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Unequal Britain: How Real Are Regional Disparities?

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  • Steve Gibbons
  • Henry Overman

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Average earnings vary widely across the regions of Britain, a fact that has prompted many decades of policies aimed at reducing regional disparities. But as Henry Overman and Steve Gibbons demonstrate, such variation reveals little, especially if we ignore regional differences in the cost of living and availability of local amenities.

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  • Steve Gibbons & Henry Overman, 2011. "Unequal Britain: How Real Are Regional Disparities?," CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance 353, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    • Handle: RePEc:cep:cepcnp:353
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    Cited by:

    1. Lee Pugalis & Gill Bentley, 2013. "Economic development under the Coalition Government," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 28(7-8), pages 665-678, November.
    2. Paul Hildreth & David Bailey, 2014. "Place-based economic development strategy in England: Filling the missing space," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 29(4-5), pages 363-377, June.
    3. Gill Bentley & Lee Pugalis, 2014. "Shifting paradigms: People-centred models, active regional development, space-blind policies and place-based approaches," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 29(4-5), pages 283-294, June.

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    Keywords

    wage; disparities; labour; Britain; spatial equilibrium; amenity value; housing market;
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    JEL classification:

    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
    • R29 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Other

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