Levelling up productivity gaps in the UK | VOX, CEPR Policy Portal

There are significant regional disparities in productivity levels across the UK. The June 2022 CfM survey asked the members of its UK panel to evaluate the reasons for these disparities and policies that might close the gaps. A majority of the panel believe that the productivity differences are attributable to either agglomeration effects or sorting, self-reinforcing phenomena

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