Impact

The impact of our research is of great importance to us. We aim to reach policy-makers and academics world-wide, as well as contribute to the public debate through new and old media. This page highlights our impact on the policy process, on the research frontier and through the media.

• Policy Impact
• Scientific Impact
• Media Impact

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Policy Impact

• Improvement of school league tables (PDF, 285kB) (case study produced by the Economic and Social Research Council)

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Scientific Impact

Below is a selection of recent journal articles which have been produced by CMPO researchers.

• An assessment of Labour’s record on health and healthcare

Carol Propper and Mary-Anne Venables - Oxford Review of Economic Policy (2013) Issue 29 (1), pages 203-226

• The Causal Effect of Education on Wages Revisited

Matt Dickson - Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics Volume 75, Issue 4, pages 477–498 (published August 2013)

• Productivity, Investment and Profits during the Great Recession: Evidence from UK Firms and Workers

Claire Crawford, Helen Simpson and Wenchao Jin - Fiscal Studies, 34: 153–177 (published 12/06/2013)

• Does `naming and shaming' work for schools and hospitals? Lessons from natural experiments following devolution in England and Wales

Gwyn Bevan and Deborah Wilson -  Public Money & Management, Volume 33, Number 4, pages 245-252 (2013)

• The short-run impact of using lotteries for school admissions: early results from Brighton and Hove’s reforms

Rebecca Allen, Simon Burgess and Leigh McKenna - Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 38, Issue 1, pages 149–166 (published 13/01/2013)

• Does Experience Make You 'Tougher'? Evidence From Competition Law

Ludivine Garside, Paul Grout and Anna Zalewska - The Economic Journal (published online 10/12/2012)

• Increasing Charitable Giving: What Can We Learn from Economics?

Sarah Smith - Fiscal Studies, Volume 33, Issue 4, pages 449 – 466 (published 06/12/2012)

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Media Impact

Below is a selection of recent media articles, featuring research carried out by CMPO.

• 12/11/2014 / Understanding the success of London's Schools / Simon Burgess / Quoted by BBC, The Telegraph and others
• 07/10/2014 / What Parents Want:  School Preferences and School Choice / Simon Burgess et al / Quoted by the BBC, Daily Mail and The Independent
• 02/10/2014 / CMPO's Dr Helen Simpson comments on "HE cold spots" and participation throughout England / Quoted by BBC and Times Higher Education        
• 14/07/2014 / CMPO Research featured in the The Financial Times
• 07/07/2014 / CMPO Research by Kimbereley Scharf and Sarah Smith featured in The Guardian

• 24/01/2014
  School league tables: Many ways to measure schools
  Simon Burgess quoted by the BBC
• 12/11/2013
  Does university management matter?
  Guardian Higher Education Network
• 26/09/2013
  Lottery grants do not 'crowd out' other sources of funding, research finds
  Research from Sarah Smith featured in Third Sector Magazine

• 24/09/2013
  Three ways academic research can influence civil service policy
  Simon Burgess on the Guardian Policy Hub

• 21/08/2013
  Will those GCSE results reflect the push for rigour or a path to inequality?
  Guardian Article written by Simon Burgess

• 01/08/2013
  Poor will face bigger student loan bill than rich: study
  New study from Professor Ron Johnston, reported in Times Higher Education

• 01/08/2013
  Most adults don't exercise enough
  BBC article featuring new research from Carol Propper. Read the full working paper