Van Reenen, John


Professor John Van Reenen  

Department

Position held

Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)

Director, Centre for Economic Performance

Department of Economics

Professor of Economics

Experience keywords:

R and D; technology; innovation; policy

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Professor Van Reenen's interests lie in the impact of innovation on jobs, skills, wages and productivity. He also works in the areas of labour markets, competition policy, industrial economics, health systems and econometrics.

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6976

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2013

Michaels, Guy and Natraj, Ashwini and Van Reenen, John (2013) Has ICT polarized skill demand?: evidence from eleven countries over 25 Years. Review of economics and statistics, Online ISSN 0034-6535

Aghion, Philippe and Van Reenen, John and Zingales, Luigi (2013) Innovation and institutional ownership. American economic review, 103 (1). pp. 277-304. ISSN 0002-8282

Bloom, Nicholas and Romer, Paul and Terry, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (2013) A trapped factors model of innovation. CEP Discussion Papers, CEPDP1189. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Besley, Timothy and Van Reenen, John (2013) Investing in UK prosperity: skills, infrastructure and innovation can get us out of the current stasis. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

2012

Bloom, Nick and Draca, Mirko and Van Reenen, John (2012) China prompting western creativity. Finance & development, 49 (4). pp. 22-24. ISSN 0145-1707

Van Reenen, John (2012) The lesson from this week’s election is to ignore pontificating from highly paid pundits. Put your faith in the numbers. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Van Reenen, John (2012) The lesson from yesterday’s election is to ignore pontificating from highly paid pundits. Put your faith in the numbers. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Van Reenen, John (2012) Inequality: the elephant in the room in US policy debates. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Bloom, Nicholas and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2012) Does management really work? Harvard business review, 90 (11). pp. 76-82. ISSN 0017-8012

Aghion, Philippe and Dechezlepretre, Antoine and Hemous, David and Martin, Ralf and Van Reenen, John (2012) Carbon taxes, path dependency and directed technical change: evidence from the auto industry. CEP Discussion Papers, CEPDP1178. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Van Reenen, John and Bloom, Nick and Baker, Scott and Davis, Stephen (2012) High policy uncertainty, the responsibility of which rests with both major political parties, has been undermining the US economic recovery. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Bloom, Nick and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2012) The organization of firms across countries. The quarterly journal of economics, 127 (4). pp. 1663-1705. ISSN 0033-5533

Van Reenen, John and Bagaria, Nitika (2012) Fiscal consolidation during a depression: the current economic pain could not have been avoided but could have been substantially reduced. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Portes, Jonathan and Van Reenen, John (2012) The UK should have waited to enforce austerity. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Bagaria, Nitika and Holland, Dawn and Van Reenen, John (2012) Fiscal consolidation during a depression. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bagaria, Nitika and Holland, Dawn and Van Reenen, John (2012) Fiscal consolidation during a depression. National Institute economic review, 221 (1). ISSN 0027-9501

Van Reenen, John (2012) Two cheers for Anglo-Saxon financial markets? Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Van Reenen, John (2012) It is time to move away from policy witchcraft and into an era where evidence is taken seriously. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Van Reenen, John (2012) Don’t take a trip on this double dip. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Van Reenen, John (2012) Budget 2012: ideology 1, evidence 0. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Pessoa, João Paulo and Van Reenen, John (2012) Who ate all the economic pie? Exploring the myth and reality of decoupling wage growth and productivity growth. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Bloom, Nicholas and Genakos, Christos and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2012) Management practices across firms and countries. The Academy of Management perspectives, 26 (1). pp. 12-33. ISSN 1558-9080

Bloom, Nicholas and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2012) Americans do IT better: US multinationals and the productivity miracle. American economic review, 102 (1). pp. 167-201. ISSN 0002-8282

Bloom, Nicholas and Schweiger, Helena and Van Reenen, John (2012) The land that lean manufacturing forgot?: management practices in transition countries. The economics of transition, 20 (4). pp. 593-635. ISSN 0967-0750

