TY - JOUR
T1 - The Scottish economy [August 1984]
AU - Kirwan, Frank
AU - Buchanan, Bob
AU - Draper, Paul
AU - Heeley, John
AU - Jenkins, Iain
AU - Love, James
AU - McGilvray, James
AU - McNicolI, Iain
AU - O'Donnell, Noreen
AU - Simpson, David
AU - Stevens, Jim
AU - Walker, Jim
A2 - Kirwan, Frank
PY - 1984/8/1
Y1 - 1984/8/1
N2 - Throughout much of the last two years the official view has been that the Scottish recession was less severe than that experienced in the United Kingdom as a whole. Indeed, the Secretary of State has proclaimed to a variety of audiences, including the House of Commons, that Scotland was, and still is , leading the country out of recession. This diagnosis has not met with universal approval, as it appears to be founded primarily on the growth of the Scottish electronics sector and on the smaller proportionate rise in unemployment which has occurred in Scotland than in Britain as a whole. This latter fact is not particularly surprising as the pre-recession level of unemployment in Scotland was markedly above that of the rest of Britain.
AB - Throughout much of the last two years the official view has been that the Scottish recession was less severe than that experienced in the United Kingdom as a whole. Indeed, the Secretary of State has proclaimed to a variety of audiences, including the House of Commons, that Scotland was, and still is , leading the country out of recession. This diagnosis has not met with universal approval, as it appears to be founded primarily on the growth of the Scottish electronics sector and on the smaller proportionate rise in unemployment which has occurred in Scotland than in Britain as a whole. This latter fact is not particularly surprising as the pre-recession level of unemployment in Scotland was markedly above that of the rest of Britain.
KW - Fraser of Allander
KW - Scottish economic activity
KW - Scottish economic conditions
UR - http://www.strath.ac.uk/fraser/
UR - http://www.strath.ac.uk/frasercommentary/
M3 - Article
SN - 2046-5378
VL - 10
SP - 17
EP - 55
JO - Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary
JF - Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary
IS - 1
ER -