal policy work?
Ethan Ilzetzki, November 2010 Paper No' CEPCP321: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (2) Autumn 2010 pages: 8-11 This article summarises 'How Big (Small?) are Fiscal Multipliers?' by Ethan Ilzetzki, Enrique Mendoza and Carlos Vegh, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1016 (http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp1016.pdf).
Has the euro increased trade?
Joao Santos Silva, Silvana Tenreyro, November 2010 Paper No' CEPCP320: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (2) Autumn 2010 pages: 6-7 This article summarises 'Currency Unions in Prospect and Retrospect' by Joao Santos Silva and Silvana Tenreyro, Annual Review of Economics 2: 51-74 (September 2010). An earlier version is available as CEP Discussion Paper No. 986 (http://cep.lse.ac.uk/ pubs/download/dp0986.pdf).
Foreign takeovers of British companies
Geoffrey Owen, November 2010 Paper No' CEPCP319: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (2) Autumn 2010 pages: 4-5 This article draws on The Rise and Fall of Great Companies: Courtaulds and the Reshaping of the Man-made Fibres Industry by Geoffrey Owen, published by Pasold Research Fund/Oxford University Press in September 2010.
Chinese ghosts in the Western machine
John Van Reenen, November 2010 Paper No' CEPCP318: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (2) Autumn 2010 pages: 2-3 This article summarises 'Trade Induced Technical Change:The Impact of Chinese Imports on Innovation and Productivity' by Nick Bloom, Mirko Draca and John Van Reenen, a forthcoming CEP Discussion Paper.
Jobs in the recession
Paul Gregg, Jonathan Wadsworth, July 2010 Paper No' CEPCP317: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (1) Summer 2010 pages: 26-28
In brief: The educational background of postgrad students
Stephen Machin, Richard Murphy, July 2010 Paper No' CEPCP316: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (1) Summer 2010 pages: 25
Passive smoking: the effect of bans and taxes
Jérôme Adda, Francesca Cornaglia, July 2010 Paper No' CEPCP315: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (1) Summer 2010 pages: 22-24
In brief: Men in black: the impact of new contracts on football referees' performance
Alex Bryson, July 2010 Paper No' CEPCP314: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (1) Summer 2010 pages: 20-21
Regional trade agreements: blessing or burden?
Caroline Freund, Emanuel Ornelas, July 2010 Paper No' CEPCP313: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (1) Summer 2010 pages: 16-19
In brief: The wage premium of two-footed footballers
Alex Bryson, July 2010 Paper No' CEPCP312: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (1) Summer 2010 pages: 14-15
Europe's emissions trading scheme: taxpayers versus sthe industry lobby
Ralf Martin, Mirabelle Muûls, Ulrich J. Wagner, July 2010 Paper No' CEPCP311: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (1) Summer 2010 pages: 10-13
In brief: Producing superstars for the economic World Cup
Lant Pritchett, Martina Viarengo, July 2010 Paper No' CEPCP310: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (1) Summer 2010 pages: 8-9
Making the UK's aid budget work better
Peter Boone, July 2010 Paper No' CEPCP309: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 15 (1) Summer 2010 pages: 3-7
In brief: Job guarantee: a new promise on long-term unemployment
Richard Layard, February 2010 Paper No' CEPCP308: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (3) Winter 2010 pages: 27-28
Violence in Iraq: the impact of public debate during wartime
Radha Iyengar, February 2010 Paper No' CEPCP307: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (3) Winter 2010 pages: 22-26
In brief: A Swedish model for UK schools?
Helena Holmlund, Sandra McNally, February 2010 Paper No' CEPCP306: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (3) Winter 2010 pages: 20-21
Management practices in the NHS
Nick Bloom, Carol Propper, Stephan Seiler, John Van Reenen, February 2010 Paper No' CEPCP305: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (3) Winter 2010 pages: 16-19
The integration of immigrants and their children in Europe
Yann Algan, Christian Dustmann, Albrecht Glitz, Alan Manning, February 2010 Paper No' CEPCP304: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (3) Winter 2010 pages: 14-15 This paper has been published as: 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
In brief: Modern Management: Good for the environment or just hot air?
Nick Bloom, Christos Genakos, Ralf Martin, Raffaella Sadun, February 2010 Paper No' CEPCP303: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (3) Winter 2010 pages: 12-13 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
A Resource Curse? The impact of oil windfalls on living standards in Brazil
Francesco Caselli, Guy Michaels, February 2010 Paper No' CEPCP302: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (3) Winter 2010 pages: 8-11 This article summarises Do Oil Windfalls Improve Living Standards? Evidence from Brazil by Francesco Caselli and Guy Michaels, CEP Discussion Paper No. 960
In brief: Economic Inequality in the UK
Stephen Machin, February 2010 Paper No' CEPCP301: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (3) Winter 2010 pages: 7 The report of the National Equality Panel, An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK was published in January 2010
The Doomsday Cycle
Peter Boone, Simon Johnson, February 2010 Paper No' CEPCP300: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (3) Winter 2010 pages: 2-6
In brief: Europe's top prize for economic research
John Van Reenen, October 2009 Paper No' CEPCP299: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (2) Autumn 2009 pages: 29
In brief: Government regulation of occupations
Alex Bryson, Morris Kleiner, October 2009 Paper No' CEPCP298: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (2) Autumn 2009 pages: 27-28 This article summarises the issues and papers discussed at 'The International Symposium on the Government Regulation of Occupations', jointly organised by CEP and the British Journal of Industrial Relations and held at CEP in March 2009
The unexpected consequences of forced migration
Matti Sarvimäki, October 2009 Paper No' CEPCP297: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (2) Autumn 2009 pages: 24-26 This article summarises 'Long-term Effects of Forced Migration' by Matti Sarvimäki, Roope Uusitalo and Markus Jäntti, Discussion Paper No. 15 of the Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC) at LSE
Industrial policy: why governments pick losers
Richard E. Baldwin, Frédéric Robert-Nicoud, October 2009 Paper No' CEPCP296: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (2) Autumn 2009 pages: 20-23 This article summarises 'Entry and Asymmetric Lobbying:Why Governments Pick Losers' by Frédéric Robert-Nicoud and Richard Baldwin, CEP Discussion Paper No. 791 and subsequently published in the Journal of the European Economic Association 5(5): 1064-93, September 2007.
In brief: Shared capitalism: does it work?
Alex Bryson, Richard Freeman, October 2009 Paper No' CEPCP295: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (2) Autumn 2009 pages: 18-19 This article summarises 'How Does Shared Capitalism Affect Economic Performance in the UK?' by Alex Bryson and Richard Freeman, CEP Discussion Paper No. 885
European unemployment: how significant was a declining work ethic
Jean-Baptiste Michau, October 2009 Paper No' CEPCP294: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (2) Autumn 2009 pages: 14-17 This article summarises 'Unemployment Insurance and Cultural Transmission: Theory and Application to European Unemployment by Jean-Baptiste Michau, CEP Discussion Paper No. 936
Bossonomics: the economics of management and productivity
Nick Bloom, John Van Reenen, October 2009 Paper No' CEPCP293: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (2) Autumn 2009 pages: 10-13 For further reading: Nick Bloom and John Van Reenen (2007) 'Measuring and Explaining Management Practices across Firms and Countries', Quarterly Journal of Economics 122(4): 1351-1408 and published in an earlier version as CEP Discussion Paper No. 716
In brief: Heterogeneous firms in international trade
Stephen Redding, October 2009 Paper No' CEPCP292: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (2) Autumn 2009 pages: 9 This article summarises the issues and papers discussed at a conference on 'Heterogeneous Firms in International Trade', jointly organised by CEP, CESifo and the Norface partnership between 14 European research councils, held in Venice in July 2009
A century of minimum wages in Britain
Simon Deakin, Francis Green, October 2009 Paper No' CEPCP291: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (2) Autumn 2009 pages: 6-8 This article summarises the introduction to a special issue of the British Journal of Industrial Relations (47:2, June 2009), which celebrates the centenary of the Trade Boards Act 1909 with a selection of papers from several countries
Big ideas: The UK's National Minimum Wage
Alan Manning, October 2009 Paper No' CEPCP290: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (2) Autumn 2009 pages: 2-5
In Brief: Benefits of compulsory schooling
Panu Pelkonen, June 2009 Paper No' CEPCP289: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (1) Spring 2009 pages: 28 This article summarises 'Education and Mobility' by Stephen Machin, Panu Pelkonen and Kjell Salvanes, CEE Discussion Paper No. 100
In Brief: Gender differences in test scores
Stephen Machin, Tuomas Pekkarinen, June 2009 Paper No' CEPCP288: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (1) Spring 2009 pages: 26-27 This article summarises 'Global Sex Differences in Test Score Variability’ by Stephen Machin and Tuomas Pekkarinen, Science 28 November 2008:Volume 322(5906): 1331-2
In Brief: Dropping out of school
Dongshu Ou, June 2009 Paper No' CEPCP287: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (1) Spring 2009 pages: 25 This article summarises 'To Leave or Not to Leave? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of the Impact of Failing the High School Exit Exam' by Dongshu Ou, CEP Discussion Paper No. 907 This paper has been published as: 'To Leave or Not to Leave? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of the Impact of Failing the High School Exit Exam', forthcoming in Economics of Education Review
Going private
Richard Murphy, June 2009 Paper No' CEPCP286: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (1) Spring 2009 pages: 22-24 This article summarises 'Competition for Private and State School Teachers' by Francis Green, Stephen Machin, Richard Murphy and Yu Zhu, CEE Discussion Paper No. 94 This paper has been published as: Competition for Private and State School Teachers, Journal of Education and Work 21(5): 383-404 (November 2008)
In Brief: Every child matters?
