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Our research covers a wide range of topics related to businesses and their investments, including firm productivity, innovation and research and development, the location of firms’ activities and the effects of tax, competition and other policies.

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UK outlook: why we need to do things differently

Report

The UK is the talk of the town, and not in a good way.

11 October 2022

Kwasi Kwarteng homes in on the right problems, but solutions don’t add up

Comment

Paul Johnson writes in The Times on the impact of Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-Budget policies.

26 September 2022

Market power and wage inequality

Working Paper

We propose a theory of how market power affects wage inequality.

26 September 2022

What drives wage stagnation: monopsony or monopoly?

Working Paper

Wages for the vast majority of workers have stagnated since the 1980s while productivity has grown.

26 September 2022

Paul Johnson responds to Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-Budget

Comment

Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget is a short-term sugar rush and a huge switch in direction.

24 September 2022

Job displacement costs of phasing out coal

Working Paper

We use the dramatic collapse of the UK coal industry to estimate the long-term impact on displaced miners.

14 September 2022

Why is inequality in the labour market growing?

Explainer

Giulia Giupponi takes us through the latest research on the UK labour market.

3 August 2022

UK Shared Prosperity Fund allocations for Welsh councils are flawed, costing some areas millions

Comment

A failure to properly account for population in Welsh councils’ Shared Prosperity Fund allocations is costing larger councils millions of pounds.

18 July 2022

The economic arguments for and against a wealth tax

Presentation

This presentation was given at an HMRC seminar.

15 July 2022

Business rates: reform, reduce or replace?

Presentation

This presentation was given at an LSE Taxation Seminar.

20 June 2022

How do firms impact inequality?

Explainer

In this video, John Van Reenan takes us through the latest research on firms in the UK - and looks at their impact on inequality.

16 June 2022

The Scottish Resource Spending Review: will the government choose axing or taxing?

Comment

In its upcoming Resource Spending Review, the Scottish Government will have to choose between spending cuts, tax rises, or hoping for extra UK government funding.

27 May 2022

It’s time to take a firmer grip on companies and competition law

Comment

Globalisation, inequality, feeble productivity growth, earnings stagnation, the falling labour share of national income — the most important features of economic life. And one institution binds them together: the firm.

25 April 2022

Levelling up: geographical inequality in the UK explained

Explainer

How big are inequalities in work and pay? Why are there such large gaps? Can the levelling up agenda fix these problems?

22 April 2022

It’s time to rethink how we tax the income of the super-rich

Comment

Paul Johnson in The Times on taxing the super rich.

11 April 2022

Top income inequality and tax policy

Book Chapter

Concerns about how much income ‘the rich’ have, the activities from which it is derived, and how much tax is paid on it are central to debates about inequality.

7 April 2022