Centre for Economic Performance

Highlights

A tale of two cities (part 2)

The UK has a significant productivity problem and the nation's largest cities outside the capital contribute to that situation. The Economy 2030 Inquiry sets out what a higher-productivity future would really entail for Greater Manchester, a city with a crucial role to play in a more prosperous Britain.
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Spatial wage inequality in North America and Western Europe: changes between and within local labour markets 1975-2019

This paper is the first systematic attempt to create measures of geographic wage inequalities that are comparable across countries, showing trends since 1975.
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Are friends electric? Valuing the social costs of power lines using house prices

New evidence on the negative impact of power lines on house prices suggests they're more extensive than previously thought.
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The Economist

Nicholas Bloom predicts a working-from-home Nike swoosh

Nick Bloom explores the forces driving the predicted increase in remote work over the coming decade. He outlines that working from home will benefit firms, employees and society. ... Read more...

29 August 2023

The Guardian

Equality depends on education. England’s class of 2023 have suffered a grave injustice over A-level results

Lee Elliot Major explains why England's 2023 school leavers have been unfairly treated over their A-level results. Just under half of A-level entries in the private sector in 2023 were graded A* and A grades, compared wi... Read more...

20 August 2023

CEP Announcement

Anna Valero appointed to the Office for Budget Responsibility’s advisory panel

Congratulations to Anna Valero, distinguished policy fellow at the Centre for Economic Performance, who has been appointed to the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) advisory panel. Established in 2011... Read more...

17 August 2023

CEP Announcement

Saul Estrin becomes a Fellow of the British Academy

Congratulations to Saul Estrin, emeritus professor of managerial economics and strategy at LSE and associate in CEP’s growth programme, who has been elected as a new Fellow of the British Academy. He is amon... Read more...

27 July 2023

Financial Times

Growing green awareness gives eco-innovation a competitive edge

Ralf Martin investigates whether consumers' environmental convictions will fade when confronted with higher prices, showing that consumers seem to prefer environmentally conscious choices, and indicating that changing at... Read more...

06 July 2023

New Statesman

Labour forgets that not everyone goes to university

Labour forgets that not everyone goes to university. Richard Layard argues that the party’s focus on tuition fees neglects half of young people – and its past success with apprenticeships. ... Read more...

06 July 2023

CEP Announcement

Professor Brian Bell reappointed as chair of the Migration Advisory Committee

Brian Bell has been reappointed as chair of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) for a further three years. Professor Bell, an associate in CEP’s labour market programme, was appointed chair of the MAC on ... Read more...

05 July 2023

iNews

How the UK’s housing system compares to the rest of the world – from renting to house prices

CEP researchers Christian Hilber and Paul Cheshire compare the decline in the UK's home ownership rate, from 70 per cent in 2004 to 64 per cent in recent years, to other countries around the world - UK house prices have ... Read more...

25 June 2023

CEP Announcement

Free and Equal: What would a fair society look like? makes the FT’s summer reading list

Free and Equal: What would a fair society look like? has been chosen as one of the best reads on economics for this summer by the Financial Times. The book by Daniel Chandler is described by the paper’s chief econ... Read more...

20 June 2023

Bloomberg

Brexit Caused a Third of UK Food Price Inflation, LSE Paper Says

Researchers from the Centre for Economic Performance show that Brexit is responsible for a third of UK food price inflation since 2019 - regulatory, sanitary and other border checks added almost £7 billion to total... Read more...

24 May 2023

The Guardian

Brexit food trade barriers have cost UK households £7bn, report finds

Researchers from the Centre for Economic Performance, from the London School of Economics, estimate that extra barriers on EU food imports have pushed up bills by £250 on average since Brexit. ... Read more...

24 May 2023

Financial Times

Economist Daniel Chandler: ‘Shareholders have all the power. It doesn’t have to be that way.’

Daniel Chandler, the author of 'Free and Equal', makes the case for workplace democracy - drawing on Rawlsian principles to disentangle modern-day political debates. Interviewed by Henry Mance. ... Read more...

22 May 2023

Economy 2030

The Economy 2030 Inquiry: two years in

The Economy 2030 Inquiry examines the scale and impact of economic change that the UK is living through in the 2020s, and will set out a plan for successfully navigating this change. For the past two years, resear... Read more...

19 May 2023

CEP Announcement

Anna Valero joins the chancellor’s economic advisory council

Anna Valero has been appointed to the chancellor’s economic advisory council, it was announced today. The council provides independent, expert advice on economic policy to help grow the economy. Dr Valero, senior... Read more...

18 April 2023

The Guardian

If Labour is to succeed it needs not just new policies, but a whole new philosophy

After four general election defeats, the Labour party seems likely to form the next government. In this Guardian opinion piece, Daniel Chandler shares his view that, for the Labour party to succeed, it needs not just new... Read more...

14 April 2023

The Guardian

How much should parents get involved in kids’ education? I’m an expert, and a dad, and even I’m confused

New research suggests extra activities and help with homework have little effect – but the question is more complicated than it at first appears. Lee Elliot Major discusses what is important when it comes to educat... Read more...

13 April 2023

Financial Times

Alan Manning: 'Achieving growth by just having more people is not what we should aim for'

Alan Manning, the UK government's former immigration advisor, considers whether Britain's post-Brexit migrant strategy has worked. ... Read more...

