{"id":485,"date":"2023-02-15T17:15:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T17:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/?page_id=485"},"modified":"2023-02-15T17:56:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T17:56:15","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-485\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-485-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-485-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-485-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit-pf-jumbotron widget_mit_pf_jumbotron panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"jumbotron-contained\" data-set=\"jumbotron\"><div class=\"hidden jumbotron\">    <div class=\"jumbotron--header\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/wp-content\/themes\/mitfaculty2021\/assets\/images\/jumbotron_bg_blue.jpg);\">        <div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\">            <div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">                <div class=\"jumbotron--content\">                <h1>John Van Reenen<\/h1>                <h2 class=\"hidden jumbotron--subtitle\">Digital Fellow, Initiative for the Digital Economy at MIT<\/h2>                <\/div><!-- .jumbotron--content -->            <\/div><!-- .col -->            <div class=\"col-12 jumbotron--facultyimage\">            <div class=\"faculty-image\">                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive img-portfolio img-hover\" src=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/images\/?ID=140778\" alt=\"John Van Reenen, Professor of Applied Economics\">            <\/div><!-- .faculty-image -->        <\/div><\/div><!-- .container -->    <\/div><!-- jumbotron--header --><\/div><!-- .row -->    <div class=\"header-bio\" data-set=\"header-bio\">        <div class=\"bio\">    <div class=\"jumbotron--bio\">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnvanreenen.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\"  class=\"btn btn-default btn-link\">See John's CV<\/a>    <\/div><!-- jumbotron--bio --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"d-none jumbotron bg-cover\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/wp-content\/themes\/mitfaculty2021\/assets\/images\/jumbotron_bg_red.jpg);\">\t<div class=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-md-8 col-sm-8 col-xs-12 no-padding-left\">\t\t<h1>John Van Reenen<\/h1>\t\t\t<div class=\"teasertext\"><\/div>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnvanreenen.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\"  class=\"btn btn-default\">See John's CV<\/a>\t\t<\/div><!-- .col-lg-8 -->\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 no-padding-left\">\t\t\t<div class=\"faculty-image\">\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnvanreenen.com\/about\"  target=\"_blank\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive img-portfolio img-hover\" src=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/images\/?ID=140778\" alt=\"John Van Reenen, Professor of Applied Economics\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .faculty-image -->\t\t<\/div><!-- .col-lg-4 -->\t<\/div><!-- .container --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-485-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit-pf-biography widget_mit_pf_biography\" data-index=\"1\" >\t\t<h2 class=\"widget-title\">Biography<\/h2>\t<div class=\"teasertext textwidget\"><p>John Van Reenen is Ronald Coase School Professor at the London School of Economics and Digital Fellow, Initiative for the Digital Economy at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT). Until 2020 he was Gordon Billard Professor MIT Economics Department and Sloan Management School. \u00a0He has published over a hundred papers on many areas in economics with a particular focus on firm performance and the causes and consequences of innovation.<\/p>\n<p>He was the 2009 winner of the Yrj\u00f6 Jahnsson Award (the European equivalent of the Clark Medal); the Arrow Prize (2011); the European Investment Bank Prize (2014), and the HBR-McKinsey Award (2018). He is a fellow of the British Academy, the Econometric Society, the NBER, CEPR and the Society of Labor Economists. In 2017, he was awarded an OBE for \u201cservices to public policy and economics\u201d by the Queen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-485-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit_media_highlights_widget panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><h2 class=\"widget-title\">Media<\/h2><div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\"><div class=\"highlight\">\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnvanreenen.com\/media\" target=\"_blank\">\t<h4>Press<\/h4>\t<\/a>\t<p>Press covering John's work.<\/p><div class=\"social social-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fa-stack fa-1x\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"facebook customer share\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.johnvanreenen.com\/media\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook Press\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x facebook\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-facebook fa-stack-1x\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fa-stack fa-1x\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a class=\"twitter customer share\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.johnvanreenen.com\/media&amp;text=Press\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter Press\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x twitter\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-x-twitter fa-stack-1x\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fa-stack fa-1x\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a class=\"linkedin customer share\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/www.johnvanreenen.com\/media\" title=\"Share on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Share on Linkedin Press\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x linkedin\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-linkedin fa-stack-1x\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/div><\/div><!-- .highlight --><\/div><!-- .col --><div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\"><div class=\"highlight\">\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnvanreenen.com\/blogs\" target=\"_blank\">\t<h4>Blogs<\/h4>\t<\/a>\t<p>Blog posts on: Brexit | British Politics & Policy at LSE | COVID-19 | Growth Policy | Harvard Business Review etc.<\/p><div class=\"social social-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fa-stack fa-1x\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"facebook customer share\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.johnvanreenen.com\/blogs\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook Blogs\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x facebook\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-facebook fa-stack-1x\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fa-stack fa-1x\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a class=\"twitter customer share\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.johnvanreenen.com\/blogs&amp;text=Blogs\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter Blogs\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x twitter\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-x-twitter fa-stack-1x\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fa-stack fa-1x\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a class=\"linkedin customer share\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/www.johnvanreenen.com\/blogs\" title=\"Share on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Share on Linkedin Blogs\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x linkedin\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-linkedin fa-stack-1x\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/div><\/div><!-- .highlight --><\/div><!-- .col -->\t\t<\/div><!-- .row -->\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Van Reenen Digital Fellow, Initiative for the Digital Economy at MIT See John&#8217;s CV John Van Reenen See John&#8217;s CV Biography John Van Reenen is Ronald Coase School Professor at the London School of Economics and Digital Fellow, Initiative for the Digital Economy at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT). Until 2020 he was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-two-column.php","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-485","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MIT Sloan Faculty: John Van Reenen | Professor of Applied Economics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John Van Reenen is a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John Van Reenen is a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"John Van Reenen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-15T17:56:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/\",\"name\":\"MIT Sloan Faculty: John Van Reenen | Professor of Applied Economics\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-15T17:15:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-15T17:56:15+00:00\",\"description\":\"John Van Reenen is a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Home\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/\",\"name\":\"John Van Reenen\",\"description\":\"MIT Personal Faculty\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MIT Sloan Faculty: John Van Reenen | Professor of Applied Economics","description":"John Van Reenen is a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Home","og_description":"John Van Reenen is a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.","og_url":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/","og_site_name":"John Van Reenen","article_modified_time":"2023-02-15T17:56:15+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/","url":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/","name":"MIT Sloan Faculty: John Van Reenen | Professor of Applied Economics","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-02-15T17:15:39+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-15T17:56:15+00:00","description":"John Van Reenen is a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Home"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/","name":"John Van Reenen","description":"MIT Personal Faculty","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":506,"href":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/485\/revisions\/506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/jvanreenen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}