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National Institute Economic Review

nier The National Institute Economic Review is the quarterly journal of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, published quarterly in January, April, July and October of each year.

Each edition includes detailed forecasts of both UK and World economies, commentary on current issues, a comprehensive statistical appendix and articles by NIESR researchers and external authors.

Forthcoming Issue

The next issue of the National Institute Economic Review will be published by the end of April 2012.

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Current Issue - No.219

The current issue of the National Institute Economic Review focuses on policy evaluation, and was published on Friday, 3rd February 2012.

The full version is available by contacting Sage Publications at the contact details above.

Click below for summaries:

Research Articles

The power of evidence: improving the effectiveness of government by investing in more rigorous evaluation by Rachel Glennerster

The evaluation of English education policies by Stephen Machin and Sandra McNally

Still evidence-based? The role of policy evaluation in recession and beyond: the case of the National Minimum Wage by Tim Butcher

The state of evidence-based policy evaluation and its role in policy formation by Philip Davies

Time-limited in-work benefits in the UK: a review of recent evidence by Haroon Chowdry

Requiring the long-term unemployed to train: is benefit conditionality effective? by Heather Rolfe

Implications of the national employment savings trust for vulnerable sectors of the UK labour market: a reduced-form statistical evaluation by Justin van de Ven

Economic Overview

The World Economy

World overview: focus on national monetary policies

Prospects for individual economies

by Dawn Holland, with Aurélie Delannoy, Tatiana Fic, Ian Hurst, Stephen le Roux, Iana Liadze, Ali Orazgani and Pawel Paluchowski

Box A: Impact of fiscal austerity in the Euro Area by Dawn Holland and and Gerhard Rünstler

The UK Economy

Prospects for the UK economy by Simon Kirby

The Government response to the Independent Commission on Banking by Angus Armstrong

Commentary

Scotland’s currency and fiscal choices by Angus Armstrong

Summaries of Previous Issues

For summaries of previous issues of the National Institute Economic Review, please follow this link. These back issues are available from Sage Publications at the contact details given below.