Helen Ward
@helen-ward1.bsky.social
Head of public affairs and communications at the Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
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🚨 JUST PUBLISHED – What policies could kick-start economic growth in the UK?
By @aadyabahl.bsky.social
(@cep-lse.bsky.social)
By @aadyabahl.bsky.social
(@cep-lse.bsky.social)
What policies could kick-start economic growth in the UK? - Economics Observatory
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…
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October 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🚨 JUST PUBLISHED – What policies could kick-start economic growth in the UK?
By @aadyabahl.bsky.social
(@cep-lse.bsky.social)
By @aadyabahl.bsky.social
(@cep-lse.bsky.social)
Great work on how trade diversion works in practice. Between Jan 2016 and Dec 2019, an increase in demand for Mexican exports led to higher wages for workers - with women experiencing larger wage increases than men.
Lower-paid workers in Mexican firms gained as exports shifted find
Natalie Chen, @dennisnovy.bsky.social Diego Solórzano
In CentrePiece magazine
Natalie Chen, @dennisnovy.bsky.social Diego Solórzano
In CentrePiece magazine
How the US-China trade conflict boosted exports and employment in Mexico
Lower-paid workers in Mexican firms gained as exports shifted.
cep.lse.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Great work on how trade diversion works in practice. Between Jan 2016 and Dec 2019, an increase in demand for Mexican exports led to higher wages for workers - with women experiencing larger wage increases than men.
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Out now! AI and the future of work. Nobel laureate Chris Pissarides and productivity expert Prof Mary O’Mahony on what’s changing and how to prepare.
In the redesigned CentrePiece magazine.
@helen-ward1.bsky.social @econromesh.bsky.social
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In the redesigned CentrePiece magazine.
@helen-ward1.bsky.social @econromesh.bsky.social
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Out now! AI and the future of work. Nobel laureate Chris Pissarides and productivity expert Prof Mary O’Mahony on what’s changing and how to prepare.
In the redesigned CentrePiece magazine.
@helen-ward1.bsky.social @econromesh.bsky.social
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In the redesigned CentrePiece magazine.
@helen-ward1.bsky.social @econromesh.bsky.social
Read: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...
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Huge congratulations to Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt and Joel Mokyr, on being awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences!
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The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
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...
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October 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Huge congratulations to Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt and Joel Mokyr, on being awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences!
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Interesting work from Janine Boshoff, Matteo Sandi and Stephen Machin on the links between education and crime prevention - the importance of attendance but also of support services within schools to ensure pupils' wellbeing.
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What can we learn about youth crime from weekday school closures? | British Politics and Policy at LSE
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?
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September 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Interesting work from Janine Boshoff, Matteo Sandi and Stephen Machin on the links between education and crime prevention - the importance of attendance but also of support services within schools to ensure pupils' wellbeing.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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Mobile internet has rapidly expanded in the Philippines. Researchers Zhiwu Wei, @neillee.bsky.social (CEP) and Yohan Iddawela find that it has helped boost household wealth – but can widen the urban-rural wealth gap.
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Mobile internet access and wealth inequality in the Philippines
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
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September 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Mobile internet has rapidly expanded in the Philippines. Researchers Zhiwu Wei, @neillee.bsky.social (CEP) and Yohan Iddawela find that it has helped boost household wealth – but can widen the urban-rural wealth gap.
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New Policy Brief! How do you measure a child’s wellbeing?
Evidence and recommendations from Isaac Parkes.
Written by @aadyabahl.bsky.social
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Evidence and recommendations from Isaac Parkes.
Written by @aadyabahl.bsky.social
Read: http://cep.lse.ac.uk...
September 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
New Policy Brief! How do you measure a child’s wellbeing?
Evidence and recommendations from Isaac Parkes.
Written by @aadyabahl.bsky.social
Read: http://cep.lse.ac.uk...
Evidence and recommendations from Isaac Parkes.
Written by @aadyabahl.bsky.social
Read: http://cep.lse.ac.uk...
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The @cep-lse.bsky.social @warwickecon.bsky.social Junior Trade Workshop will take place on Sept 22 @cep-lse.bsky.social. Come meet and provide feedback to six promising JMCs! UK-based trade/urban/spatial aficionados are welcome to register here: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/...
