The persistent consequences of adverse shocks: how the 1970s shaped UK regional inequality

Anthony Venables and Patricia Rice

No 15261, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: The economic shocks experienced by the UK economy in the 1970s brought major changes in the spatial distribution of employment rates in the UK. This paper traces out the long run implications of these changes, suggesting that they were highly persistent and to a large extent shape current UK regional disparities. Most of the Local Authority Districts that experienced large negative shocks in the 1970s have high deprivation rates in 2015, and they constitute two-thirds of all districts with the highest deprivation rates. We conclude that neither economic adjustment processes nor policy measures have acted to reverse the effect of negative shocks incurred nearly half a century ago.

Keywords: Regional inequality; De-industrialisation; Employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O47 O50 R11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-09
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