Gangs of London and public housing by Richard Disney, Tom Kirchmaier, Stephen Machin, and Carmen Villa https://ow.ly/Ahg150Y9fi5

Mapping technological trajectories: evidence from two centuries of patent data by Antonin Bergeaud Ruveyda Nur Gozen and John Van Reenen https://ow.ly/L7Iy50Y9fca

Starting now- Alan Manning will present his research on the foundations of immigration policy in the second Lionel Robbins Memorial lecture. Join us online: www.lse.ac.uk/events/a-pic...

It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of our friend and colleague Prof Sir David Metcalf. Together with Richard Layard and Stephen Nickell, David set up the Centre for Labour Economics which became CEP in 1990. Read more: https://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/news/abstract.asp?index=11063

Does happiness spread within organizations? Evidence from a field experiment in Norway? by Torbjorn Hanson, Åshild A Johnsen Andreas Kotsadam and Alberto Prati https://ow.ly/1e7p50Y9eyB

Join us today for the second of three Lionel Robbins lectures. Tonight Alan Manning (CEP, LSE) looks at foundations of immigration policy and its implications. https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/a-picture-of-migration

Restructuring a police force by Magdalena Dominguez and Tom Kirchmaier https://ow.ly/887J50Y9fwJ

What is the "right" geographic market definition? by Christos Genakos and Themistoklis Kampouris https://ow.ly/li5450Y9fCj

How ICT shapes wages, working conditions, and job satisfaction by Sarah Fleche, Eva Moreno Galbis, Ariell Reshef and Claudia Senik https://ow.ly/nl9T50Y9euy

Reports of the 'death of distance' in frontier research were premature - say Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Leiboyu Xiang, and Neil Lee https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/01/26/the-brutal-geography-of-global-elite-scientific-research/

📌Join us online next week for the first ESEC seminar of 2026! 📖 Danielle Nemschoff (University of Chicago)– ‘Does Distance from Home Matter in Prison? Effects on Visitation and Recidivism' 🕰️ Fri 13 February, 1 - 2pm (London time) For more information, visit: https://ow.ly/KWXl50Y8bbN

A relatively simple, well-designed & implementable training programme made a substantial difference in managing the urban waste footprint of Patna, India Swati Dhingra & Stephen Machin. https://voxdev.org/topic/energy-environment/why-waste-segregation-policies-fail-and-how-training-makes-them-work

Join us today for the first Lionel Robbins lecture, where Alan Manning (CEP, LSE) looks at immigration policy and questions why governments struggle to deal with this issue. 🏢Old Theatre + online ⏲️6.30pm - 8pm Register: https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/why-immigration-policy-is-hard

Great to see Alan Manning 's blog for UK in a Changing Europe on the need to move away from divisive discussion to create an effective immigration policy. Read ⬇️ https://ukandeu.ac.uk/why-immigration-policy-is-hard-and-how-to-make-it-better/

The working hours and happiness, of the self-employed are starting to recover – five years on from the downturn induced by the pandemic, CEP research reveals. Read here: https://ow.ly/VcUC50Y4Xrr

As UK manufacturing plants have scaled up their adoption of automation tools, total employment has actually increased, research by Aniket Baksy (Melbourne), Daniel Chandler (CEP, STICERD), and Peter John Lambert (LSE, Warwick) finds. Read: https://ow.ly/7scg50Y3I1c

📢 LSE Public Lecture - Can natural capital be replaced? Dive into the debate on weak vs strong sustainability with Prof Eric Neumayer and explore whether natural capital can truly be substituted by other forms of capital. 🌍 🗓 10 Feb 2026 | 🕡 6.30–8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre & Online 👉 zurl.co/vSltz

Immigration policy is complex, full of trade-offs—but we can do better. Join Alan Manning, former chair of the UK Migration Advisory Committee, for 3 free lectures using evidence to rethink how immigration affects jobs, services and communities. https://ow.ly/Vpeg50Y0IlI

A wartime labor market: the case of Ukraine By Giacomo Anastasia, Tito Boeri and Oleksandr Zholud https://ow.ly/GRun50XY61i

Crime and prices: evidence from thefts of expensive precious metal By: Gerald Foong, Stephen Machin and Matteo Sandi Read at: https://ow.ly/Qgg550XY5Z6

📌Join us in person or online for the first Wellbeing seminar of 2026! 📖 Victor Lavy (The Hebrew University and University of Warwick) – ‘Violent Peers at School: Impacts and Mechanisms’. 🕰️ Thu 22 January, 4 pm to 5 pm For seminar reminders and zoom links, subscribe: https://ow.ly/LnYJ50XZGhb

Household taxation, nonlinear occupations, and gender gaps By Piotr Denderski and Tim Obermeier Read at: https://ow.ly/hGO250XY5VG

Guglielmo Ventura, CEP Research Economist & ADR UK research fellow, reflects on a recent LSE workshop which shared ways in which admin data is being used to understand the links between education and work – and discussed where knowledge and data gaps exist. Read more: https://ow.ly/qOMX50XY6g0

📢 Call for papers: 1st Annual CEP–IFS Labour Conference London | 15–16 June 2026 We invite labour economics papers on wages & inequality, firm wage-setting, monopsony, unions, worker mobility & place-based policies. Submit by 13 Feb 2026. 🔗 Details & submissions: https://ow.ly/yvGJ50XY3fK

📢 Job vacancy: Research Assistant, Programme on Innovation and Diffusion at LSE Work with John Van Reenen on cutting-edge research on innovation, diffusion & productivity, contributing to co-authored, top-journal-quality outputs 📈💡 Apply by 16 Feb

