Hive of activity: what would it take to raise skills and productivity in Greater Manchester?

Aadya Bahl and Henry G. Overman

CEP Reports from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: Finding enough highly-skilled workers to enable Greater Manchester to make a serious dent in its productivity gap with London will require action that goes beyond skills policy alone, a new report from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) shows.

Keywords: Manchester; UK Economy; Productivity; Economic geography; skills; living standards; education; growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-04-29
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