Open AccessPersistence and change in interregional differences in entrepreneurship: England and Wales, 1921–2011
Author(s) -
Georgios Fotopoulos,
David Storey
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
environment and planning a economy and space
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.74
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1472-3409
pISSN - 0308-518X
DOI - 10.1177/0308518x16674336
Subject(s) - persistence (discontinuity) , entrepreneurship , census , economic geography , immigration , demographic economics , human capital , rank (graph theory) , geography , capital (architecture) , economics , demography , economic growth , sociology , population , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , engineering , mathematics , finance , combinatorics
The paper explores time-persistence in interregional differences of self-employment rates in England and Wales in the 1921–2011 period by using census data. The results suggest a strong path-dependence in entrepreneurship as past self-employment rates have strong bearing on future ones. However, there is also some rank mobility reflected in the upward movements of London boroughs and downward movements of primarily coastal areas. Rank mobility relates to structural changes, changes in human capital, regional age structures and immigration.
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