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Paul Cheshire and Christian Hilber comment on proposed changes to the planning system in Britain, arguing the government has shied away from the reform that is needed. ... Read more...
04 March 2025
Swati Dhingra has been appointed to the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) by chancellor Rishi Sunak. The MPC is responsible for deciding what monetary policy action the Bank of England will take to... Read more...
12 May 2022
To speculate usefully about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Britain’s housing markets one needs a clear analytical understanding of how our housing markets work and what forces cause them to chan... Read more...
17 April 2020
A new data set helps address the lack of innovation data able to capture firms' internal mechanisms and behaviours, write Max Nathan and Anna Cecilia Rosso. What Works Well Centre for Economic Growth... Read more...
02 October 2019
Researchers warned that pollution exposure before "high stakes" tests such as A levels risked serious consequences, as one poor day could cost pupils a university place. Sefi Roth, of the London School of Economics, who ... Read more...
30 September 2019
Home Affairs editor A THOUSAND "commuter villages" with 2.1million new homes should be built on the green belt near railway stations to help solve the housing crisis, a leading government adviser and academic has propose... Read more...
22 September 2019
Supporters of the ban cite research undertaken by the London School of Economics which shows that limited phone use in schools directly correlates to exam success, partly because of an increase in concentration. The same... Read more...
30 August 2019
By Felipe Carozzi In a recent paper we study how air pollution - as measured by fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration - is shaped by cities' population density in the United States. In particular, we want to fin... Read more...
29 August 2019
Despite shorter commutes and better access to commercial and recreational activities, dense cities create environmental pollution, write Sefi Roth and Felipe Carozzi. ... Read more...
23 August 2019
City centres aren't dying as a response to big-box openings; they are only changing their commercial structure, writes Maria Sanchez-Vidal. ... Read more...
21 August 2019
What is the mechanism of the impact of the size of a native city on an individual's adult income? A general "level solidification" is obviously not fully explained. Therefore, the two authors of the above study, French e... Read more...
20 August 2019
That's the question at the heart of a new study published in the Journal of Urban Economics. In the study, economists Cleement Bosquet of the University of Cergy-Pontoise in France and Henry G. Overman of the London Scho... Read more...
30 July 2019
Snippet: ...home buyers. It was supposed to increase home-ownership rates among the young. Economists dispute whether it actually has. But according to a forthcoming paper from Felipe Carozzi, Christian Hilber and Xiaolu... Read more...
07 March 2019
Carmen Villa comments on the economics of crime in relation to police numbers and knife crime Outlet: BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio 5 Live and over 15 other local BBC Radio Stations Crime Research... Read more...
Carmen Villa comments on the economics of crime in relation to police numbers and knife crime. ... Read more...
06 March 2019
But Prof Will Jennings, a political scientist at the University of Southampton, and Prof Tom Kirchmaier, who lectures on crime and policing at the LSE, both tell me that the increase in knife crime is probably real. What... Read more...
But Christian Hilber, a professor of economic geography at the London School of Economics, says even if those empty apartments were occupied, they wouldn't help mitigate the affordable housing crisis.... Read more...
05 March 2019
Economists believe "firms are more productive if they're in larger cities" says Henry Overman, a Professor of Economic Geography at the LSE. What Works Well Centre for Economic Growth ... Read more...
04 March 2019
Most countries pursue policies that implicitly or explicitly aim at promoting 'compact urban form', but so far these policies have not been well-grounded in evidence. This column summarises the state of knowledge on the ... Read more...
22 February 2019
Such things occur outside idle thought experiments. Guy Michaels of the London School of Economics and Ferdinand Rauch, of the University of Oxford studied ... [paywall] ... Read more...
17 February 2019
Guy Michaels, of the London School of Economics, and Ferdinand Rauch, of the University of Oxford, studied the fortunes of Roman-era towns in Britain and ... [paywall] ... Read more...
14 February 2019
Parents seeking a school cellphone ban for grades five through eight also spoke in Open Forum. “I’m here representing 612 families … asking for reforms to the district’s middle school ... Read more...
30 May 2018
Scholars from the London School of Economics and Political Science found cellphone bans in classrooms had a neutral effect on high achievers, but had a positive impact on low-achieving students. ... Read more...
