Drivers of Local Prosperity Differences: People, Firms and Places

地方繁荣差异的驱动因素：人、企业和地方

• 批准号: ES/Z000130/1
• 负责人: Anastasios Kitsos
• 金额: $ 30.34万
• 依托单位: Aston University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FZ000130%2F1
• 关键词: Drivers; Local; Prosperity; Differences; People

This project aims to learn more about what drives the large and persistent productivity differences across regions in the UK. Despite their importance, the factors behind these spatial economic imbalances are still poorly understood. The project will focus on the interaction between the distribution of workers' skills, the characteristics of firms, and local factors like infrastructure and amenities across areas.There are several potential drivers of regional productivity gaps. Highly skilled workers tend to cluster in certain places, potentially making those areas more productive. But demand for skills also depends on the types of businesses located there. Differences in regional industrial structures, with some areas specializing in higher productivity sectors, could also play a role. Even within the same industry, more productive firms and tasks like management and R&D concentrate more in prosperous regions. Finally, differences in local endowments like transport links, housing availability and amenities across places may contribute to spatial inequalities.Previous research has generally looked at these factors in isolation. This project will be the first to rigorously analyse their relative importance simultaneously using novel, granular data from linked administrative datasets covering all workers, firms and localities in England since the 2000s. This micro-level analysis will quantify how much spatial productivity gaps can be explained by the characteristics of people, firms, and places over time, and whether and to what extent some locations seem to be 'intrinsically' more productive.The findings will shed light on what policy levers may be most effective for reducing these imbalances, a key objective of the government's Levelling Up agenda. Deliverables include a comprehensive report for policymakers, policy briefs, a manual enabling further research using these datasets, and workshops engaging stakeholders and building an analytical community in this space.Understanding and addressing the root causes of the UK's severe spatial disparities in economic performance is crucial for enabling more inclusive, regionally balanced growth and boosting national productivity.

该项目旨在更多地了解是什么导致了英国各地区之间巨大且持续的生产力差异。尽管这些空间经济失衡很重要，但其背后的因素仍然知之甚少。该项目将重点关注工人技能分布、企业特征以及跨地区基础设施和便利设施等当地因素之间的相互作用。区域生产力差距有几个潜在的驱动因素。高技能工人往往聚集在某些地方，可能会提高这些地区的生产力。但对技能的需求也取决于那里的企业类型。区域产业结构的差异（某些地区专​​门从事生产率较高的行业）也可能发挥作用。即使在同一行业内，生产力更高的企业以及管理和研发等任务也更多地集中在繁荣地区。最后，各地的交通联系、住房供应和便利设施等当地禀赋的差异可能会导致空间不平等。以前的研究通常孤立地看待这些因素。该项目将是第一个使用来自 2000 年代以来涵盖英格兰所有工人、公司和地区的链接管理数据集中新颖、精细的数据同时严格分析其相对重要性的项目。这种微观层面的分析将量化随着时间的推移，人、企业和地点的特征可以在多大程度上解释空间生产力差距，以及某些地点是否以及在多大程度上似乎“本质上”更具生产力。研究结果将揭示这一点哪些政策杠杆可能最有效地减少这些失衡，这是政府平衡议程的一个关键目标。可交付成果包括为政策制定者提供的综合报告、政策简报、使用这些数据集进行进一步研究的手册，以及让利益相关者参与并在该领域建立分析社区的研讨会。了解和解决英国经济表现严重空间差异的根本原因至关重要实现更具包容性、区域平衡的增长并提高国家生产力。