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The urgency of addressing climate change, pollution, and environmental degradation continues to rise, highlighting the need for research in this area.Read more....
EEE, IGC and POID convened the second Environment Camp at the LSE on 2-3 May 2024 to provide PhD students from all fields of economics the opportunity present new research on environmental issues.Read more....
Anna Valero, POID's deputy director and distinguished policy fellow at CEP is one of six new members appointed to the RES Council. Read more....
"The first thing that these CEOs should do is think about how the incorporation of these technologies eventually builds their competitive advantage. This is a point that is often missed … The very fundamental poin... Read more...
24 September 2024
These sorts of arguments can be found in Ms Reeves’ new council of economic advisers. On entering office she hired two economists who co-wrote a report for the London School of Economics that warned Labour’s ... Read more...
23 September 2024
We discuss this with Ludovic Subran, chief economist of the Allianz group, and Xavier Jaravel, professor at the London School of Economics and member of the Council of Economic Analysis. Listen to the podcast on R... Read more...
21 September 2024
“I think the bottom line is choice and letting people choose is the critical thing. In 2020, when we’re all forced to be fully remote, a lot of people were very unhappy and that was quite damaging with mental... Read more...
19 September 2024
Shortly after a new CEO takes over, uncertainty among employees dampens communication within a company. However, after about five months, internal chatter sharply intensifies as managers start rolling out the leader&rsqu... Read more...
17 September 2024
Xavier Jaravel, professor at the London School of Economics, has shown that the least advantaged households have been more penalised by inflation than the wealthiest in the long term. By calculating price indices accordi... Read more...
10 September 2024
The Financial Times' Isabel Berwick recently spoke to Professor Nick Bloom, an economist at Stanford University, who said that workers in the office are still taking lunch breaks, whereas for their colleagues who work fr... Read more...
9 September 2024
Among others acknowledged by the report, interestingly, are John Van Reenen and Anna Valero of the London School of Economics, both members of the new chancellor’s council of economic advisers, with Van Reenen the ... Read more...
8 September 2024
Isabel Berwick talks to Nick Bloom and Harriet Fitch Little. Read more at Financial Times. ... Read more...
4 September 2024
Xavier Jaravel explains why the most desirable approach in the face of the increase in the deficit is to limit the growth of public spending. Read more at Les Echos. ... Read more...
A recent study by Stanford economist Nick Bloom and his team at WFH Research, published in Nature, sheds light on the significant benefits of ... Read more at The FInancial Express. ... Read more...
31 August 2024
That challenge has captivated Harvard Business School's Raffaella Sadun for more than a decade. "The question is, Are there certain practices that are beneficial to firm performance regardless of the industry or the coun... Read more...
26 August 2024
It is often assumed that poor people face higher inflation because they spend more on essentials such as rent. Research released Sunday by Xavier Jaravel, an economist at the London School of Economics, shows that while ... Read more...
25 August 2024
Christopher Pissarides, Nobel laureate in economics, has shared his perspective on how artificial intelligence could transform the nature of work in the coming years. In a chat with Bloomberg, Pissarides, who is also a p... Read more...
23 August 2024
John Van Reenen, a professor at the London School of Economics and one of the authors of the paper, knows it’s still too early to see any real change in the productivity data from AI, but he says, "The hope is that... Read more...
20 August 2024
Yet, research contradicts this narrative, showcasing evidence where flexibility leads to even enhanced productivity, as noted by Stanford's Nick Bloom. Read more at The Pinnacle Gazette. ... Read more...
16 August 2024
John Van Reenen, Ronald Coase Chair in Economics and School Professor at the London School of Economics (LSE) in London and Digital Fellow, Initiative for the Digital Economy at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology... Read more...
12 August 2024
Ruveyda Nur Gozen, a researcher from the London School of Economics, embarked upon a significant research project to understand the behaviors and impacts of female business owners, dating back to the 19th century. ... Read more...
9 August 2024
While the political parties dangled wage increases during the recent legislative election campaign, economist Xavier Jaravel warns: "without wealth creation, promises cannot be kept". In his eyes, "the supply-side policy... Read more...
6 August 2024
The survey comprises 400 firms. It was made in May and is published in a blog post on LSE Business Review by Juliana Oliveira-Cunha, Policy Economist at International Growth Centre, based at LSE, Bruno Serra-Lorenzo, Res... Read more...
2 August 2024
Part of that pessimism is because of a "hangover from the spike in inflation that followed the COVID-19 pandemic", John Van Reenen, Ronald Coase chair in economics and professor at the London School of Economics in Londo... Read more...
The Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics forecast that the average household could lose between £2,519 to £5,573 per year from real incomes over the next 15 years. Read mor... Read more...
29 July 2024
These results support the findings from overseas research undertaken earlier this year by The Bank of England, Stanford University, King's College London, and Nottingham University, led by renowned economist and academic... Read more...
19 July 2024
One quick win was the creation of a new council of economic advisers, housed within the Treasury and led by top London School of Economics academics John Van Reenen and Anna Valero. Read more at The Guardian. ... Read more...
13 July 2024
The body, expected to be chaired by John Van Reenen, a London School of Economics professor, comes as the government seeks to establish the push for higher economic growth as a “national mission”. ... Read more...
12 July 2024