2011

Bloom, Nick and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2011) Keeping family-owned firms family-run from one generation to the next can be bad for business. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Van Reenen, John (2011) The success of the R&D tax credit shows that there can be a role for public policy in stimulating innovation and growth. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Corry, Dan and Valero, Anna and Van Reenen, John (2011) UK economic performance since 1997: growth, productivity and jobs. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Azmat, Ghazala and Manning, Alan and Van Reenen, John (2011) Privatization and the decline of labour's share: international evidence from network industries. Economica, 79 (315). pp. 470-492. ISSN 0013-0427

Valero, Anna and Van Reenen, John (2011) Slow growth does not have to be our ‘new normal’. Government needs to change the way it looks at the growth problem in the long term. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Van Reenen, John (2011) Does competition raise productivity through improving management quality? International journal of industrial organization, 29 (3). pp. 306-316. ISSN 0167-7187

Van Reenen, John (2011) Wage inequality, technology and trade: 21st Century evidence. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bloom, Nick and Kretschmer, Tobias and Van Reenen, John (2011) Are family-friendly workplace practices a valuable firm resource? Strategic management journal, 32 (4). pp. 343-367. ISSN 0143-2095

Van Reenen, John (2011) From ‘Plan B’ to ‘Plan V’: what the UK economy needs to reboot and rebalance growth. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Draca, Mirko and Machin, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (2011) Minimum wages and firm profitability. American economic journal: applied economics, 3 (1). pp. 129-151. ISSN 1945-7782

Griffith, Rachel and Lee, Sokbae and Van Reenen, John (2011) Is distance dying at last?: falling home bias in fixed-effects models of patent citations. Quantitative economics, 2 (2). pp. 211-249. ISSN 1759-7323

Van Reenen, John (2011) Wage inequality, technology and trade: 21st century evidence. Labour economics, 18 (6). pp. 730-741. ISSN 0927-5371

Bloom, Nicholas and Cooper, Zack and Gaynor, Martin and Gibbons, Stephen and Jones, Simon and McGuire, Alistair and Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo and Propper, Carol and Van Reenen, John and Seiler, Stephan (2011) In defence of our research on competition in England's National Health Service. The Lancet, 378 (9809). pp. 2064-2065. ISSN 0140-6736

2010

Faggio, Giulia and Salvanes, Kjell G. and Van Reenen, John (2010) The evolution of inequality in productivity and wages: panel data evidence. Industrial and corporate change, 19 (6). pp. 1919-1951. ISSN 0960-6491

Van Reenen, John (2010) Does competition raise productivity through improving management quality? CEP discussion papers, 1036. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK

Van Reenen, John (2010) Book review: the race between education and technology. The economic journal, 120 (548). ISSN 1468-0297

Bloom, Nick and Van Reenen, John (2010) Human resource management and productivity. In: Ashenfelter, Orley and Card, David, (eds.) Handbook of labor economics. Elsevier. ISBN 9780444534521

Van Reenen, John (2010) The 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review: the economics of the cuts agenda are neither justified nor just. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Bloom, Nick and Van Reenen, John (2010) Why do management practices differ across firms and countries? Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Van Reenen, John (2010) Extreme austerity is the wrong medicine. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Bloom, Nick and Van Reenen, John (2010) New approaches to surveying organizations. American economic review, 100 (2). pp. 105-109. ISSN 0002-8282

Bloom, Nick and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2010) Does product market competition lead firms to decentralize? American economic review, 100 (2). pp. 434-438. ISSN 0002-8282

Machin, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (2010) LSE centre for economic performance – inequality: still high, but labour’s policies kept it down. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Van Reenen, John and Petrongolo, Barbara (2010) LSE centre for economic performance: jobs and youth unemployment: it’s bad, but not as bad as you might think. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Garicano, Luis and Van Reenen, John (2010) LSE centre for economic performance: financial regulation – can we avoid another great recession? Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Van Reenen, John (2010) Hard Choices – chancellors debate: 'a few blows, but no knockout'. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Bell, Brian and Van Reenen, John (2010) Bankers' pay and extreme wage inequality in the UK. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Centre for Economic Performance, and Machin, Stephen and Van Reenen, John and Wadsworth, Jonathan and Marie, Olivier and McNally, Sandra and Cooper, Zack and McGuire, Alistair and Bell, Brian and Garicano, Luis and Petrongolo, Barbara and Cunningham, Tom and Ilzetzki, Ethan and Overman, Henry G. and Martin, Ralf (2010) CEP election analysis 2010: a series discussing the research evidence on some of the key battlegrounds of the 2010 General Election. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bloom, Nicholas and Van Reenen, John (2010) Why do management practices differ across firms and countries? Journal of economic perspectives, 24 (1). pp. 203-224. ISSN 0895-3309

