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Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake argue that capitalism can be revitalised by promoting ‘further investment’ in what they call ‘intangible capital’. ... Read more...
11 April 2022
Every day, policy makers have to decide whether a policy is desirable by examining its impact on a whole range of outcomes. But the problem is how to aggregate these disparate outcomes. Richard Layard et al&nb... Read more...
24 September 2020
Speaking to Econ Films’ CoronaNomics show Lord Gus O’Donnell said he feared the impact of the lockdown was undermining the Prime Minister’s ambitions of reducing income and regional... Read more...
06 May 2020
Monica Langella discusses some potential negative effects of the pandemic on higher education, particularly those pertaining to online assessment, university offers, and labour market outcomes. She o... Read more...
30 April 2020
Jack Blundell identifies groups among self-employed workers, to aid in finding methods to support and protect workers through public policy. ... Read more...
17 April 2020
Professor Stephen Machin, director of CEP, and Henry Overman, research director of CEP, contribute to an investigation into the differences in wages and opportunities across the country and why some towns and ... Read more...
09 March 2020
A guest post by Fadi Hassan, a research associate at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Ugo Panizza, a professor of economics and the Pitchet chair in finance and development at the... Read more...
20 December 2019
Not quite. The problem is uncertainty. A Corbyn government would break with the economic policies we have been accustomed to since the 1980s. This alone generates uncertainty. And the clichè is right; markets real... Read more...
11 November 2019
The national survey on happiness index is a late development, because social economists have found that although the economies of various countries will grow more or less, the happiness of the people has not continued to... Read more...
08 September 2019
By Barbara Petrongolo, Felix Koenig, and John Van Reenen Policy makers have long been concerned with helping people on disability benefits find some employment as this group has grown dramatically in recent decades. In ... Read more...
24 August 2019
There is an almost complete pass-through of tariffs into prices paid by US importers; consumers pick up the tab, write Mary Amiti, Stephen Redding and David E. Weinstein.... Read more...
24 July 2019
John Van Reenen, MIT, discusses work he has done on how 'superstar firms' such as Google and Apple have changed the global economy. The superstars, although big, employ relatively few workers and this has contributed to ... Read more...
16 July 2019
By Gianmarco Ottaviano, Professor of Economics, Bocconi University. Originally published at VoxEU... Read more...
03 July 2019
By Gianmarco Ottaviano Economic geography strikes back. After a couple of decades of easy talk about the 'death of distance' in the age of globalisation, the promise of a world of rising living standards for all is inc... Read more...
The income declared by the richest fell sharply between 2012 and 2013, report four economists, among whom Philippe Aghion. But is this a real decrease, or a more widespread practice of tax optimization?... Read more...
30 June 2019
Tito Boeri interviews Raghuram G. Rajan With industrialized countries beset by a political backlash against trade, technology, migration, and other hallmarks of the modern global economy, expert solutions are needed now... Read more...
28 June 2019
3) In the Fall 2017 issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, and Thomas Sampson sums up the research on what is known and what might come next in "Brexit: The Economics of International Disintegration," In turn, I... Read more...
23 June 2019
The achievements of the Chinese and Vietnamese economies lead to a debate on state capitalism as a viable model of further development. Economists Leonardo Baccini, Giammario Impullitti and Edmund Malesky present on VoxE... Read more...
19 June 2019
In the latest Happiness Report, authors John F. Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey D. Sachs highlight the fact that links between government and happiness operate both ways, i.e., what governments do affects happiness... Read more...
11 June 2019
In a fascinating new paper, economists David Jacks and Dennis Novy argue that today's contentious trade disputes recall what happened during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Led by Great Britain and Germany, competing ... Read more...
06 June 2019
"At the moment, we have not witnessed a wholesale collapse of the modern trading system. This is partially for the fact that policymakers seem to have learned some of the lessons of interwar history by not responding in ... Read more...
Who compromises most in such cases? Generally, size matters: big trading economies are usually in a position to dictate terms to smaller partners. In the words of professor Dennis Novy of the University of Warwick: "Th... Read more...
05 June 2019
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04 June 2019
Snippet... Philippe Aghion London School of Economics Felix Fitzroy St Andrews Marianne Sensier University of Manchester Christine Cooper University of Edinburgh Elisa Van Waeyenberge Soas Roberto Veneziani Queen Mary Un... Read more...
