Lee, Neil

Number of items: 110.

Canada Blanch Centre

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Xiang, Leiboyu, Lee, Neil (2025). Finding stars: mapping the geography of the world’s scientific elites. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.70055

Centre for Economic Performance

Bauluz, Luis, Bukowski, Pawel, Fransham, Mark, Lee, Annie Seong, López Forero, Margarita, Novokmet, Filip, Breau, Sébastien, Lee, Neil, Malgouyres, Clément & Schularick, Moritz et al (2023). Spatial wage inequality in North America and Western Europe: changes between and within local labour markets 1975-2019. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1941). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Economics

Lee, Neil, Fransham, Mark, Bukowski, Pawel (2024). Spatial labour market inequality and social protection in the UK. LSE Public Policy Review, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.31389/lseppr.99

Mulder, Niels, Bryan, Gharad, Lee, Neil, Oliveira Cunha, Juliana, Shawa, Benjamin, Wani, Shahrukh, Werker, Eric (2024). Unlocking economic prosperity in the Zambian Copperbelt. (Policy Paper). International Growth Centre.

Casadei, Patrizia, Vanino, Enrico, Lee, Neil (2022). Trade in creative services: relatedness and regional specialization in the UK. Regional Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2112165

European Institute

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2014). Creativity, cities and innovation. Environment and Planning A, 46(5), 1139-1159. https://doi.org/10.1068/a46202

Lee, Neil, Sissons, Paul, Hughes, Ceri, Green, Anne, Atfield, Gaby, Adam, Duncan, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2014). Cities, growth and poverty: evidence review. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2013). Original innovation, learnt innovation and cities: evidence from UK SMEs. Urban Studies, 50(9), 1742-1759. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098012470395

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2013). Creativity, cities and innovation: evidence from UK SMEs. (Nesta working papers series 13/10). Nesta.

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2013). Innovation and spatial inequality in Europe and USA. Journal of Economic Geography, 13(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbs022

Geography and Environment

Herbertson, Max, Lee, Neil, Pardy, Martina, Soskice, David, Storper, Michael (2026). Income, sovereignty, and cohesion: the political economy of Europe’s first mover innovation deficit. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 54). Department of Geography and Environment, The London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/researchonline.lse.ac.uk.00137116

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Xiang, Leiboyu, Lee, Neil (2025). Finding stars: mapping the geography of the world’s scientific elites. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.70055

Wei, Zhiwu, Lee, Neil, Iddawela, Yohan (23 September 2025) Mobile internet access is exacerbating household wealth inequality in the Philippines. LSE Inequalities.

Wei, Zhiwu, Lee, Neil, Iddawela, Yohan (2025). Mobile internet connectivity and household wealth in the Philippines. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 51). Department of Geography and Environment, The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wei, Zhiwu, Lee, Neil, Iddawela, Yohan (2025). Mobile internet connectivity and household wealth in the Philippines. (III Working Paper 153). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lee, Neil, Chong, Cassandra (12 February 2025) How to make Labour’s National Wealth Fund work. British Politics and Policy at LSE.

Lee, Neil, Arman, Husam (12 December 2024) Sovereign wealth funds: from piggy banks to strategic actors. Middle East Centre Blog.

Lee, Neil, Ni, Metta, Boey, Augustin (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.

Lee, Neil (12 June 2024) How to share the benefits of innovation. LSE Inequalities.

Lee, Neil, Pardy, Martina, Mcneil, Andrew (2024). The political impact of inflation: a survey experiment. (III Working Papers 140). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.ofxszgeaztzb

Lee, Neil (20 May 2024) What economists think of Labour's economic policy. British Politics and Policy at LSE.

Herbertson, Max, Lee, Neil (2024). Inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems. In Huggins, R., Thompson, P., Kitagawa, F., Theodoraki, C. & Prokop, D. (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions: Emergence, Evolution, and Future (pp. 208 - 222). Oxford University Press/British Academy. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192866264.003.0012

Lee, Neil, Fransham, Mark, Bukowski, Pawel (2024). Spatial labour market inequality and social protection in the UK. LSE Public Policy Review, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.31389/lseppr.99

Lee, Neil (2024). Innovation for the masses: how to share the benefits of the high-tech economy. University of California Press.

