Jun Du
Professor of Economics
Jun is the Managing Director of The Productivity Institute and Professor of Economics at Alliance Manchester Business School. Jun is an applied economist whose main research interest is to understand the driving forces and impediments of productivity enhancement and economic growth, from multi-level dimensions of individuals, firms, industries, regions, governments, and their interplays, in both developed and emerging economic contexts (China in particular). She is also Director of the Centre for Business Prosperity at Aston University.
Contact Details
| Email: | j.du@aston.ac.uk |
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| Telephone: | 0121 204 3340 |
Research Themes
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Business Growth
Biography
Jun is the Managing Director of The Productivity Institute and Professor of Economics at Alliance Manchester Business School. Jun is an applied economist whose main research interest is to understand the driving forces and impediments of productivity enhancement and economic growth, from multi-level dimensions of individuals, firms, industries, regions, governments, and their interplays, in both developed and emerging economic contexts (China in particular). She is also Director of the Centre for Business Prosperity at Aston University.
SMEs under uncertainty: What evidence tells us about policy shocks and firm performance
Published: 28 August 2025
SOTA Review No 66
Knowledge Spillovers, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and the Geography of High Growth Firms Redux
Published: 17 June 2025
ERC Research Paper No 116
Evaluation of the Scottish Government’s Inward Investment Support
Published: 13 July 2023
ERC Research report for the Scottish Government
Business Confidence, TCA Adaptation, and Export Performance
Published: 8 February 2023
ERC Insight paper
Fast-growth firms and their wider economic impact: UK evidence.
Published: 22 January 2019
ERC Policy Briefing
Fast-growth firms and their wider economic impact: UK evidence.
Published: 22 January 2019
ERC Research Paper No 73
Fast-growth firms in the UK: definition and policy implications.
Published: 4 December 2017
ERC Research Paper No 63
Fast-growth firms in the UK: definition and policy implications.
Published: 4 December 2017
ERC Policy Briefing
Decomposing UK aggregate labour productivity and growth: 1998-2013 using the ONS business structure database data.
Published: 12 July 2016
ERC Research Paper No. 48