26 April 2018
Smartphone disruption is an issue in schools too. A study by the University of Texas has suggested that just having a smartphone within eyeshot can reduce productivity, slow down response speed and reduce grad... Read more...
17 April 2018
A 2017 University of Texas study found that simply having a smartphone within one’s view can reduce productivity, response speeds and grades. The results of another study , by the London School of Econom... Read more...
05 March 2018
Researchers at University of Texas last year claimed that smartphones could negatively affect attention span by just being in someone’s line of sight. Another study, conducted by the London School of Eco... Read more...
28 February 2018
MOBILE phones in schools should be banned because they pose a much graver risk to children's education than previously considered, the author of a flagship report on their use says. Increasing phone ... Read more...
18 February 2018
Other studies have come to similar conclusions. In 2015 researchers at the London School of Economics studied results at 91 secondary schools in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leicester that banned mobile ... Read more...
10 February 2018
With technology such as mobile phones in some classrooms increasing distractions, the ability to improve self-control and delayed gratification has become a particularly important skill. Perhaps it’s not... Read more...
08 February 2018
Snippet: ... to answer Facebook calls, to answer Facebook messages.' She added that the gadgets are having a negative impact on the children's ability to concentrate in class, a key finding of recent r... Read more...
29 January 2018
A recent British study by the Centre for Economic Performance compared student results across schools based on cellphone-use policies and concluded, "Schools that restrict access to mobile phone... Read more...
17 January 2018
Students scored almost seven percent higher following strict phone bans at school, according to a 2015 study published by the Center for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. ... Read more...
15 January 2018
Snippet: ... there has been a study by the London School of Economics which found where mobiles were banned test scores improved. Richard Murphy, one of the authors, is interviewed o... ... Read more...
11 January 2018
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A study published in 2015 by the Center for Economic Performance of the London School of Economics found that after a telephone ban, students had nearly 7 percent higher test scores. ... Read more...
21 December 2017
A recent study by the London School of Economics found that banning mobiles can improve academic results ... Read more...
16 December 2017
According to research carried out by the London School of Economics, students of schools where cell use is forbidden achieve better results by more than 6.4 percent. in relation to those studying in institutio... Read more...
15 December 2017
The debate about access to mobile phones in schools is ongoing in the UK, where more than 90% of teenagers have mobiles. A recent study by the London School of Economics found that in schools where mobiles wer... Read more...
According to a London School of Economics study of 2015, schools that have banned mobile phones in class have reported improved performance for their students. ... Read more...
14 December 2017
However, research is on the French side, and in line with a study conducted in 2015 and published by the London School of Economics, school students who began to prohibit the use and even the presence of mobil... Read more...
The French education minister said it is a matter of "public health," and believes that "children should not be too often, or even at all, in front of a screen before the age of 7." A 2015 ... Read more...
According to researchers from the London School of Economics, who carried out research in schools in Birmingham, London, Leicester and Manchester, where the ban was imposed on the use of cells, teens had bette... Read more...
According to a study by the London School of Economics, even a performance improvement of 6.4 percent was identified. A potential problem could be emergency situations where parents need to reach their childre... Read more...
Research is on Bloomberg—and the French government’s—side. According to a 2015 working paper (pdf) published by the London School of Economics, schools that banned mobile phones saw test scor... Read more...
A study by the London School of Economics found that the test results of 16-year-old students after a complete ban on mobile phones in the school by 6.4 percent better than before. In France, one wil... Read more...
13 December 2017
Educators do not see it that black. Thus, the teacher and author Arne Ulbricht already spoke in 2015 to the "mirror" for a smartphone ban in schools: "Otherwise, we breed a generation that panic... Read more...
Teachers and parents have expressed skepticism at the new plan, as already existing classroom phone bans are commonly broken. However, the government is basing their plan on research conducted by the London Sc... Read more...
However, according to a London School of Economics study on mobile phone issues, after the ban on mobile use, test scores improved by 6.4%. The impact on bad students was even more important, with their own sc... Read more...
The French education minister said it is as a matter of "public health" and believes that "children should not be too often, or even at all, in front of a screen before the age of seven." A... Read more...
There's evidence that forcing students to put their phones away during school can help reverse some of the negative side effects. A 2015 study by the Centre for Economic Performance at the L... Read more...
