TODAY on the Economics Observatory – Why are good jobs concentrated in certain places?

By @henryoverman.bsky.social @aadyabahl.bsky.social 🗺️📍

This article is part of a collection on good jobs by the Policy Hub for the Huth Initiative for a New Political Economy.

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My new piece for @econ-observatory.bsky.social on good jobs

🎧 Happy International Podcast Day! We're launching the first episode of Inspiring Economics, where @econromesh.bsky.social speaks with Swati Dhingra about the research papers that shaped her career in academia and policy.

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Every economist has a paper they always remember. In our new podcast series, Inspiring Economics, writer @econromesh.bsky.social explores the research that has shaped leading economists' thinking. Our first guest is Swati Dhingra (CEP, LSE). Tune in tomorrow for the first episode! 🎙️📚

Read more about our new policy report, Skills for Growth, which suggests that the organising principle for skills policy should be by sector – focusing on the eight growth-driving sectors set out in the Industrial Strategy.

Aadya Bahl Sandra McNally Anna Valero

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Read Professor Anna Valero 's analysis of the first major speech by chancellor John Healey - how does it match up against the evidence on what is needed to drive growth?

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2026/09/10/can-a-new-chancellor-turn-great-britain-into-growth-britain/

Anna Valero (CEP, GSOS) discusses how innovation targeted at reaching net zero represents a real strategy to boost productivity and reduce regional inequality in the UK.

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We’ve done lots on this - why it’s important and how it will work

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The confusion surrounding US trade policy was almost as damaging to imports as the tariffs themselves, say Kalina Manova (UCL), Dennis Novy (CEP, Warwick), Thomas Sampson (CEP, LSE), and Aaron Tang (UCL) for @voxeu.org .

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@andrewcities.bsky.social

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Entry level hiring has dropped sharply across white collar sectors, fuelling fresh concern about the rise of generative AI. For LSE British Politics and Policy, Peter John Lambert (CEP, Warwick) and Yannick Schindler (Oxford) argue that the story is more complex.

https://ow.ly/oKLh50ZG1vl

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