Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/305779 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17337
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper considers the impact of a major public sector relocation: the British Broadcasting Corporation's partial move from London to Salford, Greater Manchester starting in 2011. We identify effects of the move using synthetic control methods applied to plant-level data at Local Authority and Travel to Work Area level. Each BBC job creates on average 0.33 additional jobs in the creative industries, rising to 0.55 additional jobs by 2017, and the relocation had an impact on sectoral and firm composition. We find no significant effect on total employment but a small positive effect on Local Authority average wages.
Subjects: 
cities
public employment
local multipliers
relocation
creative industries
policy evaluation
JEL: 
H70
R12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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