TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Nathan, Max
AU  - Overman, Henry
AU  - Riom, Capucine
AU  - Sanchez-Vidal, Maria
        TI  - Multipliers from a Major Public Sector Relocation: The BBC Moves to Salford
        PY  - 2024/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17337
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17337
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - cities
KW  - public employment
KW  - local multipliers
KW  - relocation
KW  - creative industries
KW  - policy evaluation
        ER  -