Scotland's economic performance - comparative research

Author: Alison O'Connor and Greig Liddell

PDF Published: Thursday 07 Dec 2017 (SB 17-86)

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- Executive Summary
- About this paper
  - Notes for data interpretation
    
    NUTS geography
    
    Quartile rankings
- Economic growth
  - Economic growth and the National Performance Framework
  - Economic output
    
    Economic output performance
    
    Economic output growth
  - Disposable income of private households
    
    Disposable income performance
    
    Disposable income growth
- Employment
  - Employment and the National Performance Framework
  - Scotland's employment performance
  - Employment performance by NUTS 2 region
  - Employment growth by NUTS 2 region
  - High tech employment performance by NUTS 2 region
  - High tech employment growth by NUTS 2 region
- Productivity
  - Scottish productivity compared to other OECD countries
  - Scottish regional productivity and EU regional performance
- Innovation
  - UK Innovation Survey
  - The Regional Innovation Scorecard
    
    Europe's most innovative regions and Scotland's relative performance
    
    Reasons for Scotland's improved ranking
- Income inequality
  - The Gini Coefficient
  - Scotland's income inequality compared to other European regions
- Entrepreneurship and technology
  - Start-up perspective
  - Scale-up perspective
- Summing-up Scotland's comparative economic performance
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Image: Figure 3: Regional employment rates by NUTS 2 regions (2016)

Image: Figure 4: Employment in high-tech sectors by NUTS 2 regions (2016)

Image: Figure 5: Labour productivity by UK region 2015 (UK=100)

Image: Figure 6: GDP per hour worked (labour productivity) 2015 (USA=100)

Image: Figure 7: Proportion of enterprises which are "innovation active" by region, 2015

Image: Figure 8: Regional innovation across Europe

Image: Table 12: RIS indicator change 2006 to 2017

Image: Table 13: RIS indicator change 2006 to 2017

Image: Figure 9: Gini coefficient in the OECD, from Scotland's Economic Strategy

Image: Example of quartile visualisation

Image: Figure 1: Regional GDP per inhabitant in PPS by NUTS 2 regions (2015)

Image: Figure 2: Regional disposable income of private households per inhabitant in PPS by NUTS 2 regions (2014)

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