Staff Biography

Biography

1. Professor, Department of Economics, University College London (1994-2003)
2. Senior Policy Analyst in the Strategy Unit at the Department of Health (2000-01), reporting directly to the Secretary of State
3. Visiting Professor, Department of Economics University of California at Berkeley, January 1998-January 1999
4. Policy advisor to No.10 Downing Street, 1999-2000, education, enterprise and tax.
5. Research Fellow in the Corporate Sector, Institute for Fiscal Studies (September 1992-February 1999). Founded the productivity and innovation program at IFS
6. Editorial Board - Economic Policy (2000-2003), European Economic Review (1999-2003), The Review of Economic Studies (1997-2003)
7. Partner, Lexecon Ltd 2001-2002

Education:

• 1990-92 University College London PhD
• 1988-89 London School of Economics MSc (Distinction with Prize)
• 1986-1988 Queens College, University of Cambridge BA (First Class, Joshua King prize, College prize and Subject prizes)

Affiliations/Professional activities with other institutions:

• Centre for Economic Policy Research, www.cepr.org - Research Fellow
• National Bureau of Economic Research, www.nber.org
• Strategy Board on Productivity, Office for National Statistics - Academic Member

Teaching:

• Stanford GSB, MGTECON 591, Spring 2009
  Lectures about core modern management practices and firm organization
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• Empirical Methods in Micro-economics: Panel Data
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• EC406 - Econometric methods for policy Evaluation
  Course outline, lecture notes and problem sets available at http://cep.lse.ac.uk/people/vanreenen/EC406/

Selected Publications:

• “The distinct effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on firm organization” (with Nick Bloom, Luis Garicano and Raffaella Sadun), CEP Discussion Paper No. 927, May 2009
  
  
• “Can Pay Regulation kill? The impact of labor markets and skills on hospital productivity” (with Emma Hall and Carol Propper), CEP Discussion Paper 843, January 2008
  
  
• “The evolution of inequality in Productivity and Wages: Panel Data Evidence” (with Giulia Faggio and Kjell Salvanes) CEP Discussion Paper No. 821, August 2007
  
  
• "Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm" (with Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Claire Lelarge and Fabrizzio Zilibotti, Quarterly Journal of Economics (2007), 122 (4), 1759-1799
  
  
• "Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Nations" (with Nick Bloom) Quarterly Journal of Economics (2007) 122 (4), 1351-1408
  
  
• "How special is the relationship: Using the impact of US R&D spillovers on British firms as a test of technology sourcing " (with Rupert Harrison and Rachel Griffith) American Economic Review (December 2006) 96(5), 1859-1875
  
  
• "Uncertainty and Company Investment Dynamics: Empirical Evidence for UK firms" (with N. Bloom and S. Bond) Review of Economic Studies (2007) 74, 391-415 "
  
  
• "Evaluating the Employment Impact of mandatory a job search assistance programme" (with R. Blundell, M. Costa Dias and C. Meghir) Journal of the European Economics Association (2004) 2(4) 569-606.
  
  
• "Mapping the Two Faces of R&D: Productivity Growth in a panel of OECD industries" (with Rachel Griffith and Stephen Redding) Review of Economics and Statistics, (2004) 86(4) 883-895.
  
  
• "Skill biased organisational change? Evidence from British and French establishments" (with Eve Caroli) Quarterly Journal of Economics (2001) CXVI, No. 4, 1449-1492
  
  
• "Market share, market value and Innovation: Evidence from British Manufacturing Firms" (with Richard Blundell and Rachel Griffith). Review of Economic Studies (July 1999) 66(3), 228, 529-554
  
  
• "Technology and changes in the skill structure: Evidence from seven OECD countries" (with Stephen Machin). Quarterly Journal of Economics (November 1998) CXI, 113, 1215-44
  
  
• "The Creation and Capture of Economic Rents: Wages and Innovation in a Panel of UK Companies" Quarterly Journal of Economics (February 1996) CXI, 443, 195-226
  
  

Selected Working Papers:

• “The organization of firms across countries" (with Nick Bloom and Raffaella Sadun), CEP Discussion Paper No. 927
  
  
• "Trade induced technical change? The impact of Chinese imports on innovation and Information Technology" (with Nick Bloom and Mirko Draca)
  
  
• "Is distance dying at last? Falling home bias in fixed effects models of patent citations" (with Simon Lee and Rachel Griffith), CEP Discussion Paper No. 818
  
  
• "Privatisation, entry regulation and the decline of labor's share of GDP: A cross country analysis of the network industries" (with Ghazala Azmat and Alan Manning), CEP Discussion Paper No. 806
  
  
• "The effects of industrial policy on corprate performance: Evidence from panel data" (with Chiara Criscuolo, Ralf Martin and Henry Overman)
  
  
• "Americans do I.T better:
  US Multinationals and the Productivity Miracle " (with Nick Bloom and Rafaella Sadun), CEP Discussion Paper No. 788, April 2007.
  