Mulder, Niels, Bryan, Gharad, Lee, Neil, Oliveira Cunha, Juliana, Shawa, Benjamin, Wani, Shahrukh, Werker, Eric (2024). Unlocking economic prosperity in the Zambian Copperbelt. (Policy Paper). International Growth Centre.

Lee, Neil (2024). Global production networks meets evolutionary economic geography. Regional Studies, 58(7), 1477 - 1479. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2024.2316175

Lee, Neil (3 November 2023) Interview with Neil Lee - "If we want to have innovative cities, they have to deliver for everyone". LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog.

Fransham, Mark, Herbertson, Max, Pop, Mihaela, Bandeira Morais, Margarida, Lee, Neil (2023). Level best? The levelling up agenda and UK regional inequality. Regional Studies, 57(11), 2339 - 2352. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2159356

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Terrero-Davila, Javier, Lee, Neil (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. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbad005

Luca, Davide, Terrero-Davila, Javier, Stein, Jonas, Lee, Neil (2023). Progressive cities: urban–rural polarisation of social values and economic development around the world. Urban Studies, 60(12), 2329 - 2350. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980221148388

Bauluz, Luis, Bukowski, Pawel, Fransham, Mark, Lee, Annie Seong, López Forero, Margarita, Novokmet, Filip, Breau, Sébastien, Lee, Neil, Malgouyres, Clément & Schularick, Moritz et al (2023). Spatial wage inequality in North America and Western Europe: changes between and within local labour markets 1975-2019. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1941). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Bauluz, Luis, Bukowski, Pawel, Fransham, Mark, Lee, Annie, López Forero, Margarita, Novokmet, Filip, Breau, Sébastien, Lee, Neil, Malgouyres, Clement & Schularick, Moritz et al (2023). Spatial wage inequality in North America and Western Europe: changes between and within local labour markets 1975-2019. (III Working Paper 98). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.5y2j7sh4onsp

McNeil, Andrew, Luca, Davide, Lee, Neil (2023). The long shadow of local decline: birthplace economic adversity and long-term individual outcomes in the UK. Journal of Urban Economics, 136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2023.103571

Bandeira Morais, Margarida, Iammarino, Simona, Lee, Neil (2023). Economic complexity, exports and natural resources in the Gulf Cooperation Council. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 41). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.

Lee, Neil (2023). Inclusive innovation in cities: from buzzword to policy. Regional Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2168637

Lee, Neil (2023). Introduction: why innovation matters. In Innovation for the Masses: How to Share the Benefits of the High-Tech Economy . University of California Press. [In Press]

Casadei, Patrizia, Vanino, Enrico, Lee, Neil (2022). Trade in creative services: relatedness and regional specialization in the UK. Regional Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2112165

Arman, Husam, Iammarino, Simona, Ibarra-Olivo, J. Eduardo, Lee, Neil (2022). Systems of innovation, diversification, and the R&D trap: a case study of Kuwait. Science and Public Policy, 49(2), 179 – 190. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scab073

Fransham, Mark, Herbertson, Max, Pop, Mihaela, Bandeira Morais, Margarida, Lee, Neil (2022). Level best? The levelling up agenda and UK regional inequality. (III Working Papers 80). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.dyatqxzj1hxx

McNeil, Andrew, Lee, Neil, Luca, Davide (2022). The long shadow of local decline: birthplace economic conditions, political attitudes, and long-term individual economic outcomes in the UK. (III Working Papers 76). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.zjjkxj4mn4d3

Luca, Davide, Terrero-Davila, Javier, Stein, Jonas, Lee, Neil (2022). Progressive cities: urban-rural polarisation of social values and economic development around the world. (III Working Papers 74). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.1dz67xnai1sj

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Lee, Neil, Lipp, Cornelius (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. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsab026