Bloom, Nick and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2010) Recent advances in the empirics of organizational economics. CEP Discussion Paper, No. 970. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bloom, Nick and Van Reenen, John (2010) New approaches to measuring management and firm organization. CEP Discussion Paper, No. 969. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Propper, Carol and Van Reenen, John (2010) Can pay regulation kill?: panel data evidence on the effect of labor markets on hospital performance. Journal of political economy, 118 (2). pp. 222-273. ISSN 0022-3808

Bloom, Nicholas and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2010) Recent advances in the empirics of organizational economics. Annual review of economics, 2 (1). pp. 105-137. ISSN 1941-1383

Michaels, Guy and Natraj, Ashwini and Van Reenen, John (2010) Has ICT polarized skill demand?: evidence from eleven countries over 25 Years. CEP Discussion Paper, No. 987. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bloom, Nick and Van Reenen, John (2010) Human resource management and productivity. CEP Discussion Paper, No. 982. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bloom, Nick and Propper, Carol and Seiler, Stephan and Van Reenen, John (2010) The impact of competition on management quality: evidence from public hospitals. CEP Discussion Paper, No. 983. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2009

Bloom, Nick and Kretschmer, Tobias and Van Reenen, John (2009) Work-life balance, management practices and productivity. In: Freeman, Richard B. and Shaw, Kathryn L., (eds.) International differences in the business practices and productivity of firms. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 15-54. ISBN 9780226261942

Kühn, Kai Uwe and Van Reenen, John (2009) Capacity constraints and irreversible investments: defending against collective dominance in UPM Kymmene/Norske Skog/Haindl. In: Lyons, Bruce, (ed.) Cases in European competition policy: the economic analysis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 383-410. ISBN 9780521886048

Kühn, Kai Uwe and Van Reenen, John (2009) Interoperability and market foreclosure in the European Microsoft case. In: Lyons, Bruce, (ed.) Cases in European competition policy: the economic analysis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 50-72. ISBN 9780521886048

Bloom, Nick and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2009) Do private equity owned firms have better management practices? Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bloom, Nick and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2009) The organization of firms across countries. CEP Discussion Papers, 937. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bloom, Nick and Garicano, Luis and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2009) The distinct effects of information technology and communication technology on firm organization. CEP Discussion Papers, 927. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Van Reenen, John and Freeman, Richard B. (2009) What if Congress doubled R&D spending on the physical sciences? CEP Discussion Papers, 931. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Aghion, Philippe and Van Reenen, John and Zingales, Luigi (2009) Innovation and institutional ownership. CEP Discussion Papers, 911. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2008

Van Reenen, John and Freeman, Richard B. (2008) Be careful what you wish for: a cautionary tale about budget doubling. National Academy of Sciences

Machin, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (2008) Changes in wage inequality. In: Durlauf, Steven N. and Blume, Lawrence E., (eds.) The new Palgrave dictionary of economics. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 658-666. ISBN 9780333786765

Kühn, Kai-Uwe and Van Reenen, John (2008) Capacity constraints and irreversible investments: defending against collective dominance in UPM Kymmene/Norske Skog/Haindl. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Faggio, Giulia and Salvanes, Kjell G. and Van Reenen, John (2008) Inequality of individual wages and the dispersion of firm productivity. Centrepiece, 12 (3). pp. 18-20. ISSN 1362-3761

Griffith, Rachel and Lee, Sokbae and Van Reenen, John (2008) Is distance dying at last? Centrepiece, 12 (3). pp. 6-10. ISSN 1362-3761

Kuhn, Kai Uwe and Van Reenen, John (2008) Interoperability and market foreclosure in the European Microsoft case. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Hall, Emma and Propper, Carol and Van Reenen, John (2008) Can pay regulation kill? Panel data evidence on the effect of labor markets on hospital performance. London School of Economics and Political Science, Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK

Bloom, Nick and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2008) Measuring and explaining management practices in Italy. Rivista di politica economica, 98 (2). pp. 15-56. ISSN 0035-6468

Scott, Susan V. and Van Reenen, John and Zachariadis, M. (2008) The impact on bank performance of the diffusion of a financial innovation: and analysis of SWIFT adoption. In:Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (14 December 2008 : Paris, France).

