What are the productivity and growth impacts of previously announced and enacted policies? How can we improve the analytical frameworks used to assess their impacts?

Background

Sustainable economic growth is at the heart of everything HM Treasury is working to achieve. The Growth section includes key questions that are expected to support the government in taking action to fix the foundations of the economy, rebuild Britain and make every part of the country better off.

Next steps

Please contact HMTResearch@hmtreasury.gov.uk to register interest.

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

HMT Areas of Research Interest October 2024

Topics

No topics assigned yet

Research fields

No research fields assigned yet

Related UKRI funded projects


  • Productive and Inclusive Net Zero (PRINZ) - Opportunities and barriers in the transition to sustainable and equitable growth

    This project explores the link between productivity and two important government priorities: phasing out greenhouse gas emissions (net zero) and improving economic prospects at the regional level (levelling up). Bringing...

    Funded by: UKRI

    Lead research organisation: Imperial College London

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically explores the link between productivity and government priorities such as phasing out greenhouse gas emissions and improving economic prospects at the regional level, providing a comprehensive analysis.

  • Queen's University Belfast - NISRA BDR Programme (Propelling Growth in Northern Ireland: Measuring and Explaining Business Productivity)

    Our research will contribute to this existing literature by providing a more detailed picture of Northern Irish productivity. We identifying where opportunities exist for policy to raise productivity and efficiency acros...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Queen's University Belfast

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on analyzing Northern Irish productivity and identifying policy opportunities to raise productivity, aligning with the question's emphasis on assessing the impacts of policies on productivity and growth.

  • CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 2015-2020

    Three core questions bind this proposal together: how to foster growth; how to share growth and how to sustain growth 1 HOW CAN WE FOSTER GROWTH? We plan to develop a new Growth Programme focussing on bolstering innova...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project addresses key questions related to fostering growth, sharing growth benefits, and the type of growth desired, aligning with the question's focus on improving analytical frameworks to assess policy impacts on productivity and growth.

  • Economics Observatory Phase 2

    The Economics Observatory (ECO) bridges the gap between academia, policy and the public to provide balanced and reliable answers to the economic questions related to Covid-19 and other long-term economic and societal cha...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Bristol

  • Local Economic Growth What Works Centre

    The What Works Centre aims to significantly improve the use of evidence in the design and delivery of policies for local economic growth and employment leading to more effective policies and policymaking in these areas. ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science

  • What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth

    The What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth was set up in October 2013 as part of the What Works network to analyse which policies are most effective in supporting and increasing local economic growth. The overall a...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science

  • What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth 2023-2025

    The What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth was set up in 2013. The overall aim of What Works Growth is to increase the cost-effectiveness of policies for local economic growth by improving the use of evidence and ev...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science

  • The Productivity Institute

    Summary continued: The Productivity Institute will be led by the University of Manchester (UoM), whose Alliance Manchester Business School will act as its headquarters. The Productivity Institute will include eight par...

    Funded by: UKRI

    Lead research organisation: University of Manchester

  • From productivity to prosperity: Inclusive growth for the West Midlands

    We will bring together academics working across disciplines to focus on the cross-cutting themes of skills, management, investment, regional supply chains, innovation and enterprise, to address the main issues around pro...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Warwick

  • Centre for Economic Performance 2020-25

    The Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) studies the determinants of economic performance at the level of the individual, the firm, the community, the city and region, the nation and the global economy. In a technologic...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science