12 December 2017
While Vincent does have a point, I think Blanquer deserves praise for his decision. There is no reason for children and young teens to be handling mobile phones at any point throughout the school day. They'... Read more...
Snippet: ...ist, but if for the sake of argument Leonardo had imagined them as aides to scholastic culture and attainment he would have been laughed out of the Renaissance. Now that they do exist, the evidence... Read more...
On Sunday, France’s education minister announced that mobile phones will be banned from primary, junior, and middle schools, calling it a matter of “public health.” Research is on Bloom... Read more...
11 December 2017
A growing body of evidence supports Mr Phillips’s stance. Schools where phones are banned saw scores improve 6.4 per cent for 16-year-olds and by 12.2 per cent for lower achieving students, according to ... Read more...
02 November 2017
Study in 2015 published by the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. showed that across multiple schools, when mobile phones were banned, tests scores went up an average of 6.4% in... Read more...
31 October 2017
An LSE study two years ago found that schools that banned phones did 6.4 per cent better in exams. ... Read more...
21 October 2017
While talk of a sudden exodus might be overblown, there is a danger that jobs in the sector could gradually slip away from the capital. Barclays’ Peter Gordon says that, over the next decade, ‘we m... Read more...
19 October 2017
For instance, as reported by the Guardian, a 2015 study called “Ill Communication: Technology, Distraction & Student Performance” found that, after schools banned mobile phones, the test scores... Read more...
02 October 2017
Another study, published by a journal of the London School of Economics and Political Science, found that student test scores rose in four schools that banned cell phones, with most of the rise occurring among... Read more...
Whether students are better off under more lax phone rules is yet to be determined, according to some school officials who said their policies are still too new to properly evaluate. But some recent studies ha... Read more...
01 October 2017
Effects would seem to be beneficial: a report from the Center for Economic Performance of the London School of Economics, published in 2015, estimated 6.4% improvements following bans, a week more than "r... Read more...
14 September 2017
According to research by economists Louis-Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy published in 2015 on the British Center for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics in four English cities, combining... Read more...
13 September 2017
Great Yarmouth High isn’t the only school in the county stepping up its strictness in attempt to improve its reputation. Tim Gibbs, headteacher of Reepham High, hopes the school’s new ban on mobile... Read more...
11 September 2017
A paper published by the London School of Economics in 2015 found banning mobile phones in schools resulted in a 6.41 per cent improvement overall in the school's' performance. ... Read more...
10 September 2017
Snippet: .Is using a smart phone at school really that bad? Schools with an embargo on mobiles saw the test scores of 16-year-olds improve by 6.4 per cent on average, while the results of lower-achieving stude... Read more...
09 September 2017
Snippet…Does economic activity relocate away from areas that are at high risk of recurring shocks? We examine this question in the context of floods, which are among the costliest and most common natura... Read more...
01 September 2017
There's some evidence that banning phones correlates with better academic outcomes: A 2015 study released by the Center for Economic Performance at the London School for Economics and Public Policy found t... Read more...
31 August 2017
Snippet...”Mostly, the economists gathered here expressed hope that people would embrace the broader benefits of trade rather than focusing on the narrow costs. “All I can hope is that we are ha... Read more...
25 August 2017
The Conservatives have called for a national ban following a 2015 study by the London School of Economics which found that schools which banned mobile phones saw an increase in test scores – with improve... Read more...
Academics at the London School of Economics found schools which restrict access to mobile phones “subsequently experience an improvement in test scores”. They also found banning phones “impro... Read more...
24 August 2017
But the Scottish Government seem intent on leaving the question of mobile phones in the classrooms up to head teachers. A spokesman said: “Head teachers can already ban phones in school if they wish to, ... Read more...
Mention of LSE study that found banning mobile phones from classrooms improved test scores. Click to open ... Read more...
16 August 2017
Mobile phones should be banned from primary schools, according to the Scottish Conservatives. Scottish Conservative MSP Michelle Ballantyne urged the government to overhaul this guidance, calling for an out... Read more...
Snippet: ...Scottish MSP Michelle Ballantyne highlighted research by academics at the London School of Economics into the impact of banning mobile phones in schools. The authors concluded schools that restrict... Read more...
