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A presumption is favour of development is a good thing, but the government should be more targeted in where it encourages growth, write Nikhil Datta and Amrita Kulka. ... Read more...
25 August 2026
John Van Reenen, a London School of Economics professor and former chair of Reeves’ council of economic advisers, estimates that annualised productivity growth is running at 1.6 per cent from the third quarter of 2... Read more...
20 August 2026
New measures of productivity published by John Van Reenen, Anna Valero and Niki Barbas show a "meaningful pickup" in productivity, as highlighted by Heather Stewart in her column. ... Read more...
17 August 2026
Congratulations to Noam Yuchtman, Hayek Professor of Political Economy at LSE and senior associate in CEP’s growth programme, who has been elected as a new Fellow of the British Academy. He is among 92 new F... Read more...
04 August 2026
MIT's Simon Johnson sits down with fellow Nobel laureate economist Philippe Aghion to examine what ails Europe and how to revive its dynamism. ... Read more...
10 June 2026
Peter Lambert and Yannick Schindler's research into reasons for a fall in entry-level hiring, shows the drop off began after Covid and before AI, John Burn-Murdoch discusses their findings in his Data Points column. ... Read more...
29 May 2026
Philippe Aghion, Antonin Bergeaud and Luis Garicano argue that using purchasing power parity to compare US and European economies is misleading, saying that Europe does have a real productivity problem. ... Read more...
Alan Manning writes about the polarised debate on migration and points a way towards setting out a clearer way of thinking about the issue. ... Read more...
21 May 2026
A new Economics of Education Research Centre (EERC) to develop a robust evidence base for education and skills policymaking, is being established by the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), UCL’s Centre for Educa... Read more...
20 May 2026
Lee Elliot Major writes about the use of vulnerability indices in schools to find a way to identify the barriers that may hinder children's learning. ... Read more...
02 April 2026
Congratulations to Brian Bell, professor of economics at King's Business School, King's College London, and research associate in CEP's labour programme, who has been appointed as chief economic adviser to the Treasury. ... Read more...
13 February 2026
With great sadness we have learnt that our good friend and colleague David Metcalf has passed away. Together with Richard Layard and Stephen Nickell, David set up the Centre for Labour Economics, which became the Centre ... Read more...
09 February 2026
In an article for The Guardian, Lee Major Elliot writes how Trinity Hall’s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the ba... Read more...
10 January 2026
Congratulations to Jonathan Wadsworth, professor of economics at Royal Holloway, University of London and associate of the Centre for Economic Performance who has been recognised in the New Year Honours List 2026. Profe... Read more...
05 January 2026
Anyone who thinks they know how rich countries should frame their rules on immigration should read economist Alan Manning's carefully balanced guide to the complexities of the subject, writes Delphine Strauss. ... Read more...
28 December 2025
Philippe Aghion writes about how major geopolitical developments have forced Europeans to rethink how they will ensure their own prosperity, security and sovereignty. Arguing that policymakers must not take innovation fo... Read more...
10 December 2025
FT columnist Stephen Bush describes Alan Manning's new book as "fantastic, accessible and wittily written" in this column examining changes to the asylum and immigration system. ... Read more...
17 November 2025
Richard Layard writes for The Observer on the necessity for the Labour government to make youth apprenticeships a priority. ... Read more...
09 November 2025
Congratulations to Anna Valero, distinguished policy fellow at LSE and director of CEP's growth programme, who has been appointed as industrial strategy adviser to the chancellor. Dr Valero, a growth and productivity ex... Read more...
23 October 2025
Paul Cheshire features in this investigation into the UK's housing crisis and whether the government's promise to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029 can be met. ... Read more...
20 October 2025