Job Creation and Regional Change under New Labour: A Shift-Share Analysis

Paul S Jones
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Paul S Jones: Faculty of Development and Society, Sheffield Hallam University, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, England

Environment and Planning A, 2012, vol. 44, issue 6, 1348-1362

Abstract: The paper examines changes in UK regional employment during the period of the New Labour administration, 1997–2010, with the Blair and Brown administrations considered separately. The paper employs a shift-share analysis of workplace employment data by industry and subregion, using annual data from the UK Labour Force Survey. The results reveal significant regional shifts, with interesting spatial dynamics in and around the capital and resilient employment growth in the provinces.

Keywords: shift-share analysis; workplace employment; labour-force survey; New Labour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1068/a44381

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