Staff Biography

Biography:

Education:

• PhD London School of Economics, April 2000
• MSc London School of Economics, June 1995
• BSc University of Bristol, June 1993

Awards:

• Geoffrey J.D. Hewings Award for distinguished contributions to Regional Science research by scholars who have recently completed doctoral studies (2009).
• August Loesch Prize for outstanding research in the field of Regional Science (2006).

Affiliations/Professional activities with other institutions:

• Spatial Economics Research Centre - Director
• London School of Economics - Professor
• Centre for Economic Policy Research - Affiliate

Selected Publications:

• Ioannides, Y., H. G. Overman, E. Rossi Hansberg and K. Schmidheiny (2008) ‘The effect of information and communication technologies on urban structure’. Economic Policy, 54, 201-242.
  
  
• Duranton, G. and H. G. Overman (2005) ‘Testing for Localisation Using Micro-Geographic Data’ (with G. Duranton). The Review of Economic Studies 72(4), pp. 1077-1106.
  
  
• Duranton, G. and H. G. Overman (2005) ‘Testing for Localisation Using Micro-Geographic Data’ (with G. Duranton). The Review of Economic Studies 72(4), pp. 1077-1106.
  
  

CEP Publications:

• The Urban Wage Growth Premium: Sorting or Learning?
  Sabine D'Costa, Henry G. Overman, May 2013
  Paper No' SERCDP0135: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• My Precious! The Location and Diffusion of Scientific Research: Evidence from the Synchrotron Diamond Light Source
  Christian Helmers, Henry Overman, March 2013
  Paper No' SERCDP0131: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• The UK's housing crises
  Henry Overman, December 2012
  Paper No' CEPCP382: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• New Road Infrastructure: the Effects on Firms
  Stephen Gibbons, Teemu Lyytikäinen, Henry Overman, Rosa Sanchis-Guarner, September 2012
  Paper No' SERCDP0117: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• The Effect of Public Sector Employment on Local Labour Markets
  Giulia Faggio, Henry G. Overman, June 2012
  Paper No' SERCDP0111: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• 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
  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
  
  
• HS2: assessing the costs and benefits
  Henry Overman, February 2012
  Paper No' CEPCP361: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy
  Chiara Criscuolo, Ralf Martin, Henry G. Overman, John Van Reenen, January 2012
  Paper No' SERCDP0098: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy
  Chiara Criscuolo, Ralf Martin, Henry G. Overman, John Van Reenen, January 2012
  Paper No' CEPDP01113: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Assessing the Government's Proposals to Reform the UK Planning System
  Max Nathan, Henry G. Overman, November 2011
  Paper No' SERCPP011: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• What We Know (and Don't Know) About the Links between Planning and Economic Performance
  Max Nathan, Henry G. Overman, November 2011
  Paper No' SERCPP010: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• The Future of Rural Policy: Lessons from Spatial Economics (Policy Note)
  Steve Gibbons, Henry G. Overman, October 2011
  Paper No' SERCPP009: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• The Future of Rural Policy: Lessons from Spatial Economics
  Steve Gibbons, Henry G. Overman, October 2011
  Paper No' SERCPP008: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Unequal Britain: How Real Are Regional Disparities?
  Steve Gibbons, Henry Overman, October 2011
  Paper No' CEPCP353: Read Abstract | Full paper
  For further reading, see SERC Discussion Papers No.60, No.65 and No.74
  
  
• Economic Growth in Cities: Issues for Central Government
  Henry G. Overman, June 2011
  Paper No' SERCPP007: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• How did London get away with it?
  Henry Overman, March 2011
  Paper No' CEPCP333: Read Abstract | Full paper
  Further reading: Steve Gibbons, Henry Overman and Panu Pelkonen (2010) 'Wage Disparities in Britain: People or Place?', SERC Discussion Paper No.60
  
  
• Big ideas: economic geography
  Henry Overman, March 2011
  Paper No' CEPCP331: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Strategies for Underperforming Places
  Paul Lawless, Henry G. Overman, Peter Tyler, February 2011
  Paper No' SERCPP006: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Real Earnings Disparities in Britain
  Stephen Gibbons, Henry G. Overman, Guilherme Resende, January 2011
  Paper No' SERCDP0065: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Mostly Pointless Spatial Econometrics?
  Steve Gibbons, Henry G. Overman, October 2010
  Paper No' SERCDP0061: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Wage Disparities in Britain: People or Place?
  Steve Gibbons, Henry G. Overman, Panu Pelkonen, October 2010
  Paper No' SERCDP0060: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Urban Renewal and Regional Growth: Muddled Objectives and Mixed Progress
  Henry Overman, April 2010
  Paper No' CEPEA014: Full paper
  Read Main Summary Points
  
