Levelling Up through Changing Working Patterns and High Skilled Labour Mobility?

面对围绕地区不平等、生产率疲软和英国二线城市表现不佳的日益加剧的政策担忧，该项目试图了解高技能劳动力流动模式的变化，当地参与者如何让地方对这类劳动力具有吸引力，以及升级的潜在影响。这一点很重要，因为人力资本(劳动力的知识、技能、经验和属性)是“人和地方的经济和社会福祉的核心”(DLUHC，第186页)。它来得正是时候，因为新冠肺炎疫情加速了原本就存在的趋势--混合/远程/在家工作--这种趋势可能会改变英国的经济地理格局。我们将使用定量方法绘制高技能工人的居住空间流动性在大流行之前、期间和后的演变情况，并确定这些变化的流动模式的决定因素和影响。我们将对英国三个主要地区性城市进行深入的案例研究，以确定它们可以通过哪些机制提高对高价值人力资本的吸引力和留存。因此，这项研究将深入了解高技能流动模式是如何转变的，以及关于英国每个地区就业和生产率增长的白皮书使命1的相关机遇和挑战，每个地区都包含一个具有全球竞争力的城市。该项目旨在揭示工作模式的变化如何影响高技能劳动力的居住和其他空间流动行为，以及对经济增长轨迹和水平的影响。分析将回答以下研究问题：1.什么因素影响高技能工人的居住(IM)流动性？2.WFH对空间差异和增长有什么影响？3.政策如何使地方对高技能劳动力具有吸引力和粘性？

In the face of mounting policy concerns around regional inequalities, productivity weakness and the under-performance of the UK's second-tier cities, this project seeks to understand changing mobility patterns of high-skilled labour, how local actors make places attractive to such labour, and potential implications for Levelling Up. This is important because human capital (the knowledge, skills, experiences and attributes of the workforce) is "central to the economic and social well-being of people and places" (DLUHC, p.186). It is timely because the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated pre-existing trends in the take up of hybrid/remote/home working that may have the potential to alter the economic geography of the UK. We will use quantitative methods to map how the spatial residential mobility of high-skilled workers has evolved pre-, during and post-pandemic as well as identify the determinants and effects of these changing mobility patterns. We will conduct in-depth case studies of three major regional cities in the UK to identify mechanisms through which they can enhance attraction and retention of high value human capital. Hence, the research will provide insights into how high-skilled mobility patterns are shifting, and associated opportunities and challenges for Mission 1 of the Levelling Up White Paper regarding growth in employment and productivity in every area of the UK, with each region containing a globally competitive city.This project aims to shed new light on how changes in working patterns affect the residential and other spatial mobility behaviour of high-skilled labour and the implications for economic growth trajectories and Levelling Up. The analysis will answer the following research questions: 1. What factors influence the residential (im)mobility of high-skilled workers? 2. What are the implications of WFH for spatial disparities and growth? 3. How can policy make places attractive and "sticky" to high-skilled labour?