Wang, Han, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Lee, Neil (2021). The long shadow of history in China: regional governance reform and Chinese territorial inequality. Applied Geography, 134, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102525

Iddawela, Yohan, Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2021). Quality of sub-national government and regional development in Africa. The Journal of Development Studies, 57(8), 1282 - 1302. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2021.1873286

Mitsch, Frieder, Lee, Neil, Ralph-Morrow, Elizabeth (2021). Faith no more? The divergence of political trust between urban and rural Europe. Political Geography, 89, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102426

Cowling, Marc, Brown, Ross, Lee, Neil (2021). The geography of business angel investments in the UK does local bias (still) matter? Environment and Planning A, 53(5), 1180 - 1200. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X20984484

Evenhuis, Emil, Lee, Neil, Martin, Ron, Tyler, Peter (11 May 2021) The task of governments is not simply to build ‘back’ better after COVID-19, but to rebuild forward better, towards an inclusive model of economic growth. British Politics and Policy at LSE.

Mitsch, Frieder, Lee, Neil, Morrow, Elizabeth (2021). Faith no more? The divergence of political trust between urban and rural Europe. (III Working Papers 64). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.j4p17nde0mtd

Arman, Husan, Iammarino, Simona, Ibarra-Olivo, J. Eduardo, Lee, Neil (2021). Breaking out of the innovation trap? Towards promoting private R&D investment in Kuwait. (Kuwait Programme paper series 9). LSE Middle East Centre.

Evenhuis, Emil, Lee, Neil, Martin, Ron, Tyler, Peter (2021). Rethinking the political economy of place: challenges of productivity and inclusion. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 14(1), 3 - 24. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsaa043

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2021). Entrepreneurship and the fight against poverty in US cities. Environment and Planning A, 53(1), 31 - 52. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X20924422

Iddawela, Yohan, Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2021). Quality of sub-national government and regional development in Africa. (III Working Papers 59). London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.u09wxf6p7qmw

Casadei, Patrizia, Lee, Neil (2020). Global cities, creative industries and their representation on social media: a micro-data analysis of twitter data on the fashion industry. Environment and Planning A, 52(6), 1195-1220. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X20901585

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Lee, Neil, Lipp, Cornelius (2020). Golfing with Trump: social capital, decline, inequality, and the rise of populism in the US. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 14). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Lee, Neil (2020). Hipsters vs. geeks? Creative workers, STEM and innovation in US cities. Cities, 100, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102653

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2020). Entrepreneurship and the fight against poverty in US Cities. (III Working Paper 44). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.r9xo8wtm6soe

Lee, Neil, Clarke, Stephen (2019). Do low-skilled workers gain from high-tech employment growth? High-technology multipliers, employment and wages in Britain. Research Policy, 48(9). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.05.012

Harman, Oliver, Lee, Neil (30 October 2019) Inclusive growth for cities fuzzy, functional or forsaken? International Growth Centre Blog.

Obschonka, Martin, Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Eichstaedt, Johannes C., Ebert, Tobias (2019). 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, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-019-00204-2

Brown, Ross, Lee, Neil (2019). Strapped for Cash? Funding for UK high growth SMEs since the global financial crisis. Journal of Business Research, 99, 37-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.02.001

Brown, Ross, Mawson, Suzanne, Lee, Neil (2019). Start-up factories, transnational entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ecosystems: unpacking the lure of start-up accelerator programmes. European Planning Studies, 27(5), 885-904. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1588858

Ughetto, Elisa, Cowling, Marc, Lee, Neil (2019). Regional and spatial issues in the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises and new ventures. Regional Studies, 53(5), 617-619. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2019.1601174

Lee, Neil, Luca, Davide (2019). The big-city bias in access to finance: evidence from firm perceptions in almost 100 countries. Journal of Economic Geography, 19(1), 199 - 224. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbx047

Sissons, Paul, Green, Anne. E, Lee, Neil (2018). Linking the sectoral employment structure and household poverty in the United Kingdom. Work, Employment and Society, 32(6), 1078-1098. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017017722939