Headteachers should have the power to ban mobile phones in schools, a Tory MSP has said. South Scotland MSP Michelle Ballantyne has urged the Scottish Government to overhaul its 2013 guidance on the use of mob... Read more...
15 August 2017
A new study forthcoming in the journal Economic Policy, based on a trove of data from 33 OECD countries over a 12-year period (2002-2014), finds that prices paid by consumers are higher in more concentrated ma... Read more...
08 August 2017
A lot of my time at work is given over to worrying fitfully about two things. One is cities policy. The other is Brexit. What could be more thrilling, then, than a report which combines those two topics into a ... Read more...
07 August 2017
Britain’s most successful cities with large high-skilled service sectors will be hit hardest by the expected downturn in trade after the UK leaves the EU. Sadly, that means bad news for Aberdeen. A repor... Read more...
04 August 2017
BREXIT will damage the economic performance of Taunton Deane, according to new report. The Centre for Economic Performance believes the economy in the district will take a 1.2 per cent hit under a sort Br... Read more...
03 August 2017
Snippet: ... Reading has come out third on a list of 10 towns in the UK most likely to be hit hardest by Brexit report of the London School of Economics says Dorsey a fall i... Related publications &lsqu... Read more...
02 August 2017
…Centre for Cities and the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London… Related publications ‘Brexit, Trade and the Economic Impacts on UK Cities’, Naomi Clayton and Hen... Read more...
29 July 2017
Article by Henry Overman: The LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance (working with the Centre for Cities think tank) has carried out a study shedding light upon the local economic impact of Brexit. Henry ... Read more...
28 July 2017
27 July 2017
Snippet: “In Europe, you have 28 different banking systems, which were created nationally under different mandates,” said Tom Kirchmaier, deputy director of corporate governance at the London Sc... Read more...
25 July 2017
Newspaper headlines this week have been shouting about a crash in the housing market. Massive collapse! Property prices could plunge! We hear from the man quoted in many of those stories, Professor Paul Cheshi... Read more...
08 July 2017
A study of professors Luis Garicano and Vicente Cuñat, of the London School of Economics, established in 2009, a relationship between a higher degree of politicization, less experience and a lower acade... Read more...
26 June 2017
There are other consequences of using mobile phones as well. A research published by London School of Economics argues that banning pupils from carrying mobile phones in schools showed a sustained improvement ... Read more...
25 June 2017
A brake to the concentration. Still, according to a study of 2015 to the United Kingdom by the London School of Economics, the use of the current mobile phone impair concentration. The study, which looked at t... Read more...
03 March 2017
Research by the London School of Economics in 2015 calculated that at maturity, in schools where the mobile phone is banned, the boys get ratings of 6.4% higher. Related Publications In brief ... Phone h... Read more...
According to a study published in the journal of the London School of Economics in may 2015, the ban on mobiles in schools would be beneficial for the academic performance of students. Researchers have shown t... Read more...
02 March 2017
“Each business lobby is motivated -- the worse you can make it sound at this point, the more likely your sector will get special treatment,” said Thomas Sampson, assistant professor of economics at... Read more...
01 March 2017
Thomas Sampson, Professor at the London School of Economics, warns that in addition to tariffs, British producers may suffer the impact of foreign barriers. "They would have to reorganize all of their sup... Read more...
26 January 2017
Thomas Sampson, a professor at the London School of Economics, said British carmakers could suffer further disruption beyond tariffs. "Inside the customs union cross-border supply networks can flourish, b... Read more...
Last week Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed Brexit would see Britain leave the European single market, creating a stumbling block for the car industry which relies on trading vehicles and loose parts withou... Read more...
Thomas Sampson, a professor at the London School of Economics, said British car makers could suffer further disruption beyond tariffs. “Inside the customs union cross-border supply networks can flourish,... Read more...
However another study from the London School of Economics suggests a ban on phones has the effect of an extra week of classes over a pupil’s school year. Also in: Retford Today Should ... Read more...
21 January 2017
A recent study found a ban on phones generally helps classroom performance research by the London school of economics found that after schools outlawed mobiles test scores of pupils aged 16 impr... Read more...
19 January 2017
A 2015 London School of Economics study that looked at over 140,000 students across a decade found that when phones were removed from the classroom, test scores went up 6 percent. For students with special nee... Read more...
