Presentation by Raquel Ortega-Argilés, Professor of Economics, Manchester University and Director of the Productivity Laboratory, The Productivity Institute, United Kingdom at the 21st OECD Spatial Productivity Lab meeting on "Rebooting regional productivity: from analysis to policy", held in virtual format on 18 October 2023. This webinar focused on recent initiatives from the Basque Country in Spain, the United Kingdom, and Trentino in Italy, where the analysis of subnational economic data is used to compare productivity performance across regions, understand which economic and social factors drive regional productivity, and how regional productivity links to other economic and social outcomes. More OECD information: https://oe.cd/SPL Visit our website: www.oecd.org/cfe Follow us on Twitter: @OECD_local

1. DATA-DRIVEN REGIONAL
PRODUCTIVITY SCORECARDS
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Raquel Ortega-Argiles
Alliance Manchester Business School
The University of Manchester
(with thanks to F. R. Gouma and O. Menukhin)
Rebooting regional productivity: From analysis to policy,
Spatial productivity for regional and local development 21st meeting
18th October 2023
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2. TPI - THE PRODUCTIVITY INSTITUTE
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3. WHAT DOES THE PRODUCTIVITY
INSTITUTE WANT TO ACHIEVE?
Set an agenda
and develop national
capacity that will
promote research and
actions that contribute
to the improvement
of productivity.
Frame the productivity
narrative such that it
enters the classroom,
boardroom, councils of
government, and other civil
societal groups and
influences ideas at each
of these levels
Work with firms
to identify obstacles
to productivity at the
individual, firm, and
institutional level, and
to formulate and
evaluate private and
public policy actions.
Work with
policymakers as part of
an agenda to
to better understand
the impact of local
and national policies
on providing an
environment supportive
of productivity growth.
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Lay the foundations for an era of sustained and inclusive productivity
growth and help policy makers and business leaders across the UK
understand how to improve productivity and raise living standards
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4. HOW ARE WE GOING
TO ACHIEVE THIS?
Productivity
Commission
Make link
business
competitiveness
Make link to access to
education, health, and
a better environment ”
Eight
Regional
Forums
Eight Research
Themes & new
Nexus Themes
Identify regional
specificities
Interdisciplinary
approaches
Develop a clear
narrative around
productivity
Interaction between
research, policy and
business
Lay the foundations for an era of sustained and inclusive productivity growth and help
policy makers and business leaders across the UK understand how to improve productivity
and raise living standards
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5. THE TPI PRODUCTIVITY LAB
The TPI’s data
science centre of
excellence, the
“engine room” for
data-related
activities.
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A scientific platform for collecting, disseminating, and producing productivity
data, and experimenting with different analytical methods rooted in econometrics
and data science.

6. • Blog articles with custom TPI branded
data analysis and visualisations
• Commissioning blog articles on
productivity data-related topics to
external researchers
• Interactive policy tools
• Harmonised productivity metrics e.g.
regional scorecards
• Creating a webpage on TPI site to
disseminate information on Lab
activities, incl. blogs and data links
• Creating an interactive web
platform for data-related research,
incl. greater functionality
(visualisations, download options,
tools, data reference lists, deposited
TPI data
• Organising and participating in data
and metrics- related events.
• Liaising and collaborating with different
data-related productivity research
groups and institutions
• Receiving advice and contrasting our
work with TPI Lab’s Expert Group
members and TPI experienced
researchers
• Creating reference lists of
productivity data sets, data tools,
data sources.
• Creating a formal repository for
research data (Figshare)
• TPI data-related support facility
(researchers, RPFs, stakeholders)
• Fellowship/visiting Programme Being a
Data Hub
Create
Partnerships
Produce
Insights
Disseminate
data-specific
productivity
research
TPI PRODUCTIVITY LAB
MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY
THE UK TPI SCORECARDS
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7. TPI REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY FORUMS
For more information, contact Craig Donaldson and Nicola Pike at TPI.
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8. Given the
interest of
the N.I.
Scorecard.
Adaptation
to other UK
ITL1s
Produced by
Northern Ireland
RPF
Based on KPMG
Scottish report.
Adapted to
Northern Ireland
Interregional
Analysis on
Productivity
Performance
across ITL2
areas.
• London Local
• GLA
• ONS Local
• UKRI Innovate UK
South-East
• London Chief Executive’s
Board
TPI Northern
Ireland
Scorecard
ITL1 UK
Scorecards
The
“London”
Effect Blog
RPF London
and South
engagement
and
consultation
ITL3 London
Scorecard
ITL3 UK
Scorecards
Consultation, Final
Production and Release:
1. Dataset release
2. Summary documents.
3. Visualisations repository
4. Improved version
5. Dashboard tool
London
Intraregional
analysis
TPI SCORECARDS HISTORY
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TPI NORTHERN IRELAND SCORECARD

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TPI UK ITL1 PRODUCTIVITY SCORECARDS
Cite as Menukhin, O.; Gouma, F.R.; Ortega-Argiles, R. (2023), TPI UK ITL1 Scorecards, TPI Productivity Lab, The Productivity Institute, University of Manchester. DOI: 10.48420/21931770
CC BY 4.0

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TPI UK ITL1 PRODUCTIVITY SCORECARDS
Cite as Menukhin, O.; Gouma, F.R.; Ortega-Argiles, R. (2023), TPI UK ITL1 Scorecards, TPI Productivity Lab, The Productivity Institute, University of Manchester. DOI: 10.48420/21931770
CC BY 4.0

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UK INTERREGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY
DIFFERENCES

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UK INTERREGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY
DIFFERENCES

15. Supporting Stakeholders and Creating
Partnerships: RPF London and the South
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Cite as Menukhin, O.; Gouma, F.R.; Ortega-Argiles, R. (2023), TPI UK ITL1 Scorecards, TPI Productivity Lab, The Productivity Institute, University of Manchester. DOI: 10.48420/21931770 CC BY 4.0

17. Intraregional heterogeneity:
London and the South RPF
London and the South
TPI RPF
Engagement and Consultation
Process
Co-creation (Translation of
indicators from ITL1 to ITL3;
Additional data tools for data
usage; Period of analysis;
Final use)
• London Local
• GLA
• ONS Local
• UKRI Innovate UK South-
East
• London Chief Executive’s
Board
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Intraregional heterogeneity:
London and the South RPF

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UK ITL1 Intraregional heterogeneity: London
ITL1 London Area (21 ITL3 areas detail)

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TPI UK ITL3 PRODUCTIVITY SCORECARDS
Cite as: Gouma, Fokke Reitze; Menukhin, Olga; Ortega-Argiles, Raquel (2023). TPI UK ITL3 Scorecards. University of Manchester.
Dataset. https://doi.org/10.48420/23791680 (works best in Chrome), CC BY 4.0

21. TPI UK ITL3 PRODUCTIVITY SCORECARDS
Covering
12 UK ITL1
SUB-
NATIONAL
AREAS
AND 179
UK ITL3
LOCAL
AREAS
Scorecards
produced
for 2019
2020 and
2021
Cite as: Gouma, Fokke Reitze; Menukhin, Olga; Ortega-Argiles, Raquel (2023). TPI UK ITL3 Scorecards.
University of Manchester. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.48420/23791680 (works best in Chrome), CC BY 4.0
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22. TPI UK ITL3 PRODUCTIVITY DRIVERS –
UK ITL3 regional comparison
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23. TPI UK ITL3 PRODUCTIVITY DRIVERS - Mapping
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24. TPI PRODUCTIVITY LAB
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THE FIGSHARE REPOSITORY
THE TPI LAB’s WEBSITE
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