03 June 2019
To help us sort out the prospects of a bilateral trade deal between the U.S. and the U.K. and to look at the historical context, we're joined by Professor Dennis Novy. He's an economist at the University of Warwick. Welc... Read more...
Populism has been used by right-wing forces as a lever to undermine the ruling elite, exploiting discontent. The solution? "The European Union now has the task of working on a new idea of sovereignty, which goes beyond n... Read more...
In the words of Professor Richard Layard, an expert on life satisfaction across populations, of the London School of Economics, 'this budget is a game-changing event.' Moreover, he indicated that there is 'no other major... Read more...
02 June 2019
These questions have confronted utilitarians, the most influential of whom was the philosopher Jeremy Bentham, from the beginning. But some modern-day utilitarians, foremost among them Richard Layard of the London School... Read more...
31 May 2019
The paper, from the all-party parliamentary group on wellbeing economics, written by O'Donnell and other leading MPs and peers, calls on the government to use the spending review to boost its funding for mental health se... Read more...
24 May 2019
The report, which is launched today, comes from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Wellbeing Economics. The authors include Lord Gus O'Donnell (the former Cabinet Secretary), Chris Ruane MP (chair), Lord Richard Layard... Read more...
"This budget is a game-changing event," said Richard Layard, a professor at the London School of Economics who is an expert on life satisfaction across populations. New Zealand is not the only country that is starting t... Read more...
22 May 2019
The economic losses from Trump's trade war compound that burden. A study by researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Columbia University and Princeton University found that trade warfare was costing Americans... Read more...
17 May 2019
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Research from Mary Amiti of the New York Fed, Stephen Redding of Princeton University and David Weinstein of Columbia University in March found that the "full incidence" of the tariffs has fallen on domestic consumers so... Read more...
14 May 2019
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This article was written by professor Andrew E. Clark (LSE), and professor Conchita D'Ambrosi and Marta Barazzetta, from the University of Luxembourg. A version of this article was first published on the LSE blog. For mo... Read more...
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What makes this idea particularly absurd is that studies repeatedly find that lower-income households experience greater inflation than higher - earning ones. (Researcher Xavier Jaravel dubbed this "inflation inequality"... Read more...
08 May 2019
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Is there a relationship between childhood circumstances and outcomes later on in life? Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio, and Marta Barazzetta consider the cognitive and non-cognitive consequences on young adults who ... Read more...
30 April 2019
During a debate on the composition of the MAC, it was noted that the Chairman, Professor Alan Manning, is an economist from LSE. George Eustice MP (Con, Cambourne and Redruth) called for the Cttee to be expanded to bring... Read more...
19 April 2019
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Doing better financially than your parents is an important marker of success, and for much of the last half century, real earnings growth in the UK was strong enough that most young people achieved this milestone. But ne... Read more...
15 April 2019
Original information: Chiara Criscuolo, Ralf Martin, Henry G. Overman, John Van Reenen. Some Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy. American Economic Review, 2019, 109(1): 48-85. Governments around the world provide la... Read more...
14 April 2019
Jo Blanden, co-author of the study, said: 'Research and political debate have focused on relative social mobility - that is, whether those with higher incomes are likely to have children who are also relatively well-off'... Read more...
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Figure of the week - $1.4bn a month. The hit to US prices and welfare produced by Mr Trump's trade policies in 2018, according to research by Mary Amiti of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Stephen Redding of Princet... Read more...
27 March 2019
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26 March 2019
Donald Trump has cited the example of one of his US presidential predecessors, Ronald Reagan, in support of his protectionist policies. But as research by Ufuk Akcigit, Sina Ates and Giammario Impullitti shows, it was th... Read more...
19 March 2019
In this interview, Paul Cheshire shares his over 50 years of experience on urban economics. He talks about why "land is making a comeback", reasons for the dramatic turnaround in the value of land, the "key tools in the ... Read more...
18 March 2019
Jonathan Haskel worried by falling business investment driven by uncertainty.... Read more...
14 March 2019
A few days before the vote, three of the UK's most reputable economic institutions - the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Centre for Economic Performance at the... Read more...
Bank of England policy maker Jonathan Haskel warned that the UK may not see a material pickup in investment growth even if the government secures an exit deal with the European Union this month. Haskel, in his first spe... Read more...
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Phlippe Aghion (College of France, LSE, and CEPR) discusses work on merged datasets from the UK - one detailing occupation & wages, the other looking at R&D and investment. ... Read more...