Bloom, Nick and Van Reenen, John and Sadun, Raffaella (2008) Do private equity-owned firms have better management practices? In: Gurung, Anuradha and Lerner, Josh, (eds.) Globalization of alternative investments: working papers. World Economic Forum.

2007

Bond, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (2007) Microeconometric models of investment and employment. In: Heckman, James J. and Leamer, Edward E., (eds.) Handbook of econometrics. North Holland, London, UK, pp. 4417-4498. ISBN 0444506314

Van Reenen, John and Bloom, Nick (2007) Measuring and explaining management practices across firms and countries. Quarterly journal of economics, 122 (4). pp. 1351-1408. ISSN 0033-5533

Acemoglu, Daron and Aghion, Philippe and Lelarge, Claire and Van Reenen, John and Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2007) Technology, information, and the decentralization of the firm. Quarterly journal of economics, 122 (4). pp. 1759-1799. ISSN 0033-5533

Bloom, Nick and Genakos, Christos and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2007) What drives good management around the world? Centrepiece, 12 (2). pp. 12-17. ISSN 1362-3761

Griffith, Rachel and Lee, Sokbae and Van Reenen, John (2007) Is distance dying at last? Falling home bias in fixed effects models of patent citations. CEPDP, 818. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Faggio, Giulia and Salvanes, Kjell G. and Van Reenen, John (2007) The evolution of inequality in productivity and wages: panel data evidence. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Genakos, Christos and Kuhn, Kai Uwe and Van Reenen, John (2007) The European commission versus Microsoft: competition policy in high-tech industries. Centrepiece, 12 (1). pp. 2-7. ISSN 1362-3761

Azmat, Ghazala and Manning, Alan and Van Reenen, John (2007) Privatization, entry regulation and the decline of labor's share of GDP: a cross-country analysis of the network industries. Centre for Economic Performance , London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Van Reenen, John (2007) In brief: Blair's economic legacy. Centrepiece, 12 (1). pp. 28-28. ISSN 1362-3761

Bloom, Nick and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2007) Americans do I.T. better: US multinationals and the productivity miracle. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Machin, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (2007) Changes in wage inequality. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bloom, Nick and Schankerman, Mark and Van Reenen, John (2007) Identifying technology spillovers and product market rivalry. National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, USA

Van Reenen, John and Draca, Mirko and Sadun, Raffaella (2007) Productivity and ICTs: a review of the evidence. In: Mansell, Robin and Avgerou, Chrisanthi and Quah, Danny and Silverstone, Roger, (eds.) The Oxford handbook of information and communication technologies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 100-147. ISBN 9780199266234

Van Reenen, John and Bloom, Nick and Bond, Steve (2007) Uncertainty and investment dynamics. Review of economic studies, 74 (April). pp. 391-415. ISSN 0034-6527

2006

Van Reenen, John and Bloom, Nick and Bond, Steve (2006) Uncertainty and investment dynamics. London School of Economics and Political Science, Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK

Draca, Mirko and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2006) Productivity and ICT: a review of the evidence. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Dearden, Lorraine and Reed, Howard and Van Reenen, John (2006) The impact of training on productivity and wages: evidence from British panel data. Oxford bulletin of economic and social research, 68 (4). pp. 397-421. ISSN 0305-9049

Blanden, Jo and Machin, Steve and Van Reenen, John (2006) Have unions turned the corner? New evidence on recent trends in union recognition in UK firms. British journal of industrial relations, 44 (2). pp. 169-190. ISSN 0007-1080

Bloom, Nick and Kretschmer, Tobias and Van Reenen, John (2006) Work-life balance: the links with management practices and productivity. Centrepiece, 11 (1). pp. 20-21. ISSN 1362-3761

