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How about the notion that smarts determine life success? That idea too has come under assault from recent research. A recent paper by economists Alex Bell, Raj Chetty, Xavier Jaravel, Neviana Petkova, and John... Read more...
16 December 2017
The study, undertaken by Chetty along with Alex Ball of Harvard, Xavier Jaravel of the London School of Economics, Neviana Petkova of the US Treasury, and John Van Reenen of MIT, is unique due to its ability ... Read more...
04 December 2017
Article by Christian Helmers and Henry Overman Big scientific research facilities like the UK’s Diamond Light Source, a third generation synchrotron (circular particle accelerator), benefit scien... Read more...
07 November 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
R&D tax relief encourages investment in research and development across the economy, according to a recently published study by the London School of Economics (LSE). Researchers from the LSE’s Centre... Read more...
02 October 2017
A conversation with MIT’s John Van Reenen When we talk about innovators, we normally talk about how someone becomes one—not when. We talk about the success or failure of their experiments, produ... Read more...
16 December 2016
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
There could be a spike in UK migration ahead of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union and the possible end to free movement rights, MPs have warned. Dr Swati Dhingra, from the London School of Economics, told B... Read more...
27 July 2016
As the EU referendum draws closer, our expert panel answers a question from one of our readers about the potential effect on small businesses' intellectual property. What would Brexit mean for my business's intellectual... Read more...
18 May 2016
... Do we need a different way to spur innovation and disseminate new technologies quickly around the world? Are patents, which reward inventors by providing them with a government-guaranteed monopoly over their inventio... Read more...
12 April 2016
Article by Iain M. Cockburn, Jean O. Lanjouw and Mark Schankerman Patented pharmaceuticals diffuse across international borders slowly, and sometimes not at all. This column analyses the effect of patent protection and ... Read more...
26 November 2014
22 November 2014
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
Indem sie ihren Kindern finanziell unter die Arme greifen, haben die Eltern auch unabsichtlich den offentlichen Druck entscharft, die Beschäftigungs-und Renten so zu andern, dass ihre Kinder einen leichteren Start ins B... Read more...
18 August 2014
The process of invention has long been a cumulative one, in which incremental advances are made on previous innovations. Cites CEP Discussion Paper No1205 (updated June 2014) by Alberto Galasso and Mark Schankerman on... Read more...
25 July 2014
A new study adds some empirical firepower to the idea that poor patent laws are crushing innovation in the technology industry. Researchers from the London School of Economics studied citations from patents that were inv... Read more...
12 July 2014