Sandra McNally, June 2009 Paper No' CEPCP285: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (1) Spring 2009 pages: 20-21 This article summarises 'Every Child Matters? An Evaluation of Special Educational Needs Programmes in England' by Francois Keslair, Eric Maurin and Sandra McNally, a forthcoming CEE Discussion Paper.
What works in primary schools?
Olmo Silva, June 2009 Paper No' CEPCP284: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (1) Spring 2009 pages: 16-19
In Brief: Promoting children's well-being
Amy Challen, June 2009 Paper No' CEPCP283: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (1) Spring 2009 pages: 14-15 This article summarises 'UK Resilience Programme Evaluation: Interim Report' by Amy Challen, Stephen Machin, Philip Noden and Anne West
In Brief: Assessed by a teacher like me
Amine Ouazad, June 2009 Paper No' CEPCP282: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (1) Spring 2009 pages: 12-13 The article summarises 'Assessed by a Teacher Like Me: Race, Gender, and Subjective Evaluations' by Amine Ouazad, CEE Discussion Paper No. 98
Assessing pupils' abilities
Arnaud Chevalier, Steve Gibbons, June 2009 Paper No' CEPCP281: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (1) Spring 2009 pages: 9-11 The study of university graduates is 'Students' Academic Self-perception' by Arnaud Chevalier, Stephen Gibbons, Sherria Hoskins, Martin Snell and Andy Thorpe, CEE Discussion Paper No. 90 This paper has been published as: 'Assessment and Age 16+ Education Participation' by Stephen Gibbons and Arnaud Chevalier, Research Papers in Education 23(2): 113-23 (June 2008).
Academy schools and pupil performance
Stephen Machin, Joan Wilson, June 2009 Paper No' CEPCP280: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (1) Spring 2009 pages: 6-8 This article summarises 'Public and Private Schooling Initiatives in England' by Stephen Machin and Joan Wilson, a chapter in School Choice International: Exploring Public-Private Partnerships edited by Rajashri Chakrabarti and Paul E. Peterson, MIT Press, 2008.
Big ideas: education
Sandra McNally, June 2009 Paper No' CEPCP279: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 14 (1) Spring 2009 pages: 2-5
Peer effects in science: evidence from Nazi Germany
Fabian Waldinger, March 2009 Paper No' CEPCP278: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (3) Winter 2009 pages: 26-28
Britain's regional divide
Henry Overman, March 2009 Paper No' CEPCP277: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (3) Winter 2009 pages: 24-25
In brief: Saving the economy and the planet
Ralf Martin, March 2009 Paper No' CEPCP276: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (3) Winter 2009 pages: 22-23
In brief: Train times
Tim Leunig, March 2009 Paper No' CEPCP275: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (3) Winter 2009 pages: 20-21
In brief: Hot and cold seasons in the housing market
L. Rachel Ngai, Silvana Tenreyro, March 2009 Paper No' CEPCP274: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (3) Winter 2009 pages: 18-19
Understanding happiness: the distinction between living - and thinking about it
Daniel Kahneman, March 2009 Paper No' CEPCP273: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (3) Winter 2009 pages: 16-18
The changing pattern of earnings: employees, migrants and low-paid families
Richard Dickens, Abigail McKnight, March 2009 Paper No' CEPCP272: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (3) Winter 2009 pages: 12-15
In brief: The recession will be over sooner than you think
Nick Bloom, Max Floetotto, March 2009 Paper No' CEPCP271: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (3) Winter 2009 pages: 10-11
Big ideas: intergenerational mobility
Jo Blanden, March 2009 Paper No' CEPCP270: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (3) Winter 2009 pages: 6-9
Weightlifting competitions: lessons for performance management
Christos Genakos, Mario Pagliero, March 2009 Paper No' CEPCP269: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (3) Winter 2009 pages: 2-5
In Brief: The end of trade unionism as we know it?
David Blanchflower, Alex Bryson, October 2008 Paper No' CEPCP268: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (2) Autumn 2008 pages: 27-28
Words that work: comparing the effectiveness of central bank communications
Carlo Rosa, October 2008 Paper No' CEPCP267: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (2) Autumn 2008 pages: 24-26
Do swing states influence US trade policy?
Mirabelle Muûls, Dimitra Petropoulou, October 2008 Paper No' CEPCP266: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (2) Autumn 2008 pages: 21-23
How to measure the rising cost of living
Nicholas Oulton, October 2008 Paper No' CEPCP265: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (2) Autumn 2008 pages: 18-20
Conference report: Intergenerational mobility
October 2008 Paper No' CEPCP264: Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (2) Autumn 2008 pages: 17
A continuing downward trend in intergenerational mobility?
Jo Blanden, Stephen Machin, October 2008 Paper No' CEPCP263: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (2) Autumn 2008 pages: 14-16
In Brief: Spend it like Beckham
Andreas Georgiadis, Alan Manning, October 2008 Paper No' CEPCP262: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (2) Autumn 2008 pages: 12-13
Conference report: The emergence of China and India in the global economy
October 2008 Paper No' CEPCP261: Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (2) Autumn 2008 pages: 11
Big ideas: rising wage inequality
Stephen Machin, October 2008 Paper No' CEPCP260: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (2) Autumn 2008 pages: 8-10
In Brief: Are the top universities worth paying for?
Iftikhar Hussain, Sandra McNally, Shqiponja Telhaj, October 2008 Paper No' CEPCP259: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (2) Autumn 2008 pages: 6-7
Does planning regulation protect independent retailers?
Raffaella Sadun, October 2008 Paper No' CEPCP258: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (2) Autumn 2008 pages: 2-5
Where To Build Britain's New Houses
Tim Leunig, May 2008 Paper No' CEPCP257: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (1) Spring 2008 pages: 26-28
In Brief: Delayed Doves
Stephen Hansen, Michael F. McMahon, May 2008 Paper No' CEPCP256: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (1) Spring 2008 pages: 24-25 This article summarises 'Delayed Doves: MPC Voting Behaviour of Externals' by Stephen Hansen and Michael McMahon, CEP Discussion Paper No. 862
Will the Credit Crunch Lead to Recession?
Nick Bloom, May 2008 Paper No' CEPCP255: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (1) Spring 2008 pages: 20-23 Further reading: Nick Bloom (2007), 'The Impact of Uncertainty Shocks', National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. W13385, also available as CEP Discussion Paper No. 718
In Brief: India's Foreign Investment Policy: The Impact on Productivity
Arunish Chawla, May 2008 Paper No' CEPCP254: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (1) Spring 2008 pages: 19
China's Entrepreneurs
Linda Yueh, May 2008 Paper No' CEPCP253: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (1) Spring 2008 pages: 15-18 This article summarises 'China's Entrepreneurs' by Linda Yueh, University of Oxford, Department of Economics, Discussion Paper No. 324 and forthcoming in World Development.
Can Better Management Sustain Growth in China and India?
Nick Bloom, Rebecca Homkes, May 2008 Paper No' CEPCP252: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (1) Spring 2008 pages: 10-14 Further reading: 'Management Practices and Productivity:Why They Matter' Nick Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, John Dowdy, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen, 2007
In Brief: Can Pay Regulation Kill?
John Van Reenen, May 2008 Paper No' CEPCP251: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (1) Spring 2008 pages: 8-9 This article summarises 'Can Pay Regulation Kill? Panel Data Evidence on the Effect of Labour Markets on Hospital Performance' by Emma Hall, Carol Propper and John Van Reenen, CEP Discussion Paper No. 843
In Brief: Understanding Trade Unions
Richard Freeman, May 2008 Paper No' CEPCP250: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (1) Spring 2008 pages: 7 Further reading: 'What Voice Do British Workers Want?'by Alex Bryson and Richard Freeman, CEP Discussion Paper No. 731
The Unemployment Trap
Barbara Petrongolo, May 2008 Paper No' CEPCP249: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (1) Spring 2008 pages: 4-6 This article summarises 'What are the Long-term Effects of UI? Evidence from the UK JSA Reform' by Barbara Petrongolo, CEP Discussion Paper No. 841
Big ideas: unemployment and welfare to work
John Van Reenen, May 2008 Paper No' CEPCP248: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 13 (1) Spring 2008 pages: 2-3
Do Computers Help Police Fight Crime?
Luis Garicano, Paul Heaton, February 2008 Paper No' CEPCP247: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (3) Winter 2008 pages: 27-28 This article summarises Information Technology, Organisation and Productivity in the Public Sector: Evidence from Police Departments by Luis Garicano and Paul Heaton, CEP Discussion Paper No. 826
What's in a Name? Information on Intergenerational Mobility
Maia Güell, José V. Rodríguez Mora, Chris Telmer, February 2008 Paper No' CEPCP246: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (3) Winter 2008 pages: 24-26 This article summarises Intergenerational Mobility and the Informative Content of Surnames by Maia Güell, José V. Rodríguez Mora and Chris Telmer, CEP Discussion Paper No. 810
The Labour Market Effects of Immigration
Marco Manacorda, Alan Manning, Jonathan Wadsworth, February 2008 Paper No' CEPCP245: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (3) Winter 2008 pages: 21-23 This article summarises The Impact of Immigration on the Structure of Male Wages: Theory and Evidence from Britain by Marco Manacorda, Alan Manning and Jonathan Wadsworth, CEP Discussion Paper No. 754
Inequality of Individual Wages and the Dispersion of Firm Productivity
Giulia Faggio, Kjell Salvanes, John Van Reenen, February 2008 Paper No' CEPCP244: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (3) Winter 2008 pages: 18-20 This article summarises The Evolution of Inequality in Productivity and Wages: Panel Data Evidence by Giulia Faggio, Kjell Salvanes and John Van Reenen, CEP Discussion Paper No. 821
The Psychology of Savings and Investment
David Laibson, Romesh Vaitilingam, February 2008 Paper No' CEPCP243: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (3) Winter 2008 pages: 14-17 David Laibson's Lionel Robbins lectures were delivered on 19, 20 and 21 November 2007 in the Old Theatre at LSE. Recordings of the lectures and slides from the lectures are available from http://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/event.asp?id=38
In brief: Freedom fries: When International Relations Damage International Trade
Guy Michaels, Xiaojia Zhi, February 2008 Paper No' CEPCP242: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (3) Winter 2008 pages: 12-13 This articles summarises Freedom Fries by Guy Michaels and Xiaojia Zhi, CEP Discussion Paper No.815
In brief: Smoking During Pregnancy
Emma Tominey, February 2008 Paper No' CEPCP241: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (3) Winter 2008 pages: 11 This article summarises Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Early Child Outcomes by Emma Tominey, CEP Discussion Paper No. 828
Is Distance Dying at Last?