Acemoglu, Daron and Aghion, Philippe and Lelarge, Claire and Van Reenen, John and Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2006) Technology, information and the decentralization of the firm. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2006) Information technology and productivity, or 'It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do IT. In: Dutta, S. and Lopez-Claros, A. and Mia, I., (eds.) Global information technology report 2005-2006. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 55-60. ISBN 1403996423

Bloom, Nick and Van Reenen, John (2006) Measuring and explaining management practices across firms and countries. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Van Reenen, John (2006) The growth of network computing: quality-adjusted price changes for network servers. The economic journal, 116 (509). ISSN 0013-0133

Draca, Mirko and Machin, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (2006) Minimum wages and firm profitability. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bloom, Nick and Kretschmer, Tobias and Van Reenen, John (2006) Work-life balance, management practices and productivity. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bloom, Nick and Van Reenen, John (2006) Management practices, work-life balance, and productivity: a review of some recent evidence. Oxford review of economic policy, 22 (4). pp. 457-482. ISSN 0266-903X

Van Reenen, John and Griffith, Rachel and Harrison, Rupert (2006) How special is the special relationship?: using the impact of US R&D spillovers on UK firms as a test of technology sourcing. American economic review, 96 (5). pp. 1859-1875. ISSN 0002-8282

2005

Bloom, Nick and Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2005) It ain't what you do it's the way that you do IT. Centrepiece, 10 (3). pp. 8-11. ISSN 1362-3761

Bloom, Nick and Schankerman, Mark and Van Reenen, John (2005) Identifying technology spillovers and product market rivalry. In:Productivity Growth: Causes and Consequences (18-19 Nov 2005 : San Francisco, USA).

Sadun, Raffaella and Van Reenen, John (2005) Information technology and productivity: it ain't what you do it's the way that you do IT. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Van Reenen, John (2005) The growth of network computing : quality adjusted price changes for network servers. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bloom, Nick and Dorgan, Stephen and Dowdy, John and Rippin, Tom and Van Reenen, John (2005) Management practices: the impact on company performance. Centrepiece, 10 (2). pp. 2-6. ISSN 1362-3761

Bloom, Nick and Dorgan, Stephen and Dowdy, John and Van Reenen, John and Rippin, Tom (2005) Management practices across firms and nations. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Blanden, Jo and Machin, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (2005) New survey evidence on recent changes in UK union recognition. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

McGuire, Alistair and Van Reenen, John (2005) Health care: evidence on the impact of increased spending and patient choice. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Van Reenen, John (2005) Welfare to work: the evidence on Labour’s new deal policies. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Banks, James and Disney, Richard and Duncan, Alan and Van Reenen, John (2005) The internationalisation of public welfare policy. Economic journal, 115 (502). ISSN 0013-0133

Dearden, Lorraine and Reed, Howard and Van Reenen, John (2005) The impact of training on productivity and wages : evidence from British panel data. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bloom, Nick and Schankerman, Mark and Van Reenen, John (2005) Identifying technology spillovers and product market rivalry. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Draca, Mirko and Van Reenen, John and Machin, Steve (2005) The impact of the national minimum wage on profits and prices : report for the Low Pay Commission. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science: University College London, London

Bloom, Nick and Schankerman, Mark and Van Reenen, John (2005) Identifying technology spillovers and product market rivalry. Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, UK

Griffith, Rachel and Harrison, Rupert and Van Reenen, John (2005) In brief: boffins in the USA: the boost to UK productivity. Centrepiece, 10 (1). pp. 11-11. ISSN 1362-3761

Bloom, Nick and Schankerman, Mark and Van Reenen, John (2005) Identifying technology spillovers and product market rivalry. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Van Reenen, John and Bond, Steve (2005) Micro-economic models of investment and employment. In: Heckman, Jim and Leamer, E, (eds.) Handbooks of econometrics volume VI. Elsevier Science Ltd, Amsterdam. ISBN 0-444506314

2004

Griffith, Rachel and Redding, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (2004) Mapping the two faces of R&D: productivity growth in a panel of OECD industries. Review of economics and statistics, 86 (4). pp. 883-895. ISSN 0034-6535

