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Spatial accessibility to food banks hinders food parcel uptake in England and Wales, particularly in rural areas
Laura Sheppard, Carmen Cabrera, Daphne Badounas +7
Food bank use in the UK has soared in recent years. The combination of a global pandemic, over-stretched and underfunded public services, and a cost-of-living crisis has meant that…
Deciphering the global production network from cross-border firm transactions
Neave O'Clery, Ben Radcliffe-Brown, Thomas Spencer +1
Critical for policy-making and business operations, the study of global supply chains has been severely hampered by a lack of detailed data. Here we harness international firm-leve…
A causal evaluation of Bogota's cable car illustrates the transformative potential of mobile phone data for policy analysis
Elena Lutz, Sam Heroy, David Kaufmann +1
Transport infrastructure is vital to the functioning of cities. However, assessing the impact of transport policies on urban mobility and behaviour is often costly and time-consumi…
Industrial complexity and the evolution of formal employment in developing cities
Neave O'Clery, Juan Chaparro, Andres Gomez-Lievano +1
What drives formal employment creation in developing cities? We find that larger cities, home to an abundant set of complex industries, employ a larger share of their working age p…
Uncovering commercial activity in informal cities
Daniel Straulino, Juan C. Saldarriaga, Jairo A. Gómez +2
Knowledge of the spatial organisation of economic activity within a city is key to policy concerns. However, in developing cities with high levels of informality, this information…
The role of relatedness and strategic linkages between domestic and MNE sectors in regional branching and resilience
Mattie Landman, Sanna Ojanperä, Stephen Kinsella +1
Despite the key role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in both international markets and domestic economies, there is no consensus on their impact on their host economy. In parti…
Modular structure in labour networks reveals skill basins
Neave O'Clery, Stephen Kinsella
There is an emerging consensus in the literature that locally embedded capabilities and industrial know-how are key determinants of growth and diversification processes. In order t…
Unravelling the forces underlying urban industrial agglomeration
Neave O'Clery, Samuel Heroy, Francois Hulot +1
As early as the 1920's Marshall suggested that firms co-locate in cities to reduce the costs of moving goods, people, and ideas. These 'forces of agglomeration' have given rise, fo…