TY - UNPB
T1 - Multipliers from a major public sector relocation: The BBC moves to Salford
T2 - Yadira Gómez-Hernández Max Nathan Henry G. Overman Capucine Riom Maria Sanchez-Vidal
AU - Gomez, Yadira
AU - Nathan, Max
AU - Overman, Henry
AU - Riom, Capucine
AU - Sanchez-Vidal, Maria
PY - 2025/12
Y1 - 2025/12
N2 - 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 on workplace data aggregated to Local Authority level. Each BBC job increases employment in Salford’s creative industries by 0.33 jobs on average, rising to 0.76 jobs by 2017. Offsetting changes in non-creative industries mean the move has no effect on total employment. We also consider effects on firm size and variation across different creative and non-creative industries. We find a positive effect on wages and no evidence of displacement.
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 on workplace data aggregated to Local Authority level. Each BBC job increases employment in Salford’s creative industries by 0.33 jobs on average, rising to 0.76 jobs by 2017. Offsetting changes in non-creative industries mean the move has no effect on total employment. We also consider effects on firm size and variation across different creative and non-creative industries. We find a positive effect on wages and no evidence of displacement.
M3 - Working paper
VL - CEPDP2042
T3 - Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Papers
BT - Multipliers from a major public sector relocation: The BBC moves to Salford
PB - CEP Discussion Papers
ER -