Skills, transport and economic development: evidence from a rural area in England
- 作者：David Owen ; d.w.owen@warwick.ac.uk ; Terence Hogarth t.hogarth@warwick.ac.uj ; Anne E. Green ; a.e.green@warwick.ac.uk
- 关键词：Local economic development ; Low skills equilibrium ; Rural ; Training ; Transport ; Travel-to-learn
- 刊名：Journal of Transport Geography
- 出版年：2012
- 期刊代码：76_09666923
- 类别：soc
- 出版时间：March, 2012
- 卷：21
- 期：Complete
- 页码：80-92
- 文件大小：2232 K
摘要
This article explores the impact of low population density and transport constraints on skills development and the take up of learning and training opportunities in a rural area of eastern England. It draws on analyses of secondary data sources, qualitative interviews and a focus group discussion with employers, trainers and other actors in the labour market, and a survey of young people in their penultimate year of compulsory schooling. Using the concept of the 鈥榣ow skills equilibrium鈥? it discusses how a relatively poor transport infrastructure and a dispersed population combine to present challenges for local economic development. It concludes that transport and travel play a crucial 鈥榗ause鈥?and 鈥榚ffect鈥?role in exacerbating poor skills and low productivity, through thwarting attempts to improve access to learning and training that would help the local economy to achieve higher levels of productivity and economic growth.