Skills, Talent and Productivity in Greater Manchester How can skills policy help close the productivity gap between the UK’s major cities?

Looking forward to taking part in this @productivity.bsky.social event next Wednesday www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/skills-tal...

What small public transport schemes can and can't do for local economies - What Works Growth While the economic impacts of new rail lines and large road schemes have been greatly studied, far less is known about the economic effects of improvements to existing local public transport networks....

Public transport schemes- do they affect the (hyper) local economy? My colleague Gonzalo Nunez-Chaim at @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social on the evaluation of small public transport schemes he's running w/ @yadigomezh.bsky.social & @henryoverman.bsky.social whatworksgrowth.org/insights/wha...

We've published a new @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social 'how to' guide on understanding local GVA, productivity, and income: whatworksgrowth.org/resource-lib...

New working paper with @asvalero.bsky.social, Arjun Shah & Dennis Verhoeven: Spillovers from Science cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...

Mais lecture reflections: regional growth is a productivity story - Centre for Cities Chancellor highlights UK city underperformance, new investment funds and fiscal devolution to boost growth.

Unlocking growth across UK regions means tackling city underperformance.

Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds lag behind European counterparts. Improving their productivity is central to national growth.

Read our reflections🔍👇

Assessing risk assessment in cases of domestic abuse 6.30pm Thurs 26 March | Jeff Grogger | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

🚨 One week to go 🚨
Join us for Jeff Grogger’s lecture on assessing risk assessment in cases of domestic abuse.

📅 26 Mar 2026, 6.30–8pm 📍 LSE Old Theatre + online
https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/economics-1

Assessing risk assessment in cases of domestic abuse 6.30pm Thurs 26 March | Jeff Grogger | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

Jeff Grogger presents new research on how police assess high-risk domestic abuse victims, predict serious repeat incidents, and provide support.

📅 26 Mar 2026, 6.30–8pm
📍 LSE Old Theatre + online
https://ow.ly/kHJr50YrLZr

Housing supply and the future of our urban planet | Edward Glaeser 6pm Thurs 19 Mar | Edward Glaeser | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

Looking forward to chairing Ed Glaeser's Coase Lecture on Thursday 19th March www.lse.ac.uk/events/housi...

Applications open for our @cep-lse.bsky.social summer internship programme.

Next week's @cep-lse.bsky.social Trade and Urban Seminar: Ed Glaeser (Harvard) on Infrastructure Inequality: Who Pays the Cost of Road Roughness?https://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/EVENTS/event.asp?index=10534

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Housing supply and the future of our urban planet | Edward Glaeser Join us for this special Economica Coase lecture which this year will be delivered by Harvard academic Edward Glaeser.

We’re pleased to highlight this year’s Economica Coase Lecture, delivered by Harvard academic Edward Glaeser and chaired by @henryoverman.bsky.social.

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Applications open for our @cep-lse.bsky.social summer internship programme.

Next week's @cep-lse.bsky.social Trade and Urban Seminar Koichiro Ito (University of Chicago) Global Policy Spillovers: How Environmental Policies Propagate through Product Attributes cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/...

Housing supply and the future of our urban planet | Edward Glaeser 6pm Thurs 19 Mar | Edward Glaeser | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

Looking forward to chairing Ed Glaeser's Coase Lecture on Thursday 19th March www.lse.ac.uk/events/housi...

Understanding income data - 9th March 2026, 13:00 - 13:45 - What Works Growth Join What Works Growth for this 2 hour practical training on developing good evaluation questions for local economic growth.

Two @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social events this month on income data whatworksgrowth.org/events/incom... and on logic models
whatworksgrowth.org/training/log...

The Economics of Tariffs

By Ralph Ossa and Stephen J. Redding

Read at: https://ow.ly/CArY50YlLbv

‘How to’ guide: Analysing local economic data - What Works Growth Introduction Data and analysis help inform good policy. Local policymakers in the UK are able to access a range of data on the performance of their local economy. This briefing provides guidance on ho...

New @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social 'How to' guide on analysing local data: whatworksgrowth.org/resource-lib...

This week's @cep-lse.bsky.social Trade and Urban Seminar @jeffrlin.bsky.social "Spreading Out in Expanding Idea Space"
cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/...

What do (and don’t) Taylor Swift and Welsh Rugby tell us about local economic performance? - What Works Growth What effect do large events like Taylor Swift concerts and Welsh Rugby have on local economies?

What effect did Taylor Swift's concerts really have on local economies? 🎤

This blog looks at new ONS analysis of consumer spending around major concerts and sporting events👇
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What do (and don’t) Taylor Swift and Welsh Rugby tell us about local economic performance? - What Works Growth What effect do large events like Taylor Swift concerts and Welsh Rugby have on local economies?

New @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social blog post on the local economic impact of major events (featuring Taylor Swift and Welsh Rugby) whatworksgrowth.org/insights/wha...

Alan Manning explains how to make immigration policy better in the third Lionel Robbins lecture. Watch: www.lse.ac.uk/events/immig...

Out now! Pathways to productive and inclusive net zero
How tackling climate change, can improve productivity and living standards.
Read: https://ow.ly/QtCz50Yet19

Our @cep-lse.bsky.social trade and urban seminar starts again next Wednesday 18th Feb with Gabriel Kreindler (Harvard): The Effect of Exposure: Evidence from Spatial Choices in Nairobi cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/...

Video of Alan Manning's immigration policy lecture (part 2) now online. www.lse.ac.uk/events/a-pic... Final lecture next Monday 16th Feb www.lse.ac.uk/events/immig...

It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of our friend and colleague Prof Sir David Metcalf. Together with Richard Layard and Stephen Nickell, David set up the Centre for Labour Economics which became CEP in 1990. Read more:
cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/news/abstract.asp

Evaluation for the common good - What Works Growth What do the air you breathe, the Thames Barrier, and the Armed Forces have in common? It is impossible to exclude anyone in society from benefitting from them. We breathe the same air, flood protectio...

New @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social blog post from @ioramashvili.bsky.social on 'evaluation for the common good' whatworksgrowth.org/insights/eva...

Looking forward to hosting the @urbaneconomics.bsky.social summer school @cep-lse.bsky.social this year. Now open for applications: urbaneconomics.org/workshops/su...

Why immigration policy is hard | Alan Manning 6:30pm Mon 2 Feb | Alan Manning | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

Video of Alan Manning's immigration policy lectures (part 1) now online. Second lecture next Monday 10th Feb. www.lse.ac.uk/events/why-i...

The working hours and happiness, of the self-employed are starting to recover – five years on from the downturn induced by the pandemic, CEP research reveals.

Read here: https://ow.ly/VcUC50Y4Xrr