Rachel Griffith, Sokbae Lee, John Van Reenen, February 2008 Paper No' CEPCP240: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (3) Winter 2008 pages: 6-10 This article summarises Is Distance Dying at Last? Falling Home Bias in Fixed Effects Models of Patent Citations by Rachel Griffith, Sokbae Lee and John Van Reenen, CEP Discussion Paper No. 818
School Segregation and its Consequences
Steve Gibbons, Shqiponja Telhaj, February 2008 Paper No' CEPCP239: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (3) Winter 2008 pages: 2-5 This article summarises Peer Effects and Pupil Attainment: Evidence from Secondary School Transition by Stephen Gibbons and Shqiponja Telhaj, Centre for the Economics of Education (CEE) Discussion Paper No. 63
Regulating the mobile phone industry: beware the 'waterbed' effect
Christos Genakos, Tommaso Valletti, October 2007 Paper No' CEPCP238: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (2) Autumn 2007 pages: 25-28 This article summarises 'Testing the "Waterbed" Effect in Mobile Telephony' by Christos Genakos and Tommaso Valletti, CEP Discussion Paper No. 827
Life on the Monetary Policy Committee
Stephen Nickell, October 2007 Paper No' CEPCP237: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (2) Autumn 2007 pages: 22-24
In brief:Union Blues
Alex Bryson, P Willman, October 2007 Paper No' CEPCP236: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (2) Autumn 2007 pages: 20-21 This article summarises 'Accounting for Collective Action: Resource Acquisition and Mobilisation in British Unions' by Alex Bryson and Paul Willman, CEP Discussion Paper No. 768 and forthcoming in Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations.
In brief:Ozonomics
Andrew Charlton, October 2007 Paper No' CEPCP235: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (2) Autumn 2007 pages: 18-19
What drives good management around the world?
Nick Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, October 2007 Paper No' CEPCP234: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (2) Autumn 2007 pages: 12-17 More details on this research can be found in 'Management Practice and Productivity:Why They Matter' by Nick Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, John Dowdy, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen, July 2007
In brief: Europe's Universities - Time for Reform
Nick Butler, October 2007 Paper No' CEPCP233: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (2) Autumn 2007 pages: 10-11
Higher education and the labour market
Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally, October 2007 Paper No' CEPCP232: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (2) Autumn 2007 pages: 6-9 The article summarises 'Tertiary Education Systems and Labour Markets' by Stephen Machin and Sandra McNally, a report prepared for the OECD.
Harnessing Success: Incentives for Invention and Technology Transfer in Universities
Mark Schankerman, October 2007 Paper No' CEPCP231: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (2) Autumn 2007 pages: 2-5 This article draws on research reported in 'The Impact of Private Ownership, Incentives and Local Development Objectives on University Technology Transfer Performance’ by Sharon Belenzon and Mark Schankerman, CEP Discussion Paper No. 779
In brief: Blair's Economic Legacy
John Van Reenen, June 2007 Paper No' CEPCP230: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (1) Summer 2007 pages: 28
Widening Access to Grammar Schools: the Educational Impact in Northern Ireland
Eric Maurin, Sandra McNally, June 2007 Paper No' CEPCP229: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (1) Summer 2007 pages: 26-27 This article summarises Educational Effects of Widening Access to the Academic Track: A Natural Experiment CEE Discussion Paper 85
In brief: Faith Primary Schools: Better Schools or Better Pupils?
Steve Gibbons, Olmo Silva, June 2007 Paper No' CEPCP228: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (1) Summer 2007 pages: 24-25 This article summarises Faith Primary Schools: Better Schools or Better Pupils, CEE Discussion Paper 72
Happiness and the Teaching of Values
Richard Layard, June 2007 Paper No' CEPCP227: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (1) Summer 2007 pages: 18-23 This article is an edited version the 2007 Ashby Lecture, University of Cambridge: The Teaching of Values - Richard Layard, 2 May 2007
Words and Deeds: Market Reactions when Central Banks Talk
Carlo Rosa, Giovanni Verga, June 2007 Paper No' CEPCP226: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (1) Summer 2007 pages: 14-17 This paper has been published as: Carlo Rosa and Giovanni Verga (2007) On the Consistency and Effectiveness of Central Bank Communication: Evidence from the ECB, European Journal of Political Economy 23(1): 146-75.
In brief: Sharing the Fruits of Trade
Andrew B. Bernard, Guy Michaels, Stephen Redding, Peter K. Schott, June 2007 Paper No' CEPCP225: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (1) Summer 2007 pages: 12-13 This article draws on research described in The Effect of Trade on the Demand for Skill: Evidence from the Interstate Highway System, CEP Discussion Paper No. 772
Culture Clash or Culture Club? The Identity and Attitudes of Immigrants in Britain
Alan Manning, Sanchari Roy, June 2007 Paper No' CEPCP224: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (1) Summer 2007 pages: 8-11 This article summarises Culture Clash or Culture Club? The Identity and Attitudes of Immigrants in Britain, CEP Discussion Paper No.790
The European Commission versus Microsoft: Competition Policy in High-Tech Industries
Christos Genakos, Kai Uwe Kühn, John Van Reenen, June 2007 Paper No' CEPCP223: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 12 (1) Summer 2007 pages: 2-7 This paper has been published as: The Incentives of a Monopolist to Degrade Interoperability: Theory and Evidence from the Personal Computer and Server Market by Christos Genakos, Kai Uwe Kühn and John Van Reenen, CEP mimeo 'Some Economics of European Commission versus Microsoft' by Kai Uwe Kühn and John Van Reenen, forthcoming in Cases in European Competition Policy: The Economic Analysis edited by Bruce Lyons (Cambridge University Press).
Technologies to Tackle Global Warming
Ralf Martin, December 2006 Paper No' CEPCP222: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (3) Winter 2006 pages: 26 See also Climate Change: Economic Sense and Non-sense of Carbon Mitigation Policies, CEP Policy Analysis CEPPA003 published in February 2006.
In brief: Fat City: Does Urban Sprawl Lead to Human Sprawl?
Henry Overman, December 2006 Paper No' CEPCP221: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (3) Winter 2006 pages: 25 This article summarises 'Fat City:The Relationship between Urban Sprawl and Obesity' by Jean Eid, Henry Overman, Diego Puga and Matthew Turner, CEP Discussion Paper No. 758
Japan's Shareholder Revolution
Ron Dore, December 2006 Paper No' CEPCP220: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (3) Winter 2006 pages: 22 A version of this article appeared in the Japan Times in November 2006.
In brief: Bosnia: the Labour Market Costs of Conflict
Florence Kondylis, December 2006 Paper No' CEPCP219: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (3) Winter 2006 pages: 20-21 This article summarises 'Conflict-induced Displacement and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from Post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina' by Florence Kondylis, CEP Discussion Paper No. 777
Shifts in Economic Geography and their Causes
Anthony J. Venables, December 2006 Paper No' CEPCP218: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (3) Winter 2006 pages: 12 -19 This is an edited version of 'Shifts in Economic Geography and their Causes' by Anthony J Venables, CEP Discussion Paper No. 767
In brief: Britain's Minimum Wage: What Impact on Pay and Jobs?
David Metcalf, December 2006 Paper No' CEPCP217: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (3) Winter 2006 pages: 10 -11 This article summarises his December 2006 paper 'On the Impact of the British National Minimum Wage on Pay and Employment'
The Educational Impact of Parental Choice and School Competition
Steve Gibbons, Stephen Machin, Olmo Silva, December 2006 Paper No' CEPCP216: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (3) Winter 2006 pages: 6 -9 This article summarises a series of research papers, including: 'Choice, Competition and Pupil Achievement' by Stephen Gibbons, Stephen Machin and Olmo Silva, Discussion Paper No. 56 from the Centre for the Economics of Education (CEE); 'Competition and Accessibility in School Markets: Empirical Analysis Using Boundary Discontinuities' by Stephen Gibbons and Olmo Silva, in Improving School Accountability: Check-ups or Choice edited by Timothy Gronberg and Dennis Jansen (Elsevier); and 'Urban Density and Pupil Attainment' by Stephen Gibbons and Olmo Silva, mimeo, CEP.
