Henry G Overman
@henryoverman.bsky.social
Economics, Cities, Policy.
Professor, London School of Economics. Research Director Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social. Director @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social. President @urbaneconomics.bsky.social
Professor, London School of Economics. Research Director Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social. Director @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social. President @urbaneconomics.bsky.social
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Great piece here on the work of Philippe Aghion - winner of the Nobel prize, which was awarded jointly with Peter Howitt and Joel Mokyr. Written by John Van Reenen published by the European Economic Association.
www.eeassoc.org/news...
www.eeassoc.org/news...
November 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Great piece here on the work of Philippe Aghion - winner of the Nobel prize, which was awarded jointly with Peter Howitt and Joel Mokyr. Written by John Van Reenen published by the European Economic Association.
www.eeassoc.org/news...
www.eeassoc.org/news...
@cep-lse.bsky.social women in economics event - 8th December. Details here: www.lse.ac.uk/events/women...
Women in economics | Insights from the field
6.30pm Mon 8 Dec | Almudena Sevilla, Clare Lombardelli | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
@cep-lse.bsky.social women in economics event - 8th December. Details here: www.lse.ac.uk/events/women...
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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)
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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
Read: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...
In the redesigned CentrePiece magazine.
@helen-ward1.bsky.social @econromesh.bsky.social
Read: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...
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
Read: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...
In the redesigned CentrePiece magazine.
@helen-ward1.bsky.social @econromesh.bsky.social
Read: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...
I don't understand what is going on with sub-national productivity data in the UK. @centreforcities.bsky.social doing their best here, but I'd be wary drawing any substantive conclusions: www.centreforcities.org/publication/...
How productive are the UK’s big cities? - Centre for Cities
This briefing dives into the latest subregional productivity data to understand the trends over the past 20 years and what it can tell us about local and national economic performance
www.centreforcities.org
October 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I don't understand what is going on with sub-national productivity data in the UK. @centreforcities.bsky.social doing their best here, but I'd be wary drawing any substantive conclusions: www.centreforcities.org/publication/...
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Competition is an important driver of productivity as it can push businesses to become more efficient, innovative and productive.
But local government should think carefully about how to intervene.
Check out the latest blog👇
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But local government should think carefully about how to intervene.
Check out the latest blog👇
buff.ly/v2UFZ3N
Understanding the drivers of productivity: Enterprise and competition - What Works Growth
This blog focuses on enterprise and competition, and complements the blogs on GVA and productivity published in summer 2024.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Competition is an important driver of productivity as it can push businesses to become more efficient, innovative and productive.
But local government should think carefully about how to intervene.
Check out the latest blog👇
buff.ly/v2UFZ3N
But local government should think carefully about how to intervene.
Check out the latest blog👇
buff.ly/v2UFZ3N
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In September the government published the last of eight sector plans in the industrial strategy, covering defence.
Our new blog gives suggestions for how places can think through support to local businesses in responding to these plans👇
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Our new blog gives suggestions for how places can think through support to local businesses in responding to these plans👇
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Local opportunities in the Defence Industrial Strategy - What Works Growth
In September the government published the Defence Industrial Strategy 2025. This is the last of eight sector plans in the national Industrial Strategy, alongside Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Energy…
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October 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
In September the government published the last of eight sector plans in the industrial strategy, covering defence.
Our new blog gives suggestions for how places can think through support to local businesses in responding to these plans👇
buff.ly/qR0b8yL
Our new blog gives suggestions for how places can think through support to local businesses in responding to these plans👇
buff.ly/qR0b8yL
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Congratulations to Andrea Herrera @aaherrerab.bsky.social (LSE) & Zane Kashner @zkashner.bsky.social (Stanford), who shared the student prize at our North American #UEA2025 meeting in Montréal.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/awa...
Read their papers: aaherrerab.github.io & www.zanekashner.com
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/awa...
Read their papers: aaherrerab.github.io & www.zanekashner.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Congratulations to Andrea Herrera @aaherrerab.bsky.social (LSE) & Zane Kashner @zkashner.bsky.social (Stanford), who shared the student prize at our North American #UEA2025 meeting in Montréal.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/awa...
Read their papers: aaherrerab.github.io & www.zanekashner.com
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/awa...
Read their papers: aaherrerab.github.io & www.zanekashner.com
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Our North American #UEA2025 meeting, hosted by Université du Québec à Montréal, featured keynotes by Cecile Gaubert & Keith Head and more than 60 paper sessions.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/uea...
Thanks to local organizers Kristian Behrens, Julien Martin & Florian Mayneris.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/uea...
Thanks to local organizers Kristian Behrens, Julien Martin & Florian Mayneris.
October 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Our North American #UEA2025 meeting, hosted by Université du Québec à Montréal, featured keynotes by Cecile Gaubert & Keith Head and more than 60 paper sessions.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/uea...
