Unlocking UK-wide growth workshop

Join our one-day CAGE workshop, in partnership with the Institute for Fiscal Studies, to discuss new research on the UK's internal market, regional inequalities and domestic frictions to trade, regional growth and productivity.

Bringing together policymakers and academics we will showcase the latest research in this area through a series of short academic presentations and a panel discussion on the topic "Policy tools to achieve UK-wide growth: Industrial strategy, transport policy and local governance".

Registration is essential: use the "Reserve a Spot" button on this page to register your attendance.

AGENDA:
09:00 – 09:30 Registration / Tea and coffee
09:30 – 10:30 Session 1: Regional Inequalities and housing markets
- Anna Stansbury (MIT Sloan): “Tackling the UK's Regional Economic Inequality: Binding constraints and avenues for policy intervention” (with Dan Turner and Ed Balls)
- Amrita Kulka/Nikhil Datta (University of Warwick): "Mapping excess housing demand using big search data" (with Jawad Wehbe)
10:30 – 11:00 Tea and coffee
11:00 – 12:30 Panel: Policy tools to achieve UK-wide growth: Industrial strategy, transport policy and local governance
Panellists:
- Stephen Aldridge (Director, Analysis and Data) - Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government,
- Ian Mulheirn (Chief Analyst and Chief Economist) - Department for Transport,
- Sheila Scobie (Director) - Office for the Internal Market, Competition and Markets Authority,
- Tony Venables (Senior Research Fellow) - Oxford University / (Honorary Professor) - University of Manchester.
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:45 Session 2: Firms, productivity and local economic activity
- Enrico Vanino (University of Sheffield): “Local Economic Effects of Renewable Energy: Evidence from Offshore Wind Energy in the UK” (with Quentel M. and Siddall T.)
- Jakob Schneebacher (IFS): "Growing in place: The shift from span to scale in UK multi-establishment firms" (with Matt McKernan, Marko Melolinna, Joel Kariel and Nik Wolf).
14:45 – 15:15 Tea and coffee
15:15 – 16:15 Session 3: Domestic market and transport policy
- Yadira Gómez-Hernández (Brunel Centre, University of Bath): “Impact of Local Public Transport Schemes on Economic Growth” (with Gonzalo Nunez-Chaim and Henry Overman).
- Marta Santamaria (University of Warwick): “How integrated is the United Kingdom? Frictions in the domestic goods market”
16:15 – 16:30 Closing remarks

SPEAKERS:
- Nikhil Datta (Assistant Professor) - University of Warwick / CAGE
- Yadira Gómez-Hernández (Research Associate) - Brunel Centre, University of Bath / (Visiting research fellow at CEP) - LSE
- Amrita Kulka (Assistant Professor) - University of Warwick / CAGE
- Marta Santamaria (Associate Professor) - University of Warwick / CAGE
- Jakob Schneebacher (Associate Director) - IFS
- Anna Stansbury (Assistant Professor) - MIT Sloan School of Management
- Enrico Vanino (Associate Professor) - University of Sheffield
+ More to be confirmed

PANEL MEMBERS:
- Stephen Aldridge (Director, Analysis and Data) - Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Ian Mulheirn (Chief Analyst and Chief Economist) - Department for Transport
- Sheila Scobie (Director) - Office for the Internal Market, Competition and Markets Authority
- Tony Venables (Senior Research Fellow) - Oxford University / (Honorary Professor) - University of Manchester
+ More to be confirmed

LOCATION:
Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Council Room) One Birdcage Walk, London, SW1H 9JJ

TIME:
09:30 to 16:30

Info: ----/---- Anna Stansbury (MIT Sloan): “Tackling the UK's Regional Economic Inequality: Binding constraints and avenues for policy intervention” (with Dan Turner and Ed Balls) ----/---- Amrita Kulka/Nikhil Datta (University of Warwick): "Mapping excess housing demand using big search data" (with Jawad Wehbe)

Info: Panellists: ----/---- Stephen Aldridge (Director, Analysis and Data) Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ----/---- Ian Mulheirn (Chief Analyst and Chief Economist) Department for Transport ----/---- Sheila Scobie (Director) Office for the Internal Market, Competition and Markets Authority ----/---- Tony Venables (Senior Research Fellow) Oxford University & (Honorary Professor) University of Manchester

Info: ----/---- Enrico Vanino (University of Sheffield): “Local Economic Effects of Renewable Energy: Evidence from Offshore Wind Energy in the UK” (with Quentel M. and Siddall T.) ----/---- Jakob Schneebacher (IFS): "Growing in place: The shift from span to scale in UK multi-establishment firms" (with Matt McKernan, Marko Melolinna, Joel Kariel and Nik Wolf).

Info: ----/---- Yadira Gómez-Hernández (Brunel Centre, University of Bath): “Impact of Local Public Transport Schemes on Economic Growth” (with Gonzalo Nunez-Chaim and Henry Overman) ----/---- Marta Santamaria (University of Warwick): “How integrated is the United Kingdom? Frictions in the domestic goods market”

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