UK Economy
What institutions are needed to sustain UK economic growth?
The CEP has produced a number of in-depth reports addressing questions specific to the UK economy. These include the findings from two Growth Commissions (2013 and 2017) which considered why there is a wide variation in productivity across firms within the same industry, why UK productivity lags behind comparator countries and why productivity growth has slowed. The 2017 Growth Commission also addressed new questions arising from Brexit.
The Industrial Strategy series of papers brings together CEP research to inform the UK Industrial Strategy.
The CEP has also published an Atlas of Industry in Britain, setting out maps and charts on firms' locations, together with geographic measures of employment, productivity and innovation. This revealed facts about the pattern of UK economy, which challenged the prevailing wisdom.
Featured Work
UK Economy Publications
Josh De Lyon and Joao Paulo Pessoa
11 January 2021
Ralf Martin, Sam Unsworth, Anna Valero and Dennis Verhoeven
18 December 2020
Nick Robins, James Rydge, Nicholas Stern, Sam Unsworth, Anna Valero and Dimitri Zenghelis
2 July 2020
Elias Einiö and Henry Overman
1 July 2020
James Cloyne, Kilian Huber, Ethan Ilzetzki and Henrik Kleven
1 June 2019
James Rydge, Ralf Martin and Anna Valero
3 December 2018
Rui Costa, Nikhil Datta, Stephen Machin and Sandra McNally
13 March 2018
Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano, Giovanni Peri and Greg C. Wright
6 March 2018
Sandra Bernick, Richard Davies and Anna Valero
1 November 2017
Sandra Bernick, Richard Davies and Anna Valero
22 September 2017
Swati Dhingra, Stephen Machin and Henry G. Overman
26 July 2017
Richard Davies and Anna Valero
3 July 2017
Rui Costa and Stephen Machin
19 May 2017
Philippe Aghion, Terra Allas, Timothy Besley, John Browne, Francesco Caselli, Richard Davies, Richard Lambert, Rachel Lomax, Stephen Machin, G.I.P. Ottaviano, Christopher Pissarides, Isabelle Roland, Xavier Rolet, N Stern and Anna Valero
2 February 2017
Monica Langella and Alan Manning
4 October 2016
Barbara Petrongolo
4 October 2016
Holger Breinlich, Swati Dhingra, Saul Estrin, Hanwei Huang, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson, John Van Reenen and Jonathan Wadsworth
21 June 2016
Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, John Van Reenen and Jonathan Wadsworth
9 June 2016
Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson and John Van Reenen
9 June 2016
Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson and John Van Reenen
9 June 2016
Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, John Van Reenen and Jonathan Wadsworth
11 May 2016
Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson and John Van Reenen
21 April 2016
Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson and John Van Reenen
22 May 2014
Philippe Aghion, Timothy Besley, John Browne, Francesco Caselli, Richard Lambert, Rachel Lomax, Christopher Pissarides, Nick Stern and John Van Reenen
31 January 2013
Richard Blundell, Monica Costa Dias, Costas Meghir and John Van Reenen
1 June 2004