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Productivity Growth in the UK Regions, 1968-91

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  • Harris, Richard I D
  • Trainor, Mary

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This paper provides estimates of total factor productivity growth for the regions of the United Kingdom. It shows that the peripheral regions generally performed better than the national average in the 1980s. A model to explain total factor productivity growth found that much of this increase can be attributed to a general upskilling of a more flexible workforce, falling plant sizes, and a 'catch-up' effect in the unionized sector. Copyright 1997 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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  • Harris, Richard I D & Trainor, Mary, 1997. "Productivity Growth in the UK Regions, 1968-91," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 59(4), pages 485-509, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:obuest:v:59:y:1997:i:4:p:485-509
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    1. Jesus Felipe & John McCombie, 2012. "Problems with Regional Production Functions and Estimates of Agglomeration Economies: A Caveat Emptor for Regional Scientists," Economics Working Paper Archive wp_725, Levy Economics Institute.
    2. John S. L. McCombie & Mark Roberts, 2007. "Returns To Scale And Regional Growth: The Static-Dynamic Verdoorn Law Paradox Revisited," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(2), pages 179-208, May.
    3. Daniel Graham, 2001. "Productivity growth in British manufacturing: spatial variation in the role of scale economies, technological growth and industrial structure," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(6), pages 811-821.

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