Working papers

Bauluz, L., Bukowski, P., Fransham, M., Lee, A.S., López Forero, M., Novokmet, F., Breau, S., Lee, N., Malgouyres, C., Schularick, M. and Verdugo, G. (2023). Spatial wage inequality in North America and Western Europe: changes between and within local labour markets 1975-2019. Centre for Economic Performance.

Lee, N., Pardy, M. and McNeil, A. (2024). The political impact of inflation: A survey experiment. International Inequalities Institute, LSE.  

Lee, N. Ni., Metta., and Boey, A. (2024). The scale-up state: Singapore’s industrial policy for the digital economy. Southeast Asia Working Paper Series (11). Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, LSE.

Published papers

McNeil, A., Luca, D., & Lee, N. (2024). The long shadow of local decline: Birthplace economic adversity and long-term individual outcomes in the UK. Journal of Urban Economics, 136, 103571.

Lee, N., Fransham, M., & Bukowski, P. (2024). Spatial labour market inequality and social protection in the UK. LSE Public Policy Review, 3(2).

Rodríguez-Pose, A., Terrero-Dávila, J., & Lee, N. (2023). Left-behind versus unequal places: interpersonal inequality, economic decline and the rise of populism in the USA and Europe. Journal of Economic Geography, 23(5), 951-977.

Fransham, M., Herbertson, M., Pop, M., Bandeira Morais, M., & Lee, N. (2023). Level best? The levelling up agenda and UK regional inequality. Regional Studies, 57(11), 2339-2352.

Lee, N. (2023). Inclusive innovation in cities: from buzzword to policy. Regional Studies, 1-12.

Arman, H., Iammarino, S., Ibarra-Olivo, J. E., & Lee, N. (2022). Systems of innovation, diversification, and the R&D trap: A case study of Kuwait. Science and Public Policy, 49(2), 179-190.

Casadei, P., Vanino, E., & Lee, N. (2023). Trade in creative services: relatedness and regional specialization in the UK. Regional Studies, 57(7), 1349-1366.

Rodríguez-Pose, A., Lee, N., & Lipp, C. (2021). Golfing with Trump. Social capital, decline, inequality, and the rise of populism in the US. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 14(3), 457-481.

Wang, H., Rodríguez-Pose, A., & Lee, N. (2021). The long shadow of history in China: Regional governance reform and Chinese territorial inequality. Applied Geography, 134, 102525.

Iddawela, Y., Lee, N., & Rodríguez-Pose, A. (2021). Quality of sub-national government and regional development in Africa. The Journal of Development Studies, 57(8), 1282-1302.

Mitsch, F., Lee, N., & Morrow, E. R. (2021). Faith no more? The divergence of political trust between urban and rural Europe. Political geography, 89, 102426. [Working paper]

Cowling, M., Brown, R., & Lee, N. (2021). The geography of business angel investments in the UK: Does local bias (still) matter?. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 53(5), 1180-1200.

Lee, N., & Rodríguez-Pose, A. (2021). Entrepreneurship and the fight against poverty in US cities. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 53(1), 31-52.

Evenhuis, E., Lee, N., Martin, R., & Tyler, P. (2021). Rethinking the political economy of place: challenges of productivity and inclusion. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 14(1), 3-24.

Obschonka, M., Lee, N., Rodríguez-Pose, A., Eichstaedt, J. C., & Ebert, T. (2020). Big data methods, social media, and the psychology of entrepreneurial regions: capturing cross-county personality traits and their impact on entrepreneurship in the USA. Small Business Economics, 55, 567-588.

Lee, N., & Clarke, S. (2019). Do low-skilled workers gain from high-tech employment growth? High-technology multipliers, employment and wages in Britain. Research Policy, 48(9), 103803

Previous papers available on my Google Scholar page.