In the Summer 2004 edition of CentrePiece:

In this edition:

Working better

John Van Reenen finds that British labour productivity still suffers from low investment in capital, basic skills and innovation. Read more...

Computer assisted exam results

John Schmitt and Jonathan Wadsworth look at 10 years' data on GCSE and A level results and conclude that access to a PC at home has a significant impact on outcomes. Read more...

Ideas are not like other assets

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) are supposed to be a system to reward creative thinkers. But Danny Quah finds that all too often they fail both in theory and in practice. Here he explores other possibilities, particu... Read more...

Women looking for work

Female unemployment rates differ widely from county to country. Ghazala Azmat, Maia Guell and Alan Manning look for the reasons that might explain this particular gender gap. Read more...

Understanding institutions

Daron Acemoglu delivered the 2004 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures at the LSE in February. His theme was that understanding the differences in the formal and informal rules governing economic and political interactions w... Read more...