National Institute Economic Review articles from October 1999

National Institute Economic Review archives from October 1999

The UK economy.
October 1, 1999... Section I. Recent developments and summary of the forecast The current state of the UK economy is arguably as good as it has been for thirty years. Unemployment and inflation are each at their lowest levels for several years. A 'misery'...

The world economy.(US, Japan, Germany, France and the UK)
October 1, 1999... Section I. Recent economic developments Nigel Pain Introduction The world economy appears to have embarked upon a cyclical upturn this year. Despite the widespread fears of a year ago, the downturn in global demand that began in...

Migration and British cities in the 1990's.
October 1, 1999... Migration is a highly topical issue in the UK nowadays and a major force in population change at national as well as more local level (Champion, 1996; Champion et al, 1998b; Vickers, 1998). Net immigration from overseas has been running at a...

Housing and regeneration: the problem or the solution.(United Kingdom)
October 1, 1999... Introduction: housing the source of current problems? Housing policy has been traditionally concentrated on providing 'a decent home for every family at a price within their means', where 'decent home' has been defined in terms of the...

Innovative clusters: global or local linkages?(industrial clusters in the United Kingdom)
October 1, 1999... Introduction Two related lines of theoretical argument have been developed mainly during the 1990s which focus on conditions associated with endogenous regional economic growth. The first was inspired by the notion of flexible...

City size, diversification and income smoothing.(US cities)
October 1, 1999... Introduction Ever since Marshall (1920), it has been believed that one of the reasons that workers and firms tend to settle in the same location is to share risk. By gathering in the same location firms give workers the incentive to settle...