18 December 2016
More than 90 per cent of teenagers have mobile phones, but a study by the London School of Economics claimed schools where they were banned saw test scores rise by an average of 6 per cent. ... Read more...
30 November 2016
Impact on academia While technology has disrupted the educational system across the world, and with tablets and laptops replacing physical text books and the entire teaching and learning experience, smartphones remain... Read more...
09 October 2016
Last year, a study by the London School of Economics claimed schools where mobile phones were banned saw test scores rise by an average of 6%. Perhaps a study should look at the gains such a move could make when it comes... Read more...
25 September 2016
Research findings A new study on students' test performance and smartphones found kids who attend schools with smartphone bans did better on tests - even more so if they were struggling academically before the ban was ... Read more...
13 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
There's been no shortage of hype about the relationship between cities and data, especially so-called big data. For large numbers of tech companies, cities, and even a growing number of urbanists, data promises to solve ... Read more...
18 May 2016
Research for the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE examines the impact of mobile phone bans on pupils' academic achievement in subsequent years. The researchers, Louis Philippe Beland at Louisiana State Universi... Read more...
Brexit uncertainty ''would tend to push up risk premia'', as InFacts has already pointed out. Funding costs for banks could go up, as would borrowing costs for homeowners and consumers. The UK's current account deficit i... Read more...
12 May 2016
Research published last year by the London School of Economics found that banning mobile phones affected school pupils according to their ability. ''Banning mobile phones improves outcomes for the low-achieving students ... Read more...
11 May 2016
Although empirical evidence about the effects of phone access on learning seems to be scarce, the findings of a recent study on student phone access and the achievement gap by Louis-Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy for... Read more...
27 April 2016
From middle schools to colleges, cellphones' adverse effects on student achievement may outweigh their potential as a learning tool. The findings of a recent study on student phone access and the achievement gap by Loui... Read more...
An assessment of more than 270,000 children by LSE's Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) discovered that those who were learning phonetically had developed far better by age seven than those using traditional methods. ... Read more...
25 April 2016
There's no doubt that smartphones have remarkable capabilities which, in theory, could promote student learning. But the truth is that kids - in spite of the best efforts of parents and teachers - use their phones prima... Read more...
12 April 2016
Article by Guy Michaels Over the last 30 years, floods have killed more than 500,000 people globally, and displaced about 650m more. In a recent paper published by the Centre for Economic Performance, we examined why so... Read more...
17 March 2016
Last year a London School of Economics study found that banning phones from school boosts exam results and benefits low-achieving and low-income pupils the most. This article was published by The Times on March 16, 201... Read more...
16 March 2016
Technology certainly has its place in the classroom, but not when as a smartphone. According to a new study from the London School of Economics, banning smartphones was linked to improved test scores among students in th... Read more...
10 March 2016
Article by Guy Michaels Over the last 30 years, floods have killed more than 500,000 people globally, and displaced about 650 million more. In a recent paper published by the Centre for Economic Performance, we examined... Read more...
09 March 2016
London School of Economics and Political Science recently produced a report that found that grades improved in schools that banned mobile phones. This effect was most pronounced for struggling students; however, trying t... Read more...
08 March 2016
The growing use of mobile phones in Africa leads to more political protests during recessions and periods of national crisis, according to research by Professor Marco Manacorda and Dr Andrea Tesei to be presented at the ... Read more...
01 March 2016
Analysis by the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics has also dismissed the Leave campaign analysis that the UK economy would be unaffected. It considered an ''optimistic scenario'' with sma... Read more...
25 February 2016
[David] Blanchflower and [Stephen] Machin argue labour market must tighten further before pay growth picks up, something Bank of England consistently fails to acknowledge. This article was published by The Guardian on F... Read more...
02 February 2016
Vehicle production "Made in Britain" has reached peaks in 2016, but the uncertainties on the future of the industry with the release of the European Union and the common market. Thomas Sampson, Profe... Read more...
26 January 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...
21 January 2016
Article by Adriana Kocornik-Mina, Thomas McDermott, Guy Michaels and Ferdinand Rauch During the past couple of months alone, floods have displaced 100,000 people or more in Kenya, in Paraguay and Uruguay, and in India, ... Read more...
The World Bank Group launched the Competitive Cities report [1] on December 10 - ''Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth: What, Who and How,'' which represents almost two years of research and analysis to put together a... Read more...
