CEE in the News 2009
The action by striking workers at BA shows flagrant disregard for its customers. It is also reckless with the company in such a poor state, comments a Times editorial. "Even allowing for the selfishly narrow motivation of the workforce, the strike is highly unlikely to pay off. A study of strikes in the 1980s by economists at the London School of Economics found that the average increase in annual pay produced by strikes was only 0.3 per cent, while the average strike lasted 11 days."
This article appeared in the Times on December 15, 2009
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'Do Strikes Pay?', in
New Perspectives on Industrial Disputes, David Metcalf and Simon Milner (Eds.), Routledge, USA & UK, 1993.
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Last year, scrutiny of academy results by the London School of Economics found that they "were statistically indistinguishable from matched schools."
This article appeared on the MorningStar Online on 14 December 2009.
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He found the works of Martin Seligman, an American guru of positive psychology; Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence; and
Richard Layard a professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), who had just published Happiness: Lessons from a New Science. Such works “provided a framework for what I’d been feeling and thinking for a long time”, says Seldon.
This article appeared on Times Online on 13 December 2009.
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The government's chief immigration adviser has called for a review of "lower tier" colleges over fears that too many foreign students are being given visas at the end of their degree courses. Professor David Metcalf said he was "stunned" to discover hundreds of colleges which were not "proper" universities could grant two-year work and residence visas to non-EU students. Professor Metcalf discusses visa system.
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The Today Programme Archive for Friday 4th December 2009.(includes recording with David Metcalf).
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"Foreign student visa review call by UK advisory body" 4th December 2009
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Linda Yueh interviewed, to comment on the EU-China relationship and the valuation of the Chinese currency.
This interview was broadcast on Bloomberg on 27 November 2009. (no link available)
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Linda Yueh interviewed, to comment on the EU-China relationship and the valuation of the Chinese currency.
This interview was broadcast on Bloomberg on 27 November 2009. (no link available)
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Further to our meeting on 25 November, The Accord Coalition has a summary of recent research into faith schools (pdf) including this abstract for research by Stephen Gibbons and Olmo Sliva, London School of Economics. “ABSTRACT We provide estimates for the effect of attending a Faith school on educational achievement using a census of primary school pupils in England.
This article appeared on the Dorset Humanists website on 26 November 2009.
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‘In brief: Faith Primary Schools: Better Schools or Better Pupils?’, Stephen Gibbons and Olmo Silva. Article in CentrePiece Volume 12, Issue 1, Summer 2007
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Professor Richard Layard, a Labour Peer, sometimes called Britain's happiness Tsar - puts the threshold at a little over £10000 – the amount at which basic needs can be satisfied. Above that level nations can become richer without necessarily becoming happier.
This article appeared in Practical Ethics on 24 November 2009.
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How much does Whitehall pay trade union representatives, and what do these officials do? Making this information public for the first time ever, Civil Service World presents the data on each department.
Tim Leunig, an economic historian at the London School of Economics who specialises in industrial relations, thinks that in reality a Tory government will need the cooperation of the civil service unions too much to withdraw the “miniscule” sums involved in facility time.
This article appeared on Civil Service Network on 5th November 2009
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Linda Yueh was interviewed, to comment on the UK banks, RBS and Lloyds, in terms of the additional government funding, rights issues, and restructuring on competition grounds.
This interview was broadcast on Channel 4 News on 3 November 2009.
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Jenni Kellokumpu is a PhD student from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and is visiting the Education Programme until July 2010.
LSE's
Professor Willem Buiter is quoted on the bonus culture in the banking sector.
This article appeared in the Observer on 18th October 2009.
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In
Richard Layard's book Happiness: Lessons From a New Science, the 7 factors found to effect happiness most were family relationships (#1), financial situation, work, community and friends, health, personal freedom, and personal values.
This article appeared in the Huffington Post on 15 October 2009.
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Elena is a visitor to the Education Programme from the University of Padova in Italy where she is a Phd student. She is visiting CEP until July 2011.
Take for example
Richard Layard's idea that nutters should, instead of being given pills, have cognitive therapy. A flagship government strategy to train an army of therapists to get the nation off antidepressants and into work could be dramatically scaled back amid claims it is experiencing problems.
