Centre for Economic Performance

📢 Pre-doc RA @CEP_LSE
Join cutting-edge research on global trade 🌍📊 Topics include Brexit, tariffs, supply chains, innovation, trade & the environment.

💼 Full-time | 1-year (renewable)
📅 Apply by 14 Aug
🔗 ow.ly/NO0a50WzqMU

Well designed paternity leave makes Spain a model of success - LSE Business Review When paternity leave is mandatory, non-transferable and fully paid, more fathers take it. This shows how policy design matters for gender equality.

"In Spain, successive reforms made taking paternity leave the norm, and fathers responded," research by @LibertadGonzalez.bsky.social @lidiafarre.bsky.social @ClaudiaHupkau.bsky.social and Jenifer Ruiz Valenzuela


blogs.lse.ac.uk/busi...

Eugenie Dugoua: Data centres are the factories of our modern lives - LSE Business Review Our lives today increasingly depend on data centres for simple activities like writing emails or watching videos. The arrival of large language models such as ChatGPT has caused a significant uptick in the use of digital services that also depend on data centres. Eugenie Dugoua discusses what this dependence means for the environment in a

ICYMI What impact is AI having on the environment? CEP associate @EugenieDugoua.bsky.social discusses the research with Anna Bevan, of LSE's IQ podcast.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/busi...

How does housing affect educational outcomes? Right-to-Buy gave tenants of houses the chance to own their home - and helped reduce educational inequality, as exam performance rose in the areas in question

Right-to-Buy gave council tenants the chance to own their homes. The policy has been criticised for its impact on housing, but this research finds pupils in areas that were high in RTB sales did better in exams.

Richard Disney and @McmSandi.bsky.social

Read more :
blogs.lse.ac.uk/ineq...

To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Department of Economics of SciencesPo is creating an award in her name. Ghazala made important contributions in a large number of fields, spanning the economics of discrimination, gender, education and organizational economics. The award will promote work in those fields by young scholars. The first edition of this award will consist of a 5,000 euro prize for the best paper in this set of fields by junior researchers. The selection of the laureate will be carried out by a scientific committee composed of Pierre Cahuc, Alan Manning and Barbara Petrongolo. Eligibility for the prize requires that all authors have obtained their PhD after 1 September 2018. Papers written jointly with more senior researchers will not be considered. The prize will be awarded at SciencesPo during the event organised in memory of Ghazala on 10 December 2025. One of the authors of the prize winning paper will present the work at this event. Applications must be submitted by 31 August 2025.

📢 #CallForPapers To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Economics Department of SciencesPo is creating an award in her name. Junior researchers can submit a paper in economics of discrimination, gender, education & organizational #economics. Submit by 31 August.
cepr.org/events/ghaza...
#EconSky

The impact of the 2025 US tariff announcements on UK firms In the first half of 2025, the US and some of its trading partners announced significant changes to import tariffs. This column uses newly designed questions to study the impact of these changes on UK firms and to assess the level of trade uncertainty. On average, the majority of firms expect no material impact on their sales, investment, and prices; those that do expect it to be a relatively small negative impact. Tariffs are a new source of uncertainty for firms, although the level of uncertainty remains lower than for previous shocks such as Brexit, Covid-19, or the Russia-Ukraine war.

Tariffs are a new source of uncertainty for firms, but the level of uncertainty remains relatively low compared to past shocks such as Covid-19.

@nickbloom.bsky.social (CEP associate), Philip Bunn, Paul Mizen, Veenaa Sasikaran, Krishan Shah, Gregory Thwaites and Ivan Yotzov

cepr.org/voxeu/colum...

Mobile internet connectivity and household wealth in the Philippines

By Yohan Iddawela, Neil Lee and Zhiwu Wei

Read at: ow.ly/75yw50WtNkk

Deglobalisation in disguise? - UK in a changing Europe Shania Bhalotia, Swati Dhingra and Danyal Arnold explain their study on the effect of Brexit on the UK's ability to export services abroad. They argue that exporters now face higher trade costs, more red tape and fewer opportunities.

Since Brexit, UK services exporters have been facing higher trade costs, more red tape, and fewer opportunities say @shaniabhalotia.bsky.social (CEP) Swati Dhingra (CEP) and Danyal Arnold

ukandeu.ac.uk/deglob...

The full returns to higher education in the UK

By David Frayman

Read at: ow.ly/iW8z50WtOMA

The UK’s new industrial strategy: what does it mean for Manchester? - Economics Observatory To succeed, the industrial strategy needs to build strong local ecosystems in places where the eight priority sectors can thrive. The example of Greater Manchester shows why investment must be joined-up and focused on making the city-region a more productive place to do business across the board.

The UK’s industrial strategy seeks to raise productivity, support high-value sectors and spread economic opportunity beyond London. @aadyabahl.bsky.social explores how to make industrial strategy work at a local level.

www.economicsobserva...

