S1 Ep11: The decline of northern England

Aug 24, 2018 · 15 min · Season 1 · Episode 11 · 15.3 MB

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The north of England and Wales lag the south in output per person, educational attainment, and even life expectancy. Neil Cummins of the London School of Economics tells Tim Phillips that this can be explained entirely by a 200-year "Big Sort": the migration south of talented people, replaced by less-able southerners who move north.

Read about his research on VoxEU.