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Non-technical overviews of the big ideas that have underpinned CEP work since its launch in 1990.
Steve Gibbons describes the development of CEP research showing how much house prices are boosted by the quality of local schools.
Richard Layard outlines the development of CEP research on what makes people happy and how society might best be organised to promote happiness.
Steve Gibbons describes the development of CEP research showing how much house prices are boosted by the quality of local schools...Read more...
Stephen Gibbons
20 September 2012
Richard Layard outlines the development of CEP research on what makes people happy and how society might best be organised to promote happiness....Read more...
Richard Layard
16 February 2012
In the last CentrePiece, John Van Reenen stressed the importance of competition and labour market flexibility for productivity growth. His latest in CEP's 'big ideas' series describes the impact of research on how policy...Read more...
John Van Reenen
26 October 2011
John Van Reenen sketches the evolution of CEP research on the drivers of productivity growth - and its impact on policies to foster competition....Read more...
June 2011
Henry Overman sketches the evolution of CEP research on why prosperity is so unevenly distributed across cities, regions and nations...Read more...
Henry G. Overman
March 2011
Alan Manning describes CEP's role in providing the intellectual context for the policy, advising on its implementation and evaluating its impact....Read more...
Alan Manning
October 2009
Sandra McNally surveys CEP evaluations of a wide range of school policies in the UK....Read more...
Sandra McNally
June 2009
Jo Blanden traces the evolution of CEP research on social mobility and its interaction with policy debate....Read more...
Jo Blanden
March 2009
Stephen Machin surveys CEP's pathbreaking research findings on wage inequality....Read more...
Stephen Machin
October 2008
To illustrate CEP's impact on public policy and debate, John Van Reenen introduces and presents the first in a series of 'big ideas', surveying the significant research findings that have emerged from the Centre over the...Read more...
May 2008