  
• "The Impact of the National Minimum Wage on Firm Profitability" (with Mirko Draca and Steve Machin) CEP Discussion Paper No. 715.
  
  
• "Identifying Technology Spillovers and Product Market Rivalry" (with Nick Bloom and Mark Schankerman), CEP Discussion Paper No. 675.
  
  
  

CEP Publications:

• In brief: Europe's top prize for economic research
  John Van Reenen, October 2009
  Paper No' CEPCP299: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Bossonomics: the economics of management and productivity
  Nick Bloom, John Van Reenen, October 2009
  Paper No' CEPCP293: Read Abstract | Full paper
  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
  
  
• Do Private Equity Owned Firms Have Better Management Practices?
  Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, July 2009
  Paper No' CEPOP24: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• The Organization of Firms Across Countries
  Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, June 2009
  Paper No' CEPDP0937: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• What if Congress Doubled R&D Spending on the Physical Sciences?
  Richard Freeman, John Van Reenen, May 2009
  Paper No' CEPDP0931: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization
  Nick Bloom, Luis Garicano, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, May 2009
  Paper No' CEPDP0927: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Innovation and Institutional Ownership
  Philippe Aghion, John Van Reenen, Luigi Zingales, February 2009
  Paper No' CEPDP0911: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Interoperability and Market Foreclosure in the European Microsoft Case
  Kai Uwe Kühn, John Van Reenen, November 2008
  Paper No' EDSDP017: Full paper
  
  
• Americans do I.T. Better: US Multinationals and the Productivity Miracle
  Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, October 2008
  Paper No' EDSDP015: Full paper
  
  
• In Brief: Can Pay Regulation Kill?
  John Van Reenen, May 2008
  Paper No' CEPCP251: Read Abstract | Full paper
  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
  
  
• Big ideas: unemployment and welfare to work
  John Van Reenen, May 2008
  Paper No' CEPCP248: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Interoperability and Market Foreclosure In the European Microsoft Case
  Kai Uwe Kühn, John Van Reenen, February 2008
  Paper No' CEPSP20: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Capacity Constraints and Irreversible Investments: Defending Against Collective Dominance in UPM Kymmene/Norske Skog/Haindl
  Kai Uwe Kühn, John Van Reenen, February 2008
  Paper No' CEPSP19: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• 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
  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
  
  
• Is Distance Dying at Last?
  Rachel Griffith, Sokbae Lee, John Van Reenen, February 2008
  Paper No' CEPCP240: Read Abstract | Full paper
  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
  
  
• Can Pay Regulation Kill? Panel Data Evidence on the Effect of Labor Markets on Hospital Performance
  Emma Hall, Carol Propper, John Van Reenen, January 2008
  Paper No' CEPDP0843: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• 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
  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
  
  
• The Evolution of Inequality in Productivity and Wages: Panel Data Evidence
  Giulia Faggio, Kjell Salvanes, John Van Reenen, August 2007
  Paper No' CEPDP0821: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Is Distance Dying at Last? Falling Home Bias in Fixed Effects Models of Patent Citations
  Rachel Griffith, Sokbae Lee, John Van Reenen, August 2007
  Paper No' CEPDP0818: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Privatization, Entry Regulation and the Decline of Labor's Share of GDP: A Cross-Country Analysis of the Network Industries
  Ghazala Azmat, Alan Manning, John Van Reenen, June 2007
  Paper No' CEPDP0806: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• In brief: Blair's Economic Legacy
  John Van Reenen, June  2007
  Paper No' CEPCP230: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• 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
  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).
  
  
• Changes in Wage Inequality
  Stephen Machin, John Van Reenen, April 2007
  Paper No' CEPSP18: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Americans Do I.T. Better: US Multinationals and the Productivity Miracle
  Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, April 2007
  Paper No' CEPDP0788: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Productivity and ICT: A Review of the Evidence
  Mirko Draca, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, August 2006
  Paper No' CEPDP0749: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Uncertainty and Investment Dynamics
  Nick Bloom, Stephen Bond, John Van Reenen, August 2006
  Paper No' CEPDP0739: Read Abstract | Full paper
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  This paper has been published as:
  'Uncertainty and Company Investment Dynamics: Empirical Evidence for UK firms' Nick Bloom Steve Bond and John Van Reenen, Review of Economic Studies (2007) 74, 391-415
  
  
• 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
  This article summarises 'Work-Life Balance, Management Practices and Productivity' by Nick Bloom, Tobias Kretschmer and John Van Reenen
  
  
• Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm
  Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Claire Lelarge, John Van Reenen, Fabrizio Zilibotti, May 2006
  Paper No' CEPDP0722: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Countries
  Nick Bloom, John Van Reenen, March 2006
  Paper No' CEPDP0716: Read Abstract | Full paper
  Download zipped data files associated with this paper.
  This paper has been published as:
  "Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Nations", Nick Bloom and John Van Reenen, Quarterly Journal of Economics (2007) 122 (4), 1351-1408.
  