  
• "Gis a Job": What Use Geographical Information Systems in Spatial Economics?
  Henry Overman, August 2009
  Paper No' SERCDP0026: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Britain's regional divide
  Henry Overman, March 2009
  Paper No' CEPCP277: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Labour Pooling as a Source of Agglomeration: An Empirical Investigation
  Henry Overman, Diego Puga, September 2008
  Paper No' SERCDP0006: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Resurgent Cities and Regional Economic Performance
  Henry Overman, Patricia Rice, June 2008
  Paper No' SERCPP001: Full paper
  
  
• The Effect of Information and Communication Technologies on Urban Structure
  Y Ioannides, Henry Overman, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Kurt Schmidheiny, July 2007
  Paper No' CEPDP0812: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Economic Linkages Across Space
  Henry Overman, Patricia Rice, Anthony J. Venables, June 2007
  Paper No' CEPDP0805: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Decomposing the Growth in Residential Land in the United States
  Henry Overman, Diego Puga, Matthew Turner, February 2007
  Paper No' CEPDP0778: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• In brief: Fat City: Does Urban Sprawl Lead to Human Sprawl?
  Henry Overman, December 2006
  Paper No' CEPCP221: Read Abstract | Full paper
  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
  
  
• Fat City: The Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Obesity
  Jean Eid, Henry Overman, Diego Puga, Matthew Turner, November 2006
  Paper No' CEPDP0758: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Exploring the Detailed Location Patterns of UK Manufacturing Industries Using Microgeographic Data
  Gilles Duranton, Henry Overman, October 2006
  Paper No' CEPDP0756: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Assessing the Effects of Local Taxation Using Microgeographic Data
  Gilles Duranton, Laurent Gobillon, Henry Overman, August 2006
  Paper No' CEPDP0748: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Urban Sprawl
  Marcy Burchfield, Henry Overman, Diego Puga, Matthew Turner, June  2006
  Paper No' CEPCP197: Read Abstract | Full paper
  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)
  
  
• Cities in the Developing World
  Henry Overman, Anthony J. Venables, July 2005
  Paper No' CEPDP0695: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Agglomeration and the Adjustment of the Spatial Economy
  Pierre-Philippe Combes, Gilles Duranton, Henry Overman, May 2005
  Paper No' CEPDP0689: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• North and South
  Henry Overman, L. Alan Winters, October  2004
  Paper No' CEPCP163: Read Abstract | Full paper
  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.
  
  
• The Geography of UK International Trade
  Henry Overman, L. Alan Winters, January 2004
  Paper No' CEPDP0606: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Trade Shocks and Industrial Location: the Impact of EEC Accession on the UK
  Henry Overman, L. Alan Winters, November 2003
  Paper No' CEPDP0588: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• The Spatial Distribution of Economic Activities in the European Union
  Pierre-Philippe Combes, Henry Overman, October 2003
  Paper No' CEPDP0587: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Can We Learn Anything from Economic Geography Proper?
  Henry Overman, October 2003
  Paper No' CEPDP0586: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Testing for Localisation Using Micro-Geographic Data
  Gilles Duranton, Henry Overman, August 2002
  Paper No' CEPDP0540: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• The Economic Geography of Trade, Production, and Income: A Survey of Empirics
  Henry Overman, Stephen Redding, Anthony J. Venables, September 2001
  Paper No' CEPDP0508: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Zipfs Law for Cities: An Empirical Examination
  Y Ioannides, Henry Overman, November 2000
  Paper No' CEPDP0484: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Cross Sectional Evolution of the US City Size Distribution
  Y Ioannides, Henry Overman, November 2000
  Paper No' CEPDP0483: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Spatial Evolution of the US Urban System
  Y Ioannides, Henry Overman, November 2000
  Paper No' CEPDP0482: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Neighbourhood Effects in Small Neighbourhoods
  Henry Overman, November 2000
  Paper No' CEPDP0481: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Unemployment Clusters Across European Regions and Countries
  Henry Overman, Diego Puga, August 1999
  Paper No' CEPDP0434: Read Abstract | Full paper