Regional success after Brexit : the need for new measures /
Hearne, David,
Regional success after Brexit : the need for new measures / David Hearne and Alex de Ruyter. - 1 online resource (ix, 136 pages). - Brexit studies series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prelims -- 1. Thinking inside the box: defining the problem -- 2. Thinking outside the box (Part 1): real living standards -- 3. Thinking outside the box (Part 2): real labour productivity -- 4. Policy implications -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatchedfunding,and freely available to read online. The post-Brexit environment introduces notable challenges for regional policy; however, it also offers the opportunity to reassess regional needs and appropriate funding formulae.Regional Success After Brexit: The Need for New Measures examines the metrics currently used to evaluate regional performance within the UK and, in the wake of Brexit, suggests better alternatives. Alongside an in-depth critique of GVA/capita, the book challenges current thinking based on nominal productivity differences and advocates measures based on real incomes, real living standards and real labour productivity. The book is an illuminating read for academics, researchers and policy-makers working within regional economics as it exposes the need to replace European regional funding with a new formula that takes regional prices into account and redistributes authority over the UK's revenue and spending to the regions.
9781787567351 (ebook) 9781787567375 (ePUB)
European Union--Great Britain.
Regional planning--Great Britain.
Social Science, Regional Studies.
Sociology: work & labour.
HC240.25.G7 / H43 2019
341.24220941
341
Regional success after Brexit : the need for new measures / David Hearne and Alex de Ruyter. - 1 online resource (ix, 136 pages). - Brexit studies series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prelims -- 1. Thinking inside the box: defining the problem -- 2. Thinking outside the box (Part 1): real living standards -- 3. Thinking outside the box (Part 2): real labour productivity -- 4. Policy implications -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatchedfunding,and freely available to read online. The post-Brexit environment introduces notable challenges for regional policy; however, it also offers the opportunity to reassess regional needs and appropriate funding formulae.Regional Success After Brexit: The Need for New Measures examines the metrics currently used to evaluate regional performance within the UK and, in the wake of Brexit, suggests better alternatives. Alongside an in-depth critique of GVA/capita, the book challenges current thinking based on nominal productivity differences and advocates measures based on real incomes, real living standards and real labour productivity. The book is an illuminating read for academics, researchers and policy-makers working within regional economics as it exposes the need to replace European regional funding with a new formula that takes regional prices into account and redistributes authority over the UK's revenue and spending to the regions.
9781787567351 (ebook) 9781787567375 (ePUB)
European Union--Great Britain.
Regional planning--Great Britain.
Social Science, Regional Studies.
Sociology: work & labour.
HC240.25.G7 / H43 2019
341.24220941
341