Big cities tend to host more exporters—especially superstar firms—and are less sensitive to trade costs, say Jan David Bakker (CEP), Alvaro Garcia Marin, Andrei Potlogea and Nico Voightlander Read more: https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/big-cities-and-globalisation

New research from Huang, Benny Kleinman Liu & Stephen Redding (CEP) for VoxEU shows that China’s and Japan’s productivity booms reduced the US share of global GDP — but raised US welfare. Read more: https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/accommodating-emerging-giants-global-economy

The CEP newsletter – fresh economics delivered to your inbox every month. In January: 💰 Slow-burn Brexit hit 📅 Event: Alan Manning on immigration 🏠 Supply is driving housing crisis

A gender gap in STEM subjects remains even as girls' educational achievement rises. Using data from 10 countries Andrés Barrios-Fernández & Aspasia Bizopoulou show that education is only part of the story. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/12/10/women-stem-subjects-pick-university-gender-gap/

👏 Congratulations to CEP associate Professor Jonathan Wadsworth (Royal Holloway) – awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours List! www.gov.uk/government/p...

🎄 A reminder from this year's World Happiness Report that the wellbeing boost from sharing meals is equiv to the effect of doubling your income. CEP associate Alberto Prati explains: https://theconversation.com/why-sharing-meals-can-make-people-happier-what-evidence-from-142-countries-shows-252352

"Unless Britain tackles the barriers that prevent new housing from being built where it is most needed, the affordability crisis will persist" New from Christian Hilber & Andreas Mense https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/what-the-price-to-rent-ratio-reveals-about-britains-housing-crisis/

Adoption, incidence and welfare impacts of interest-free loans: evidence from solar PV By Leanne Cass, Misato Sato and Aurélien Saussay Read at: https://ow.ly/Y6EN50XItgT

Minority bureaucrats' networks and career progression: evidence from the Chinese maritime customs service By Yan Hu and Stephan Maurer Read at: https://ow.ly/ngjQ50XIteA

📢 Job vacancy: Research Assistant (Pre-doc) Join Daniel Sturm, Sara Bagagli & Giorgio Pietrabissa to study the economics of cities using new quantitative urban models and rich data from Denmark and beyond 🏙️📊 Full-time | 1–2 posts Apply by 30 Jan 2026 → https://ow.ly/w85150XIrCN

Rhamon Talles, Daniel Da Mata and Joao Paulo Pessoa (CEP) show how a soy moratorium curbed Amazon deforestation and carbon emissions. Now, as agribusiness pressures mount to dismantle it, Brazil’s EU trade ties and climate credibility are at risk. 👉 https://ow.ly/xL4F50XFNOy

The CEP newsletter – fresh economics delivered to your inbox every month. In December: 📌 The costs driving UK inflation 📌 Why immigration policy is hard 📌 Economics of climate innovation Read and subscribe: https://ow.ly/elqW50XFNyJ

Here @swatdhingra.bsky.social sets out her argument for why wages are not playing as big a role in the UK inflation story as many would believe. Read more: https://ow.ly/evlQ50XFNXl

Starting now- Women in economics: progress, challenges and perspectives with @ukwen.bsky.social in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre. Join for a conversation on shaping the future of the field. For more information: www.lse.ac.uk/events/women...

New council tax bands for houses over £2m begins to address the terrible regressiveness of Council Tax, says Paul Cheshire - but does nothing to address the disconnect from changing regional patterns of house values. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/will-the-budget-improve-property-taxes/

📢 Tonight: Women in Economics: Progress, Challenges & Perspectives with UK Women in Economics Network (UK WEN) 🕡 18:30–20:00 🏠 Sheikh Zayed Theatre + hybrid 👉 Info: https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/women-in-economics-progress-challenges-and-perspectives

In this blog Alan Manning evaluates the government's case for asylum reform and looks at the existing evidence around similar policies. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/is-there-merit-in-labours-asylum-policies/

📢 Book launch this evening In his latest book, @alanmanning4.bsky.social makes the case that while immigration policy will never satisfy everyone, that doesn’t mean it can’t be done much better. Join Alan, @ruthcurtice.bsky.social & @stephenkb.bsky.social to discuss Register👉 buff.ly/0jtepcy

📢 One week to go for Women in Economics: Progress, Challenges & Perspectives. 📅 Mon 8 Dec 2025 🕡 18:30–20:00 📍 Sheikh Zayed Theatre + online Hear from Janet Henry (HSBC), Clare Lombardelli (BoE), Almudena Sevilla (LSE) 👉 Details: https://ow.ly/uSao50XzUXM

It is possible to make tutoring a public good rather than a private luxury says Lee Elliot Major pointing out that proven low-cost tutoring can change lives. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2025/10/29/bred-to-rule-private-tutor-for-baby-eton-private-schools-education-inequalities/

🎉 Congrats to Alan Manning (CEP, LSE) on his new book Why Immigration Policy Is Hard and How to Make It Better. He dives into the tough trade-offs and possible policy improvements that can benefit both migrants and host countries. Click here for more: https://ow.ly/m1CB50Xz6oC

Mind the lag: Using assessed and list prices as proxies for housing market values By Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Hans R. A. Koster and Tu Giang Vu Read at: https://ow.ly/LSSc50XyyTS

However we feel about it, #AI is here to stay. At The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in the UK, social scientists are exploring the future of AI and the critical decisions we need to make to ensure it serves the greater good. futurumcareers.com/the-future-o...

Accommodating emerging giants in the global economy By Zhuokai Huang, Benny Kleinman, Ernest Liu and Stephen J. Redding Read at: https://ow.ly/m0qU50XyyRA

How can today's budget pull Britain out of its productivity slump? Aadya Bahl , CEP policy officer, explains the importance of long-term thinking in improving living standards. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/budget-2025-how-to-cure-the-uks-low-productivity/