September 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The @cep-lse.bsky.social @warwickecon.bsky.social Junior Trade Workshop will take place on Sept 22 @cep-lse.bsky.social. Come meet and provide feedback to six promising JMCs! UK-based trade/urban/spatial aficionados are welcome to register here: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/...
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Read @aadyabahl.bsky.social (@cep-lse.bsky.social) on What’s at stake for teenagers in England awaiting their GCSE results? buff.ly/sZ1Qn5k
What’s at stake for teenagers in England awaiting their GCSE results? - Economics Observatory
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…
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August 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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💥The gap in living standards between the UK and US has widened sharply in recent years. @aadyabahl.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social argues that reversing this trend means confronting the UK’s deep-rooted productivity and investment challenges.
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August 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
💥The gap in living standards between the UK and US has widened sharply in recent years. @aadyabahl.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social argues that reversing this trend means confronting the UK’s deep-rooted productivity and investment challenges.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
When tier restrictions in autumn 2020 were introduced, the researchers found that pupils in the most deprived areas were more likely to miss school - even when under the same tier restrictions as those in less deprived areas.
Out today! Local health and social contact rules during the pandemic led to more absence among disadvantaged pupils than others.
@sandramcnally.bsky.social , Stephen Gibbons and Piero Montebruno
@nuffieldfoundation.org
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@sandramcnally.bsky.social , Stephen Gibbons and Piero Montebruno
@nuffieldfoundation.org
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July 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
When tier restrictions in autumn 2020 were introduced, the researchers found that pupils in the most deprived areas were more likely to miss school - even when under the same tier restrictions as those in less deprived areas.
Do you tend more to being a librarian or roofer, when it comes to risk at work? And how much money would make you change your mind?
How much would you need to be paid to stay in a job that became more risky? @koenig-felix.bsky.social and @massimo-anelli.bsky.social
#economics
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People value workplace safety more than traditionally believed - LSE Business Review
During COVID some workers chose to forgo earnings to protect themselves, avoiding exposure to the virus. People value workplace safety highly. .
blogs.lse.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Do you tend more to being a librarian or roofer, when it comes to risk at work? And how much money would make you change your mind?
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As UK govt moves to ban NDAs to silence victims of harassment and discrimination. Dina Rabie and CEP associate Almudena Sevilla explore how a similar ban in HE is working and what more needs to be done.
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Banning NDAs in universities is only the first step toward a better research culture - Impact of Social Sciences
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
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July 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
As UK govt moves to ban NDAs to silence victims of harassment and discrimination. Dina Rabie and CEP associate Almudena Sevilla explore how a similar ban in HE is working and what more needs to be done.
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blogs.lse.ac.uk/impa...
Seems particularly interesting this weekend as UK faces another heatwave! The importance of parks.
Living close to a green space during Covid-19 restrictions had a significant, positive effect on residents’ overall life satisfaction, with the strongest impact seen when green areas were between 15 and 20 hectares.
By Christian Krekel, CEP and @lsepbs.bsky.social
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By Christian Krekel, CEP and @lsepbs.bsky.social
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What is the value of a park? - EUROPP
Wellbeing data suggests the monetary value of a park to residents of urban areas can be put at around €119 per resident, in any given year.
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July 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Seems particularly interesting this weekend as UK faces another heatwave! The importance of parks.
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The CEP/LSE/Warwick Junior Trade Workshop is back on Sept 22! Accepts papers from PhD students and postdocs on the job market in Jan 2026. Submit by July 27 at juniortradeworkshop@gmail.com. It's an excellent chance to get feedback towards the market and it's funded!
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July 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The CEP/LSE/Warwick Junior Trade Workshop is back on Sept 22! Accepts papers from PhD students and postdocs on the job market in Jan 2026. Submit by July 27 at juniortradeworkshop@gmail.com. It's an excellent chance to get feedback towards the market and it's funded!
