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Productivity is the key to driving economic growth; by improving productivity wages and living standards are increased.

Reports from The Productivity Commission

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UK Productivity Commission Priorities for 2023

19 Jan 2023

UK Productivity Commission

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Productivity in the UK: Evidence Review

23 Jun 2022

UK Productivity Commission

Evidence Sessions from The Productivity Commission

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Evidence Session Summary: The Role of International Investment

20 Jul 2023

UK Productivity Commission

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Evidence Session Summary: Public Investment

25 May 2023

UK Productivity Commission

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Evidence Session Summary: The Under-Performance of Business Investment

26 Jan 2023

UK Productivity Commission

The Productivity Commission Past Evidence Sessions and written evidence previously submitted to The Productivity Commission

Research Reports & Discussion Papers

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Finance, Business Investment and Productivity

11 May 2023

UK Economic Outlook Box Analysis

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Northern Ireland’s Productivity Problem

03 Aug 2022

UK Economic Outlook Box Analysis

Covid-19 and Productivity

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Covid-19 and Productivity: Impact and Implications

17 Feb 2022

Occasional Papers

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How to Not Miss a Productivity Revival Once Again?

05 Nov 2020

Discussion Papers

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Below the Aggregate: A Sectoral Account of the UK Productivity Puzzle

18 Oct 2019

Discussion Papers

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Productivity in the UK’s low-wage industries

06 Apr 2018

Research Report

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The UK Productivity Puzzle 2008-2013: Evidence From British Businesses

31 May 2015

Discussion Papers

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Raising the Standard: Minimum Wages and Firm Productivity

29 May 2015

Discussion Papers

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Mapping Information Economy Business with Big Data: Findings from the UK

26 Nov 2014

Discussion Papers

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ICT as a general purpose technology: spillovers, absorptive capacity and productivity performance

25 Nov 2013

Discussion Papers

From the National Institute Economic Review

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Productivity Paradox: Challenges and Opportunities

08 Nov 2023

UK Economic Outlook Box Analysis

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Labour Regulation and Productivity in the UK since 1945: Debunking Myths about ‘Disease’, ‘Miracles’ and ‘Puzzles’

16 May 2023

National Institute Economic Review

Productivity Performance of Different Types of UK Regions and the Challenges of Levelling Up

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The Productivity Performance of Different Types of UK Regions and the Challenges of Levelling Up

11 Jan 2023

National Institute Economic Review

Politics of Levelling Up Devolution Institutions and Productivity in England

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The Politics of Levelling Up: Devolution, Institutions and Productivity in England

11 Jan 2023

National Institute Economic Review

climate scales

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Climate change and fiscal sustainability: risks and opportunities

30 Dec 2021

National Institute Economic Review

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Productivity in UK healthcare during and after the Covid-19 pandemic

30 Dec 2021

National Institute Economic Review

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How to not miss a productivity revival again

16 Mar 2021

National Institute Economic Review

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Understanding regional economic performance and resilience in the UK: trends since the global financial crisis

29 Jul 2020

National Institute Economic Review

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Regional disparities in labour productivity and the role of capital stock

29 Jul 2020

National Institute Economic Review

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Is the UK Productivity Slowdown Unprecedented?

06 Feb 2020

National Institute Economic Review

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Cloud computing, cross-border data flows and new challenges for measurement in economics

24 Jul 2019

National Institute Economic Review

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The decline of British manufacturing, 1973–2012: the role of total factor productivity

06 Feb 2019

National Institute Economic Review

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The anatomy of UK labour productivity: lessons from new and existing data sources

06 Feb 2019

National Institute Economic Review

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Introduction: Productivity: Past, Present and Future

06 Feb 2019

National Institute Economic Review

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Persistent productivity failure in the UK: is the EU really to blame?

06 Feb 2019

National Institute Economic Review

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What is holding back UK productivity? Lessons from decades of measurement

31 Oct 2018

National Institute Economic Review

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The financial foundations of the productivity puzzle

02 Aug 2017

National Institute Economic Review

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Why should we care about productivity?

10 Feb 2015

National Institute Economic Review

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Impaired Capital Reallocation and Productivity

01 May 2014

National Institute Economic Review

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The productivity puzzle – the debate continues Can intangible investment explain the UK productivity puzzle? A response and comment

05 Nov 2013

National Institute Economic Review

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Can intangible investment explain the UK productivity puzzle?

02 May 2013

National Institute Economic Review

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Migrants’ skills and productivity: a European perspective

28 Jul 2010

National Institute Economic Review

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EU KLEMS growth and productivity accounts: an overview

30 Apr 2007

National Institute Economic Review

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UK growth and productivity in an international perspective: evidence from EU KLEMS

30 Apr 2007

National Institute Economic Review

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Spain: a success story shadowed only by poor productivity performance

30 Apr 2007

National Institute Economic Review

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Introduction: The importance of productivity

30 Apr 2007

National Institute Economic Review

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A new approach to measuring health system output and productivity

30 Apr 2007

National Institute Economic Review

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Productivity impacts and spillovers from foreign ownership in the United Kingdom

30 Jan 2004

National Institute Economic Review

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National Institute Economic Review April 2003

31 Mar 2003

National Institute Economic Review

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Productivity and convergence in the EU

31 Mar 2002

National Institute Economic Review

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Britain’s relative productivity performance: has anything changed?