Trade Liberalisation and the Market for Corporate Control
Holger Breinlich, December 2006 Paper No' CEPCP215: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (3) Winter 2006 pages: 2-5 This article summarises 'Trade Liberalisation and Industrial Restructuring through Mergers and Acquisitions' by Holger Breinlich, CEP Discussion Paper No. 717
Edmund Phelps, Nobel laureate
Edmund Phelps, October 2006 Paper No' CEPCP214: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (2) Autumn 2006 pages: 28
Rwanda: the Costs of Conflict for Subsistence Households
Florence Kondylis, October 2006 Paper No' CEPCP213: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (2) Autumn 2006 pages: 26-27 This article summarises 'Agricultural Returns and Conflict: Quasi-experimental Evidence from a Policy Intervention Programme in Rwanda' by Florence Kondylis, CEP Discussion Paper No. 709
Tackling Depression and Anxiety Disorders
Richard Layard, October 2006 Paper No' CEPCP212: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (2) Autumn 2006 pages: 25 This article summarises The Depression Report: A New Deal for Depression and Anxiety Disorders, published in June 2006 by CEP’s Mental Health Policy group led by the Centre’s founder director Professor Lord Richard Layard.
HIV/AIDS Prevention: the Potential of Primary Education
Michael R. Kremer, October 2006 Paper No' CEPCP211: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (2) Autumn 2006 pages: 22-24 This article summarises 'Primary School Education and HIV/AIDS Prevention: Evidence from Four School-based Interventions in Western Kenya' by Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas, Michael Kremer and Samuel Sinei (May 2006).The study by Pascaline Dupas is 'Relative Risks and the Market for Sex:Teenagers, Sugar Daddies and HIV in Kenya'.
The Collapse of the Doha Trade Round
Andrew Charlton, October 2006 Paper No' CEPCP210: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (2) Autumn 2006 pages: 21
Cutting Child Mortality: the Power of Parents
Peter Boone, October 2006 Paper No' CEPCP209: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (2) Autumn 2006 pages: 18-20 Peter Boone's new paper with Zhaoguo Zhan, which this article summarises, is called 'Lowering Child Mortality in Poor Countries:The Power of Knowledgeable Parents', CEP Discussion Paper No. 751
The China Effect
Anthony J. Venables, Linda Yueh, October 2006 Paper No' CEPCP208: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (2) Autumn 2006 pages: 10-17 For more on 'new economic geography', see Professor Venables’ paper 'Shifts in Economic Geography and their Causes'
Panic on the Streets of London
Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin, Rober Witt, October 2006 Paper No' CEPCP207: View Video | Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (2) Autumn 2006 pages: 6-9
The Economic Impact of 9/11
Nick Bloom, October 2006 Paper No' CEPCP206: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (2) Autumn 2006 pages: 2-5 This article summarises 'The Impact of Uncertainty Shocks: Firm Level Estimation and a 9/11 Simulation' by Nick Bloom, CEP Discussion Paper No. 718
Cycles of Disadvantage
Jo Blanden, Steve Gibbons, June 2006 Paper No' CEPCP205: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (1) Summer 2006 pages: 27-28 This article summarises The Persistence of Poverty across Generations: A View from two British Cohorts by Jo Blanden and Steve Gibbons, published for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation by The Policy Press
Trade Unions in China
Jianwei Li, David Metcalf, June 2006 Paper No' CEPCP204: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (1) Summer 2006 pages: 24-26 This article summarises 'Chinese Unions: Nugatory or Transforming? An Alice Analysis' by David Metcalf and Jianwei Li, CEP Discussion Paper No. 708 and forthcoming in Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations.
Child Labour in 1920 Urban America
Marco Manacorda, June 2006 Paper No' CEPCP203: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (1) Summer 2006 pages: 22-23 This article summarises 'Child Labour and the Labour Supply of Other Household Members: Evidence from 1920 America' by Marco Manacorda, CEP Discussion Paper No. 590 and forthcoming in the American Economic Review. This paper has been published as: "Child Labor and the Labor Supply of Other Household Members: Evidence from 1920 America," American Economic Review, vol. 96(5), December 2006, pages 1788-1801.
Work-Life Balance: the Links with Management Practices and Productivity
Nick Bloom, Tobias Kretschmer, John Van Reenen, June 2006 Paper No' CEPCP202: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (1) Summer 2006 pages: 20-21 This article summarises 'Work-Life Balance, Management Practices and Productivity' by Nick Bloom, Tobias Kretschmer and John Van Reenen
Gay Pay in the UK
Reza Arabsheibani, A Marin, Jonathan Wadsworth, June 2006 Paper No' CEPCP201: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (1) Summer 2006 pages: 17-19 This paper has been published as: G. Reza Arabsheibani, Alan Marin and Jonathan Wadsworth, "Variations in gay pay in the USA and in the UK" in Lee Badgett and Jefferson Frank (eds.), Sexual Orientation Discrimination: An International Perspective, Routledge, 2006.
The Gender Pay Gap
Alan Manning, June 2006 Paper No' CEPCP200: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (1) Summer 2006 pages: 13-16 See also Alan Manning and Barbara Petrongolo (2005), 'The Part-time Pay Penalty', CEP Discussion Paper No. 679
New Technology in Schools: is there a Payoff?
Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally, Olmo Silva, June 2006 Paper No' CEPCP199: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (1) Summer 2006 pages: 10-12 This article summarises 'New Technology in Schools: Is There a Payoff?' by Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally and Olmo Silva, Discussion Paper No. 55 from the Centre for the Economics of Education
What Future for European Jobs?
Christopher A. Pissarides, June 2006 Paper No' CEPCP198: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (1) Summer 2006 pages: 4-9 This is an edited version of the keynote address by Christopher Pissarides delivered at the Austrian Presidency conference on Innovations in Labour Market Policies: Challenges in Times of Globalisation,Vienna, 16-17 February 2006.
Urban Sprawl
Marcy Burchfield, Henry Overman, Diego Puga, Matthew Turner, June 2006 Paper No' CEPCP197: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 11 (1) Summer 2006 pages: 2-3 This paper has been published as: Marcy Burchfield, Henry Overman, Diego Puga and Matthew Turner, "Causes of Sprawl: A Portrait from Space", Quarterly Journal of Economics 121:2 (May 2006)
Understanding Labour Markets
Christopher A. Pissarides, December 2005 Paper No' CEPCP196: Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (3) Winter 2005 pages: 28
Skills for All
Hilary Steedman, December 2005 Paper No' CEPCP195: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (3) Winter 2005 pages: 24-27
The Part-Time Pay Penalty
Alan Manning, Barbara Petrongolo, December 2005 Paper No' CEPCP194: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (3) Winter 2005 pages: 22-23 This article summarises 'The Part-time Pay Penalty' by Alan Manning and Barbara Petrongolo, CEP Discussion Paper No. 679
Mental Health: the Choice of Therapy for All
Richard Layard, December 2005 Paper No' CEPCP193: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (3) Winter 2005 pages: 19-21 This article is an edited version of the inaugural Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health Lecture delivered on 12 September 2005.The lecture draws heavily on two recent publications by Richard Layard: "Mental Health: Britain's Biggest Social Problem?" and "Happiness: Lessons from a New Science" (Allen Lane, 2005).
'Excellence in Cities'
Sandra McNally, December 2005 Paper No' CEPCP192: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (3) Winter 2005 pages: 18 'Excellence in Cities: Evaluation of an Education Policy in Disadvantaged Areas' by Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally and Costas Meghir is the final report of the economic evaluation of EiC for the Department for Education and Skills.The study was joint work between CEP and the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
'Va-et-Vient'?
Francois-Charles Wolff, Augustin de Coulon, December 2005 Paper No' CEPCP191: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (3) Winter 2005 pages: 17 This article summarises 'Immigrants at Retirement: Stay/return or "Va-et-vient"?' by Augustin de Coulon and François-Charles Wolff, CEP Discussion Paper No. 691
Can More Police Resources Reduce Crime?
Stephen Machin, Olivier Marie, December 2005 Paper No' CEPCP190: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (3) Winter 2005 pages: 14-16 This article summarises 'Crime and Police Resources:The Street Crime Initiative' by Stephen Machin and Olivier Marie, CEP Discussion Paper No. 680
Mamma's boys? Why most young Italian men live with their parents
Marco Manacorda, Enrico Moretti, December 2005 Paper No' CEPCP189: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (3) Winter 2005 pages: 12-13 This article summarises 'Intergenerational Transfers and Household Structure:Why do Most Italian Young Men Live with their Parents?' by Marco Manacorda and Enrico Moretti, CEP Discussion Paper No. 536 and forthcoming in the Journal of the European Economic Association.
It Ain't what You Do, It's the Way that You Do I.T.
Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, December 2005 Paper No' CEPCP188: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (3) Winter 2005 pages: 8-11 See also Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen (2005), 'It Ain't What You Do, It's the Way that You Do I.T.:Testing Explanations of Productivity Growth using US Affiliates', Office for National Statistics
Effective Intervention: Making Aid Work
Peter Boone, December 2005 Paper No' CEPCP187: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (3) Winter 2005 pages: 2-7 See also Peter Boone (1995), 'Politics and the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid', CEP Discussion Paper No. 272 and European Economic Review, 40(2), 289-329, 1996
Small Isn't Beautiful: the Cost Disadvantages of Small Remote Economies
Pedro Martins, L. Alan Winters, June 2005 Paper No' CEPCP186: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (2) Summer 2005 pages: 24-28 This paper has been published as: 'When Comparative Advantage is Not Enough: Business Costs in Small Remote Economies' by L Alan Winters and Pedro Martins,World Trade Review 3(3).