08 March 2023

Financial Times

Make wellbeing central to public policy

Richard Layard explains the benefits of making wellbeing a core public policy. ... Read more...

07 March 2023

The Economist

For Britain to grow faster it needs better managers

John Van Reenen and Nick Bloom's study of management practices suggests that more than half of the productivity gap between Britain and the US is due to poor management. ... Read more...

31 January 2023

Financial Times

How London's property market became an inheritocracy

Without inherited wealth or a leg-up from the Bank of Mum and Dad, prospective first-time buyers are forced to abandon dreams of home ownership. Paul Cheshire describes the state of affairs for first-time buyers in Londo... Read more...

27 January 2023

The Economist

A flurry of new studies identifies causes of the Industrial Revolution

The Economist covers Stephan Heblich, Stephen J. Redding and Hans-Joachim Voth's work on Slavery and the British Industrial Revolution in this article, reporting on the causes of the Industrial Revolution. ... Read more...

17 January 2023

TIME

Working From Home Is the Trend of the Year—And Next Year Too

Working from home accounted for only 5% of all workdays before the pandemic. But now it’s common to find many employees working from home at least part of the week. As of December 2022, almost 30% of paid workdays ... Read more...

22 December 2022

The Guardian

Swati Dhingra of the Bank of England: 'Are we going to end up deepening the recession?'

Richard Partington interviews Swati Dhingra on the future of Britain's economy, as she elaborates on the lengthy and painful recession facing the UK. ... Read more...

03 December 2022

BBC News

Brexit added £210 to household food bills, LSE says

Researchers at the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) looked at data tracking the flow of trade and prices of food products between the UK and the European Union (EU) to work out how shoppers were being affected... Read more...

01 December 2022

The Guardian

Brexit added nearly £6bn to UK food bills in two years, research finds

Brexit added almost £6bn to UK food bills in the two years to the end of 2021, affecting poorest households the most, research from the London School of Economics (LSE) found. ... Read more...

01 December 2022

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CEP discussion papers

Induced innovation and international environmental agreements: Evidence from the ozone regime

This paper revisits one of the rare success stories in global environmental cooperation: the Montreal Protocol and the phase-out of ozone-depleting substances. I show that the protocol increased science and innovation on... Read more...

Eugenie Dugoua

22 September 2023

Highlights

A tale of two cities (part 2)

Spatial wage inequality in North America and Western Europe: changes between and within local labour markets 1975-2019

Are friends electric? Valuing the social costs of power lines using house prices

Latest

The Economist

Nicholas Bloom predicts a working-from-home Nike swoosh

The Guardian

Equality depends on education. England’s class of 2023 have suffered a grave injustice over A-level results

CEP Announcement

Anna Valero appointed to the Office for Budget Responsibility’s advisory panel

CEP Announcement

Saul Estrin becomes a Fellow of the British Academy

Financial Times

Growing green awareness gives eco-innovation a competitive edge

New Statesman

Labour forgets that not everyone goes to university

CEP Announcement

Professor Brian Bell reappointed as chair of the Migration Advisory Committee

iNews

How the UK’s housing system compares to the rest of the world – from renting to house prices

CEP Announcement

Free and Equal: What would a fair society look like? makes the FT’s summer reading list

Bloomberg

Brexit Caused a Third of UK Food Price Inflation, LSE Paper Says

The Guardian

Brexit food trade barriers have cost UK households £7bn, report finds

Financial Times

Economist Daniel Chandler: ‘Shareholders have all the power. It doesn’t have to be that way.’

Economy 2030

The Economy 2030 Inquiry: two years in

CEP Announcement

Anna Valero joins the chancellor’s economic advisory council

The Guardian

If Labour is to succeed it needs not just new policies, but a whole new philosophy

The Guardian

How much should parents get involved in kids’ education? I’m an expert, and a dad, and even I’m confused

Financial Times

Alan Manning: 'Achieving growth by just having more people is not what we should aim for'

Financial Times

Make wellbeing central to public policy

The Economist

For Britain to grow faster it needs better managers

Financial Times

How London's property market became an inheritocracy

The Economist

A flurry of new studies identifies causes of the Industrial Revolution

TIME

Working From Home Is the Trend of the Year—And Next Year Too

The Guardian

Swati Dhingra of the Bank of England: 'Are we going to end up deepening the recession?'

BBC News

Brexit added £210 to household food bills, LSE says

The Guardian

Brexit added nearly £6bn to UK food bills in two years, research finds

CEP discussion papers

Induced innovation and international environmental agreements: Evidence from the ozone regime

Blog

Forward-looking labour supply responses to changes in pension wealth

CEP discussion papers

Free to improve? The impact of free school attendance in England

CEP discussion papers

Do larger firms exert more market power? Markups and markdowns along the size distribution

Blog

Is this Sunak's 'moment of shame'? (podcast)

Blog

The UK should lead on a green industrial strategy not roll back

Blog

Understanding efficiency and equity

Blog

Book Review: Wellbeing: Science and Policy by Richard Layard and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

External publications

A tale of two cities (part 2)

CEP discussion papers

Gender gaps from labor market shocks

Blog

Christopher Pissarides: 'The more I study AI, the more optimistic I get about the labour market'

External publications

A tale of two cities (part 1)

Blog