31 Dec 2001

National Institute Economic Review

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Productivity, product quality and workforce skills: food processing in four European countries

01 Feb 1994

National Institute Economic Review

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Productivity and Vocational Skills in Services in Britain and Germany: Hotels

01 Nov 1989

National Institute Economic Review

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Productivity and Management: The Training of Foremen in Britain and Germany

01 Jan 1988

National Institute Economic Review

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Educating for Productivity: Comparisons of Japanese and English Schooling and Vocational Preparation

01 Feb 1987

National Institute Economic Review

Our Projects

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Inclusive Productivity: The Macroeconomic Consequences of the UK’s Unequal Productivity Performance

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Business Investment and Brexit

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Public Investment and Supply

Investigating the Factors Driving Scotland’s

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Investigating the Factors Driving Scotland’s Productivity Gap with International Countries

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Data Use and Productivity in the UK: an Economic Modelling and Longitudinal Study

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Reindustrialising the United Kingdom

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Understanding the Drivers of Innovation and Productivity across Firms, Regions and Industries in the UK

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Mapping digital businesses with Big Data

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Productivity trends in Europe

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Reducing productivity and efficiency gaps: the role of knowledge assets, absorptive capacity and institutions

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Industrial Clusters in England

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Evaluating the Impact of Trade and Investment Assistance on the UK Economy

Our Blogs

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Productivity, Living Standards and Wellbeing: Comparing the UK and Australia

Eliza da Silva Gomes

Adrian Pabst

29 Apr 2024

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Exploring the Data on UK Productivity Performance

Issam Samiri

Stephen Millard

11 Dec 2023

4 min read

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UK Investment Past and Prospects: A Framework for Analysis

Catherine Mann

01 Dec 2023

6 min read

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How we Should Invest in Productivity

Paul Fisher

30 Nov 2023

7 min read

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Uncovering Scotland’s Productivity Performance

Ana Rincon-Aznar

Adrian Pabst

03 Oct 2022

5 min read

Growing-Productivity

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Why is UK Productivity Low and How Can It Improve?

Issam Samiri

Stephen Millard

26 Sep 2022

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Union flag as a jigsaw puzzle

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Exploring The UK Productivity Commission

Matt Panteli

Stephen Millard

20 Jun 2022

5 min read

UK Productivity Puzzle - The Geography of Skills and Productivity

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The Geography of Skills and Productivity

Issam Samiri

Stephen Millard

03 May 2022

6 min read

Cogs with old way and new way

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What Next for UK Industrial Policy and Productivity?

Konstantinos Myrodias

Adrian Pabst

28 Feb 2022

4 min read

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Is Brexit the Antidote to UK Productivity Failure?

Nicholas Crafts

06 Feb 2019

4 min read

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What is holding back UK productivity? Lessons from decades of measurement

Geoff Mason

Rebecca Riley

09 Nov 2018

5 min read

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The UK (and Western) productivity puzzle is a macro not a micro phenomenon

10 Sep 2018

5 min read

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Mind the Gap: Productivity in the UK’s Low-Wage Sectors

John Forth

Ana Rincon-Aznar

05 Apr 2018

5 min read

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Puzzling out Productivity

Thomas Lazarowicz

04 Apr 2018

5 min read

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UK productivity growth: careful what you wish for

Amit Kara

Ana Rincon-Aznar

21 Nov 2017

6 min read

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Ten years on: measuring the effects of the financial crisis on productivity

Paul Labonne

09 Aug 2017

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Britain’s skills problem

Sandra McNally

17 May 2017

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Can we solve the UK’s productivity puzzle?

Alex Bryson

John Forth

29 Jul 2015

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Productivity: still important for local growth

Bob Butcher

29 Nov 2013

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Migration and productivity

Jonathan Portes

03 Sep 2013

5 min read

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Graduates boost productivity

David Wilkinson

15 Aug 2013

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Events

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Prais Lecture with Rachel Griffith: Policies for Inclusive Growth

Unskilled workers have experienced little wage progression in the UK in recent years. The tax and benefit system has until recent propped up incomes at the bottom of the distribution,...

17:30 to 18:30

23 November, 2022

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Productivity after Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic struck the world economy in the midst of a decade that witnessed a broad-based decline in productivity growth. Lockdowns closed many businesses, jobs were either permanently or...

18:30 to 19:30

9 December, 2021

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Launch of Productivity Commission

Structured as a roundtable, this event will provide more information about the aims and objectives of the Productivity Commission, and include talks from Professor Jagjit S. Chadha, the Chair of...

16:00 to 17:00

16 September, 2021

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The Economics and Politics of Productivity

The aim of this workshop, run by NIESR and the Productivity Institute, is to explore the relationship between economics and politics in the study of productivity, with a particular focus...

13:00 to 16:30

1 April, 2021

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Macroeconomics and Productivity Workshop

Please note that this event is invite-only. If you would like to find out more, please email c.ridyard [at] niesr.ac.uk (Chloe Ridyard). This workshop will help kick-off some of the...

10:00 to 13:00

27 November, 2020

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The Prais Lecture: How to Solve the Productivity Puzzle

In this lecture, Lord Sainsbury answers the productivity puzzle: how do we speed up the UK’s economic growth? The ‘Productivity Puzzle’ has troubled economists for a generation, but there is...

18:00 to 19:30

10 November, 2020

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Inaugural Prais Lecture on Productivity: How not to miss the productivity revival once again

For this inaugural lecture, Bart van Ark explores the sources of long productivity slowdowns, including that of the past decade, with a special look at the importance of education and...

17:30 to 18:30

4 November, 2019

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International Workshop on Productivity, Innovation and Intangible Investments

Organisers: Centre for Research on Learning and Life Chances (LLAKES), UCL Institute of Education, and National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), London, UK University of Perugia, Italy (with...

08:30 to 12:00

22 September, 2017

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The Productivity Puzzle – Professor Jagjit Chadha

Professor Jagjit Chadha, delivered a lecture at Gresham College on The Productivity Puzzle. Productivity growth in the UK economy has lagged behind that of our major trading partners. With little...

17:00 to 18:00

21 September, 2017