Location, location, location
Stephen Redding, Daniel M. Sturm, June 2005 Paper No' CEPCP185: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (2) Summer 2005 pages: 19-23 This article summarises 'The Costs of Remoteness: Evidence from German Division and Reunification' by Stephen Redding and Daniel Sturm, CEP Discussion Paper No. 688
Children of the Revolution
Eric Maurin, Sandra McNally, June 2005 Paper No' CEPCP184: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (2) Summer 2005 pages: 16-19 More details on the research discussed here are in 'Vive la Révolution! Long Term Returns of 1968 to the Angry Students', CEE Discussion Paper No. 49
In brief: Performance Pay for Teachers: Is it Working?
Richard Belfield, David Marsden, June 2005 Paper No' CEPCP183: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (2) Summer 2005 pages: 14-15
In brief: From the Webbs to the Web: a New Union Form?
Richard Freeman, June 2005 Paper No' CEPCP182: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (2) Summer 2005 pages: 13 This paper has been published as: Richard Freeman, "From the Webbs to the Web:The Contribution of the Internet to Reviving Union Fortunes" in Susan Fernie and David Metcalf (eds.), Trade Unions: Resurgence or Demise?, Routledge, 2005
In brief: Unions in Germany: Better Placed than their British Counterparts?
Claus Schnabel, June 2005 Paper No' CEPCP181: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (2) Summer 2005 pages: 12 This paper has been published as: Claus Schnabel, 'Trade Unions in Germany: On the Road to Perdition?' in Susan Fernie and David Metcalf (eds.) Trade Unions: Resurgence or Demise?, Routledge, 2005.
In brief: Public Service Unions: Challenges of the Reform Agenda
Stephen Bach, Rebecca Kolins Givan, June 2005 Paper No' CEPCP180: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (2) Summer 2005 pages: 11 This paper has been published as: Stephen Bach and Rebecca Kolins Givan, 'Union Responses to Public-Private Partnerships in the NHS' in Susan Fernie and David Metcalf (eds.), Trade Unions: Resurgence or Demise?, Routledge, 2005
In brief: Circling the Wagons: Unions' Part in their Own Decline
P Willman, June 2005 Paper No' CEPCP179: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (2) Summer 2005 pages: 10 This paper has been published as: Paul Willman 'Circling the Wagons: Endogeneity in Union Decline' in Susan Fernie and David Metcalf (eds.), Trade Unions: Resurgence or Demise?, Routledge, 2005
Trade Unions: Resurgence or Demise?
Sue Fernie, David Metcalf, June 2005 Paper No' CEPCP178: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (2) Summer 2005 pages: 7-9 Trade Unions: Resurgence or Demise?, edited by Sue Fernie and David Metcalf and published by Routledge (2005), summarises the output from CEP's five-year research programme on the future of unions in modern Britain, which was funded by the Leverhulme Trust
Management Practices: the Impact on Company Performance
Nick Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, John Dowdy, Tom Rippin, John Van Reenen, June 2005 Paper No' CEPCP177: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (2) Summer 2005 pages: 2-6 This article summarises 'Management Practices across Firms and Nations' by Nick Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, John Dowdy,Tom Rippin and John Van Reenen
In brief: New Opportunities for Britain's Trade Unions?
John Kelly, P Willman, February 2005 Paper No' CEPCP176: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (1) Spring 2005 pages: 28 Union Organisation and Activity edited by John Kelly and Paul Willman (Routledge, 2004) is published in CEP's series on the future of trade unions in Britain.
Tackling Unemployment: Europe's Successes and Failures
Richard Jackman, Richard Layard, Stephen Nickell, February 2005 Paper No' CEPCP175: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (1) Spring 2005 pages: 23-27 Unemployment: Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market by Richard Layard, Stephen Nickell and Richard Jackman is published by Oxford University Press (second edition, 2005; first edition, 1991).
In brief: Pay Inequalities and Economic Performance
David Marsden, February 2005 Paper No' CEPCP174: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (1) Spring 2005 pages: 22 This article summarises 'Pay Inequalities and Economic Performance' by David Marsden, the final report of a project funded under the EU's fifth framework programme.
In brief: What's Wrong with Europe's Economy?
A Turner, February 2005 Paper No' CEPCP173: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (1) Spring 2005 pages: 21 This paper has been published as: Adair Turner, Chapter 1: 'What's Wrong with Europe's Economy?' in Hugh Stephenson (ed.), Challenges for Europe, Palgrave, 2004 - a collection of the eight public lectures delivered at LSE to celebrate CEP's award of the Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2002.
Social Mobility in Britain: Low and Falling
Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg, Stephen Machin, February 2005 Paper No' CEPCP172: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (1) Spring 2005 pages: 18-20 More details on the research discussed here are in 'Intergenerational Mobility in Europe and North America' by Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin - a report supported by the Sutton Trust This paper has been published as: Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin, 'Educational Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility' in Stephen Machin and Anna Vignoles (eds.) What's the Good of Education? The Economics of Education in the UK, Princeton University Press, 2005.
What's the Good of Education?
Stephen Machin, Anna Vignoles, February 2005 Paper No' CEPCP171: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (1) Spring 2005 pages: 14-17 What's the Good of Education? The Economics of Education in the UK edited by Stephen Machin and Anna Vignoles is published by Princeton University Press (2005).
In brief: More Inequality Means Higher Inflation
Christopher Crowe, February 2005 Paper No' CEPCP170: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (1) Spring 2005 pages: 12-13 This article summarises 'Inflation, Inequality and Social Conflict' by Christopher Crowe, CEP Discussion Paper No. 657
In brief: Boffins in the USA: the Boost to UK Productivity
Rachel Griffith, Rupert Harrison, John Van Reenen, February 2005 Paper No' CEPCP169: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (1) Spring 2005 pages: 11 This article summarises 'How Special is the Special Relationship? Using the Impact of US R&D Spillovers on UK Firms as a Test of Technology Sourcing' by Rachel Griffith, Rupert Harrison and John Van Reenen, CEP Discussion Paper No. 659
Is New Technology Good or Bad for Jobs?
Christopher A. Pissarides, February 2005 Paper No' CEPCP168: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (1) Spring 2005 pages: 8-10 More details on the research discussed here are in Christopher A. Pissarides and Giovanna Vallanti 'Productivity Growth and Employment:Theory and Panel Estimates’, CEP Discussion Paper No. 663
Multinationals: Heroes or Villains of the Global Economy?
Anthony J. Venables, February 2005 Paper No' CEPCP167: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 10 (1) Spring 2005 pages: 2-7 Multinational Firms in the World Economy by Giorgio Barba Navaretti and Anthony J Venables (with Frank G Barry, Karolina Ekholm, Anna M Falzoni, Jan I Haaland, Karen Helene Midelfart and Alessandro Turrini) is published by Princeton University Press (2005).
Seeking a Premier Economy
Hugh Stephenson, October 2004 Paper No' CEPCP166: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 9 (3) Autumn 2004 pages: 28-31 The article summarises Seeking a Premier Economy: The Economic Effects of British Economic Reforms 1980-2000 edited by David Card, Richard Blundell and Richard B Freeman (The University of Chicago Press).
Jobless Recovery: Whatever Happened to the Great American Jobs Machine?
Richard Freeman, William Rodgers, October 2004 Paper No' CEPCP165: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 9 (3) Autumn 2004 pages: 22-27
Teacher Shortage: Another Impending Crisis?
Arnaud Chevalier, Peter Dolton, October 2004 Paper No' CEPCP164: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 9 (3) Autumn 2004 pages: 14-21 This article summarises 'The Labour Market for Teachers' by Arnaud Chevalier and Peter Dolton, chapter 3 of What's the Good of Education? The Economics of Education in the UK edited by Stephen Machin and Anna Vignoles (Princeton University Press,2005).
North and South
Henry Overman, L. Alan Winters, October 2004 Paper No' CEPCP163: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 9 (3) Autumn 2004 pages: 8-13 This article summarises 'Trade Shocks and Industrial Location: the Impact of EEC Accession on the UK', CEP Discussion Paper No. 588 and 'The Geography of UK International Trade', CEP Discussion Paper No. 606, both by Henry G Overman and L Alan Winters.
Productivity: Understanding Regional Differences
Patricia Rice, Anthony J. Venables, October 2004 Paper No' CEPCP162: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 9 (3) Autumn 2004 pages: 3-7 & 32 This article summarises 'Spatial Determinants of Productivity:Analysis for the Regions of Great Britain' by Patricia Rice and Anthony J Venables, CEP Discussion Paper No. 642. The paper was written as part of the Evidence Based Policy Fund project 'Regional Inequalities in the UK: Productivity, Earnings and Skills'.
Understanding Institutions
Daron Acemoglu, June 2004 Paper No' CEPCP161: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 9 (2) Summer 2004 pages: 28-32 See also "Understanding Institutions", the 2004 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures delivered by Daron Acemoglu This paper has been published as: Daron Acemoglu, Root Causes: A historical approach to assessing the role of institutions in economic development, Finance & Development, IMF, June 2003.
Women Looking for Work
Ghazala Azmat, Maia Güell, Alan Manning, June 2004 Paper No' CEPCP160: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 9 (2) Summer 2004 pages: 20-27 This article is based on Ghazala Azmat, Maia Güell and Alan Manning, 'Gender Gaps in Unemployment Rates in OECD Countries', CEP Discussion Paper No. 607, January 2004
Ideas are Not Like Other Assets
Danny Quah, June 2004 Paper No' CEPCP159: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 9 (2) Summer 2004 pages: 16-19 This article is an edited version of Danny Quah's Clifford Barclay Memorial Lecture delivered at the LSE in November 2003.