Thanks to local organizers Kristian Behrens, Julien Martin & Florian Mayneris.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/uea...
Thanks to local organizers Kristian Behrens, Julien Martin & Florian Mayneris.
Thanks to everyone who came to the @urbaneconomics.bsky.social North American Meetings in Montreal and to all those who worked behind the scenes to make it happen. Our next meeting will be in Barcelona, 8-9 May 2026. Call for papers coming soon.
October 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to the @urbaneconomics.bsky.social North American Meetings in Montreal and to all those who worked behind the scenes to make it happen. Our next meeting will be in Barcelona, 8-9 May 2026. Call for papers coming soon.
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In the first blog in our new series we provide an overview of skills and local growth—looking at policy levers available, things to consider, and useful resources.
This is a great primer to understanding how skills affect local growth and productivity👇
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This is a great primer to understanding how skills affect local growth and productivity👇
buff.ly/A99kPQ3
Understanding the drivers of productivity: Skills - What Works Growth
This blog is the first in our new series on the drivers of productivity, including include skills, investment, innovatio and enterprise.
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September 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In the first blog in our new series we provide an overview of skills and local growth—looking at policy levers available, things to consider, and useful resources.
This is a great primer to understanding how skills affect local growth and productivity👇
buff.ly/A99kPQ3
This is a great primer to understanding how skills affect local growth and productivity👇
buff.ly/A99kPQ3
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Capital is an important driver of productivity 📈
If businesses want to improve productivity, they might invest in new machinery to speed up production, or new software to tackle more complex and higher value tasks 💰
Read in full 👇
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If businesses want to improve productivity, they might invest in new machinery to speed up production, or new software to tackle more complex and higher value tasks 💰
Read in full 👇
buff.ly/R7oZVrz
Understanding the drivers of productivity: Capital - What Works Growth
The drivers of productivity include skills, capital, innovation, enterprise and competition, and land. This blog focuses on capital.
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September 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Capital is an important driver of productivity 📈
If businesses want to improve productivity, they might invest in new machinery to speed up production, or new software to tackle more complex and higher value tasks 💰
Read in full 👇
buff.ly/R7oZVrz
If businesses want to improve productivity, they might invest in new machinery to speed up production, or new software to tackle more complex and higher value tasks 💰
Read in full 👇
buff.ly/R7oZVrz
Looking forward to our North American @urbaneconomics.bsky.social meeting. Program now online: urbaneconomics.org/meetings/uea....
UEA 2025 Montréal
urbaneconomics.org
September 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Looking forward to our North American @urbaneconomics.bsky.social meeting. Program now online: urbaneconomics.org/meetings/uea....
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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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Paul Cheshire cautions against rushed, short-term changes to stamp duty when there is a overwhelming case for a fully thought-through reform of stamp duty and council tax in combination.
Housebuyers hate stamp duty. Why hasn’t it been reformed before now?
Stamp duty has been around for centuries but it is bad in principle and poor in execution.
theconversation.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Paul Cheshire cautions against rushed, short-term changes to stamp duty when there is a overwhelming case for a fully thought-through reform of stamp duty and council tax in combination.
An important point from @centreforcities.bsky.social on the uneven impact of the university crisis. While bigger universities matter for the national impact, the local economic impact will be bigger where smaller universities dominate their local economy www.centreforcities.org/publication/...
Town and gown: The role of universities in city economies - Centre for Cities
This briefing sets out how local universities contribute to cities’ economic development as high-skilled employers, international exporters, catalysts for city-centre regeneration and innovators.
www.centreforcities.org
September 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
An important point from @centreforcities.bsky.social on the uneven impact of the university crisis. While bigger universities matter for the national impact, the local economic impact will be bigger where smaller universities dominate their local economy www.centreforcities.org/publication/...
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With more flights than ever taking off from the UK, airport expansion is a hot topic ✈️
But what might expansion mean for local growth in the areas around airports? Our new blog discusses some of the issues to consider👇
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But what might expansion mean for local growth in the areas around airports? Our new blog discusses some of the issues to consider👇
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Can expanding airports help local growth take off? - What Works Growth
August means airports, and now that air travel has rebounded from the lows during the Covid-19 pandemic to reach levels where globally there are more flights than ever, airports face bigger and…
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August 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
With more flights than ever taking off from the UK, airport expansion is a hot topic ✈️
But what might expansion mean for local growth in the areas around airports? Our new blog discusses some of the issues to consider👇
buff.ly/GSYeoO6
But what might expansion mean for local growth in the areas around airports? Our new blog discusses some of the issues to consider👇
buff.ly/GSYeoO6
Three days of great lectures and student talks at the @urbaneconomics.bsky.social summer school. Thanks to students, faculty and organisers.
