The report is divided into two main parts. The first part adopts a long-term perspective, examining the changes in regional disparities in economic performance across the EU over the period since 1980 - or at least up to 2011, the latest year for which the relevant data are available. Its...

This article estimates the cost of a public investment-led job creation programme for the United Kingdom. A programme creating an additional one million jobs at the current average wage would involve a net cost to the Treasury dramatically lower than the gross cost; £17 billion worth of...