England's strong performance at the PISA results has been attributed to reforms. But one finding stands out: immigrant children outperformed their native peers.

International evidence points to a sector-led approach to reversing UK decline in employer training

Industrial policy is back on the agenda across advanced economies, with a growing channelling support towards large incumbent firms on the premise that they are the most capable innovators. This colum...

The war has made it more difficult for firms in Ukraine to find workers and for job seekers to find work – but the impact has not been catastrophic.

The year 2025 was unprecedented in the frequency, complexity, and volatility of US trade policy interventions. This column uses a new database tracking US tariff announcements during the year to show ...

Welcome to Why This Matters, a newsletter from the LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance which takes a topical question and draws from CEP’s policy-focused research to show how economists talk about i...

Entry-level hiring has fallen sharply across white-collar work. One explanation is that generative AI is to blame. But where we work may be equally important.

Use the database to find the amount of land around commuter stations that could support residential development in five UK cities.

Governments keep promising more houses, and keep failing to build them. If Burnham is to keep his promise, there needs to be a radical reform to planning rules.

AI hasn’t resulted in widespread productivity gains. Business leaders say that’s changing

The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast · Episode

Despite the prevailing narrative of Western deindustrialisation as one of a rigid EU and a dynamic USA, reality shows the USA has out-deindustrialised the EU.

Trumponomics · Episode

Britain has a Prime Minister who is more Evertonian than Etonian. It's a radical break from the traditional elite - but how is the UK's class divide changing?

Much of the success of Andy Burnham's Manchesterism depended on local conditions of Greater Manchester. Can it be replicated nationally?

Can wellbeing economics can make a compelling case for governments to invest in prevention over mitigation?

Andy Burnham wants universities to drive economic growth. Manchesterism can provide the polices that can support universities in boosting their local economy.

Despite the digitisation of the global economy, world trade is still only as resilient as the physical routes it depends on.

The referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU was a watershed moment for research communication. Despite a near total academic consensus on the negative economic consequences of a vote to Leave, thi...