This article appeared Tim Worstall's blog site on October 4, 2009
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LONDON: Deep cuts in the numbers of migrant workers coming from outside Europe to Britain could lead to the loss of British jobs as companies relocate to more immigration-friendly countries, employers warned yesterday. “We could find ourselves in a situation like the US — where companies shift projects to Vancouver because of the tough rules on migrants,” said Neil Carberry, head of pensions and employment policy at the CBI. Carberry applauded the migration advisory committee, headed by
Professor David Metcalf of the London School of Economics, for opposing changes, particularly to the “intra-company route”. More than 60 per cent of migrant workers come to the UK through intra-company transfers.
This article appeared in The Himalayan Times on September 2, 2009
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LONDON: Deep cuts in the numbers of migrant workers coming from outside Europe to Britain could lead to the loss of British jobs as companies relocate to more immigration-friendly countries, employers warned yesterday. “We could find ourselves in a situation like the US — where companies shift projects to Vancouver because of the tough rules on migrants,” said Neil Carberry, head of pensions and employment policy at the CBI. Carberry applauded the migration advisory committee, headed by
Professor David Metcalf of the London School of Economics, for opposing changes, particularly to the “intra-company route”. More than 60 per cent of migrant workers come to the UK through intra-company transfers.
This article appeared in The Himalayan Times on September 2, 2009
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Richard Layard - economist and prominent promoter of happiness - is concerned about the psychological impact of the current financial gloom. How much additional mental illness will there be? A lot, he thinks. But one should not exaggerate that, he says, "because there's so much already". There are about a million people on incapacity benefit in the UK due to mental illness, and roughly six million people suffering from depression or anxiety.
This article appeared in the New Statesmen on 20th August 2009
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"Unlike the U.S., students here don't have that debt around their necks all their lives," says
Anna Vignoles, an education and skills expert at the London School of Economics.
This article appeared in US News and World Report on 19th August 2009.
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Following the recent government report, David Goodhart writes that ‘…the work (the Sutton Trust Report) of three economists –
Jo Blanden, Stephen Machin and
Paul Gregg … has arguably, had more influence on public debate than any academic paper of the past 20 years.’
This article appeared in the Sunday Times on July 26, 2009
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Social Mobility in Britain: Low and Falling by Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin. Article appeared in
CentrePiece, Vol.10, Issue 1 Spring 2005
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Article for
Economix - Explaining the Science of Everyday Life, written by
Peter Boone and Simon Johnson
Peter Boone is chairman of Effective Intervention, a charity based in Britain, and a research associate of the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics.
Another day, another potential bailout decison for the government - yesterday it was the CIT Group.
This article appeared in the New York Times - Economix on July 16, 2009
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"The recent (London School of Economics)
Centre for Economic Performance report suggested that academies were only doing as well as their neighbouring schools, and this US report further undermines the basic tenet of academies, which is that they are better than normal schools. It's simply not true."
This article appeared in the Times Educational Supplement on July 3, 2009
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The first view, expressed most forcefully by
Paul Krugman in his recent Lionel Robbins lectures at the
London School of Economics, calls for additional fiscal stimulus.
This article appeared in Business Standard, India on 23 June 2009.
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Paul Krugman: The Return of Depression Economics.
For details of the lectures and access to the podcasts go to
Lionel Robbins Lectures 2009.
According to a study by the University of Kent and LSE, students who go to independent schools go on to earn an average of 30% more than state school students. "This difference in earnings was especially pronounced when we looked at the top end of the salary scale," said co-author
Richard Murphy, from the
London School of Economics.
This article appeared in Independent Schools Magazine on 19 June 2009.
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Economists are actively engaged in seeking remedies to the current world economic crisis, writes
Francesco Caselli, professor of economics at the LSE and director of the macro programme at the
Centre for Economic Performance.
This article was published in the Guardian on 17 June 2009.
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A study by the
centre for economic performance at the London School of Economics found no evidence that a school that is turned into an academy improves its exam results more than any other in its neighbourhood.
This article appeared on U.TV on 16th June 2009.
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A study by the
centre for economic performance at the London School of Economics found no evidence that a school that is turned into an academy improves its exam results more than any other in its neighbourhood.
This article appeared on U.TV on 16th June 2009.