Banks, James and Disney, Richard and Duncan, Alan and Van Reenen, John (2004) The internationalisation of public welfare policy. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Griffith, Rachel and Harrison, Rupert and Van Reenen, John (2004) How special is the special relationship?: using the impact of R&D spillovers on UK firms as a test of technology sourcing. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Van Reenen, John (2004) Is there a market for work group servers? Evaluating market level demand elasticities using micro and macro models. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Van Reenen, John (2004) Working better. Centrepiece, 9 (2). pp. 3-7. ISSN 1362-3761

Blundell, Richard and Costa Dias, Monica and Meghir, Costas and Van Reenen, John (2004) Evaluating the employment impact of a mandatory job search assistance program. Journal of the European Economic Association, 2 (4). pp. 569-606. ISSN 1542-4766

Griffith, Rachel and Redding, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (2004) R&D and productivity. In: Current issues of economic growth. Oesterreichische Nationalbank.

Van Reenen, John (2004) Active labour market policies and the British new deal for youth in context. In: Blundell, Richard and Card, David and Freeman, Richard B., (eds.) Seeking a premier league economy - the economic effects of British economic reforms, 1980-2000. Chicago University Press, Chicago, pp. 461-496. ISBN 0226092844

2003

Bond, Stephen and Harhoff, Dietmar and Van Reenen, John (2003) Corporate R&D and productivity in Germany and the United Kingdom. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bond, Stephen and Harhoff, Dietmar and Van Reenen, John (2003) Investment, R&D and financial constraints in Britain and Germany. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Blundell, Richard and Reed, Howard and Van Reenen, John and Shephard, Andrew (2003) The impact of the New Deal for young people on the labour market : a four year assessment. In: Dickens, R and Gregg, P and Wadsworth, J, (eds.) The labour market under New Labour : the state of working Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, London. ISBN 1-403916306

Van Reenen, John and Menezes-Filho, Naercio (2003) Unions and innovation : a survey of the theory and empirical evidence. In: Addison, John T and Schnabel, Claus, (eds.) The international handbook of trade unions. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 293-335. ISBN 1-840649798

Sianesi, Barbara and Van Reenen, John (2003) The returns to education : macroeconomics. Journal of economic surveys, 17 (2). pp. 157-200. ISSN 0950-0804

2002

Bloom, Nick and Griffith, Rachel and Van Reenen, John (2002) Do R&D tax credits work? Evidence from a panel of countries 1979-1997. Journal of public economics, 85 (1). pp. 1-31. ISSN 0047-2727

Van Reenen, John (2002) Economic issues for the UK biotechnology sector. New genetics and society, 21 (2). pp. 109-130. ISSN 1463-6778

Van Reenen, John and Bloom, Nick and Chennells, Lucy and Griffith, Rachel (2002) The effects of tax treatment on the changing cost of R&D : evidence from eight countries. In: Lawton Smith, Helen, (ed.) The regulation of science and technology. Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp. 136-160. ISBN 0333790456; 0333714989(series)

Van Reenen, John and Chennells, Lucy (2002) The effects of technical change on skills, wages and employment : a survey of the micro-econometric evidence. In: Greenan, Nathalie and L'Horty, Yannick and Mairesse, Jacques, (eds.) Productivity, inequality, and the digital economy : a transatlantic perspective. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., pp. 175-225. ISBN 0-262072335

Van Reenen, John and Geroski, Paul and Walters, Chris (2002) Innovations, patents and cash flow. In: Kleinknecht, Alfred and Mohnen, Pierre, (eds.) Innovation and firm performance : econometric explorations of survey data. Palgrave, New York, pp. 31-55. ISBN 0-333961099

Van Reenen, John and Nickell, Stephen J (2002) Technological innovation and economic performance in the United Kingdom. In: Steil, Benn and Victor, David G and Nelson, Richard R, (eds.) Technological innovation and economic performance. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ ; Oxford, UK, pp. 178-199. ISBN 9780691090917

Bloom, Nick and Van Reenen, John (2002) Patents, real options and firm performance. Economic journal, 112 (478). ISSN 0013-0133

2001

Griffith, Rachel and Redding, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (2001) Measuring the cost effectiveness of an R&D tax credit for the UK. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Bloom, Nick and Bond, S. and Van Reenen, John (2001) The dynamics of investment under uncertainty. IFS Working Papers, W01/05. Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, UK