Lee, Neil, Green, Anne, Sissons, Paul (2018). Low-pay sectors, earnings mobility and economic policy in the UK. Politics & Policy, 46(3), 347-369. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557317X15072086455899

Lee, Neil (2018). Inclusive growth in cities: a sympathetic critique. Regional Studies, 53(3), 424-434. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2018.1476753

Lee, Neil (2018). Inclusive growth in cities: a sympathetic critique. (III Working Paper 25). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.l5cwincnz88d

Berlepsch, Viola, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Lee, Neil (2018). A woman’s touch? Female migration and economic development in the United States. Regional Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2018.1463092

Obschonka, Martin, Stuetzer, Michael, Rentfrow, P. Jason, Lee, Neil, Potter, Jeff, Gosling, Samuel D. (2018). Fear, populism, and the geopolitical landscape: the “sleeper effect” of neurotic personality traits on regional voting behavior in the 2016 Brexit and Trump elections. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9(3), 285-298. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550618755874

Cowling, Marc, Ughetto, Elisa, Lee, Neil (2018). The innovation debt penalty: cost of debt, loan default, and the effects of a public loan guarantee on high-tech firms. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 127, 166-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.06.016

Morris, Katy, Lee, Neil, Kemeny, Thomas (9 January 2018) Immobility and support for leave: Brexit was partly a reaction to change from the locally rooted. Democratic Audit Blog.

Lee, Neil, Morris, Katy, Kemeny, Thomas (2018). Immobility and the Brexit vote. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsx027

Lee, Neil, Morris, Katy, Kemeny, Thomas (2017). Immobility and the Brexit vote. (III Working Paper 19). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.o3r1kugocub1

Lee, Neil (2017). Powerhouse of cards? Understanding the “Northern Powerhouse”. Regional Studies, 51(3), 478-489. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2016.1196289

Lee, Neil (2017). Psychology and the geography of innovation. Economic Geography, 93(2), 106 - 130. https://doi.org/10.1080/00130095.2016.1249845

Lee, Neil (2016). The (new) northern powerhouse strategy.

Lee, Neil, Sissons, Paul (2016). Inclusive growth? The relationship between economic growth and poverty in British cities. Environment and Planning A, 48(11), 2317-2339. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X16656000

Lee, Neil, Brown, Ross (2016). Innovation, SMEs and the liability of distance: the demand and supply of bank funding in peripheral UK regions. Journal of Economic Geography, 17(1), 233-260. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbw011

Lee, Neil (2016). Three challenges facing the Northern Powerhouse.

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2016). Is there trickle-down from tech? Poverty, employment, and the high-technology multiplier in U.S. cities. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 106(5), 1114 - 1134. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2016.1184081

Lee, Neil, Sissons, Paul, Jones, Katy (2016). The geography of wage inequality in British cities. Regional Studies, 50(10), 1714-1727. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2015.1053859

Lee, Neil, Sameen, Hiba, Cowling, Marc (2015). Access to finance for innovative SMEs since the financial crisis. Research Policy, 44(2), 370-380. https://doi.org/Access to finance for innovative SMEs since the financial crisis

Lee, Neil, Cowling, Mark (2015). Do rural firms perceive different problems? Geography, sorting, and barriers to growth in UK SMEs. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 33(1), 25-42. https://doi.org/10.1068/c12234b

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2014). Creativity, cities and innovation. Environment and Planning A, 46(5), 1139-1159. https://doi.org/10.1068/a46202

Lee, Neil, Drever, Emma (2014). Do SMEs in deprived areas find it harder to access finance?: evidence from the UK small business survey. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 26(3-4), 337-356. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2014.911966

Lee, Neil, Sissons, Paul, Hughes, Ceri, Green, Anne, Atfield, Gaby, Adam, Duncan, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2014). Cities, growth and poverty: evidence review. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Brown, Ross, Lee, Neil (2014). Funding issues confronting high growth SMEs in the UK. ICAS.

Lee, Neil (2014). The creative industries and urban economic growth in the UK. Environment and Planning A, 46(2), 455-470.

