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From ending zero-hours contracts to boosting benefits, Britain's new government wants to shift power back to staff. Stephen Machin, Alan Manning and Jonathan Wadsworth explain how the power balance stands now. ... Read more...
07 July 2024
Congratulations to Dr Swati Dhingra, associate professor of economics at the Centre for Economic Performance, who has won the People's Choice Award at the ONS research excellence awards 2019. The ONS's research excell... Read more...
04 November 2019
New research reports from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics are highlighted in the Autumn 2019 CentrePiece magazine. As CEP approaches its thirtieth birthday in 202... Read more...
01 November 2019
Some commentators argue that globalisation is systematically connected to the real-wage and productivity stagnation seen across the developed world. This column analyses the relationship between international trade and w... Read more...
01 October 2019
2019 winner: Sara Signorelli (Paris School of Economics) Do skilled migrants compete with native workers? Analysis of a selective immigration policy ... Read more...
21 September 2019
More structured managerial practices have a strong relationship with firm productivity, writes Daniela Scur. ... Read more...
09 September 2019
Opinion: We asked 20,000 people their preferences on shifting employment patterns This piece was written by Nikhil Datta, Giulia Giupponi and Stephen Machin at LSE’s Centre for Economic Perf... Read more...
18 October 2018
Paying gig economy workers a premium level of the national minimum wage would risk confusing an already “too complicated” system by “over-egging the pudding”, MPs were told today. ... Read more...
25 October 2017
09:49 AM BST Work and Pensions and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee question Director of Labour Market Enforcement The following link will allow you to view a copy of the updated inform... Read more...
24 October 2017
Getting the balance right A recent report by the LSE Growth Commission also warned that a world where everyone is their own boss could lead to less training, with consequences for UK living standards. ... Read more...
05 March 2017
Snippet: ...Mention of LSE research on productivity in UK compared to productivity in France and Germany ... that LSE researchers suggest that by Thursday lunchtime the other countries have produced... Read more...
23 January 2017
Dennis Novy was interviewed live on LBC radio with Nick Ferrari on 24 August 2016. The topic was Brexit and whether we should have a second referendum. The background was Owen Smith's announcement of having a second refe... Read more...
24 August 2016
It is generally agreed that firms can improve their employees' wellbeing through improvements in job quality - but is it in their economic interests to do so? This column reports research showing that satisfied employee... Read more...
17 November 2014