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John Philpott

John Philpott was appointed Chief Economist at the CIPD in November 2000. He has a Doctorate from the University of Oxford and is Visiting Professor in Economics at the University of Hertfordshire, a Fellow of the RSA and a member of the Society of Business Economists.

Prior to joining the CIPD John was, for 13 years, Director of the Employment Policy Institute (EPI), an independent policy think-tank. Before that he spent four years as a post-doctoral researcher and lecturer in labour economics. His research and publications have covered labour market trends, long-term unemployment, welfare-to-work, full employment, employability, productivity, minimum wage setting, the euro and Social Europe. He is a long-standing media commentator on these issues, and currently writes regular articles for both People Management magazine and Personnel Today.

John is a former Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Select Committee on Employment (from 1993-1996) and has also advised numerous other UK and international bodies, including the United Nations, the European Commission, the IMF, the OECD, the TUC and The Prince’s Trust.
 
 
 
 
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