Public policy for addressing the low-skills low-wage trap: insights from business cases in the Birmingham city-region, UK

Anne Green; Paul Sissons; Kevin Broughton; Amir Qamar

doi:10.1080/00343404.2020.1802005

Public policy for addressing the low-skills low-wage trap: insights from business cases in the Birmingham city-region, UK

Anne Green^*, Paul Sissons, Kevin Broughton, Amir Qamar

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The idea that some local areas are characterised by a low-skills equilibrium trap is prominent in academic and policy debates in the Global North. Factors shaping this position and associated implications for local economic development are only partially understood. This article provides new evidence examining employers’ decision-making around investment and workforce management in the hospitality and retail sectors in the Birmingham city-region, UK, and their experience of the low-skills low-wage trap. The findings highlight intersecting sectoral and place-based factors in the emergence of, and barriers to escape from, this position. Responses require policy actions at firm, local and national level.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	333-344
Number of pages	12
Journal	Regional Studies
Volume	55
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2020.1802005
Publication status	Published - 18 Aug 2020

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skills
wages
Economic performance
business models
low-wage low-skills trap
Institutional theory

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