Computer Assisted Exam Results
John Schmitt, Jonathan Wadsworth, June 2004 Paper No' CEPCP158: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 9 (2) Summer 2004 pages: 8-15 This article is an edited version of 'Is There an Impact of Household Computer Ownership on Children's Educational Attainment in Britain?' CEP Discussion Paper No. 625, March 2004
Working Better
John Van Reenen, June 2004 Paper No' CEPCP157: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 9 (2) Summer 2004 pages: 3-7 This article is an edited version of a speech John Van Reenen made at a seminar on productivity in London on 15 March 2004, jointly hosted by McKinsey & Co and the LSE.
Race Relations
David Metcalf, February 2004 Paper No' CEPCP156: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 9 (1) Spring 2004 pages: 29-32 This article is based on evidence submitted to the investigation by the Stable and Stud Staff Commission, 2004.
How to Score Goals
Helen Bewley, Howard Gospel, R Peccei, P Willman, February 2004 Paper No' CEPCP155: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 9 (1) Spring 2004 pages: 20-28 This article is based on a paper submitted to the Department of Trade and Industry as part of the consultation process on its 2002 discussion paper "High performance workplaces: role of employee involvement in the modern economy". The research was carried out under the Leverhulme Future of Trade Unions programme at the CEP.
Value for Money
David Marsden, February 2004 Paper No' CEPCP154: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 9 (1) Spring 2004 pages: 14-19 This paper has been published as: David Marsden,'The role of performance related pay in renegotiating the "effort bargain": The case of the British public service.' Industrial and Labor Relations Review 57, no. 3 (2004), pp. 350-370.
Meeting the ICT Challenge
Jim Foreman, Hilary Steedman, Karin Wagner, February 2004 Paper No' CEPCP153: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 9 (1) Spring 2004 pages: 8-13 A fuller account of the research is contained in 'The Impact on Firms of ICT Skill-Supply Strategies: An Anglo-German Comparison', CEP Discussion Paper No. 575, June 2003. This paper has been published as: "ICT skills in the UK and Germany: how companies adapt and react", - a study for the Anglo-German Foundation published in September 2003
Large Benefits, Low Cost
Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally, February 2004 Paper No' CEPCP152: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 9 (1) Spring 2004 pages: 2-7 This article is based on research published in 'The Literacy Hour' CEE Discussion Paper No'43, December 2004
Science Fiction or the Wave of the Future?
Alison Geldart, Richard Jones, Stephen Wood, October 2003 Paper No' CEPCP151: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 8 (3) Autumn 2003 pages: 30-32 Stephen Wood, Richard Jones and Alison Geldart are authors of The Social and Economic Challenges of Nanotechnology, ESRC Report This paper has been published as: Stephen Wood, Richard Jones and Alison Geldart "The Social and Economic Challenges of Nanotechnology", an ESRC Special Report explaining what nanotechnology is and where it comes from as well as its existing and potential consequences. "Nanotechnology: from the science to the social" - This 2007 report is the follow-up to 'The Social and Economic Challenges of Nanotechnology', published in 2003. The report had a world-wide impact, identifying important issues for research and society.
Lessons from the Seven Years War
Isabel Schnabel, Hyun Song Shin, October 2003 Paper No' CEPCP150: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 8 (3) Autumn 2003 pages: 20-29 This paper has been published as: Isabel Schnabel and Hyun Song Shin, "Liquidity and Contagion: The Crisis of 1763", Journal of the European Economic Association (Vol2 Issue 6) December 2004
Crime and Property Prices
Steve Gibbons, October 2003 Paper No' CEPCP149: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 8 (3) Autumn 2003 pages: 16-19 This article is an edited version of "The Costs of Urban Property Crime", CEP Discussion Paper No. 574, June 2003
Poverty and Worklessness
Stephen Nickell, October 2003 Paper No' CEPCP148: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 8 (3) Autumn 2003 pages: 4-15 This article is an edited version of "Poverty and Worklessness in Britain", CEP Discussion Paper No. 579, which was Steve Nickell's Presidential Address to the Royal Economic Society.
Five Years of the ECB
Peter B. Kenen, June 2003 Paper No' CEPCP147: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 8 (2) Summer 2003 pages: 31-36 This article is an edited version of his Queen's Anniversary Prize Lecture "Reassessing the Euro: expectations and achievements" delivered at the LSE on 18 February 2003
Very Early Evidence
L Feinstein, June 2003 Paper No' CEPCP146: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 8 (2) Summer 2003 pages: 24-30 This article is based on 'Pre-school Educational Inequality? British Children in the 1970 Cohort' CEP Discussion Paper No 404
Good Practice Needs a Helping Hand
Jim Foreman, Howard Gospel, June 2003 Paper No' CEPCP145: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 8 (2) Summer 2003 pages: 16-23 This article is an edited version of 'The Provision of Training in Britain: Case Studies in Inter-Firm Coordination', CEP Discussion Paper No. 555
Clearing the Jungle
Hilary Steedman, John West, June 2003 Paper No' CEPCP144: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 8 (2) Summer 2003 pages: 8-15 This article is an edited version of 'Finding Our Way: Vocational Education in England' CEP Occasional Paper No.18
All Is Not Equal
Andrew B. Bernard, Stephen Redding, Peter K. Schott, Helen Simpson, June 2003 Paper No' CEPCP143: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 8 (2) Summer 2003 pages: 2-7 This article is based on 'Factor Price Equalization in the UK?', CEP Discussion Paper No. 547. The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support that they received from the ESRC for this research.
More Sellers Than Buyers
Alan Manning, February 2003 Paper No' CEPCP142: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 8 (1) Spring 2003 pages: 34-36 See also Alan Manning's book "Monopsony in Motion: Imperfect Competition in Labor Markets", Princeton University Press, 2003
Unions Past, Present and Future
David Metcalf, February 2003 Paper No' CEPCP141: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 8 (1) Spring 2003 pages: 26-33 For background information to this article please see The Future of Unions website
Yawning Gaps
Stephen Redding, Anthony J. Venables, February 2003 Paper No' CEPCP140: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 8 (1) Spring 2003 pages: 18-25 This article is based on 'Explaining Cross-Country Export Performance: International Linkages and Internal Geography', CEP Discussion Paper No. 549
Full Employment Is Not Just a Dream
Richard Layard, Stephen Nickell, February 2003 Paper No' CEPCP139: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 8 (1) Spring 2003 pages: 10-17 See also Jaap de Koning, Richard Layard, Steve Nickell and Niels Westergaard-Nielsen, "Policies for Full Employment", Department for Works and Pensions Report, March 2004
Unto Them That Hath...
Stephen Machin, February 2003 Paper No' CEPCP138: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 8 (1) Spring 2003 pages: 4-9 This paper draws on research from Jo Blanden, Alissa Goodman, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin, 'Changes in Intergenerational Mobility in Britain' CEE Discussion Paper No. 26, June 2002 This paper has been published as: Jo Blanden, Alissa Goodman, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin, 'Changes in Intergenerational Mobility in Britain' in Miles Corak (ed.), Generational Income Mobility in North America and Europe, Cambridge University Press, 2004
Cause for Celebration
Richard Layard, February 2003 Paper No' CEPCP137: Read Abstract | Full paper
CentrePiece 8 (1) Spring 2003 pages: 2-3
To Peg or Not to Peg
Ellen E. Meade, October 2002 Paper No' CEPCP136: Full paper
CentrePiece 7 (3) Autumn 2002 pages: 28-32
Staying On
Damon Clark, October 2002 Paper No' CEPCP135: Full paper
CentrePiece 7 (3) Autumn 2002 pages: 23-27
Bubbling Along
Laurence Meyer, October 2002 Paper No' CEPCP134: Full paper
CentrePiece 7 (3) Autumn 2002 pages: 18-22
Consulting the Workers
Howard Gospel, P Willman, October 2002 Paper No' CEPCP133: Full paper
CentrePiece 7 (3) Autumn 2002 pages: 10-17
Patterns of Growth
Stephen Nickell, Stephen Redding, Joanna Swaffield, October 2002 Paper No' CEPCP132: Full paper
CentrePiece 7 (3) Autumn 2002 pages: 2-9
Arbitrary Rights
John Kay, June 2002 Paper No' CEPCP131: Full paper
CentrePiece 7 (2) Summer 2002 pages: 28-32
Do Owners Make Good Managers?
Elisabeth Müller, Alexandra Spitz, June 2002 Paper No' CEPCP130: Full paper
CentrePiece 7 (2) Summer 2002 pages: 24-27
Upgrading the Workers
Stephen Machin, June 2002 Paper No' CEPCP129: Full paper
CentrePiece 7 (2) Summer 2002 pages: 14-23
Mobility Has Fallen
Jo Blanden, June 2002 Paper No' CEPCP128: Full paper
CentrePiece 7 (2) Summer 2002 pages: 8-13
In Place of Strife
Sian Moore, Stephen Wood, June 2002 Paper No' CEPCP127: Full paper
CentrePiece 7 (2) Summer 2002 pages: 2-7
The Status Quo Is Not An Option
Richard Layard, February 2002 Paper No' CEPCP126: Full paper
CentrePiece 7 (1) Spring 2002 pages: 30-32
Quality Time
Ana Lasaosa, Stephen Wood, Lillian de Menezes, February 2002 Paper No' CEPCP125: Full paper
CentrePiece 7 (1) Spring 2002 pages: 26-29
In the Long Term...
S Wadhwani, February 2002 Paper No' CEPCP124: Full paper
CentrePiece 7 (1) Spring 2002 pages: 20-25
Are We Being Serious About Apprenticeship?
