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Competing with the continent
By
Hugo Bessis
| 22 September 2016
Competing with the continent
By
Hugo Bessis
| 22 September 2016
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Executive Summary
Introduction
Figure Figure 1: Jobs by region, 2011
Figure Figure 2: Cities and countries analysed in this report
Figure Box 1: Definition, geographies and methodology
The role of cities in their national and European economies
Figure Figure 3: The city share of the national economy, 2011
Figure Figure 4: Largest cities’ share of national gross value added (GVA), 2011
Figure Figure 5: European cities by GVA, 2011
Figure Figure 6: Top 20 European cities (GVA £ billion), 2011
Figure Figure 7: Cities contribution to the European urban economy, 2011
City performance across Europe
Figure Industrial structure
Figure Figure 8: Cities by share of manufacturing and utilities jobs, 2011
Figure Figure 9: Cities by share of business services jobs, 2011
Figure Skills
Figure Figure 10: Share of high-skilled residents (cities and countries), 2011
Figure Figure 11: share of low-skilled residents, 2011
Figure Figure 12: Low-skilled population, 2011
Figure Box 2: Medium skilled workers in Germany
Figure Innovation
Figure Figure 13: Patents per 100,000 inhabitants, 2011
Figure Figure 14: Patents per 100,000 inhabitants, 2011
Figure Figure 15: Patents per 100,000 inhabitants of largest cities (more than a million inhabitants), 2011
Figure Box 3: Innovative cities profile
Figure Employment
Figure Figure 16: Distribution of cities by employment rate, 2011
Figure Productivity
Figure Figure 18: Productivity across Europe, 2011
Figure Box 3: The “productivity puzzle”
Figure Industrial structure and productivity
Figure Figure 19: Productivity comparison of UK cities to European most similar city, 2011
Figure Figure 20: Industrial structure and productivity in Manchester and Hamburg, 2011
Figure Figure 21: Large EU cities by productivity, 2011
Conclusion and Implications
Appendix 1: UK cities by productivity, 2011
Appendix 2: Data sources
Figure Population 2011
Figure Business Stock per 100, 000 population
Figure Unemployment rate 2011 (%)
Figure Employment rate 2011 (%)
Figure GVA 2011 (£ billion) and GVA per worker 2011
Figure Industrial structure
Figure Total jobs 2011 (thousand)
Figure Level of skills 2011 (%)
Figure Patent applications to the EPO 2011 (per 100,000 of population)
Appendix 3: Definitions
Figure Industrial structure definition
Figure Skills definition
Figure Purchasing Power Parities
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17: Average city and country productivity, 2011
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