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

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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 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 had high deprivation rates in 2015, and they constitute two-thirds of all districts with the hig...

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Published
Peer review status:
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10.1093/oxrep/graa057

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Economics
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Economics
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Oxford University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Oxford Review of Economic Policy Journal website
Volume:
37
Issue:
1
Pages:
132–151
Publication date:
2021-04-05
Acceptance date:
2020-08-27
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EISSN:
1460-2121
ISSN:
0266-903X
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1128857
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pubs:1128857
Deposit date:
2020-08-27

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