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Multipliers from a major public sector relocation: the BBC moves to Salford

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  • Nathan, Max
  • Overman, Henry G.
  • Riom, Capucine
  • Sanchez Vidal, Maria

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This paper considers the impact of a major public sector relocation: the British Broadcasting Corporation's partial move from London to Salford, Greater Manchester starting in 2011. We identify effects of the move using synthetic control methods applied to plant-level data at Local Authority and Travel to Work Area level. Each BBC job creates on average 0.33 additional jobs in the creative industries, rising to 0.55 additional jobs by 2017, and the relocation had an impact on sectoral and firm composition. We find no significant effect on total employment but a small positive effect on Local Authority average wages.

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  • Nathan, Max & Overman, Henry G. & Riom, Capucine & Sanchez Vidal, Maria, 2024. "Multipliers from a major public sector relocation: the BBC moves to Salford," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 126763, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    • Handle: RePEc:ehl:lserod:126763
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    Keywords

    cities; public employment; local multipliers; relocation; creative industries; policy evaluation;
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    JEL classification:

    • H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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