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

6.30pm Thurs 4 June | Dr Chad P Bown, Soumaya Keynes, Stepganie J. Rickard, Martin Wolf | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

6.30pm Thurs 26 March | Jeff Grogger | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

For two decades, the UK economy has seen weak growth, driven by low business investment, inadequate market dynamism and persistent policy instability. These failures shape the daily reality of…

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

Schools are lauded for their ability to keep young people away from crime and on the right path. But what happens behind the school gates?

Mobile connectivity can boost jobs and incomes. But how does it shape household wealth inequality? The 7000+ islands of the Philippines is an ideal case study

The 16-year-olds who took their GCSEs this summer started secondary school in the middle of the pandemic. The results of these high-stakes exams will highlight the uneven toll that Covid-19 lockdowns…

The UK government is moving to ban non-disclosure agreements being used to silence employees who have suffered harassment or discrimination. Such a ban has already come into place in higher education, economists Dina Rabie and Almudena Sevilla discuss the implications of the ban and what more can be done. Women in our field of research

Revisiting the Easterlin paradox: the wealthy tend to be happier than the poor, but as *countries* get richer, their populations don’t get significantly happier

6.30pm Wed 25 June | Mary O'Mahony, Christopher Pissarides | Free public event at LSE

Research into the economic consequences of leaving the EU. The impact of Brexit on trade, businesses, working life and living standards.

A New Economic Strategy for Britain

A plausible strategy for productivity growth in Greater Manchester and beyond