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Monthly Archives: November 2019
How are we doing? Annual Earnings in Western Region and other counties
Data on earnings of employees in different counties has just been released by the CSO, providing another important contribution to our understanding of local and regional economic development. Earnings Analysis Using Administrative Data Sources (EAADS) provides statistics on earnings for … Continue reading
Posted in Disparity, Economic Sectors, Economy, Employment
Tagged annual earnings, employment, gender pay gap
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e-Work, Remote work and Hubs, Some Recent Evidence
Introduction The WDC produced the Policy Briefing e-Working in the Western Region in March 2017, see here. This briefing aimed to quantify the extent of e-working in the Western Region and nationally and set out policy recommendations. Since then e-working … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Sectors, Economy, Employment, Financial & ICT Services, Uncategorized
Tagged Broadband, employment, Industry, Infrastructure, jobs
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Agency Workers – How Many Are There and Where do they Work?
Introduction There is much discussion about the growth of ‘atypical’ forms of work – such as e-working, remote working, the gig, shared economy and temporary work etc. The WDC has previously examined various aspects of atypical ways of working, identifying … Continue reading
Energy efficient homes in the Western Region: some thoughts on retrofit.
The government target of improving home energy efficiency through the retrofitting of 500,000 buildings by 2030 (see the Climate Action Plan 2019) is ambitious. It is therefore useful to look at the retrofits in more depth, and consider the target … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Economy, Electricity, Energy, renewable, Uncategorized
Tagged Electricity, Energy, energy efficiency, Renewable energy, Sustainability
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