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50 years ago, Richard Easterlin asked a fundamental question: does getting richer make us happier? In our latest blog post, Ekaterina Oparina, Andrew E. Clark & Richard Layard revisit this question, offering fresh insights into the “Easterlin paradox” #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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The Easterlin Paradox revisited: On money and happiness
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
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June 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
50 years ago, Richard Easterlin asked a fundamental question: does getting richer make us happier? In our latest blog post, Ekaterina Oparina, Andrew E. Clark & Richard Layard revisit this question, offering fresh insights into the “Easterlin paradox” #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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Today! Skills in the age of AI
How can we shape engaging work environments that foster productivity and enable workers to flourish?
Prof Mary O’Mahony and Prof Chris Pissarides
Chair: Stephen Machin
⏲️ 6.30pm - 8pm
www.lse.ac.uk/Events...
How can we shape engaging work environments that foster productivity and enable workers to flourish?
Prof Mary O’Mahony and Prof Chris Pissarides
Chair: Stephen Machin
⏲️ 6.30pm - 8pm
www.lse.ac.uk/Events...
Skills in the age of AI
6.30pm Wed 25 June | Mary O'Mahony, Christopher Pissarides | Free public event at LSE
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June 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Today! Skills in the age of AI
How can we shape engaging work environments that foster productivity and enable workers to flourish?
Prof Mary O’Mahony and Prof Chris Pissarides
Chair: Stephen Machin
⏲️ 6.30pm - 8pm
www.lse.ac.uk/Events...
How can we shape engaging work environments that foster productivity and enable workers to flourish?
Prof Mary O’Mahony and Prof Chris Pissarides
Chair: Stephen Machin
⏲️ 6.30pm - 8pm
www.lse.ac.uk/Events...
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A new measure reveals the benefits of living in urban areas
@ahlfeldt.bsky.social Fabian Bald, Duncan Roth, Tobias Seidel
In CentrePiece magazine
Editor: @helen-ward1.bsky.social
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@ahlfeldt.bsky.social Fabian Bald, Duncan Roth, Tobias Seidel
In CentrePiece magazine
Editor: @helen-ward1.bsky.social
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June 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A new measure reveals the benefits of living in urban areas
@ahlfeldt.bsky.social Fabian Bald, Duncan Roth, Tobias Seidel
In CentrePiece magazine
Editor: @helen-ward1.bsky.social
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@ahlfeldt.bsky.social Fabian Bald, Duncan Roth, Tobias Seidel
In CentrePiece magazine
Editor: @helen-ward1.bsky.social
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The lasting positive effects of psychological treatments on patients’ employment and wages
Klaudia Rzepnicka, Emma Sharland, Marta Rossa, Ted Dolby
@drekaterinaoparina.bsky.social Rob Saunders, Dan Ayoubkhani, Vahe Nafilya
In CentrePiece
Editor: @helen-ward1.bsky.social
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Klaudia Rzepnicka, Emma Sharland, Marta Rossa, Ted Dolby
@drekaterinaoparina.bsky.social Rob Saunders, Dan Ayoubkhani, Vahe Nafilya
In CentrePiece
Editor: @helen-ward1.bsky.social
http://cep.lse.ac.uk...
June 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The lasting positive effects of psychological treatments on patients’ employment and wages
Klaudia Rzepnicka, Emma Sharland, Marta Rossa, Ted Dolby
@drekaterinaoparina.bsky.social Rob Saunders, Dan Ayoubkhani, Vahe Nafilya
In CentrePiece
Editor: @helen-ward1.bsky.social
http://cep.lse.ac.uk...
Klaudia Rzepnicka, Emma Sharland, Marta Rossa, Ted Dolby
@drekaterinaoparina.bsky.social Rob Saunders, Dan Ayoubkhani, Vahe Nafilya
In CentrePiece
Editor: @helen-ward1.bsky.social
http://cep.lse.ac.uk...
Always such a pleasure to work with our fantastic contributors to CentrePiece magazine - check out the new issue now!
Out now! @gimpulli.bsky.social and Pontus Rendahl
explore the impact of declining competition on innovation and inequality in the United States.
In the new CentrePiece magazine.
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explore the impact of declining competition on innovation and inequality in the United States.
In the new CentrePiece magazine.
@econromesh.bsky.social @helen-ward1.bsky.social
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June 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Always such a pleasure to work with our fantastic contributors to CentrePiece magazine - check out the new issue now!