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Ball’s warning to schools: two years to improve. Comprehensives with worst exam results must turn themselves around by 2011 or be forced to close, merge with other schools or become academies.
Opinion is divided over whether turning under-performing schools into academies improves results. A study by the
centre for economic performance at the London School of Economics found no evidence that a school that is turned into an academy improves its exam results more than any other in its neighbourhood.
This article appeared in the Guardian on 16 June 2009.
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The research by the University of Kent and the London School of Economics found that the higher grades achieved at independent schools were a crucial factor on high earnings.
This article appeared in Your Dover on June 15, 2009
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The research by the University of Kent and the London School of Economics found that the higher grades achieved at independent schools were a crucial factor on high earnings.
This article appeared in Your Dover on June 15, 2009
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Krugman himself sparked a rally in the stock market — according to Bloomberg, anyway — when he told an audience at the London School of Economics that that "I would not be surprised if the official end of the U.S. recession ends up being, in retrospect, dated sometime this summer."
This article appeared in New York Magazine on 15 June 2009.
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The Lionel Robbins lectures held on Monday 8th June, Tuesday 9th June and Wednesday 10th June covered the causes of the global economic crisis; the deeply vexed question of how and when the world economy can recover; and the implications of the whole mess for economics and economists.
For details of the lectures and access to the podcasts go to
Lionel Robbins Lectures.
The research by the University of Kent and the London School of Economics found that the higher grades achieved at independent schools were a crucial factor on high earnings.
This article appeared on YourDover.co.uk
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‘What have private schools done for (some of) us?’ in Significance Magazine Volume 6, Issue 2 published by the Royal Statistical Society, June 2009, pp 63-67
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The research by the University of Kent and the London School of Economics found that the higher grades achieved at independent schools were a crucial factor ...
This article appeared on Yourthanet.co.uk on 15th June 2009.
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Research by Kent University and the London School of Economics, published in the journal Significance, suggests that the gap between earnings of state and private pupils has widened in the past 50 years.
This article appeared on BBC News on 11 June 2009.
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Richard Murphy interviewed on research into earnings of privately-educated pupils.
This interview was broadcast on BBC Radio Kent on 11th June 2009. (No link avaliable).
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A new study suggests that pupils who attend private schools earn an average of 30 per cent more than those who attend state schools in later life.
Co-author
Richard Murphy , from the London School of Economics, said: "This difference in earnings was especially pronounced when we looked at the top end of the salary scale. Even after adjustments for qualifications gained and family background, those in the top 10 per cent of earners who had attended independent schools earned on average 20 per cent more than state school pupils in the same salary band. Whether these benefits come through 'old boy networks', or through unmeasured broad competences that are obtained through private schooling, we cannot say."
This article appeared on AndhraNews.net on 11th June 2009.
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People who have been to private school earn 30% more than those who went to state schools, research suggests. Research by Kent University and the London School of Economics confirms this but says higher grades achieved at private schools are the crucial factor. Researcher
Richard Murphy, from the London School of Economics.
This article appeared on BBC Online on 11th June 2009.
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Today's late-day rally was triggered in part by a comment from Nobel Prize-winning economist
Paul Krugman that the U.S. economy may start to emerge from the recession in September, Bloomberg News reported. Krugman made the comment at a lecture at the London School of Economics.
This article appeared on MSN Money on 8th June 2009
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Paul Krugman: The Return of Depression Economics.
For details of the lectures and access to the podcasts go to
Lionel Robbins Lectures 2009 .
Today's late-day rally was triggered in part by a comment from Nobel Prize-winning economist
Paul Krugman that the U.S. economy may start to emerge from the recession in September, Bloomberg News reported. Krugman made the comment at a lecture at the London School of Economics.
This article appeared on MSN Money on 8th June 2009
Link to article
Paul Krugman: The Return of Depression Economics.
For details of the lectures and access to the podcasts go to
Lionel Robbins Lectures 2009 .
City academies are failing to outdo poorly performing schools in their areas, according to academics at the London School of Economics (LSE). The study, undertaken by
Professor Stephen Machin and
Joan Wilson of the LSE's
Centre for Economic Performance, shows that while academies have boosted GCSE performance compared with the schools they replaced, other poorly performing schools in the same areas had recorded similar increases.
