Over the past few weeks, as the UK Parliament engages with the COVID-19 outbreak, they have experienced a surge in need for access to research … Read more
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The Rise of Services and Balanced Growth in Theory and Data
A paper by Professor Miguel leon-Ledesma (University of Kent) with Alessio Moro (University of Cagliari) entitled ‘The Rise of Services and Balanced Growth in Theory … Read more
What are the implications of China’s economic slowdown on post-Brexit Britain?
Dr Jan-Philipp Dueber, Lecturer in Economics here at the School explains how we can better understand the slowdown in China’s economic growth and its implications … Read more
The Rise and Fall of US Manufacturing: Re-Examination of Long-Run Spatial Trends
Discussion paper KDPE 1910 by Nicholas Crafts (University of Sussex) and Alexander Klein (University of Kent), December 2019. Non-technical summary It is well-known that patterns … Read more
Firm Dynamics, Market Power and Productivity Puzzles
Anthony Savagar, Lecturer in Macroeconomics (Principal Investigator) and Miguel Leon-Ledesma, Professor of Economics, were granted an ESRC Research Award in September 2018 for £200,000 to … Read more
Macroeconomic simulation comparison with a multivariate extension of the Markov Information Criterion
by Sylvain Barde, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1908, June 2019. Non-technical summary: The paper develops and tests a multivariate extension of the Markov Information Criterion (MIC) … Read more
Expert comment: UK economy grows but labour productivity continues to stagnate
Professor Miguel Leon-Ledesma from the School of Economics notes that despite a small rise in UK GDP there are areas of concern, not least stagnating … Read more
Make Yourselves Scarce: The Effect of Demographic Change on the Relative Wages and Employment Rates of Experienced Workers
by Prof Michael J. Böhm, University of Bonn and Dr Christian Siegel, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1902, March 2019. Non-technical summary: Many developed economies have … Read more
The missing link: Monetary policy and the labour share
A research paper by Miguel León-Ledesma (Professor of Economics) together with Dr Cristiano Cantore (Bank of England) and Dr Filippo Ferroni (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago) … Read more
Engines of Sectoral Labor Productivity Growth
by Dr Zsófia L. Bárány, Sciences Po and CEPR and Dr Christian Siegel, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1901, March 2019. Non-technical summary: The fact … Read more