18 December 2015
A survey conducted by two researchers from the London School of Economics on a hundred high schools revealed that in schools where it is permissible for mobile students lose the equivalent of a week of school because of ... Read more...
16 December 2015
...phones see clear improvement in test scores according to a study by the London School of Economics quote we found the impact of banning... This news item was broadcast by KABC-AM on December 13, 2015 Link to program... Read more...
13 December 2015
The primary focus of this incident is on police brutality and the disproportionate levels of school discipline that put young Black girls across America at risk every day. But those who explain the incident away, such as... Read more...
29 October 2015
Professor Alan Manning of the London School of Economics has studied unemployment in former industrial areas and says every city needs the equivalent of an export sector - something to bring money from outside the area,... Read more...
04 October 2015
Ever since Thatcher's Teesside stroll, breathing life into blighted areas has met with mixed success. Understanding what might work is a step in the right direction. Professor Alan Manning of the London School of Econ... Read more...
03 October 2015
Debate on banning mobile phones from classrooms mentions LSE [CEP] research. The news item was broadcast by BBC Radio Suffolk on September 30, 2015 Link to broadcast here See also BBC Radio Shropshire News Discussi... Read more...
30 September 2015
Richard Murphy interviewed about research into effect in schools of banning mobile phones. The interview was broadcast by BBC Essex Radio on September 29, 2015 Link to interview here Related publications In brief... ... Read more...
29 September 2015
In May, the London School of Economics found that banning mobile phones from classrooms could benefit students' learning by as much as an additional week's worth of schooling over an academic year. The report found that ... Read more...
27 September 2015
The new Cottenham principal said research by the London School of Economics found that on average schools that have a ''hard ban'' on mobile phones see a 6 per cent increase in their results. This article was published ... Read more...
17 September 2015
An increase in market concentration in the mobile communications industry generates a true economic trade-off. This is the important finding of a new, original report. The CERRE report is co-authored by Tommaso Valletti... Read more...
15 September 2015
Behaviour expert Tom Bennett is to look into the impact of devices used by pupils under an expansion of his investigation into how to train teachers to tackle poor behaviour, Schools Minister Nick Gibb said. It follows ... Read more...
13 September 2015
...Produktivitat und dadurch zu mehr Wachstum'', sagt etwa Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Associate Professor an der London School of Economics (LSE). ''Urbanisation leads to higher productivity and therefore to more growth,'' says ... Read more...
04 September 2015
...the role of smart phones in the classroom its after research from the London school of economics suggested exam results improve in schools... This broadcast was made by BBC Radio Glouchestershire on September 3, 2015... Read more...
03 September 2015
Mention of research from London school of economics about mobile phones in the classroom. The research was mentioned on LBC Radio's James O'Brien show on September 2, 2015 Link to the broadcast here Related Publicat... Read more...
02 September 2015
A recent study by the Centre for economic performance at the London School of Economics is quite the supporters of cell phone bans. The authors Louis-Philippe BELAND and Richard Murphy had compared student performance be... Read more...
01 September 2015
Mention of research on mobile phones in the classroom. Broadcast on BBC Radio Newcastle on September 1, 2015 [No link available] Related publications In brief ... Phone home: should mobiles be banned in schools?, Lou... Read more...
A recent large-scale study found that banning mobile phones improved exam results by 2%, even when gender and class had been accounted for. At first glance it seems an insignificant rise but the impact is equivalent to o... Read more...
It's a powerful and timely point. Rent extraction and rising inequality are two sides of the same coin. Research by Brian Bell and John Van Reenen last year suggested that up to two-thirds of the increase in the overall ... Read more...
24 August 2015
[Gabriel] Ahlfeldt, an Associate Professor of Urban Economics and Land Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science, says as long as outward growth is prevented by policies such as the 'green belt'... Read more...
10 August 2015
Telecoms regulators can now be confident that their market interventions to reduce mobile operators' prices for connecting calls - so-called termination charges - will benefit consumers. That is the central conclusion ... Read more...
01 August 2015
Texas-universitetet om studien som er publisert av Centre for Economic Performance ved London School of Economics and Political Science. - Mobiltelefoner kan være forstyrrende, legger han til ... Mobile prohibition gav... Read more...