Sutherland, William J., Goulden, Chris, Bell, Kate, Bennett, Fran, Burall, Simon, Bush, Marc, Callan, Samantha, Catcheside, Kim, Corner, Julian & D'arcy, Conor T. et al (2013). 100 questions: identifying research priorities for poverty prevention and reduction. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 21(3), 189-205. https://doi.org/10.1332/175982713X671210

Lee, Neil, Nathan, Max (2013). Cultural diversity, innovation and entrepreneurship: firm-level evidence from London. Economic Geography, 89(4), 367-394. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecge.12016

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2013). Original innovation, learnt innovation and cities: evidence from UK SMEs. Urban Studies, 50(9), 1742-1759. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098012470395

Lee, Neil, Sameen, Hiba, Martin, Lloyd (2013). Credit and the crisis: access to finance for innovative small firms. Big Innovation Centre.

Lee, Neil, Drever, Emma (2013). The creative industries, creative occupations and innovation in London. European Planning Studies, 21(12), 1977-1997. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2012.722969

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2013). Creativity, cities and innovation: evidence from UK SMEs. (Nesta working papers series 13/10). Nesta.

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2013). Innovation and spatial inequality in Europe and USA. Journal of Economic Geography, 13(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbs022

Bakhshi, Hasan, Lee, Neil, Mateos-Garcia, Juan (2013). Capital of culture? An econometric analysis of the relationship between arts and cultural clusters, wages and the creative economy in English cities. In Rushton, M. (Ed.), Creative Communities: Art Works in Economic Development (pp. 190-216). Brookings Institution. Press.

Cominetti, Nye, Crowley, Lizzie, Lee, Neil (2012). The business of cities: the private sector, local enterprise partnerships and growth. Work Foundation.

Crowley, Lizzie, Balaram, Brhmie, Lee, Neil (2012). People or place? Urban policy in an age of austerity. Work Foundation.

Lee, Neil, Cowling, Marc (2012). Place, sorting effects and barriers to enterprise in deprived areas: different problems or different firms? International Small Business Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242612445402

Lee, Neil, Sissons, Paul, Balaram, Bhrmie, Jones, Katy, Cominetti, Nye (2012). Short-term crisis - long-term problem? Addressing the youth employment challenge. Work Foundation.

Lee, Neil (2012). Grim down south? The determinants of unemployment increases in British cities in the 2008–2009 recession. Regional Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2012.709609

Hutton, Will, Lee, Neil (2012). The city and the cities: finance, ownership and the geography of recession. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 5(3), 325-337. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rss018

Lee, Neil (2011). Free to grow? Assessing the barriers faced by actual and potential high growth firms. (Nesta working papers series 11/01). Nesta.

Levy, Charles, Lee, Neil, Peate, Annie (2011). Ready, steady, grow? How the government can support high growth firms: a joint Cities 2020 and Knowledge Economy programme report. Work Foundation.

Lee, Neil, Nathan, Max (2011). Does cultural diversity help innovation in cities: evidence from London firms. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0069). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Sciences.

Lee, Neil (2011). Ethnic diversity and employment growth in English cities. Urban Studies, 48(2), 407-425. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098010363500

Lee, Neil (2011). Are innovative regions more unequal? Evidence from Europe. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 29(1), 2-23. https://doi.org/10.1068/c1046r

Lee, Neil (2010). No city left behind? Urban policy after the recession. Local Economy, 25(8), 607-611. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690942.2010.533432

Lee, Neil, Morris, Katy, Wright, Jonathan, Clayton, Naomi, Brinkley, Ian, Jones, Alexandra (2010). No city left behind? The geography of the recovery and the implications for the coalition. Work Foundation.

Lee, Neil, Nathan, Max (2010). Knowledge workers, cultural diversity and innovation: evidence from London. International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development, 1(1/2), 53-78. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJKBD.2010.032586

Lee, Neil (2010). Obama’s urban policy. Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 3(4), 349-356.

