Besley, Timothy 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372, Coelho, Miguel and Van Reenen, John ORCID: 0000-0001-9153-2907
(2013)
Investing for prosperity: skills, infrastructure and innovation.
National Institute Economic Review, 224 (1).
R1-R13.
ISSN 0027-9501
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Abstract
What policies and institutions are needed to sustain long-run growth in the UK? We describe an optimistic story of the UK economy over the past 30 years. From the late 1970s, the UK reversed a century of relative decline in terms of per capita GDP with our main counterparts in the US, France and Germany. A key factor behind this improvement was an array of policy changes including an expansion of higher education and greater competition in product and labour markets. However, major weaknesses with respect to long-run investment in human capital, infrastructure and innovation remain. These are hampered by problems of short-termism and policy risk. We propose a series of radical reforms to address these problems: such as more flexibility in schooling with a new focus on disadvantage; a new architecture for national infrastructure decisions and more competition in banking.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://niesr.ac.uk/national-institute-economic-rev... |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 National Institute of Economic and Social Research |
| Divisions: | Economics Centre for Economic Performance STICERD |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| JEL classification: | O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O20 - General O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O52 - Europe |
| Date Deposited: | 19 May 2013 10:44 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 00:23 |
| Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council, Higher Education Innovation Fund |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/50306 |
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