  
• Minimum Wages and Firm Profitability
  Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin, John Van Reenen, February 2006
  Paper No' CEPDP0715: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Work-Life Balance, Management Practices and Productivity
  Nick Bloom, Tobias Kretschmer, John Van Reenen, January 2006
  Paper No' CEPSP16: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• 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
  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
  
  
• Information Technology and Productivity: It ain''t what you do it''s the way that you do I.T.
  Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, October 2005
  Paper No' EDSDP002: Full paper
  
  
• The Growth of Network Computing: Quality Adjusted Price Changes for Network Servers
  John Van Reenen, July 2005
  Paper No' CEPDP0702: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Management Practices Across Firms and Nations
  Nick Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, John Dowdy, Tom Rippin, John Van Reenen, June 2005
  Paper No' CEPSP17: Full paper
  
  
• 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
  This article summarises 'Management Practices across Firms and Nations' by Nick Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, John Dowdy,Tom Rippin and John Van Reenen
  
  
• New Survey Evidence on Recent Changes in UK Union Recognition
  Jo Blanden, Stephen Machin, John Van Reenen, May 2005
  Paper No' CEPDP0685: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Health Care: Evidence on the Impact of Increased Spending and Patient Choice
  Alistair McGuire, John Van Reenen, April 2005
  Paper No' CEPEA002: Full paper
  
  
• Welfare to Work: The Evidence on Labour’s New Deal Policies
  John Van Reenen, April 2005
  Paper No' CEPEA001: Full paper
  
  
• Identifying Technology Spillovers and Product Market Rivalry
  Nick Bloom, Mark Schankerman, John Van Reenen, February 2005
  Paper No' CEPDP0675: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• The Impact of Training on Productivity and Wages: Evidence from British Panel Data
  Lorraine Dearden, Howard Reed, John Van Reenen, February 2005
  Paper No' CEPDP0674: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• 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
  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
  
  
• Identifying technology spillovers and product market rivalry
  Nick Bloom, Mark Schankerman, John Van Reenen, January 2005
  Paper No' EI 40: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• How Special is the Special Relationship? Using the Impact of US R&D Spillovers on UK Firms as a Test of Technology Sourcing
  Rachel Griffith, Rupert Harrison, John Van Reenen, November 2004
  Paper No' CEPDP0659: Read Abstract | Full paper
  Download zipped data files associated with this paper.
  This paper has been published as:
  'How Special Is the Special Relationship? Using the Impact of U.S. R&D Spillovers on U.K. Firms as a Test of Technology Sourcing' Rachel Griffith, Rupert Harrison and John Van Reenen, The American Economic Review Vol. 96, No. 5, December 2006
  
  
• The Internationalisation of Public Welfare Policy
  James Banks, R Disney, Alan Duncan, John Van Reenen, November 2004
  Paper No' CEPDP0656: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Is There a Market for Work Group Servers? Evaluating Market Level Demand Elasticities Using Micro and Macro Models
  John Van Reenen, September 2004
  Paper No' CEPDP0650: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Working Better
  John Van Reenen, June  2004
  Paper No' CEPCP157: Read Abstract | Full paper
  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.
  
  
• Corporate R&D and Productivity in Germany and the United Kingdom
  Stephen Bond, Dietmar Harhoff, John Van Reenen, December 2003
  Paper No' CEPDP0599: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Investment, R&D and Financial Constraints in Britain and Germany
  Stephen Bond, Dietmar Harhoff, John Van Reenen, December 2003
  Paper No' CEPDP0595: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Measuring the Cost Effectiveness of an R&D Tax Credit for the UK
  Rachel Griffith, Stephen Redding, John Van Reenen, September 2001
  Paper No' CEPDP0509: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Technological Innovation and Performance in the United Kingdom
  Stephen Nickell, John Van Reenen, January 2001
  Paper No' CEPDP0488: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• The Returns to Education: A Review of the Macro-Economic Literature
  Barbara Sianesi, John Van Reenen, November 2000
  Paper No' CEEDP0006: Full paper
  
  
• Mapping the Two Faces of R&D: Productivity Growth in a Panel of OECD Industries
  Rachel Griffith, Stephen Redding, John Van Reenen, May 2000
  Paper No' CEPDP0458: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Bridging the Productivity Gap
  Rachel Griffith, Stephen Redding, John Van Reenen, October  1999
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• Technology and Changes in Skill Structure: Evidence from an International Panel of Industries
  Stephen Machin, A Ryan, John Van Reenen, May 1996
  Paper No' CEPDP0297: Read Abstract
  
  
• The Economic Effects of Multiple Unionism: Evidence from the 1984 Workplace Industrial Relations Survey
  Stephen Machin, M Stewart, John Van Reenen, February 1992
  Paper No' CEPDP0066: Read Abstract