Just as with GDP, it is only when we move to the specifics that gross national happiness becomes useful. Richard Layard, a leading happiness researcher, argues mental illness is a leading cause of misery, and it can be t... Read more...
03 March 2019
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These conclusions are consistent with not only theoretical models of economics featuring AI in general equilibrium (Aghion, Jones, and Jones 2017) but also with evidence on how the introduction of robots raised labor pro... Read more...
01 March 2019
From Thorstein Veblen to Richard Layard, to Richard Easterlin and others, several economists have spent the last century trying to ... [paywall] Happiness: Lessons from a new science, Richard Layard, Penguin 2011 IS... Read more...
27 February 2019
Economists like David Blanchflower, John Van Reenen and I set out just how bad UK economic performance had been over the previous five years, but once again expertise was ignored. As far as the media were concerned, redu... Read more...
26 February 2019
The UK government's lead adviser on migration has claimed that the Home Office's net migration target no longer drives policy. Alan Manning, professor of economics at the London School of Economics and chair of the Migra... Read more...
14 February 2019
The referendum result led to a 12 percent increase in foreign direct investment transactions from Britain into the EU between mid-2016 and September 2018, researchers from the London School of Economics' Centre for Econo... Read more...
12 February 2019
Media reports suggest that some UK firms have started to move production abroad in anticipation of Brexit. Using data on announcements of new foreign investment transactions, this column reports evidence that the Brexit ... Read more...
Dennis Novy, one of the report's authors, told CNBC: "The economic risk of Brexit is larger on the UK side of the Channel.... Read more...
A study published this morning by the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE dissects how foreign investment has changed behaviour since the referendum. According to the LSE researchers, UK firms appear to have star... Read more...
Are firms moving investment abroad because of Brexit? Holger Breinlich, Elsa Leromain, Dennis Novy and Thomas Sampson (LSE) use a 'doppelganger method' to estimate how foreign direct investment would have evolved without... Read more...
11 February 2019
A study conducted by academics from the London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) looked into how the vote to leave the EU has affected outward investment by U.K. companies. ... Read more...
Mention of CEP report showing British firms investing outside of the UK because of Brexit. ... Read more...
The UK needs a new era of policy activism with a 'future of good work' focus, write Christopher Pissarides, Anna Thomas and Josh De Lyon.... Read more...
06 February 2019
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A British study estimated the impact of public subsidies in regions in difficulty. If a gain for the job was found but the big companies, first beneficiaries, do not change their behavior, notes the professor of economy ... Read more...
14 January 2019
Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin explain how Britain has become less mobile, particularly at the top and bottom of society. Social Mobility And Its Enemies, Lee Elliot Major & Stephen Machin, Pelican, October 2018... Read more...
04 January 2019
Alongside the new labour market rights, the government is also set to create a new single labour market enforcement body following a review by David Metcalf, the UK's first director of labour market enforcement, who re... Read more...
17 December 2018
Snippet: ... Build, build, build! Free exchange (November 24th) argued that there is more to high house prices in Britain than constrained supply. Well, yes, and no. The underlying cause of housing unaffordability is con... Read more...
15 December 2018
"Macron has acknowledged his past behavioural mistakes," said Philippe Aghion, an economist who advised him during his campaign but has judged him ... ... Read more...
11 December 2018
"We are in the transition period and the government has run into political economic problems," said Philippe Aghion, an economist at the prestigious College de France who advised Mr. Macron during his presidential campai... Read more...
07 December 2018
Camille Landais, Giulia Giupponi interviewed by Tim Phillips, 07 December 2018 Even though countries all over the developed world implemented short-time work policies during the great recession, we didn't know whether ... Read more...
Parliament should vote down Theresa May's Brexit deal on Tuesday. John Van Reenen (MIT/LSE) writes that while the argument for remaining in the EU is fundamentally moral and political, and not economic, it is important f... Read more...
For any Brexiters holding out the hope the EU would come to the UK's rescue because it too has much to lose from not reaching a deal, an analysis this week from the Center for Economic Performance offers l... Read more...
03 December 2018
As the UK has sought to redefine its relationship with the EU and the rest of the world, a renewed focus on sustainable growth becomes more urgent, write James Rydge, Ralf Martin and Anna Valero.... Read more...
Discussion of LSE research (Healthy Minds Project) urging the government to incorporate life skills into the national curriculum. Reported widely on local BBC radio stations. ... Read more...