Hilary Steedman, February 2002 Paper No' CEPCP123: Full paper
CentrePiece 7 (1) Spring 2002 pages: 10-19
By Choice or by Chance
Arnaud Chevalier, Tarja K. Viitanen, February 2002 Paper No' CEPCP122: Full paper
CentrePiece 7 (1) Spring 2002 pages: 2-9
The Rate for the Job
David Marsden, October 2001 Paper No' CEPCP121: Full paper
CentrePiece 6 (3) Autumn 2001 pages: 28-32
Low Pay
Richard Dickens, October 2001 Paper No' CEPCP120: Full paper
CentrePiece 6 (3) Autumn 2001 pages: 22-27
After the Ball Was Over...
Clive Hollick, October 2001 Paper No' CEPCP119: Full paper
CentrePiece 6 (3) Autumn 2001 pages: 18-21
Why Do Jobless Rates Differ?
Stephen Nickell, Luca Nunziata, Wolfgang Ochel, Glenda Quintini, October 2001 Paper No' CEPCP118: Full paper
CentrePiece 6 (3) Autumn 2001 pages: 6-17
It Pays To Be Family-Friendly
Helen Gray, October 2001 Paper No' CEPCP117: Full paper
CentrePiece 6 (3) Autumn 2001 pages: 2-5
Distance Still Matters
Anthony J. Venables, June 2001 Paper No' CEPCP116: | Buy CentrePiece 6 (2) Summer 2001 pages: 26-32
TRIPping Through the Third World
Louise C. Keely, June 2001 Paper No' CEPCP115: | Buy CentrePiece 6 (2) Summer 2001 pages: 20-25
Non-Working Classes
Richard Dickens, Paul Gregg, Jonathan Wadsworth, June 2001 Paper No' CEPCP114: | Buy CentrePiece 6 (2) Summer 2001 pages: 10-19
Turning the Tide
David Metcalf, June 2001 Paper No' CEPCP113: | Buy CentrePiece 6 (2) Summer 2001 pages: 4-9
Four Into One
Hugh Stephenson, June 2001 Paper No' CEPCP112: | Buy CentrePiece 6 (2) Summer 2001 pages: 2-3
Letter to the Editor: Reply to Alan Budd's column in previous issue
Giles Radice, February 2001 Paper No' CEPCP111: | Buy CentrePiece 6 (1) Spring 2001 pages: 32
Brain Development and Childhood. Report on conference at CEP
L Feinstein, February 2001 Paper No' CEPCP110: | Buy CentrePiece 6 (1) Spring 2001 pages: 28-31
The Internet: report on CEP's new internet research programme
Richard Freeman, February 2001 Paper No' CEPCP109: | Buy CentrePiece 6 (1) Spring 2001 pages: 24-27
Mind the Gap. How Much Does Britain's North-South Divide Matter?
Gilles Duranton, V Monastiriotis, February 2001 Paper No' CEPCP108: | Buy CentrePiece 6 (1) Spring 2001 pages: 18-23
Corporate Demergers: or is Divorce More Attractive than Marriage?
Thomas Kirchmaier, February 2001 Paper No' CEPCP107: | Buy CentrePiece 6 (1) Spring 2001 pages: 14-17
Crisis in Southern Africa. The Economic Implications of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Markus Haacker, February 2001 Paper No' CEPCP106: | Buy CentrePiece 6 (1) Spring 2001 pages: 8-13
What Goes Where: Integration and Industrial Specialisation in the European Union
Anthony J. Venables, February 2001 Paper No' CEPCP105: | Buy CentrePiece 6 (1) Spring 2001 pages: 2-7
Reform in Russia. A Good News Story
Richard Jackman, October 2000 Paper No' CEPCP104: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (3) Autumn 2000 pages: 26-29
The Right to Know: What Should Employers Tell Their Workers?
Howard Gospel, G Lockwood, P Willman, October 2000 Paper No' CEPCP103: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (3) Autumn 2000 pages: 20-25
Guest Column: More Transparency Please!
Alan Budd, October 2000 Paper No' CEPCP102: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (3) Autumn 2000 pages: 18-19
Getting the Balance Right
L Feinstein, October 2000 Paper No' CEPCP101: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (3) Autumn 2000 pages: 12-17
Time to Educate the Criminals?
K Hansen, October 2000 Paper No' CEPCP100: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (3) Autumn 2000 pages: 6-11
The Economics of Crime
R Lagos, October 2000 Paper No' CEPCP099: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (3) Autumn 2000 pages: 2-5
How Are the Mightly Fallen
Stephen Machin, June 2000 Paper No' CEPCP098: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (2) Summer 2000 pages: 28-30
Fighting for Equality
David Metcalf, June 2000 Paper No' CEPCP097: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (2) Summer 2000 pages: 24-27
Guest Column: TUC General Secretary on vision of unions in 21st Century
John Monks, June 2000 Paper No' CEPCP096: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (2) Summer 2000 pages: 22-23
Preparing to Perform
David Marsden, June 2000 Paper No' CEPCP095: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (2) Summer 2000 pages: 16-21
Bad News for British Unions?
John Logan, June 2000 Paper No' CEPCP094: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (2) Summer 2000 pages: 12-15&31
A Sword of Damocles
Peter N Davies, Stephen Wood, June 2000 Paper No' CEPCP093: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (2) Summer 2000 pages: 7-11
Women - What Unions Can Do For You
Sue Fernie, Helen Gray, June 2000 Paper No' CEPCP092: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (2) Summer 2000 pages: 2-6
What Will the New Centre Do? The new Centre for the Economics of Education
Stephen Machin, Anna Vignoles, February 2000 Paper No' CEPCP091: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (1) Spring 2000 pages: 32
The Weightless Economy: implications of high-tech revolution
Danny Quah, February 2000 Paper No' CEPCP090: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (1) Spring 2000 pages: 26-30
Shared Capitalism or Apartheid Economy
Richard Freeman, February 2000 Paper No' CEPCP089: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (1) Spring 2000 pages: 24-25
Women's Pay
Joanna Swaffield, February 2000 Paper No' CEPCP088: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (1) Spring 2000 pages: 20-23
Putting the Cart Before the Horse
Stephen Wood, February 2000 Paper No' CEPCP087: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (1) Spring 2000 pages: 16-19
Overeducation: a Tough Nut to Crack
Francis Green, Steven McIntosh, Anna Vignoles, February 2000 Paper No' CEPCP086: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (1) Spring 2000 pages: 10-15
Mirage or Miracle?
Stephen Nickell, Jan Van Ours, February 2000 Paper No' CEPCP085: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (1) Spring 2000 pages: 6-9 & 31
Can I Help You?
Sue Fernie, David Holman, February 2000 Paper No' CEPCP084: | Buy CentrePiece 5 (1) Spring 2000 pages: 2-5
The Weightless Economy: trade-offs on the Net
Danny Quah, October 1999 Paper No' CEPCP083: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (3) Autumn 1999 pages: 28-29 & 31-32
Does Crime Pay Better?
Stephen Machin, Costas Meghir, October 1999 Paper No' CEPCP082: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (3) Autumn 1999 pages: 24-27
Breaking the Link
David Marsden, October 1999 Paper No' CEPCP081: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (3) Autumn 1999 pages: 20-23
Bridging the Productivity Gap
Rachel Griffith, Stephen Redding, John Van Reenen, October 1999 Paper No' CEPCP080: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (3) Autumn 1999 pages: 14-19
Guest Column: after Cologne Summit what are, Prospects for new international financial architecture
Peter B. Kenen, October 1999 Paper No' CEPCP079: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (3) Autumn 1999 pages: 12-13 & 32
A Path to Profit
J Dawson, M Patterson, M West, October 1999 Paper No' CEPCP078: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (3) Autumn 1999 pages: 6-11
From Empire to Europe
Geoffrey Owen, October 1999 Paper No' CEPCP077: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (3) Autumn 1999 pages: 2-5
The Weightless Economy: Information and Privacy
Danny Quah, June 1999 Paper No' CEPCP076: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (2) Summer 1999 pages: 30-32
Hopes and Disillusions
Veronique Kessler, Christopher A. Pissarides, June 1999 Paper No' CEPCP075: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (2) Summer 1999 pages: 26-29
Guest Column: the impact of Thatcherism twenty years after she came to power
Douglas McWilliams, June 1999 Paper No' CEPCP074: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (2) Summer 1999 pages: 23-25
Nations, Firms and their Workers
Howard Gospel, June 1999 Paper No' CEPCP073: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (2) Summer 1999 pages: 18-22
CentrePiece Special: The Euro Debate
Janet Bush, Christopher Johnson, June 1999 Paper No' CEPCP072: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (2) Summer 1999 pages: 13-17
The Elderley: A Burden on the Economy?
Howard Glennerster, June 1999 Paper No' CEPCP071: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (2) Summer 1999 pages: 6-12
The Fruits of Learning
Patricia Tracy Jones, June 1999 Paper No' CEPCP070: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (2) Summer 1999 pages: 2-5
The Weightless Economy: a look at intellectual property
Danny Quah, February 1999 Paper No' CEPCP069: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (1) Spring 1999 pages: 30-32
Does Inequality Mean Slow Growth?
Timothy Besley, Robin Burgess, February 1999 Paper No' CEPCP068: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (1) Spring 1999 pages: 24-29
Guest Column: Riding the Global Financial Storm: how global financial turmoil might affect UK
Kate Barker, February 1999 Paper No' CEPCP067: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (1) Spring 1999 pages: 22-23
The Way Out?
David Metcalf, February 1999 Paper No' CEPCP066: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (1) Spring 1999 pages: 16-21
Brave New World?
