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Industrial Strategy papers

CEP industrial strategy paper
Has the Financial Crisis Undermined Credit Reallocation in the United Kingdom?

The global financial crisis and its aftermath heightened awareness of the role of credit frictions in affecting aggregate economic performance. An important question is whether capital is being allocated to its most prod...Read more...

Daniel Mead and Isabelle Roland

6 February 2020

CEP industrial strategy paper
Sustainable growth in the UK: seizing opportunities from technological change and the transition to a low-carbon economy

An overarching strategy for sustainable growth is required to address the dual challenges of restoring productivity growth and managing a transition to a low-carbon economy – priorities in both the UK and other G20 count...Read more...

James Rydge, Ralf Martin and Anna Valero

3 December 2018

CEP industrial strategy paper
Universities and industrial strategy in the UK: review of evidence and implications for policy

As producers of human capital, innovation and as large institutions in their own right, UK universities can make important contributions across the five foundations that underpin the government's Industrial Strategy: peo...Read more...

Ghazala Azmat, Richard Murphy, Anna Valero and Gill Wyness

4 October 2018

CEP industrial strategy paper
Unlocking SME productivity: review of recent evidence and implications for the UK’s industrial strategy

Improving productivity is one of the main goals of the government's Industrial Strategy. Since the UK is a nation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the question arises whether SMEs have a role to play in indu...Read more...

Isabelle Roland

2 October 2018

CEP industrial strategy paper
Local Economic Effects of Brexit: Factsheet

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Nikhil Datta and Swati Dhingra

1 October 2018

CEP industrial strategy paper
Do Apprenticeships Pay? Evidence for England

The importance of apprenticeships for early labour market transitions varies across countries and over time. In recent times, there has been a policy drive to increase the number of people undertaking apprenticeships in ...Read more...

Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura

7 September 2018

CEP industrial strategy paper
Apprenticeships in England: what does research tell us?

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Sandra McNally

12 July 2018

CEP industrial strategy paper
Investing in People: The Case for Human Capital Tax Credits

It is now widely recognised that human capital accumulation and research and development (R&D) are key drivers of economic growth, as is documented in most standard textbooks (e.g. Acemoglu, 2007; Romer, 1996). Estimates...Read more...

Rui Costa, Nikhil Datta, Stephen Machin and Sandra McNally

28 March 2018