Evaluating Spatial Policies

Stephen Gibbons, Max Nathan and Henry Overman

SERC Policy Papers from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: In most countries economic prosperity is very unevenly distributed across space: regions, cities and neighbourhoods seem to be very unequal, whether we look at average earnings, employment, education or almost any other socio-economic outcome. Regional, urban and neighbourhood policies are often based on concerns about these kinds of disparities, and reducing such disparities is a key policy objective in many countries. This paper considers the role of empirical analysis in informing the development of these policies. It is particularly concerned with issues arising in the quantitative evaluation of the impact of policy, the major barriers to more effective evaluation and how these might be addressed in future.

Keywords: Spatial economics; evaluation; impact evaluation; econometrics; research design; public policy; economic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A11 C81 C93 R00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-lma and nep-ure
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