
John Van Reenen is a Professor at MIT Department of Economics and Sloan School of Management. From October 2003 to July 2016 John Van Reenen was Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and the Director of the Centre for Economic Performance, Europe’s leading applied economics research centre.Van Reenen has published widely on the economics of innovation, labor markets and productivity. In 2009 he was awarded the Yrjö Jahnsson Award, the European equivalent to the US Bates Clark Medal, awarded every two years to the best economist in Europe under the age of 45. In 2014 he won the European Investment Bank Prize for Excellence in Economic and Social Research.
Recent work by John Van Reenen
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Can managers boost development?
Why a country is rich or poor may be explained by the quality of its managers. Can better management practices improve firm productivity?
Published 25.09.19
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Technology transfer and the rise of China
Who wins and losses in the technology trade war? John van Reenen (MIT) explains why technology transfer in a globalised world isn’t a zero sum game
Published 08.05.19
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The backlash against globalisation
John Van Reenen explains how the backlash in globalisation risks damaging global value chains and the jobs that rely on them
Published 01.06.18
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Management and the wealth of nations
A 15-year survey of 12,000 firms across 34 countries shows that management practices explain a large share of productivity gaps
Published 18.01.18
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The backlash against globalisation
John Van Reenen explains how the backlash in globalisation risks damaging global value chains and the jobs that rely on them
Published 13.07.17
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Economic costs and benefits of Brexit
In this video, John Van Reenen discusses how Brexit could hurt the UK economy, and points out gains from lower EU contributions and a slight boost to...
Published 24.05.17
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Economic consequences of Brexit
The economic consequences of leaving the EU are at the heart of the Brexit debate. This column studies how changes in trade and fiscal transfers to...
Swati Dhingra Hanwei Huang Gianmarco Ottaviano Thomas Sampson John Van Reenen
Published 24.05.17