Andrew Aitken

Economist, OECD and Research Associate, Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE)

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Economics Observatory Questions and answers about coronavirus and the UK economy. A collective initiative by the economic research community to answer questions from policy-makers and the public about the economics of the Covid-19 crisis and the recovery.

• • • What are the effects of coronavirus on the UK and US labour markets?

    • How will the economic effects of coronavirus vary across areas of the UK? 

    • What’s happened in the UK labour market during the Covid-19 recession? 

Recent working papers

"On Household Costs Indices" (with Martin Weale). ESCoE Discussion Paper 2021-16.

"From ideas to growth: Understanding the drivers of innovation and productivity across firms, regions and industries in the UK" (with Francesca Foliano, Larissa S Marioni, David Nguyen, Ana Rincon-Aznar, and Enrico Vanino). BEIS Research Paper Number: 2021/041.

"The impact of the NLW on automation on businesses – with a focus on automation" (with John Forth and Rebecca Riley). Report for the Low Pay Commission. 2020.

"Deflation of Distributional National Accounts" (with Martin Weale). ESCoE Discussion Paper 2021-01.

“The Impact of the Introduction of the National Living Wage on Employment, Hours and Wages” (with Peter Dolton and Rebecca Riley). Report for the Low Pay Commission. 2018.

“Measuring national income growth democratically: Methods and estimates for the United Kingdom” (with Martin Weale). (forthcoming ESCoE Discussion Paper).

 “Imputation of Pension Accruals and Investment Income in Survey Data” (with Martin Weale). ESCoE Discussion Paper 2018-05.

"Did the Minimum Wage Change Consumption, Saving and Debt Behaviour" (with Jonathan Wadsworth and Peter Dolton). Report for the Low Pay Commission. 2014.

 “Do household wealth shocks affect voting behaviour?”

Published papers

"Time to change? Promoting mobility at older ages to support longer working lives" (with Shruti Singh). 2023. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, vol 24. 

"A Democratic Measure of Household Income Growth: Theory and Application to the United Kingdom" (with Martin Weale). 2020. Economica, vol 87 issue 347. ESCoE Discussion Paper 2018-02.

Coverage: Chris Giles in the FT, ONS blog by Richard Heys

"Measuring Welfare beyond GDP," National Institute Economic Review, 249(1), R3–R16.

"Housing supply, land costs, and price adjustment" (with A. Grimes). 2010. Real Estate Economics, 38:2, pp. 325-353.

"The Long-Run Impact of New Zealand’s Structural Reform on Local Communities" (with S. Stillman and M. Velamuri). 2010. Journal of Comparative Economics, 38:4, pp. 432-448.

"Rating Systems in New Zealand: An Empirical Investigation into Local Choice" (with W. McCluskey, A. Grimes, S. Kerr and J. Timmins). 2006. Journal of Real Estate Literature, 14:3, pp. 381-397.

Presentations

Measuring and Pursuing Wellbeing: the promise and the pitfalls Thu, 21st November 2019, 18:15 – 19:30, UCL Department of Political Science, Bedford Way LG04, 26 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0DS.

"Reframing a national budget: NZ wellbeing in all policies", UK Public Health Network Summit, London, 21st October 2019

Opinion pieces/Blogs

Why Covid-19 should change the conversation on migrant workers New Statesman 18 May 2020

Is the National Living Wage working? NIESR blog 1 February 2019

Other

NIESR 2019 Election Briefing - NIESR Election Briefing - The Future Path of the Minimum Wage

NIESR 2019 Election Briefing - Places and Spaces: Maping Britain's regional Divides

NIESR 2019 Election Briefing - Past, Present and Future of Immigration