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Regional productivity differentials in England: Explaining the gap (2009)
Journal Article
Webber, D. J., Hudson, J., Boddy, M., & Plumridge, A. (2009). Regional productivity differentials in England: Explaining the gap. Papers in Regional Science, 88(3), 609-621. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1435-5957.2008.00209.x

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... Read More about Regional productivity differentials in England: Explaining the gap.

Business productivity and area productivity in rural England (2009)
Journal Article
Webber, D., Curry, N., & Plumridge, A. (2009). Business productivity and area productivity in rural England. Regional Studies, 43(5), 661-675. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400701874156

Rural area productivity and rural business productivity measure different things. This paper presents an empirical analysis of labour productivity differentials across the new Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) definition of '... Read More about Business productivity and area productivity in rural England.