This article appeared in Children & Young People Now on June 6, 2009
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Improvements in GCSE results at the Government's controversial academy schools are no more impressive than those at similar schools nearby that have not become academies, a study says. The report, published by the
Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, says that GCSE results at poorly performing schools did improve after they changed their status.
This article appeared in Regen.net on June 5, 2009
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Education is always a big issue in public debate. It becomes even more important at a time of crisis, when the economy is in recession, unemployment is rising rapidly and disadvantaged members of society are in danger of becoming even worse off and perhaps permanently 'scarred' by job loss or inability to join the labour market at all.
So how is the UK's education system doing? Over a number of years, researchers at the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) have been assessing the effectiveness of the nation's educational policies in raising standards. A series of studies has evaluated efforts both to improve the quality of education overall and to tackle the 'long tail' of people without basic skills by giving better opportunities to low-achieving, 'hard-to-reach' children from poorer families.
This CentrePiece provides an overview of the most significant findings across a wide range of policies, including increased resources, the 'choice and competition' agenda and new structures such as academy schools. We also make comparisons with education systems in other countries, and take a look at teachers - both their career decisions and the impact of their expectations on pupil performance.
Key articles include:
Big ideas: education by Sandra McNally; Academy schools and pupil performance by Stephen Machin and Joan Wilson; Assessing pupils' abilities
by Stephen Gibbons and Arnaud Chevalier; What works in primary schools? by Olmo Silva; and Going private by Richard Murphy.
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An interim report by the
Centre for Economic Performance (London School of Economics) on the US-pioneered scheme called 'Resilience', has found a significant positive impact on pupils' wellbeing as measured by depression and anxiety symptom scores.
This article appeared in The Times on May 29, 2009
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Stephen Machin, Philip Noden and Anne West presents the initial findings of the evaluation, which was commissioned by the Department for Children, Schools and Families and is being carried out by the authors, all researchers at the London School of Economics.
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The UK Resiliency Programme is one of seven strands of work under the Local Well-being Project, an initiative launched in 2006 to test practical ways of improving both individual and community well-being and resilience in three very different areas of the UK – Hertfordshire, Manchester and South Tyneside. The project brings together the three local authorities with the Young Foundation, (www.youngfoundation.org); Professor Lord Richard Layard from the LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance (www.cep.lse.ac.uk), and the Improvement and Development Agency (www.idea.gov.uk).
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Labour is considering putting a "job guarantee" for anyone unemployed for 18 months at the heart of its election manifesto, as ministers seek ways to offer hope to victims of the recession. The idea for the policy came in a Budget submission to ministers by
Paul Gregg, of the
Centre for Economic Performance and Bristol University, and
Lord Layard, of the
Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics.
This article appeared in the Financial Times on May 28, 2009
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Linda Yueh was interviewed on UK's rating in the international arena in the aftermath of possible downgrade of its sovereign debt due to high deficits.
This interview was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 - 'Broadcasting House' on May 24, 2009
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A ground breaking programme aimed at helping children in South Tyneside to cope with whatever life throws at them is reaping encouraging results, according to a new survey.
Now, a report commissioned by the national Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has revealed that depression and anxiety levels went down in pupils taking part in the programme.
The DCSF report was drawn up after a comprehensive survey carried out by the London School of Economics, which collected information on pupils' emotional wellbeing through questionnaires they completed before and after the programme. The results were compared with those of control groups.
This article appeared online on southtyneside.info on May 18, 2009
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Stephen Machin, Philip Noden and Anne West presents the initial findings of the evaluation, which was commissioned by the Department for Children, Schools and Families and is being carried out by the authors, all researchers at the London School of Economics.
The research brief is available to
Download
And more details are also available for
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The UK Resiliency Programme is one of seven strands of work under the Local Well-being Project, an initiative launched in 2006 to test practical ways of improving both individual and community well-being and resilience in three very different areas of the UK – Hertfordshire, Manchester and South Tyneside. The project brings together the three local authorities with the Young Foundation, (www.youngfoundation.org); Professor Lord Richard Layard from the LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance (www.cep.lse.ac.uk), and the Improvement and Development Agency (www.idea.gov.uk).
