Economy Insight

Nathan Hudson-Sharp tells Paola Buonadonna that his latest research shows the majority of child and family social workers have very little education and training on gender variance and transgender issues. His report, "Transgender awareness in child and family social work education", was published today by the Department for Education.

The Commentary of the May 2018 NIESR Economic Review argues the time has come to ease fiscal austerity. Paola Buonadonna discusses what options are open to the Government with Arno Hantzsche, a Senior Economist at the Institute.

UK wages have not yet returned to pre-recession levels, despite a very low unemployment rate. Why are UK workers finding it so difficult to negotiate a pay rise? Prof David Bell of Sterling University discusses his latest research - co-authored with Danny Blanchflower - for the February 2018 issue of the NIESR Economic Review.

Paola Buonadonna talks to Lucy Stokes about new research on school performance for the National Institute Economic Review. This special issue of the Review, out on 7 February 2018, was produced in collaboration with UCL Institute of Education as part of work funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

In the fourth and final episode of a series of podcasts looking ahead to 2018 Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR's Director, Prof Jagjit Chadha, about the price of the exit deal and the economic cost of Brexit.

Paola Buonadonna talks to Dr Monique Ebell about the difficult trade-offs the UK is faced with in the coming year as it negotiates a new relationship with the EU. This is the third of series of podcasts looking ahead to economic and social developments to keep an eye on in 2018,

In the second of a series of podcasts looking ahead to economic and social developments to keep an eye on in 2018 Paola Buonadonna and NIESR Associate Research Director Heather Rolfe discuss the latest agreement on EU citizens rights post-Brexit and the future of EU immigration.

In the first of a series of podcasts looking ahead to economic and developments to keep an eye on in 2018 Paola Buonadonna and senior NIESR economist Arno Hantzsche discuss what to expect from the ECB in and the likelihood of reform in the Euro area.

Britain's productivity puzzle is turning into a nightmare, with a further decade of slow growth predicted by some. Paola Buonadonna speaks to NIESR Associate Research Director Monique Ebell about a report she recently co-authored, which could provide a piece of the jigsaw.

Is the West doomed to a 'new normal' of low growth? And what is the role played by skills and other intangible assets in driving productivity performance? Paola Buonadonna meets Jakob Madsen, Rebecca Riley and Geoff Mason who presented their latest ESRC-backed research at at the recent LLAKES conference in Assisi.

Dr Monique Ebell, an experts on international trade at NIESR welcomes the Government's suggestion of an interim period during which Britain would remain in the EU Customs Union post-Brexit, but asks : what then?

Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR Senior Economist Rebecca Piggott about the complex, and somewhat contradictory trends she is witnessing in the UK labour market.

In the run-up to the General Election of June 2017 Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR Research Director Peter Dolton about the state of NHS financing and what the three main parties aim to do about it.

In the run-up to the General Election of June 2017 Paola Buonadonna talks to Amit Kara, Head of UK Macroeconomic Forecasting about the state of infrastructure in the UK: is it time to build?

In the run-up to the General Election of June 2017 Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR Associate Reserach Director Heather Rolfe about perceptions and reality in the debate about immigration.

Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR economist James Warren about the UK economic landscape, based on NIESR's latest quarterly forecast published in the May Economic Review - the last one ahead of the UK General Election.

NIESR forecaster James Warren tells Paola Buonadonna how the Institute the UK economy to perform as Brexit negotiations get underway.

Rebecca Riley, Director of the newly created Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE), tells Paola Buonadonna about its origin, mission and busy research programme

Five NIESR researchers discuss the triggering of Art 50 with Paola Buonadonna : our economic outlook as we enter the negotiations, its repercussions on trade, the economic dilemmas facing the PM, the issue of immigration and the questions of our ongoing relationship with Europe.

Martin Weale, former NIESR Director, former member of the Monetary Policy and now Professor of Economics at King's College London explains why Brexit negotiations are the biggest challenge the UK economy currently faces.

Dr Monique Ebell, who has been researching the effects of different types of trade agreements have on the volumes of trade explains the advantages and disadvantages of Britain remaining part of the Customs Union with the EU.

With Britain set to trigger the start of the negotiations to exit the EU, and the Single Market, by the end of the month Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR Fellow Dr Monique Ebell about her research on the effects that different types of trade agreements have on the volume of trade.

Paola Buonadonna explores the challenges facing economic statisticians attempting to capture the modern economy in a digital age in five conversations, recorded behind the scenes at the recent ONS conference. Featuring John Pullinger, UK National Statistician, Joe Grice, former Chief Economist and Chairman of the ONS Economic Experts, Prof Martin Weale, King's College London, Prof Diane Coyle, Man...

Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR researcher Nathan Hudson-Sharp about the his latest research into the use of agency workers in the public sector, the most comprehensive analysis to date. The report, co-authored with NIESR's Heather Rolfe and Johnny Runge, concludes that the staffing crisis pushes NHS staff into agency working.

Paola Buonadonna talks to NIESR Research Fellow Lucy Stokes about a recent report she co-authored on "Older Workers and the Workplace", for the Department of Work and Pensions. In what was the first UK study which used national representative data for private sector workplaces Lucy looked at prevalence of older workers, their satisfaction levels and their impact on productivity with interesting re...