Lee, Neil (2009). The new economy. In Fagan, G. H. & Munck, R. (Eds.), Globalization and Security: an Encyclopedia . ABC-CLIO.

Jones, Alexandra, Lee, Neil, Morris, Katy (2009). Recession and recovery: How UK cities can respond and drive the recovery. Work Foundation.

Lee, Neil, Schneider, Philippe, Brinkley, Ian (2007). R&D, ICT and productivity: an evidence paper for the Knowledge Economy Programme. Work Foundation.

Brinkley, Ian, Lee, Neil (2006). The knowledge economy in Europe: a report prepared for the 2007 EU Spring Council. Work Foundation.

Government

McNeil, Andrew, Luca, Davide, Lee, Neil (2023). The long shadow of local decline: birthplace economic adversity and long-term individual outcomes in the UK. Journal of Urban Economics, 136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2023.103571

McNeil, Andrew, Lee, Neil, Luca, Davide (2022). The long shadow of local decline: birthplace economic conditions, political attitudes, and long-term individual economic outcomes in the UK. (III Working Papers 76). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.zjjkxj4mn4d3

Mitsch, Frieder, Lee, Neil, Ralph-Morrow, Elizabeth (2021). Faith no more? The divergence of political trust between urban and rural Europe. Political Geography, 89, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102426

Mitsch, Frieder, Lee, Neil, Morrow, Elizabeth (2021). Faith no more? The divergence of political trust between urban and rural Europe. (III Working Papers 64). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.j4p17nde0mtd

International Inequalities Institute

Herbertson, Max, Lee, Neil, Pardy, Martina, Soskice, David, Storper, Michael (2026). Income, sovereignty, and cohesion: the political economy of Europe’s first mover innovation deficit. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 54). Department of Geography and Environment, The London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/researchonline.lse.ac.uk.00137116

Lee, Neil, Pardy, Martina, Mcneil, Andrew (2024). The political impact of inflation: a survey experiment. (III Working Papers 140). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.ofxszgeaztzb

Herbertson, Max, Lee, Neil (2024). Inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems. In Huggins, R., Thompson, P., Kitagawa, F., Theodoraki, C. & Prokop, D. (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions: Emergence, Evolution, and Future (pp. 208 - 222). Oxford University Press/British Academy. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192866264.003.0012

Lee, Neil, Fransham, Mark, Bukowski, Pawel (2024). Spatial labour market inequality and social protection in the UK. LSE Public Policy Review, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.31389/lseppr.99

Fransham, Mark, Herbertson, Max, Pop, Mihaela, Bandeira Morais, Margarida, Lee, Neil (2023). Level best? The levelling up agenda and UK regional inequality. Regional Studies, 57(11), 2339 - 2352. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2159356

Bauluz, Luis, Bukowski, Pawel, Fransham, Mark, Lee, Annie Seong, López Forero, Margarita, Novokmet, Filip, Breau, Sébastien, Lee, Neil, Malgouyres, Clément & Schularick, Moritz et al (2023). Spatial wage inequality in North America and Western Europe: changes between and within local labour markets 1975-2019. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1941). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Bauluz, Luis, Bukowski, Pawel, Fransham, Mark, Lee, Annie, López Forero, Margarita, Novokmet, Filip, Breau, Sébastien, Lee, Neil, Malgouyres, Clement & Schularick, Moritz et al (2023). Spatial wage inequality in North America and Western Europe: changes between and within local labour markets 1975-2019. (III Working Paper 98). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.5y2j7sh4onsp

McNeil, Andrew, Luca, Davide, Lee, Neil (2023). The long shadow of local decline: birthplace economic adversity and long-term individual outcomes in the UK. Journal of Urban Economics, 136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2023.103571

Fransham, Mark, Herbertson, Max, Pop, Mihaela, Bandeira Morais, Margarida, Lee, Neil (2022). Level best? The levelling up agenda and UK regional inequality. (III Working Papers 80). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.dyatqxzj1hxx

Mitsch, Frieder, Lee, Neil, Ralph-Morrow, Elizabeth (2021). Faith no more? The divergence of political trust between urban and rural Europe. Political Geography, 89, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102426