30 November 2018
Swati Dhingra discusses trade policy and Brexit. ... Read more...
Innovation is widely viewed as the engine of economic growth. To maximize innovation and growth, all of our brightest youth should have the opportunity to become inventors. But a study we recently conducted, jointly wit... Read more...
21 November 2018
What could go wrong? Many of the objections to happiness economics are well rehearsed. The authors (especially Richard Layard, who has spent the past decade reviving this neo-Benthamite idea), have heard them all and hav... Read more...
20 November 2018
Labour's move towards greater competition between hospitals where it was allowed may well have helped. Mortality rates for some illnesses appear to have declined faster where patient choice was expanded. CEP work cite... Read more...
14 November 2018
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve discusses the living wage with @EamonnHolmes on @talkRADIO Listen to @talkRADIO at 5.15pm this evening to hear Jan-Emmanuel De Neve discuss the #livingwage with @EamonnHolmes! @jedeneve pic.twitte... Read more...
08 November 2018
By Paul Cheshire With housing nothing seems to change. This is what I wrote in 1999: “Concerns [about rising house prices] focus on the short term symptoms but it is really a long term problem. The... Read more...
11 August 2018
Article by Josh De Lyon, Elsa Leromain and Maria Molina-Domene: The Brexit debate is intense and continues to dominate the UK policy agenda. It concerns the entire population. The authors use Twitter dat... Read more...
21 June 2018
Congratulations to Kilian Huber, Economics PhD and Job market candidate, who is among the Winners of the AQR Top Finance Graduate 2018 Award at the Copenhagen Business School! The award recognizes the mo... Read more...
03 June 2018
Several commentators have suggested that a domestic infrastructure bank could fill the void if the UK was unable to access EIB support. The LSE Growth Commission have promoted the creation of such an... Read more...
27 April 2018
Oil-rich counties were more likely to contribute funds to build schools and hire more teachers for rural black children, writes Stephan Maurer. In a recent study, I analyse how local oil booms in the Southern ... Read more...
11 April 2018
‘The Origins of Happiness’ by by Andrew E. Clark, Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee, and George Ward (Publication date - January 16) The authors behin... Read more...
04 January 2018
College leaders' effectiveness 'seems unrelated to their salary', according to the Centre for Vocational Education Research. Better principals make a positive difference to their student’s ed... Read more...
19 December 2017
Article by Max Nathan: ...Our latest case study summarises Innovate UK's programmes of support for microbusinesses and SMEs: mainly grants but also loans, awarded on a competitive basis, either to in... Read more...
17 August 2017
Article by Jonathan Wadsworth The issue of public sector pay went centre-stage recently in the debate over whether to lift the public sector pay cap. Presumably one of the key factors, alongside where the r... Read more...
25 July 2017
Article by Sandra McNally The UK’s productivity suffered a shock in 2008 from which it has not recovered, and the ‘skills problem’ needs to be addressed. Within the context of a broader in... Read more...
21 July 2017
The average employee in the finance industry loses more than 20 minutes per day of productive time to faulty IT. This is ironic in a sector which has always been proud of its trail-blazing attitude to be an ea... Read more...
30 June 2017
Among the matters at stake in those talks, which began in Brussels last Monday, is whether London can maintain its status as a global hub for finance after Brexit or be forced to watch as business flows to the... Read more...
25 June 2017
“There will be a lot of political pressure to get as much of the finance industry moved to the EU as possible,” said Tom Kirchmaier, a fellow in the financial-markets group at the London School of ... Read more...
23 June 2017
Article by Ross Levine; Yona Rubinstein ISSN 0033-5533, EISSN 1531-4650. Related publications ‘In brief...'Smart and illicit': the making of a successful entrepreneur’ R... Read more...
25 May 2017
Article by Nattavudh Powdthavee, Yohanes E. Riyanto and Jack L. Knetsch Economists are judged on both the number of times they publish and where they publish. Yet very little is known about the impact on re... Read more...
18 May 2017
The LSE Growth Commission sets out a new blueprint for inclusive and sustainable growth that deals with the challenges facing the UK, old and new. Based on the latest research, analysis and evidence from leadi... Read more...
03 March 2017
Last Friday, the LSE Growth Commission released a new report setting out a blueprint for inclusive and sustainable growth in the UK, which deals with both old and new challenges. Related publications ... Read more...
02 March 2017
As the London School of Economics’ “Growth Commission” noted in a recent update on the UK economy, growing self-employment is eroding the incentives for companies to invest in training and sk... Read more...
