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Laura is a senior research economist in the productivity and innovation research sector. She joined the institute in 2003. Her current research projects include the trends in specialization, outsourcing and offshoring in the UK; and firms' innovation activity in the UK and other European countries. She also has been involved with the programme evaluation of the Employer Training Pilots. 
All available publications
Laura Abramovsky and Rachel Griffith, April 2009,
ICT, corporate restructuring and productivity,
IFS Working Papers
, W09/10
Laura Abramovsky, Elisabeth Kremp, Alberto López, Tobias Schmidt and Helen Simpson, forthcoming,
Understanding co-operative R&D activity: evidence from four European countries,
Economics of Innovation and New Technology,
Routledge,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Laura Abramovsky, Elisabeth Kremp, Alberto López, Tobias Schmidt and Helen Simpson, October 2005,
Understanding co-operative R&D activity: evidence from four European countries,
IFS Working Papers
, W05/23
Laura Abramovsky and Helen Simpson, January 2009,
Geographic proximity and firm-university innovation linkages: evidence from Great Britain,
IFS Working Papers
, W09/03
Laura Abramovsky and Helen Simpson, December 2008,
Geographic proximity and firm-university innovation linkages: evidence from Great Britain,
External publications
, CMPO
Laura Abramovsky, Rachel Griffith, Gareth Macartney and Helen Miller, November 2008,
The location of innovative activity in Europe,
IFS Working Papers
, W08/10
Laura Abramovsky, Rupert Harrison and Helen Simpson, April 2007,
University research and the location of business R&D,
Economic Journal,
Vol. 117, No. 519, pp. C114-C141,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Laura Abramovsky, Rupert Harrison and Helen Simpson, January 2007,
University research and the location of business R&D,
IFS Working Papers
, W07/02
Laura Abramovsky and Rachel Griffith, April 2007,
Analysis of firm structures and outsourcing in Great Britain,
External publications
, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Laura Abramovsky, Rupert Harrison and Helen Simpson, January 2007,
University research and the location of business R&D,
IFS Working Papers
, W07/02
Now published:
Laura Abramovsky, Rupert Harrison and Helen Simpson, April 2007,
University research and the location of business R&D,
Economic Journal,
Vol. 117, No. 519, pp. C114-C141, Journal Articles
Laura Abramovsky and Rachel Griffith, May 2006,
Outsourcing and offshoring of business services: the role of ICT,
Journal of the European Economic Association,
Vol. 4, No. 2-3, pp. 594-601,
European Economic Association,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Laura Abramovsky and Rachel Griffith, October 2005,
Outsourcing and offshoring of business services: how important is ICT?,
IFS Working Papers
, W05/22
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