Sue Fernie, February 1999 Paper No' CEPCP065: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (1) Spring 1999 pages: 12-15
A Levels: Does Less Mean More?
Anna Vignoles, February 1999 Paper No' CEPCP064: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (1) Spring 1999 pages: 8-11
Holding the Bank to Account
C Bean, February 1999 Paper No' CEPCP063: | Buy CentrePiece 4 (1) Spring 1999 pages: 2-7
The Weightless Economy: what does it mean for jobs?
Danny Quah, October 1998 Paper No' CEPCP062: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (3) Autumn 1998 pages:
Book Review: A World Gone Mad review of 'Mad Money' by Susan Strange
Nicholas Bayne, October 1998 Paper No' CEPCP061: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (3) Autumn 1998 pages:
Getting People Back to Work
Richard Layard, October 1998 Paper No' CEPCP060: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (3) Autumn 1998 pages:
Reinventing Apprenticeship
Howard Gospel, October 1998 Paper No' CEPCP059: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (3) Autumn 1998 pages:
Guest Column: The Future of Work: A Challenge for Partnership
Bill Callaghan, October 1998 Paper No' CEPCP058: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (3) Autumn 1998 pages:
What It Costs to Lose Your Job
Paul Gregg, Genevieve Knight, Jonathan Wadsworth, October 1998 Paper No' CEPCP057: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (3) Autumn 1998 pages:
Minimum Wage: Maximum Impact?
Richard Dickens, Stephen Machin, October 1998 Paper No' CEPCP056: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (3) Autumn 1998 pages:
West Meets East: Will Japan Convert to Capitalism?
Ron Dore, October 1998 Paper No' CEPCP055: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (3) Autumn 1998 pages:
People Power
M Patterson, M West, October 1998 Paper No' CEPCP054: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (3) Autumn 1998 pages:
Honey, I Shrunk the Government
Graham Ingham, June 1998 Paper No' CEPCP053: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (2) Summer 1998 pages:
The Weightless Economy: history points to it as the next logical stage in economic development
Danny Quah, June 1998 Paper No' CEPCP052: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (2) Summer 1998 pages:
A Lot of Hot Air: the Kyoto Deal and Emissions Trading
Daniel M. Sturm, June 1998 Paper No' CEPCP051: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (2) Summer 1998 pages:
Guest Column: New Principles for Government
Edward Balls, June 1998 Paper No' CEPCP050: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (2) Summer 1998 pages:
The Third Way?
Alan Manning, June 1998 Paper No' CEPCP049: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (2) Summer 1998 pages:
An End of Term Report
Nicholas Crafts, June 1998 Paper No' CEPCP048: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (2) Summer 1998 pages:
End of the Job for Life?
Paul Gregg, Jonathan Wadsworth, June 1998 Paper No' CEPCP047: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (2) Summer 1998 pages:
Gearing Up For a Fight: the Euro and the Dollar
H Rey, June 1998 Paper No' CEPCP046: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (2) Summer 1998 pages:
The Weightless Economy: on Globalisation
Kathleen Tyson Quah, February 1998 Paper No' CEPCP045: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (1) Spring 1998 pages:
Why Are Part-Time Women Workers Losing Out?
Susan Harkness, February 1998 Paper No' CEPCP044: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (1) Spring 1998 pages:
What Do I Get?
D Brown, February 1998 Paper No' CEPCP043: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (1) Spring 1998 pages:
Tackling the Skills Gap: Are We Qualified?
Hilary Steedman, February 1998 Paper No' CEPCP042: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (1) Spring 1998 pages:
Guest Column: argue about the economic case for Britain joining the single European currency
Ruth Lea, Bridget Rosewell, February 1998 Paper No' CEPCP041: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (1) Spring 1998 pages:
Hanging on the Telephone
Sue Fernie, February 1998 Paper No' CEPCP040: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (1) Spring 1998 pages:
Another Crisis in Britain's Car Industry?
M. Sako, February 1998 Paper No' CEPCP039: | Buy CentrePiece 3 (1) Spring 1998 pages:
The Weightless Economy: Europe in the Weightless Economy
Danny Quah, October 1997 Paper No' CEPCP038: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (3) Autumn 1997 pages:
Guest Column: Black Wednesday: Five Years On
Alan Walters, October 1997 Paper No' CEPCP037: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (3) Autumn 1997 pages:
A Raw Deal for the Young
David Blanchflower, Richard Freeman, October 1997 Paper No' CEPCP036: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (3) Autumn 1997 pages:
Politics Special: On Britain's Future in Europe
Edwina Currie, Austin Mitchell, October 1997 Paper No' CEPCP035: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (3) Autumn 1997 pages:
Recipe for Reform: Regional Policy for an Enlarging, European Union
Diego Puga, October 1997 Paper No' CEPCP034: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (3) Autumn 1997 pages:
EMU: Convergence or Divergence?
Richard Jackman, October 1997 Paper No' CEPCP033: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (3) Autumn 1997 pages:
Mapping the New European Structure
Michael Emerson, October 1997 Paper No' CEPCP032: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (3) Autumn 1997 pages:
Book Review: of 'The Ownership of Enterprise' by Henry Hansmann
Ansgar Richter, June 1997 Paper No' CEPCP031: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (2) Summer 1997 pages:
The Weightless Economy: the Impact of Weightlessness on the Global Economy
Danny Quah, June 1997 Paper No' CEPCP030: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (2) Summer 1997 pages:
Taxing Performance
Stephen French, David Marsden, June 1997 Paper No' CEPCP029: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (2) Summer 1997 pages:
Guest Column: Signed Sealed and Delivered
John Philpott, June 1997 Paper No' CEPCP028: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (2) Summer 1997 pages:
Statutory Recognition: Time to Lay Down the Law?
Stephen Wood, June 1997 Paper No' CEPCP027: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (2) Summer 1997 pages:
Steeling Ideas
Christopher Beauman, June 1997 Paper No' CEPCP026: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (2) Summer 1997 pages:
Do Return and Unemployment Go Hand in Hand?
Richard Jackman, June 1997 Paper No' CEPCP025: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (2) Summer 1997 pages:
The Weightless Economy Column: the Significance of Dematerialisation
Danny Quah, February 1997 Paper No' CEPCP024: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (1) Spring 1997 pages:
Guest Column: Stakeholding
John Kay, February 1997 Paper No' CEPCP023: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (1) Spring 1997 pages:
Does Money Talk and Is It Pursuasive?
Andrew Scott, February 1997 Paper No' CEPCP022: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (1) Spring 1997 pages:
Blighted Lives: Disadvantaged Children and Adult Unemployment
Paul Gregg, Stephen Machin, February 1997 Paper No' CEPCP021: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (1) Spring 1997 pages:
The Skills Audit: Who's Winning the Race?
Hilary Steedman, February 1997 Paper No' CEPCP020: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (1) Spring 1997 pages:
Foreign Aid: Money Down the Drain
Peter Boone, February 1997 Paper No' CEPCP019: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (1) Spring 1997 pages:
Free to Choose
D Brown, P Ingram, Jonathan Wadsworth, February 1997 Paper No' CEPCP018: | Buy CentrePiece 2 (1) Spring 1997 pages:
Growth and Dematerialisation
Danny Quah, October 1996 Paper No' CEPCP017: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (3) Autumn 1996 pages:
Reform Off the Rails
Peter Boone, October 1996 Paper No' CEPCP016: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (3) Autumn 1996 pages:
Growth and Corporate Behaviour
Richard Freeman, October 1996 Paper No' CEPCP015: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (3) Autumn 1996 pages:
The Future of Global Growth
Rudiger Dornbusch, P Krugman, October 1996 Paper No' CEPCP014: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (3) Autumn 1996 pages:
Economic Growth: How Much Does Education Count
Christopher A. Pissarides, October 1996 Paper No' CEPCP013: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (3) Autumn 1996 pages:
Whatever Happened to Neo-Classical Endogenous Growth?
Nicholas Crafts, June 1996 Paper No' CEPCP012: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (2) Summer 1996 pages:
The Rise of the No-Job Household
Paul Gregg, Jonathan Wadsworth, June 1996 Paper No' CEPCP011: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (2) Summer 1996 pages:
The Education Debate: Have We Got Our Priorities Right?
Peter Robinson, June 1996 Paper No' CEPCP010: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (2) Summer 1996 pages:
Russia: Should the West be Worried?
John Parker, June 1996 Paper No' CEPCP009: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (2) Summer 1996 pages:
Long-Termism v Short-Termism
Geoffrey Owen, June 1996 Paper No' CEPCP008: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (2) Summer 1996 pages:
It's Not What You Pay, It's the Way That You Pay It
Sue Fernie, David Metcalf, June 1996 Paper No' CEPCP007: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (2) Summer 1996 pages:
Will a Single European Currency Lead to Higher Unemployment?
C Bean, February 1996 Paper No' CEPCP006: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (1) Spring 1996 pages:
Keeping the Lid on Inflation: Central Europe's Dilemma
Stanislaw Gomulka, February 1996 Paper No' CEPCP005: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (1) Spring 1996 pages:
The Promise of Team-Working
Rebecca Lawthorn, M West, February 1996 Paper No' CEPCP004: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (1) Spring 1996 pages:
Targeting Inflation: the British Experience
Alex Bowen, February 1996 Paper No' CEPCP003: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (1) Spring 1996 pages:
Executive Pay: Are the Fat Cats Getting Fatter
Stephen Machin, February 1996 Paper No' CEPCP002: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (1) Spring 1996 pages:
How to Cut Unemployment
Richard Layard, February 1996 Paper No' CEPCP001: | Buy CentrePiece 1 (1) Spring 1996 pages: |
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