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The wrong tail
By
Centre for Cities
| 24 May 2018
The wrong tail
By
Centre for Cities
| 24 May 2018
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Executive summary
Introduction
Figure Figure 1: Britain’s ‘long tail’ of unproductive businesses
Figure Box 1: Data source
Not all businesses make the same contribution to productivity (or should be expected to)
Figure Figure 2: Distribution of firm level productivity by exporting and local service businesses for Great Britain, 2015
Figure Box 2: Understanding kernel densities
Figure Figure 3: Share of businesses in the leaders and laggards, 2015
The varying performance of exporters explains differences in productivity across the country
Figure Figure 4a: Distribution of firm level productivity in exporters and local services across different geographies, 2015
Figure Figure 4b: Distribution of firm level productivity in exporters and local services across different geographies, 2015
Figure Figure 5: The share of exporting businesses and jobs that are amongst Britain’s productivity leaders, 2015
Figure Box 3: Productivity of businesses in Reading and Hull and Bristol and Sheffield
Figure Figure 6: Productivity of businesses in Reading and Hull, 2015
Figure Figure 7: Productivity of businesses in Bristol and Sheffield, 2015
Figure Figure 8: The share of exporting businesses and jobs that are amongst Britain’s productivity leaders in Reading, Bristol, Sheffield and Hull, 2015
The gap between leaders and laggards has widened since the recession
The ability of places to attract and grow the more productive element of an export industry depends on the benefits they can offer
Figure Box 4: The attraction of non-urban locations in the Greater South East
Figure Figure 11: High-skilled occupations share of all jobs in exporters, 2011
Figure Box 5: The relative advantages of Reading, Hull, Bristol and Sheffield
Figure Figure 12: The benefits of Reading, Hull, Bristol and Sheffield
Figure Figure 13: Distribution of firm level productivity in foreign-owned exporters across different geographies, 2015
Policy implications
Figure Box 6: The relationship between exporters and local services
Figure Box 7: University of Teesside’s management programmes
Appendix
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9: The productivity of cities and non-cities, 2016
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