Brynner, J and McIntosh, S and Vignoles, A and Dearden, L and Reed, H and Van Reenen, John (2001) Improving adult basic skills : benefits to the individual and to society. DfEE Research Report, RR251. Department for Education and Employment, Great Britain

Nickell, S. J. and Van Reenen, John (2001) Technological innovation and economic performance in the United Kingdom. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Griffith, Rachel and Redding, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (2001) Measuring the cost-effectiveness of an R&D tax credit for the UK. Fiscal studies, 22 (3). pp. 375-399. ISSN 0143-5671

Van Reenen, John (2001) The new economy : reality and policy. Fiscal studies, 22 (3). pp. 307-336. ISSN 0143-5671

Caroli, E. and Van Reenen, John (2001) Skill biased organisational change?: evidence from British and French establishments. Quarterly journal of economics, 116 (4). pp. 1449-1492. ISSN 0033-5533

Carlin, Wendy and Glyn, Andrew and Van Reenen, John (2001) Export market performance of OECD countries : an empirical examination of the role of cost competitiveness. Economic journal, 111 (468). pp. 128-162. ISSN 0013-0133

2000

Sianesi, Barbara and Van Reenen, John (2000) The returns to education : a review of the macro-economic literature. Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Griffith, Rachel and Redding, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (2000) Mapping the two faces of R&D : productivity growth in a panel of OECD industries. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Van Reenen, John and Reed, Howard and Dearden, Lorraine (2000) Training and corporate productivity : evidence from a panel of UK industries. IFS Working Papers, W00/04. Institute for Fiscal Studies, London

Hall, Bronwyn and Van Reenen, John (2000) How effective are fiscal incentives for R&D? A review of the evidence. Research policy, 29 (4-5.). pp. 449-469. ISSN 0048-7333

1999

Griffith, Rachel and Redding, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (1999) Bridging the productivity gap. Centrepiece, 4 (3). pp. 14-19. ISSN 1362-3761

Van Reenen, John (1999) Technology, jobs and skills: evidence from Europe. In: Rubenson, Kjell and Scheutze, Hans G, (eds.) Transition to the knowledge society: public policies and private strategies. University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, BC. ISBN 9780888655325

Desjonqueres, Thibaut and Machin, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (1999) Another nail in the coffin? Or can the trade based explanation of changing skill structures be resurrected?. Scandinavian journal of economics, 101 (4). pp. 533-554. ISSN 0347-0520

Bell, B and Blundell, R and Van Reenen, John (1999) Getting the unemployed back to work : the role of targeted wage subsidies. International tax and public finance, 6 (3). pp. 339-360. ISSN 0927-5940

Blundell, R and Griffith, R and Van Reenen, John (1999) Market share, market value and innovation in a panel of British manufacturing firms. Review of economic studies, 66(3) (228). pp. 529-554. ISSN 0034-6527

1998

Bloom, Nick and Van Reenen, John (1998) Regulating drug prices: where do we go from here? Fiscal studies, 19 (3). pp. 321-342. ISSN 0143-5671

Chennells, Lucy and Van Reenen, John (1998) Establishment level earnings, technology and the growth of inequality : evidence from Britain. Economics of innovation and new technology, 5 (2-4.). pp. 139-164. ISSN 1043-8599

Menezes-Filho, Naercio and Ulph, D and Van Reenen, John (1998) R&D and unionism : comparative evidence from British companies and establishments. Industrial and labor relations review, 52 (1). pp. 45-63. ISSN 0019-7939

Menezes-Filho, Naercio and Ulph, D and Van Reenen, John (1998) The determination of R&D : empirical evidence on the role of unions. European economic review, 42 (03-May). pp. 919-930. ISSN 0014-2921

Machin, Stephen and Van Reenen, John (1998) Technology and changes in skill structure: evidence from seven OECD countries. Quarterly journal of economics, 113 (4). pp. 1215-1244. ISSN 0033-5533

1997

Geroski, Paul and Van Reenen, John and Walters, Chris (1997) How persistently do firms innovate? Research policy, 26 (1). pp. 33-48. ISSN 0048-7333

