Centre for Economic Performance

The CEP is an interdisciplinary research centre at the London School of Economics.

The CEP studies the determinants of economic performance at the level of the company, the nation and the global economy by focusing on the major links between globalisation, technology and institutions (above all the educational system and the labour market) and their impact on productivity, inequality, employment, stability and wellbeing. There are currently six research programmes; Education and

18/11/2025

When do employers share? Rent sharing, monopsony and minimum wages

By Ihsaan Bassier and Joshua Budlender

Read at: https://ow.ly/6XA350XreWb

17/11/2025

Cleaner energy, higher risk? Firm-level exposure to critical minerals

By Viet Nguyen-Tien

Read at: https://ow.ly/aXJR50XreNO

14/11/2025

A familiar offence: how households shape juvenile reoffending

By Tobias Auer and Tom Kirchmaier

Read at: https://ow.ly/Xi5I50XreE5

05/11/2025

📢 Job vacancy: Research Assistant (Pre-doc), Youth Criminal Justice

Work with Rui Costa, Nikhil Datta & Matteo Sandi on a major project linking education and youth justice data to study diversion and system change 📊⚖️
Apply by 30 Nov → https://ow.ly/6Ssi50Xn1jA

28/10/2025

Anatomy of automation: CNC machines and industrial robots in UK manufacturing, 2005-2023

By Aniket Baksy, Daniel Chandler and Peter John Lambert

Read at: https://ow.ly/f86Z50XhEQn

27/10/2025

Better stealing than dealing: how do felony theft thresholds impact crime?

By Stephen B. Billings, Michael D. Makowsky, Kevin Schnepel and Adam Soliman

Read at: https://ow.ly/stwA50XhEzl

24/10/2025

How outsourcing management of sponsored academy schools to independent organisations led to improved pupil performance by attracting higher-performing teachers.

Emma Duchini, Victor Lavy, Stephen Machin & Shqiponja Telhaj
Read: https://ow.ly/T5Vn50XgQKs

22/10/2025

Equilibrium trade regimes: power- vs. rules-based

By Cecilia Carvalho, Daniel Monte and Emanuel Ornelas

Read at: https://ow.ly/I09b50XgahS

25/09/2025

A new model of parental time investments: A paradigm shift for addressing gender inequality in the labor market

By Pilar Cuevas-Ruiz, Jose Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Sveva Manfredi and Almudena Sevilla

Read at: https://ow.ly/egTq50X062S

24/09/2025

📢 Job vacancy: Research Assistant (Pre-doc), Labour Markets

Work with Prof. Stephen Machin on projects analysing labour markets & labour policy 📊⚖️
Full-time | 1 year

Apply by 8 Oct → https://ow.ly/oyuZ50X1kVm