July 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Three days of great lectures and student talks at the @urbaneconomics.bsky.social summer school. Thanks to students, faculty and organisers.
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Local Growth Plans are a key part of the government’s growth strategy.
Devolution will need to generate jobs, investment and economic activity more than the sum of their parts – multipliers can help assess these wider benefits.
Read how in our new blog👇
whatworksgrowth.org/insights/mul...
Devolution will need to generate jobs, investment and economic activity more than the sum of their parts – multipliers can help assess these wider benefits.
Read how in our new blog👇
whatworksgrowth.org/insights/mul...
Multiplying the benefits of Local Growth Plans - What Works Growth
Last month the government published new guidance for Mayoral Strategic Authorities on Local Growth Plans. These are a key foundation of the new Industrial Strategy and the government’s ambitions for d...
whatworksgrowth.org
July 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Local Growth Plans are a key part of the government’s growth strategy.
Devolution will need to generate jobs, investment and economic activity more than the sum of their parts – multipliers can help assess these wider benefits.
Read how in our new blog👇
whatworksgrowth.org/insights/mul...
Devolution will need to generate jobs, investment and economic activity more than the sum of their parts – multipliers can help assess these wider benefits.
Read how in our new blog👇
whatworksgrowth.org/insights/mul...
Call for papers for @cep-lse.bsky.social LSE / Warwick Junior Trade Seminar: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/.... Deadline 27 July.
CEP-LSE-Warwick Junior trade workshop 2025 | Various speakers | Monday 22 September 2025 09:30 - 17:30 | CEP Event
An event from the CEP Public Events series organised by the CEP
cep.lse.ac.uk
July 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Call for papers for @cep-lse.bsky.social LSE / Warwick Junior Trade Seminar: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/.... Deadline 27 July.
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📍The IS-8 might not be right for your place
Local economies are not all the same, and economic strategy should never be a cookie cutter approach.
Read the blog 👇
Local economies are not all the same, and economic strategy should never be a cookie cutter approach.
Read the blog 👇
The IS-8 might not be right for your place - What Works Growth
Local economies are not all the same, and economic strategy should never be a cookie cutter approach.
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June 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
📍The IS-8 might not be right for your place
Local economies are not all the same, and economic strategy should never be a cookie cutter approach.
Read the blog 👇
Local economies are not all the same, and economic strategy should never be a cookie cutter approach.
Read the blog 👇
We added a new @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social review on the evidence on multipliers from public spending to our local multipliers page: whatworksgrowth.org/resource-lib... [in short - for local impacts, proceed with caution or use employment multipliers instead]
Local multipliers - What Works Growth
Local employment multipliers toolkit published on 20 May 2019. Local multiplier effects of changes in public spending rapid evidence review published on 1 July 2025. Multipliers are a concept used by ...
whatworksgrowth.org
July 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We added a new @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social review on the evidence on multipliers from public spending to our local multipliers page: whatworksgrowth.org/resource-lib... [in short - for local impacts, proceed with caution or use employment multipliers instead]
Call for papers for LSE Environment Week: www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-... [submission deadline 14th July] @poid-lse.bsky.social
LSE Environment Week 2025 — LSE Environment Week
www.lse-environment-week.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Call for papers for LSE Environment Week: www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-... [submission deadline 14th July] @poid-lse.bsky.social
Looking forward to this event tomorrow (Wednesday) on Skills in the Age of AI, with Mary O'Mahony and Chris Pissarides.
Next week: Prof Mary O’Mahony and Prof Chris Pissarides discuss the future of work and wellbeing.
Chair: Stephen Machin
📅 Wed 25 June
⏲️ 6.30pm
In-person: no ticket required, first come first served basis.
Online: register ⬇️
www.lse.ac.uk/Events...
Chair: Stephen Machin
📅 Wed 25 June
⏲️ 6.30pm
In-person: no ticket required, first come first served basis.
Online: register ⬇️
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
www.lse.ac.uk
June 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Looking forward to this event tomorrow (Wednesday) on Skills in the Age of AI, with Mary O'Mahony and Chris Pissarides.
This new @resfoundation.bsky.social research on the effect of place on early career workers looks interesting. Suggests place may be particularly important for younger workers.
🚨 New research published today
Our latest report by Richmond Egyei @emilyfry.bsky.social @tasoskitsos.bsky.social @gthwaites.bsky.social @dalilariba.bsky.social & Enrico Vanino looks at the impact of place in regional inequality.
Read more ⬇️
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Our latest report by Richmond Egyei @emilyfry.bsky.social @tasoskitsos.bsky.social @gthwaites.bsky.social @dalilariba.bsky.social & Enrico Vanino looks at the impact of place in regional inequality.
Read more ⬇️
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June 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This new @resfoundation.bsky.social research on the effect of place on early career workers looks interesting. Suggests place may be particularly important for younger workers.