Van Reenen, John (1997) Employment and technological innovation : evidence from UK manufacturing firms. Journal of labor economics, 15 (2). pp. 255-284. ISSN 0734-306X

Van Reenen, John (1997) Why has Britain had slower R&D growth? Research policy, 26 (4-5.). pp. 493-507. ISSN 0048-7333

Chennells, Lucy and Van Reenen, John (1997) Technical change and earnings in British establishments. Economica, 64 (256). pp. 587-604. ISSN 0013-0427

1996

Machin, Stephen and Ryan, A and Van Reenen, John (1996) Technology and changes in skill structure: evidence from an international panel of industries. CEP discussion paper, CEPDP0297. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Van Reenen, John (1996) Book review: productivity and growth: a study of British industry, 1954-1986. Journal of economic literature, 34 (1). pp. 178-179. ISSN 0022-0515

Van Reenen, John (1996) The creation and capture of rents: wages and innovation in a panel of UK companies. Quarterly journal of economics, 111 (1). pp. 195-226. ISSN 0033-5533

Meghir, Costas and Ryan, Annette and Van Reenen, John (1996) Job creation, technological innovation and adjustment costs. Annales d'economie et de statistique, 41/42 pp. 255-274. ISSN 0769-489X

Geroski, P and Gregg, P and Van Reenen, John (1996) Market imperfections and employment. OECD economic studies, (26). pp. 117-156. ISSN 0255-0822

Van Reenen, John and Machin, Stephen (1996) The impact of knowledge accumulation on wages: evidence from a panel of European corporations. In: Belcher, Alice and Hassard, John and Proctor, Stephen, (eds.) R & D decisions: strategy, policy, and disclosure. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 259-272. ISBN 978-0-415-13777-5

1995

Griffith, Rachel and Sandler, David and Van Reenen, John (1995) Tax incentives for R&D. Fiscal studies, 16 (2). pp. 21-44. ISSN 0143-5671

Blundell, Richard and Griffith, Rachel and Van Reenen, John (1995) Dynamic count data models of technological innovation. Economic journal, 105 (429). pp. 333-334. ISSN 0013-0133

Van Reenen, John and Griffith, Rachel (1995) Promoting R&D through tax incentives: as assessment of the arguments. Science in Parliament, 52 (1). ISSN 0263-6271

Carlin, Wendy and Van Reenen, John and Wolfe, Toby (1995) Enterprise restructuring in the transition : an analytical survey of the case study evidence from Central and Eastern Europe. Economics of transition, 3 (4). pp. 427-458. ISSN 0967-0750

1994

Van Reenen, John (1994) Book review: incomparable worth: pay equity meets the market. The economic journal, 104 (424). pp. 690-691. ISSN 1468-0297

1993

Machin, S and Stewart, M and Van Reenen, John (1993) The economic effects of multiple unionism : evidence from the 1984 Workplace industrial relations survey. Scandinavian journal of economics, 95 (3). pp. 279-296. ISSN 0347-0520

Machin, S and Van Reenen, John (1993) Profit margins and the business cycle : evidence from UK manufacturing firms. Journal of industrial economics, XLI (1). pp. 29-50. ISSN 0022-1821

Geroski, P and Machin, S and Van Reenen, John (1993) The profitability of innovating firms. Rand journal of economics, 24 (2). pp. 198-211. ISSN 0741-6261

Van Reenen, John and Machin, Stephen and Stewart, Mark (1993) Multiple unionism, fragmented bargaining and economic outcomes in unionised UK establishments. In: Metcalf, David and Milner, Simon, (eds.) New perspectives on industrial disputes. Routledge, London, pp. 55-69. ISBN 0415091519

Van Reenen, John and Machin, Stephen and Stewart, Mark (1993) The effects of fragmented bargaining structures on economic outcomes. In: Metcalf, David and Milner, Simon, (eds.) New perspectives on industrial disputes. Routledge, London ; New York, pp. 55-69. ISBN 0-415091519

1992

Machin, Stephen and Stewart, M and Van Reenen, John (1992) The economic effects of multiple unionism : evidence from the 1984 Workplace industrial relations survey. CEP discussion paper, 66. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

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