What impact do universities have on a country?s economy? Outlining the results of a study of universities across 78 countries, Anna Valero and John Van Reenen find that doubling the number of universities in a region increases that region?s income. They note that if the UK were to add one university to each region, national income would increase by about 0.7 per [?]

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25 March 2016

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LSE European Politics and Policy Blog

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2016/03/25/growth-multiplier-how-university-expansion-increases-national-income/

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