01 March 2017
Britain’s tax laws are biased in favour of the self-employed and should be reformed to enable greater investment in people instead of buildings and machines, the LSE Growth Commission has said. This was ... Read more...
23 February 2017
"Trade agreements are based on have something to give to receive something in return. No one is making charity here", explains Swati Dhingra, academic center of economic behaviour of the LSE. ... Read more...
19 January 2017
"Currency markets are always volatile and can be affected by political and economic views," Dr. Thomas Sampson, associate professor at the Center for Economic Performance at the L... Read more...
18 January 2017
A a survey of leading wellbeing researchers from around the world finds that more public holidays would be better for everyone, writes Paul Frijters. The World Wellbeing Panel on wellbeing and public holida... Read more...
24 December 2016
This is the consensus finding of a survey of leading wellbeing researchers from around the world, writes Paul Frijters. Related articles: World Wellbeing Panel Survey: ‘Wellbeing and Public Holi... Read more...
22 December 2016
Good mental health and having a partner make people happier than doubling their income, a new study has found. The research by the London School of Economics looked at responses from 200,000 people on how diff... Read more...
12 December 2016
Dr Swati Dhingra on BBC News (19:35) commenting on PM Theresa May's speech on remaking globalization. [No link available.] ... Read more...
14 November 2016
The right way to leave the EU Article by Swati Dhingra On June 30, a week after the British public voted to leave the EU, Theresa May gave a speech launching her candidacy for prime minister in which she declared, ''Br... Read more...
21 October 2016
Dennis Novy interviewed. The topic was the leaked Brexit analysis from the Treasury and the economic implications of Brexit, in particular for international trade. This interview was broadcast by Al Jazeera Television ... Read more...
11 October 2016
Fear of an economic meltdown was the biggest weapon in the campaign to stop Britain from leaving the European Union. Ten weeks after the vote, though, some say the fearmongering was overdone. Although the pound has fall... Read more...
18 September 2016
Swati Dhingra, one of those who forecast severe damage to the economy, says the danger hasn't past. Warnings about the impact of Brexit were focused on what might happen when Britain leaves the EU, and that won't happen ... Read more...
07 September 2016
Beyond the territorial politics, Brexit has brought to the boil a long simmering tension between the UK's economic and political imperatives. The importance to the UK economy of the single European market in goods and se... Read more...
15 August 2016
The reputed Centre for Economic Performance at LSE has long been studying the potential impact of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, and just this last week it published its latest report. This report focuses... Read more...
05 August 2016
Article by Swati Dhingra and Thomas Sampson The UK should join the EEA and remain part of the single market, write Swati Dhingra and Thomas Sampson The UK has voted to leave the EU, but not in favour of any specific a... Read more...
Professor Saul Estrin of the London School of Economics has shown, for example, that an increase in the level of employee participation in the running of an enterprise from zero to full participation increases output by ... Read more...
02 August 2016
Overall, Brexit is likely to have a negative impact on inward FDI. New empirical analysis by Center for Economic Performance implies that leaving the EU will reduce FDI inflows to the UK by around 22 per cent. Such losse... Read more...
03 July 2016
- Lehman-kraschen kom fran ingenstans, sager John Van Reenen, London School of Economics till New York Times. Det har ar som en tagolycka dar du kan se tagen komma mot varandra pa avstand men hoppas att de ska kunna sty... Read more...
27 June 2016
Minford said that the economy would be more dynamic and more efficient now that we're out of the EU. Swati Dhingra disagreed, saying that the economy would suffer because of a shallower pool of talent from other EU co... Read more...
24 June 2016
Swati Dhingra: ''Europe doesn't matter a good deal with the United Kingdom in the case of Brexit'' The British economy will go down between 1.4% and 2.6% in pessimistic scenario. And life won't be made easier with havin... Read more...
23 June 2016
Few expect that Britain's departure from Europe will set off a full financial crisis like the one seen after the collapse of the investment banking giant Lehman Brothers in 2008. ... If no deal is struck, the rules of t... Read more...
The economic impacts of Britain leaving the EU With the referendum fast approaching, Thomas Sampson analyses the economic consequences should Britain vote to leave the European Union. Proponents of Brexit, as leaving ... Read more...
21 June 2016
According to Thomas Sampson, assistant professor at the Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), an exit scenario would hit the country's economy really hard. Talking to Sputnik, h... Read more...