24 June 2015
In fact, according to academics at the London School of Economics, the effect of banning mobile phones from school premises adds up to the equivalent of an extra week's schooling across the academic year. This artic... Read more...
10 June 2015
That a ban on mobile phone use by pupils in schools may be quite useful, has now been proven by Louis-Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy on behalf of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics.... Read more...
04 June 2015
Last month, a study from the London School of Economics for the first time provided hard evidence that banning phones in school boosts student achievement. ''Mobile phones now are a ubiquitous part of a teenager's life''... Read more...
01 June 2015
BANNING mobile phones in the classroom can boost test scores by more than 6 per cent, according to a new study. Researchers at the London School of Economics looked at secondary schools in four English cities, including... Read more...
26 May 2015
About 85 per cent of Canadian high school students have a mobile phone, but two economics researchers have concluded cellphones are distracting in class. Their research paper concludes high school students score higher m... Read more...
25 May 2015
The London School of Economics showed that test scores of 16-year-old students were 6.4 percent higher after schools banned students from using mobile phones. This article was published by the Guardian - Teacher Netwo... Read more...
20 May 2015
The Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics has released research that suggests the banning of mobile phones at school could lead to better academic results. The research paper, titled Ill Comm... Read more...
It may seem like common sense that keeping smartphones away from kids would improve their performance at school. Now a study by the London School of Economics has the data to back it up. ... ''By surveying schools in fou... Read more...
The study by the London School of Economics found a link between banning smartphones in schools and increased test scores. This article was published online by WFXG FOX 54 on May 19, 2015 Link to article here A... Read more...
19 May 2015
Schools that have banned students from carrying smartphones have seen an improvement in the children's test stores, reported CNN Money on a new study from the London School of Economics. This article was published onl... Read more...
Article by Richard Murphy and Louis-Philippe Beland How does the presence of mobile phones in schools impact student achievement? This is an ongoing debate in many countries today. Some advocate for a complete ban, whil... Read more...
12 May 2015
Switzerland's central bank piled fresh pressure on the euro last week when it removed its peg with the franc - a move thought to have been triggered by the prospect of QE by the ECB. Sir Christopher Pissarides, the Cypri... Read more...
20 January 2015
Last week, Luis Garicano, a professor at the London School of Economics, and Lucrezia Reichlin, a former head of research at the European Central Bank and now a professor at the London Business School, published a propos... Read more...
17 November 2014
Article by Luis Garicano with Lucrezia Reichlin The ECB seems to be edging towards QE, but faces a quandary on what to buy. This proposal suggests that the ECB buy 'Safe Market Bonds'. These would be synthetic bonds for... Read more...
15 November 2014
In a letter to the Editor, Professor John Van Reenen, director of the Centre for Economic Performance says traders have been given free rein by banks - that there has been a a failure of banking regulation and governanc... Read more...
13 November 2014
In translation: The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) along with the Imperial College Business School have conducted a curious study that analyzed the evolution of the price of more than one millio... Read more...
05 August 2014
Home owners in London are willing to pay up to 8 percent above the market price for properties in areas offering very fast internet speeds, according to new research from the London School of Economics (LSE) and Imperial... Read more...
Londoners show a greater willingness than the rest of the country to pay for broadband, reflecting very high usage in the capital city for both work and personal reasons. ''Speed matters,'' says Gabriel Ahlfeldt, associa... Read more...
Londoners show a greater willingness than the rest of the country to pay for broadband, reflecting very high usage in the capital city for both work and personal reasons. ''Speed matters,'' says Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Associa... Read more...
31 July 2014
Professor John Van Reenen, Department of Economics and Centre for Economic Performance, has been awarded the European Investment Bank Institute's 2014 'Outstanding Contribution Award'. The accolade, jointly awarded to Pr... Read more...
28 July 2014
An assumption underpinning China's investment policy is that connecting the hinterland to transport should support its development. But the construction of an early phase of China's national trunk highway system - 35,000... Read more...
19 July 2014
Urban Economics and Urban Policy A new book by Paul Cheshire, Max Nathan and Henry Overman Endorsements: 'A tour de force' Michael Storper, LSE 'Bold, exciting and eminently readable' Ed Glaeser, Harvard ... Read more...
01 July 2014