Will Brett-Harding explains how economists assess the impact of more investment and jobs in high-skilled sectors - which leads to more spending and jobs in non-tradable services like cafes and restaurants, arts venues, gyms and more.

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

Read: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...

Universities are engines of growth and must be backed by policy - British Politics and Policy at LSE The Industrial Strategy identifies growth-driving sectors that will require a highly-skilled workforce. But the Government's immigration policy is destabilising the sector.

"A coherent industrial strategy cannot rest on a higher education system in retreat." @sandramcnally.bsky.social and @aadyabahl.bsky.social on the need to solve the contradictions at the heart of current policymaking.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/poli...

📢 Pre-doc RA position at LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance! Join the Education & Skills programme led by Prof Sandra McNally. Work with large UK education datasets (e.g. NPD, LEO). Strong Stata skills & interest in policy a must. Apply by Aug 24 👉 ow.ly/bpN450WrLq4

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

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.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/impa...

How an oil price crash sparked clean innovation: Insights from Norway The transition to clean energy will require a significant reallocation of technological investments away from fossil energy sources towards cleaner alternatives. This column investigates whether leveraging the technological capabilities in the fossil energy supply chain can help incentivise this reallocation with the required speed. Using data from Norway, the authors highlight an underexplored channel for renewable technologies – lower profitability in the fossil energy sector led to reallocation of R&D resources within firms, triggering a shift towards clean innovation.

ICYMI: Negative shocks to the fossil energy sector don’t just reduce dirty innovation – they can also drive a meaningful increase in clean technology development.

by Esther Ann Boler (CEP), Katinka Holtsmark and Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe


cepr.org/voxeu/colum...

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. .

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

blogs.lse.ac.uk/busi...

🎺Call for papers🎺

The CEP @warwickecon Junior trade workshop 2025 will be at @LSEnews on 22 Sep.

Papers wanted from PhD students and post-docs who are on the academic job market in January 2026.

Deadline: 27 July 2025.
More: ⬇️

cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/E...

The battle for trade currency dominance: The dollar vs the renminbi in Argentina The US dollar has traditionally dominated the invoicing of international trade. But could other currencies one day replace it? This column examines a unique policy experiment in Argentina in 2023. Amid a severe dollar shortage, Argentina expanded its currency swap agreement with the People’s Bank of China. The share of imports from China invoiced in renminbi surged rapidly from zero to nearly 50%, displacing the US dollar. Using rich firm-level data on trade and banking, the authors show that lack of dollar availability and connections with a Chinese state-owned bank played a key role in promoting renminbi use.

Felipe Benguria and @dennisnovy.bsky.social on a unique policy experiment in Argentina.

cepr.org/voxeu/colum...

📢 Call for Papers — Junior Trade Workshop at LSE!
PhD students & post-docs on the 2026 job market: submit your JMP by 27 July 2025 to present & connect with leading researchers.
Hosted by CEP & Warwick.
📅 22 Sept | ow.ly/X0e450WnGjI

Deglobalisation in disguise? Brexit barriers and trade in services

By Danyal Arnold, Shania Bhalotia and Swati Dhingra

Read at: ow.ly/akks50Wn13Z

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.

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

blogs.lse.ac.uk/euro...

The innovation race on geological carbon removal: who is best placed to lead? - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment A report analysing innovation activity for two carbon dioxide removal technologies — BECCS and DACCS, referred to collectively as geological CDR — to determine who might be best positioned to lead the...

The US is losing its edge in carbon dioxide removal, opening doors for Europe and the UK, says our new report.

With the US cutting climate subsidies, investments may shift to Europe. The UK, with its strong geological storage and low-carbon energy, is poised to lead in innovation.

Who is my neighbour? Short-term renting and civic engagement in London

By: Nicola Fontana

Read at: ow.ly/2NQl50WjEG5

How to grow an invoicing currency: micro evidence from Argentina

By: Felipe Benguria and Dennis Novy

Read at: ow.ly/qBsO50WjExG

Great piece on the resilience of cities from CEP associate @KoheiTakeda.bsky.social and Atsushi Yamagishi.


voxdev.org/topic/mig...

The CEP newsletter - fresh economics delivered monthly!

In July:
🌳 Parks and happiness
🏋️‍♀️ Knowing your (technological) strengths
📋 Ofsted and headteachers' pay

Read and subscribe: ⬇️

us10.campaign-archiv...

Paternity leave in Spain

By: Lidia Farre, Libertad Gonzalez, Claudia Hupkau and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela

Read at: ow.ly/Aa4U50WjEhx

Trade diversion and labor market outcomes

By: Natalie Chen, Dennis Novy and Diego Solorzano

Read at: ow.ly/j7BI50WjCYn

Estimating labour market power: the long and short of it

By: Ihsaan Bassier and Alan Manning

Read at: ow.ly/UT2E50WjCIB