Regional productivity differentials in England: Explaining the gap

Webber, Don J.; Hudson, John; Boddy, Martin; Plumridge, Anthony

Abstract

Significant and persistent differences in regional productivity exist across most countries and are the subject of academic and policy concern. We use plant-level data to examine the determinants of regional productivity differentials across regions of England and demonstrate that substantial differences in regional productivity can be explained by a fairly limited set of variables, including industry mix, capital stock, ownership and skills. Location-specific factors of travel time and population density are also identified as being important. © Journal compilation © 2009 Regional Science Association International.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Aug 18, 2009
• Deposit Date: Nov 2, 2011
• Journal: Papers in Regional Science
• Print ISSN: 1056-8190
• Electronic ISSN: 1435-5957
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 88
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 609-621
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1435-5957.2008.00209.x
• Keywords: regional competitiveness, productivity, UK, regional development, business-data analysis
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1006315
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1435-5957.2008.00209.x
• Contract Date: Feb 19, 2016