Mitsch, Frieder, Lee, Neil, Morrow, Elizabeth (2021). Faith no more? The divergence of political trust between urban and rural Europe. (III Working Papers 64). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.j4p17nde0mtd

Iddawela, Yohan, Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2021). Quality of sub-national government and regional development in Africa. (III Working Papers 59). London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.u09wxf6p7qmw

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2020). Entrepreneurship and the fight against poverty in US Cities. (III Working Paper 44). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.r9xo8wtm6soe

Lee, Neil (2018). Inclusive growth in cities: a sympathetic critique. (III Working Paper 25). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.l5cwincnz88d

Lee, Neil, Morris, Katy, Kemeny, Thomas (2017). Immobility and the Brexit vote. (III Working Paper 19). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.o3r1kugocub1

LSE

Wei, Zhiwu, Lee, Neil, Iddawela, Yohan (2025). Mobile internet connectivity and household wealth in the Philippines. (III Working Paper 153). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Morris, Katy, Lee, Neil, Kemeny, Thomas (2018). Immobility and support for Leave: Brexit was partly a reaction to change from the locally rooted.

Morris, Katy, Lee, Neil, Kemeny, Thomas (2018). Immobility and support for Leave: Brexit was partly a reaction to change from the locally rooted.

Lee, Neil (2011). The number of young people not in employment, education and training is rising, and the problem is getting worse, especially in the North.

Lee, Neil (2009). The creative industries as a "distinctiveness strategy". In Eckardt, F. & Nyström, L. (Eds.), Culture and the City . BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag.

Middle East Centre

Herbertson, Max, Lee, Neil, Pardy, Martina, Soskice, David, Storper, Michael (2026). Income, sovereignty, and cohesion: the political economy of Europe’s first mover innovation deficit. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 54). Department of Geography and Environment, The London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/researchonline.lse.ac.uk.00137116

Arman, Husan, Iammarino, Simona, Ibarra-Olivo, J. Eduardo, Lee, Neil (2021). Breaking out of the innovation trap? Towards promoting private R&D investment in Kuwait. (Kuwait Programme paper series 9). LSE Middle East Centre.

Social Policy

Sutherland, William J., Goulden, Chris, Bell, Kate, Bennett, Fran, Burall, Simon, Bush, Marc, Callan, Samantha, Catcheside, Kim, Corner, Julian & D'arcy, Conor T. et al (2013). 100 questions: identifying research priorities for poverty prevention and reduction. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 21(3), 189-205. https://doi.org/10.1332/175982713X671210

Urban and Spatial Programme

Lee, Neil (2017). Powerhouse of cards? Understanding the “Northern Powerhouse”. Regional Studies, 51(3), 478-489. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2016.1196289

Lee, Neil (2016). The (new) northern powerhouse strategy.

Lee, Neil (2016). Three challenges facing the Northern Powerhouse.

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2014). Creativity, cities and innovation. Environment and Planning A, 46(5), 1139-1159. https://doi.org/10.1068/a46202

Lee, Neil, Sissons, Paul, Hughes, Ceri, Green, Anne, Atfield, Gaby, Adam, Duncan, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2014). Cities, growth and poverty: evidence review. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Lee, Neil (2013). Cultural diversity, cities and innovation: firm effects or city effects? (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0144). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lee, Neil, Nathan, Max (2013). Cultural diversity, innovation and entrepreneurship: firm-level evidence from London. Economic Geography, 89(4), 367-394. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecge.12016

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2013). Original innovation, learnt innovation and cities: evidence from UK SMEs. Urban Studies, 50(9), 1742-1759. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098012470395

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2013). Creativity, cities and innovation: evidence from UK SMEs. (Nesta working papers series 13/10). Nesta.

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2013). Innovation and spatial inequality in Europe and USA. Journal of Economic Geography, 13(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbs022

Lee, Neil, Nathan, Max (2011). Does cultural diversity help innovation in cities: evidence from London firms. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0069). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Sciences.