Analysis publsihed today provides new insight into the UK's so-called "productivity puzzle".
Authors
![Richard Blundell](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2024-03/Richard%20Blundell%20Head.jpg?itok=ow7e9OkA)
CPP Co-Director
Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.
![Claire Crawford](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-08/Claire_Crawford.jpg?itok=VDnmnmX1)
Research Fellow University College London
Claire is a Research Fellow at IFS, working on the determinants and consequences of participation in childcare and education for parents and children.
![Wenchao Jin](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/Wenchao_Jin.jpg?itok=Av1leK1Z)
Research Associate
Wenchao is an Assistant Professor at the University of Sussex and an IFS Research Associate.
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