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Professor Paul Gregg from the Bristol University's Centre for Market and Public Organisation was interviewed on BBC Radio Bristol's Breakfast Show 22 April about his predictions for the Budget. He will also provide analysis on the show tomorrow shortly before 7am.
Paul Gregg's interviews tool place on BBC Radio Bristol's Breakfast Show on 22 and 23 April 2009.
Research by the LSE and the Institute of Education has found that faith schools fail to improve standards and create "social sorting" of children along lines of class, ability and religion, researchers. The research suggests that government policies to promote a market in education - by promising parents a choice of school in the belief that the competition for children will improve standards - only create a more socially fragmented system.
This article appeared in the Guardian on April 18, 2009
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CentrePiece Volume 12 Issue 1 Summer 2007
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Press coverage of the management survey in an Italian newspaper.
This article appeared in Republica on the 27th March 2009.
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"This focus on growth fails to take account of what the social and psychological evidence tells us," says the economist Richard Layard.
This article appeared in the Guardian on the 22nd March.
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Professor Francis Green, of the University of Kent, in collaboration with colleagues at the London School of Economics, where he is a visiting professor, sought to discover whether independent schools really conferred lifelong economic benefits to more than a select group of pupils. Their conclusion was unequivocal.
This article appeared in the Financial Times on the 21st March 2009.
[No link avaliable]
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‘The Changing Economic Returns to Private Education’ by Francis Green, Stephen Machin, Richard Murphy and Yu Zhu. Paper forthcoming.
An early version of this
paper debated at the Nuffield Foundation on 11/1/08, and an
abstract are currently available.
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Education and Skills Programme
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Centre for the Economics of Education
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Epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett’s description of unequal societies as "dysfunctional" suggests implicit criticism of the approach taken by Britain's "happiness tsar"
Richard Layard, who recommended that the poor mental health of many Britons be "fixed" or improved by making cognitive behavioural therapy more easily available.
This article appeared in the Guardian on 14th March 2009.
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Richard Layard
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Wellbeing Programme
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Previously a full article published in February 2008 in the Independent.
Why are these opportunities not better known by school leavers? The main reason is that the great majority of schools don't tell their students that they exist. Talking to half a dozen engineering apprentices, we learnt that not one had been told about apprenticeship at school. Most had chanced upon the training through press advertisements or careers guidance.
This article appeared in The Independent – Independent minds blog on the 7th March 2009.
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Hilary Steedman LSE experts
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Some train trips take longer now than in 1930, a study ed by
Dr Tim Leunig of the London School of Economics has found.
This article appeared in the Daily Mail on 6th March 2009.
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Also in:
Daily Mirror- Commuter journeys 'getting slower'
link to article
The London Paper-London News: Commuter train journeys into London take longer than before the Second World War
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Formby Times - Commuter journeys 'getting slower'
link to article
Gulf News - Trips longer than before Second World War
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Metro - Commuter journeys 'slower than pre-war days
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‘Train times’ by Tim Leunig. Article in CentrePiece Volume 13, Issue 3, Winter 2008/9.
Article will be available to download from the CEP website after Friday 6 March
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Peter Wilby comments on school selection: "As research from the London School of Economics has shown, the differences between intakes even among community comprehensives is enormous
This article appeared in the Guardian on 5th March.
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‘School segregation and its consequences’ by Stephen Gibbons and Shqiponja Telhaj. Article in
CentrePiece, Volume 12, Issue 3, Winter 2007/08.
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Shqiponja Telhaj
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Education and Skills Programme
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Economic Research Receives Further Funding Boost
Following the latest call for proposals, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is pleased to announce overall funding of £16.5m over 5 years from 2009/10 to 2015/16 for three new Centres focusing on the economic wellbeing of the UK.
Professor John Van Reenen of the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), at the London School of Economics receives £6.08m. Conducting world class and policy relevant research on economic performance, CEP's globalisation programme will include research on macroeconomic growth. The Centre will also research how our national capabilities change as a result of globalisation, such as how high levels of immigration may foster growth through diversity but may also undermine performance and wellbeing through loosening of community times.
The full press release from the ESRC is available to
download.
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Centre for Economic Performance Research Programmes
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This public lecture was held on Wednesday 11 February 2009, in the Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE.
