an article by Steve Fothergill, Tony Gore and Peter Wells (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) published in Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society Volume 12 Issue 3 (November 2019)
Abstract
The UK government’s new Industrial Strategy could have a significant impact on the country’s regions and localities.
However, this has received little attention to date.
The analysis presented here examines the existing location of the sectors targeted by the first phase of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund and the location of the RandD laboratories likely to be first in line for funding.
In focusing on an extremely narrow range of sectors, the Fund is likely to have limited impact on the UK’s persistent regional inequalities. The activities eligible for support account for relatively little of manufacturing or the rest of the economy and the basis of this targeting and its potential distributional consequences are spatially blind.
As such, it runs the risk of widening regional divides in prosperity.
JEL Classification: L52, O25, R11
Full text (PDF 22pp)
Showing posts with label regions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label regions. Show all posts
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Monday, 11 December 2017
What drives employment growth and social inclusion in the regions of the European Union?
an article by Marco di Capaldo and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (London School of Economics, UK) published in Regional Studies Volume 51 Issue 12 (December 2017)
Abstract
The European Union promotes development strategies aimed at producing growth with ‘a strong emphasis on job creation and poverty reduction’. However, whether the economic conditions in place in European Union regions are ideal for the generation of high- and low-skilled employment and labour market inclusion is unclear.
This paper assesses how the key factors behind European Union growth strategies – infrastructure, human capital, innovation, quality of government – condition employment generation and labour market exclusion in European regions.
The findings indicate that the dynamics of employment and social exclusion vary depending on the conditions in place in a region. While higher innovation and education contribute to overall employment generation in some regional contexts, low-skilled employment grows the most in regions with a better quality of government.
Regional public institutions, together with the endowment of human capital, emerge as the main factors for the reduction of labour market exclusion – particularly in the less developed regions – and the promotion of inclusive employment growth across Europe.
Abstract
The European Union promotes development strategies aimed at producing growth with ‘a strong emphasis on job creation and poverty reduction’. However, whether the economic conditions in place in European Union regions are ideal for the generation of high- and low-skilled employment and labour market inclusion is unclear.
This paper assesses how the key factors behind European Union growth strategies – infrastructure, human capital, innovation, quality of government – condition employment generation and labour market exclusion in European regions.
The findings indicate that the dynamics of employment and social exclusion vary depending on the conditions in place in a region. While higher innovation and education contribute to overall employment generation in some regional contexts, low-skilled employment grows the most in regions with a better quality of government.
Regional public institutions, together with the endowment of human capital, emerge as the main factors for the reduction of labour market exclusion – particularly in the less developed regions – and the promotion of inclusive employment growth across Europe.
Monday, 21 November 2016
Regional yearbook 2016: my region in figures
Eurostat publication 173/2016
Is life expectancy in my region higher than in other regions in the European Union (EU)? Is my region richer than others? Does it have fewer road accidents? Does it have many households with broadband internet connection? The answers to these questions and many more are found in the 2016 edition of the regional yearbook, published each year by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. The regional yearbook provides an overview of the wide range of regional statistics available for the 276 NUTS level 2 regions and, for some indicators, the 1 342 NUTS level 3 regions of the 28 Member States of the EU as well as, when available, the regions in EFTA and candidate countries.
Continue reading for date, charts, graphs, a map and links to more detailed information
Is life expectancy in my region higher than in other regions in the European Union (EU)? Is my region richer than others? Does it have fewer road accidents? Does it have many households with broadband internet connection? The answers to these questions and many more are found in the 2016 edition of the regional yearbook, published each year by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. The regional yearbook provides an overview of the wide range of regional statistics available for the 276 NUTS level 2 regions and, for some indicators, the 1 342 NUTS level 3 regions of the 28 Member States of the EU as well as, when available, the regions in EFTA and candidate countries.
Continue reading for date, charts, graphs, a map and links to more detailed information
Monday, 31 October 2011
Unequal Britain: How Real Are Regional Disparities?
by Steve Gibbons and Henry Overman via Latest articles from CentrePiece - The Magazine for Economic Performance - produced by the CEP
CEPCP353. October 2011.
Average earnings vary widely across the regions of Britain, a fact that has prompted many decades of policies aimed at reducing regional disparities. But as Henry Overman and Steve Gibbons demonstrate, such variation reveals little, especially if we ignore regional differences in the cost of living and availability of local amenities.
Full article: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp353.pdf (PDF 3pp)
For further reading, see SERC Discussion Papers No.60, No.65 and No.74 http://www.spatialeconomics.ac.uk/SERC/publications/discussion_papers.asp
CEPCP353. October 2011.
Average earnings vary widely across the regions of Britain, a fact that has prompted many decades of policies aimed at reducing regional disparities. But as Henry Overman and Steve Gibbons demonstrate, such variation reveals little, especially if we ignore regional differences in the cost of living and availability of local amenities.
Full article: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp353.pdf (PDF 3pp)
For further reading, see SERC Discussion Papers No.60, No.65 and No.74 http://www.spatialeconomics.ac.uk/SERC/publications/discussion_papers.asp
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