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Henry G Overman

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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

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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 3d

📌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

Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · 4d

@whatworksgrowth.bsky.social ONS local event on local economic performance. Feb 12. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ons-local-...

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 5d

🚨Major new report🚨

The UK economy has been falling further behind its former peers - but could it be on the brink of a turnaround?

Our latest report takes stock of the UK economy, examines how the Government’s economic strategy is faring, and what it should do to boost growth⤵️

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Greg Thwaites, Research Director at the Resolution Foundation, said:
“Twenty years ago, the UK economy was close to catching up with Germany. But decades of stagnation mean that we’ve now been caught by Italy and are miles behind our former peers. It’s time the UK started to catch up.
“There’s lots to welcome in the Government’s economic growth strategy. But it has spent much of the past 18 months undermining that strategy with policy U-turns, kite-flying tax ideas and timidity in areas like trade where it needs to be bold.
“With signs that productivity may be turning a corner, the Government must capitalise by ramping up its plans. It should redouble efforts to unblock housebuilding in major cities, focus job support for young and older workers, and decide whether to bite the bullet and reverse some of the damage from Brexit.”

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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 7d

📢 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

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Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · 7d

One year RA post at @poid-lse.bsky.social jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... working with @johnvanreenen.bsky.social

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Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · 8d

Great piece by @paulswinney.bsky.social raising serious concerns about the UK's sub-national productivity data and what it can tell us. I share his worry that misleading conclusions about a northern city miracle may already be skewing policy debates www.economicsobservatory.com/have-the-uks...

Have the UK’s northern cities really experienced a productivity miracle? - Economics Observatory

While official data points to a 'productivity miracle' in several large northern cities since 2019, a closer look suggests otherwise. This serves as a reminder to sense-check any data before using it,...

www.economicsobservatory.com

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Economics Observatory @econ-observatory.bsky.social · 8d

JUST PUBLISHED – Have the UK’s northern cities really experienced a productivity miracle?

By @paulswinney.bsky.social

Have the UK’s northern cities really experienced a productivity miracle? - Economics Observatory

While official data points to a 'productivity miracle' in several large northern cities since 2019, a closer look suggests otherwise. This serves as a reminder to sense-check any data before using…

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Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · 9d

Will read with interest. Any evidence on whether the ability to hire remotely improves the worker to firm match in terms of productivity (which I guess will be important for aggregate gains)?

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LSE Geography & Environment @lsegeography.bsky.social · 9d

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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 9d

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

Big cities and globalisation

Globalisation has deepened economic inequalities between large cities and the rest. This column examines foreign trade integration in larger cities versus other regions across Brazil, China, France, and the US. Larger cities have higher ‘export intensity’ – they export more because they host more exporters, especially superstar firms, and are less sensitive to trade cost changes. Large cities ‘win’ from international trade, and growing urbanisation fuels globalisation.

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Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · 10d

I'm going to have to up-date my observation about needing more optimism bias on the optimism bias.

Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · 10d

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Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · 10d

We've got two new @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social events coming up in February on logic models (whatworksgrowth.org/events/logic...) and productivity (whatworksgrowth.org/events/produ...)

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Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · 11d

@alanmanning4.bsky.social will give the Lionel Robbins lectures on "Why immigration policy is hard: and how to make it better" 2nd, 9th and 16th February: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/...

Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · 11d

Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 11d

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

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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 11d

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

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 14d

New VoxTalks Economics with @talknormal.co.uk
Dame Wendy Carlin (UCL & CEPR) discusses how #AI is reshaping economics education, how the CORE Project is adapting teaching, and why AI can help students build the reasoning skills employers value.
🎧 cepr.org/multimedia/h...
#EconSky

New VoxTalks Economics: Has AI eaten the economics major?

Dame Wendy Carlin (UCL & CEPR) discusses how AI is reshaping economics education, how the CORE Project is adapting teaching, and why AI can help students build reasoning skills employers value. Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium with Tim Phillips.

Listen here: https://cepr.org/multimedia/has-ai-eaten-economics-major

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What Works Growth @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social · Dec 11

📈Skills are an important driver of local productivity and output.

Our new briefing has been written to help local policymakers understand how to think about the skills performance of their local area and develop appropriate policies.

Read more 🔎👇
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Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · Dec 4

Call for Papers for the 2nd Workshop for Early Career Women in
Economic Geography and Spatial Economics: www.lse.ac.uk/asset-librar... [Organised by two of my early career colleagues; the first version was great]

www.lse.ac.uk

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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · Nov 24

Join Centre for Economic Performance UK Women in Economics Network (UK WEN) for Women in Economics: Progress, Challenges & Perspectives, exploring disparities and necessary changes.

📅 Mon 8 Dec 2025
🕡 18:30–20:00
📍 LSE Sheikh Zayed Theatre + online

👉 More info: https://ow.ly/tplv50XvVGo

Women in economics | Insights from the field

6.30pm Mon 8 Dec | Almudena Sevilla, Clare Lombardelli | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

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Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · Nov 18

A couple of upcoming @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social events on how to understand data around labour market skills and using it to assess local performance and policy whatworksgrowth.org/events/under... whatworksgrowth.org/events/under...

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What Works Growth @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social · Nov 17

Skills matter for productivity, yet the data landscape can feel overwhelming.

Our latest blog explains a simple framework to make sense of local skills demand and supply.

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Understanding local skills performance requires more than just data - What Works Growth

Skills are an important driver of local productivity.

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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · Nov 1

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...

Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · Oct 31

@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

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Economics Observatory @econ-observatory.bsky.social · Oct 22

🚨 JUST PUBLISHED – What policies could kick-start economic growth in the UK?
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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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · Oct 21

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...

Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social · Oct 20

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

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What Works Growth @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social · Oct 15

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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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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Urban Economics Association @urbaneconomics.bsky.social · Oct 6

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.

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