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Sneak peek at CentrePiece – out tomorrow!
Featuring: Market power, Talking Therapies, City life, BBC relocation, intermarriage in the US, migration and innovation, elite universities, women in politics, Trump tariffs.
Featuring: Market power, Talking Therapies, City life, BBC relocation, intermarriage in the US, migration and innovation, elite universities, women in politics, Trump tariffs.
June 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Sneak peek at CentrePiece – out tomorrow!
Featuring: Market power, Talking Therapies, City life, BBC relocation, intermarriage in the US, migration and innovation, elite universities, women in politics, Trump tariffs.
Featuring: Market power, Talking Therapies, City life, BBC relocation, intermarriage in the US, migration and innovation, elite universities, women in politics, Trump tariffs.
Come along next Friday (20th) to find out about how interventions to improve children's mental health have measurable benefits decades later.
How best to spend public money to improve wellbeing? This LSE Festival event will explore what we know about making society happy
Richard Layard
Martin Knapp
Laura Taylor
Chair: Christian Krekel
📅 Fri 20 Jun
⏲️ 1.30pm
www.lse.ac.uk/Events...
Richard Layard
Martin Knapp
Laura Taylor
Chair: Christian Krekel
📅 Fri 20 Jun
⏲️ 1.30pm
www.lse.ac.uk/Events...
Putting wellbeing and mental health at the heart of progress
1.30pm Fri 20 Jun | Martin Knapp, Laura Taylor | Free event at the LSE Festival: Visions for the Future | Ticket required
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June 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Come along next Friday (20th) to find out about how interventions to improve children's mental health have measurable benefits decades later.
Come work with us!
🚨 Full-time RA @CEP_LSE 🚨
Work with Machin, Grogger & Sandi on education + crime using DfE-MoJ data 📊
📍 London | 🗓️ 1-year post
🎓 UG in Econ or quant field (Master’s preferred)
🗂️ Stata, microdata, policy impact
📅 Apply by 15 June
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Work with Machin, Grogger & Sandi on education + crime using DfE-MoJ data 📊
📍 London | 🗓️ 1-year post
🎓 UG in Econ or quant field (Master’s preferred)
🗂️ Stata, microdata, policy impact
📅 Apply by 15 June
🔗 ow.ly/7H3r50W0JP8
May 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Come work with us!
Great opportunity for those interested in how where you live affects your earnings. Come work with us!
🚨RA job @CEP_LSE🚨 Work with Pawel Bukowski, Mark Fransham & Neil Lee on spatial income inequality in the UK.
🧠 MSc+ in Econ/Econ Geography
🛠️ Stata/R, microdata
🏛️ Based at LSE, ~2 days/week
📅 Apply by 31 May: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/a...
🧠 MSc+ in Econ/Econ Geography
🛠️ Stata/R, microdata
🏛️ Based at LSE, ~2 days/week
📅 Apply by 31 May: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/a...
May 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Great opportunity for those interested in how where you live affects your earnings. Come work with us!
Loads of fantastic events going on at the LSE festival this year - and a shout out for "Putting wellbeing and mental health at the heart of progress" - discussing how protecting children's mental health is key to shaping the future of the UK, with Richard Layard, Martin Knapp and Laura Taylor.
👁️ Have you looked at the #LSEFestival programme yet?
Join us from 16 to 21 June to explore the threats and opportunities of the near and distant future, and what a better world could look like.
Tickets will be available from Monday 19 May 🎟️
www.lse.ac.uk/events...
Join us from 16 to 21 June to explore the threats and opportunities of the near and distant future, and what a better world could look like.
Tickets will be available from Monday 19 May 🎟️
www.lse.ac.uk/events...
LSE Festival: Visions for the Future
LSE Festival: Visions for the Future. Join us for a series of free events in London taking place from Monday 16 to Saturday 21 June 2025.
www.lse.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Loads of fantastic events going on at the LSE festival this year - and a shout out for "Putting wellbeing and mental health at the heart of progress" - discussing how protecting children's mental health is key to shaping the future of the UK, with Richard Layard, Martin Knapp and Laura Taylor.