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Labour productivity estimates for detailed industries in the UK, 2009 to 2023

Research constructing labour productivity estimates for 184 industries spanning the entire UK economy.

Measurement & methods

Productivity and Responsible AI in Adult Social Care

This paper examines how AI can be responsibly harnessed to enhance productivity in England’s adult social care sector.

Productivity Studies

The Impact of AI Adoption on Productivity Across FinTech, Retail, and Advanced Manufacturing: A Systematic Quantitative Literature Review Approach

Exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) adoption impacts firm-level productivity across FinTech, Retail, and Advanced Manufacturing sectors.

Organisational Capital

UK Trade and Productivity Across Space

Research examining the nexus between agglomeration economies and international trade premia and whether these two phenomena complement or substitute each other.

Geography & Place

Do Equity Gaps Matter? Evidence from High-Growth Enterprises’ Investment Behaviour

Research highlighting the economic consequences of capital market frictions for high-growth companies.

Organisational Capital

An Old Challenge in the New Era: How the Public Sector Can Benefit from the Age of AI

The primary barrier to leveraging AI is not the technology, but a lack of capabilities in public sector organisations and the wider innovation ecosystem.

Knowledge Capital

The Productivity Institute Annual Review 2024-25

The Productivity Institute’s review of its fifth year is now available.

Productivity Studies

Clarifying the devolution dividend: Final Report of Investment in Places Policy Fellowship

This report presents the findings of the TPI Investment in Places Policy Fellowship Clarifying the Devolution Dividend.

Geography & Place

Brexit and Non-Tariff Barriers: Effects on UK Business Investment and Productivity

Investigating impacts of Brexit-related increased non-tariff trade costs on UK business investment and productivity growth.

Macroeconomic trends & policy

The Productivity Engagement Approach (PEA): understanding and enhancing productivity in an organizational context

How do conceptualisations of productivity vary between and within organisations?

Organisational Capital

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