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Comparative Disadvantage? The Industrial Structure of Wales

In: Wales in the 21st Century

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  • Calvin Jones

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This chapter explores two contentions. First, that the Welsh people have a history of being in the wrong jobs at the wrong time, with employment concentrated in too few industries and occupations, often those in long-term decline. Secondly, the structure of the Welsh economy cannot currently deliver prosperity to its people. Wales' comparative disadvantage has not simply been in terms of industries and occupations, but also in the type and ownership of establishments prevalent in Wales, and the resultant nature of work. These factors have played a major part in creating an economy with low value added, low earnings and low rates of participation, as well as an unemployment rate habitually above the UK average.

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  • Calvin Jones, 2000. "Comparative Disadvantage? The Industrial Structure of Wales," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Jane Bryan & Calvin Jones (ed.), Wales in the 21st Century, chapter 2, pages 11-23, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-333-98153-5_2
    DOI: 10.1057/9780333981535_2
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    1. Calvin Jones, 2001. "A Level Playing Field? Sports Stadium Infrastructure and Urban Development in the United Kingdom," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 33(5), pages 845-861, May.

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