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Senior Economist

Research interests:

David no longer works at NIESR

David is a Senior Economist in the Trade, Investment & Productivity directorate at NIESR, and a Research Associate at the Economic Statistics Center of Excellence (ESCoE). His main research interest is to analyse, measure and understand modern economies. Together with Prof. Diane Coyle he is working on improving measurements of GDP and welfare, focussing on the importance of intangible inputs in an increasingly digital economy (e.g. cloud services, AI, data). Related to this he also works on the servitisation of the manufacturing sector, and the phenomenon of ‘factoryless’ manufacturing. Further, David is interested in international linkages via trade, migration and foreign investment. As an Economic Geographer he is concerned with how these are spatially manifested and can result in disadvantages for people living in certain places.

He holds a PhD in Economic Geography from the London School of Economics, and graduated with an MSc in Local Economic Development from the same institution. Further, he graduated with a BSc in Economics from Utrecht University and also studied Business Economics during an exchange at LUISS. Previously he has worked as a consultant in London, helping governments to attract foreign investment and as an intern in the economic research centre of the Bundesbank. During his PhD he worked as a research assistant, teaching assistant and lecturer at LSE across various courses, including the Political Economy of Europe, Economics of European Integration, and Introduction to Quantitative Analysis.

Education:

PhD in Economic Geography, London School of Economics, 2013 – 2018

MSc in Local Economic Development, London School of Economics, 2012

BSc in Economics and Business Economics, Utrecht University, 2011

Employment:

2019 - 2021, Senior Economist, NIESR

2017 - present, Research Associate, Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence

2017 - August 2019, Economist, NIESR

2013 – 2017, Graduate Teaching Assistant / Research Assistant / Lecturer, London School of Economics

2012 – Junior Consultant, GDP Global Development

Additional information:

https://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/png253.htm

Publications by Dr David Nguyen

Growth, productivity and digitalisation in China Nguyen, D

Introduction: The Prospects for Regional Disparities in the... Bhattacharjee, A, Nguyen, D, Venables, T

China and the United Kingdom: Economic Relationships Allen, W. A., Chadha, J S, Kara, A, Pabst, A, Nguyen, D, Mao, X, Xu, L, Turner, P

A Switch to Active Fiscal Policy: NIESR Response to Budget... Chadha, J S, Dolton, P, Manzoni, C, Mao, X, Nguyen, D, Runge, J, Whyte, K, Young, G

A Switch to Active Fiscal Policy: NIESR Response to Budget... Chadha, J S, Dolton, P, Manzoni, C, Mao, X, Nguyen, D, Runge, J, Whyte, K, Young, G

UK General Election Analysis 2019 Chadha, J S, Young, G, Aitken, A, Hudson-Sharp, N, Runge, J, Boshoff, J, Espinoza, H, Lisauskaite, E, Speckesser, S, Xu, L, Nguyen, D, Rincon-Aznar, A, Stochino, A, Kara, A, Mao, X, Manzoni, C

Places and Spaces: Mapping Britain's Regional Divides Aitken, A, Boshoff, J, Nguyen, D, Rincon-Aznar, A, Stochino, A

Cloud computing, cross-border data flows and new challenges... Coyle, D, Nguyen, D

Investment in ‘Global Britain’ – gain, retain … or risk... Nguyen, D

Regional Economic Disparities and Development in the UK Nguyen, D

Brexit and the Health & Social Care Workforce in the UK Dolton, P, Nguyen, D, Rolfe, H

Reflecting on the broken housing market: an introduction Chadha, J S, Nguyen, D

Blog posts by Dr David Nguyen

Failure to tackle digital skills divide will worsen regional inequality

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22 Jul 2020, Nguyen, D

Cloud computing services transform our economies while economic measurement struggles to keep up

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22 Aug 2019, Nguyen, D

A divided country? As Westminster squabbles, Britain’s economic disparities are left unresolved

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14 Jan 2019, Nguyen, D

Fewer migrants from the EU also means fewer nurses and doctors

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06 Nov 2018, Nguyen, D