20 June 2016
The UK is also the top destination for foreign direct investment in Europe and ranked as one of the most attractive FDI markets in the world. But investment would tumble at least 22 per cent over the next decade in the e... Read more...
Thomas Sampson is from the London School Of Economics and has recently authored a paper called, Economists for Brexit: A Critique. He says Britain would be stronger by remaining in the EU. This interview was broadcas... Read more...
19 June 2016
The most serious problem of staying outside any EU trade agreement is the serious impact this might have on foreign direct investment into the UK. Being in the single market makes the UK attractive as a base for exporter... Read more...
Experts at the Treasury, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), and the London School of Economics have all found that remaining a part of the EEA would pose the least severe economic risk to the... Read more...
11 June 2016
''There's too much wrong information'' Interview with Swati Dhingra How will the British vote on June 23? Swati Dhingra, lecturer in economics at the London School of Economics, has examined the possible effects of a B... Read more...
07 June 2016
Stop everything! According to the OECD, the forum of economic reflection of developed countries, the United Kingdom would lose 5% of its GDP in the 15 years to come slamming the door of the European Union. Treasury, Brit... Read more...
01 June 2016
What issues have the greatest negative impact on UK businesses? Both sides of the debate have argued that there is either too much or very little EU red tape. These confusing arguments haven't helped to clarify the ... Read more...
30 May 2016
Claim Leaving the EU would cost the average UK household at least £850 a year, and potentially as much as £1,700, according to research released by the London School of Economics. Conclusion The... Read more...
23 May 2016
Article by Jonathan Wadsworth, Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano and John Van Reenen Many people believe immigration wave has hurt UK workers and think that leaving the EU would make things better. To investigate this ... Read more...
11 May 2016
Swati Dhingra interviewed about Brexit. The interview was broadcast by BBC Radio 5 Live at 10:30pm on April 19, 2016 [No link available.] Related publications See the complete set of CEP Brexit Analysis research ... Read more...
19 April 2016
Tumbling global markets are issuing a cry for help to policymakers of all stripes: Do something. As investors, traders and pundits scramble to understand the reasons for the terrible start to 2016, more and more are look... Read more...
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Director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, John Van Reenen, gives his reaction to the Autumn Statement. Whilst the U-turn on tax credits might appear to be the big story in the sh... Read more...
26 November 2015
Dennis Novy interviewed on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in the light of households in Kenilworth protesting with the message to protect the NHS from TTIP. This article was published by BBC C... Read more...
12 August 2015
Article by Keyu Jin Keyu Jin calls for greater credit access and lower entry barriers for China's private-sector firms to flourish and create employment. This article was published by the South China Morning Post on Ju... Read more...
03 June 2015
WHEN Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979 she set about bulldozing the trade unions, which had frequently brought Britain grinding to a standstill in the 1970s. On May 27th David Cameron indicated that his Conservativ... Read more...
30 May 2015
The possible spending plans of Labour and the Tories illustrate the fact that there are real choices to be made at the election, writes John Van Reenen. When viewed over the longer term, the state of the UK economy is n... Read more...
30 March 2015
Research by the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance was published in The Review of Economic Studies and involved 61% of all NHS providers of acute care in England. The study shows that adding one extra hospital in a ne... Read more...
29 January 2015
As David Cameron lambasts Ed Miliband for allegedly wanting to ''weaponise'' the National Health Service in the election, new research gives the UK prime minister some ammunition of his own. LSE economists have measured ... Read more...
Another 1m public sector jobs are expected to be lost over the next five years as part of the latest squeeze on the public finances. ... Adjusted for inflation, wages have fallen by about a 10th since the financial crisi... Read more...
03 December 2014
The chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, has delivered the financial package he hopes will convince voters to deliver a Conservative majority in May 2015. Here, a team of academic experts [that includes the Centr... Read more...
Over a whole career, men in the public sector will earn the same as their commercial peers - and women will do better. It is essential that any proposed reforms of the total remuneration package available to current and... Read more...
01 October 2012
CEP has produced rigorous research evidence on the impact of hospital competition, pay regulation and management performance on quality, productivity and equity in the NHS. Policy needs to be informed by evidence. Below ... Read more...
13 June 2011
On July 14th, Bastille Day, twelve leading economists present their opinions of what is wrong with the world's financial system - and how it should be radically reformed. They have been meeting at the London School o... Read more...
14 July 2010