EPN889634 Supplemental Material - Supplemental material for Effect of regional skill gaps and skill shortages on firm productivity

Supplemental material, EPN889634 Supplemental Material for Effect of regional skill gaps and skill shortages on firm productivity by David Morris, Enrico Vanino and Carlo Corradini in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space</p

Trade in creative services: relatedness and regional specialization in the UK

Creative services have become an important, but understudied, part of global trade. This paper presents new evidence on the transformation, geography and industrial relatedness of creative service exports in the UK, using the Inquiry in International Trade in Services (ITIS) database. Creative services exports have grown over the past decade, but there are pronounced patterns of geographical specialization in the export of creative and non-creative services. We develop a measure of relatedness between exports of creative and non-creative services and of manufacturing goods. We argue that creative services are economically significant because of their interrelationship with other local sectors.</p