Speakers: Professor Judy Dunn, Professor Lord Richard Layard
Is childhood all it should be? Or has it been spoilt by broken homes, junk food, alcohol and exam stress? The speakers will present the findings of The Good Childhood Inquiry.
Judy Dunn is professor of developmental psychology at King’s College London, and was chair of The Good Childhood Inquiry. Richard Layard is director of the Well-being Programme in the LSE Centre for Economic Performance.
Listen to the Podcast:
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The report was co-authored by economist
Richard Layard , who inspired the government's programme to expand talking therapies provision for adults....
This article appeared on Communitycare.co.uk on the 3rd February 2009.
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The Good Childhood Inquiry by Richard Layard and Judy Dunn is published by Penguin
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Other publications by Richard Layard
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Richard Layard
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Wellbeing Programme
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Mental Health Group
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Linda Yueh was interviewed to comment on UK-China relations with the visit of Chinese Premier Wen.
This interview was broadcast on BBC News on the 31st January 2009.
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Linda Yueh was interviewed to comment on UK-China relations with the visit of Chinese Premier Wen.
This interview was broadcast on BBC News on the 31st January 2009.
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Linda Yueh interviewed on the 'News Map' segment on reforming the international economic system.
This interview was broadcast on Radio Lithuania on the 30th January 2009.
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Linda Yueh
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Globalisation Programme
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Linda Yueh interviewed on the 'News Map' segment on reforming the international economic system.
This interview was broadcast on Radio Lithuania on the 30th January 2009.
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Linda Yueh
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Globalisation Programme
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Tim Leunig writes that regulation is the smart answer to global warming.
This article appeared in the Guardian on 27 December 2009.
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Two LSE economics professors have paid tribute to the brilliance of Barack Obama’s new budget director Peter Orszag, who is one of an impressive retinue of LSE alumni appointed to the president-elect’s administration.
Professor Emeritus Lord Richard Layard was so impressed with Orszag’s work as a Masters student that he invited him to Moscow in 1992 in the early post-Soviet period to work on the influential monthly publication Russian Economic Trends. 'I invited him to Russia because he was a brilliant, outstanding chap,' said Professor Layard.
This article appeared in the Financial on 20th January 2009.
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‘The Conditions of Life’, A. Illarionov, R. Layard and P. Orszag, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 165, August 1993.
‘Dumping on Free Trade: The US Import Trade Laws’, P. Orszag and J. Stiglitz, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 210, October 1994.
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Richard Layard
webpage
Two LSE economics professors have paid tribute to the brilliance of Barack Obama’s new budget director Peter Orszag, who is one of an impressive retinue of LSE alumni appointed to the president-elect’s administration.
Professor Emeritus Lord Richard Layard was so impressed with Orszag’s work as a Masters student that he invited him to Moscow in 1992 in the early post-Soviet period to work on the influential monthly publication Russian Economic Trends. 'I invited him to Russia because he was a brilliant, outstanding chap,' said Professor Layard.
This article appeared in the Financial on 20th January 2009.
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Related Publications
‘The Conditions of Life’, A. Illarionov, R. Layard and P. Orszag, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 165, August 1993.
‘Dumping on Free Trade: The US Import Trade Laws’, P. Orszag and J. Stiglitz, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 210, October 1994.
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Richard Layard
webpage
Professor
Peter Dolton of Royal Holloway, University of London, and the London School of Economics’
Centre for the Economics of Education, notes fewer graduates now take vocational courses, leaving them open to uncertainties of the current jobs market.
This article appeared in the Guardian on the 10th January 2009.
Link to article.
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Peter Dolton
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Centre for the Economics of Education
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Control over admissions is what makes a difference to a school, writes Peter Wilby.
Unfortunately, there is not a scrap of evidence that the success of church or other faith schools has anything to do with religious teaching, moral ethos or principled commitment to equality. All the research, mostly from the London School of Economics, shows the schools' apparent success is almost entirely explained by the characteristics of the pupils who attend them.
This article apperared in the Guardian on the 6th January 2009.
Link to article.
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‘Faith Primary Schools: Better Schools or Better Pupils?’, by Steve Gibbons and Olmo Silva,
Centre for the Economics of Education (CEE) Discussion Paper No.72 , November 2006.
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Steve Gibbons
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Olmo Silva webpage
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