Industrial Diversification in New Towns

Chris Gratton
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Chris Gratton: Department of Economics and Economic History, Manchester Polytechnic

Urban Studies, 1979, vol. 16, issue 2, 157-164

Abstract: This study measures industrial diversification in the 28 new towns in Great Britain using two different measures. The two indices, the Gini coefficient and the Florence index of specialisation, give substantially different results. Regression analysis is used to explain the variation in the indices over the towns. The strongest positive influence on industrial diversification in new towns is found to be the size of the employed population.

Date: 1979
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DOI: 10.1080/00420987920080231

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