Researchers at the University of Manchester have used artificial intelligence to uncover a complex picture behind England’s long-running productivity puzzle, challenging the idea that the country’s economic performance can be explained by a simple North-South divide. In a major study published in the Spatial Economic Analysis journal, Professor Cecilia Wong and Dr. Helen Zheng applied “GeoAI” techniques—combining geography and artificial intelligence—to analyze how productivity varies across local authorities in England between 2010 and 2022.
AI study reveals England’s productivity divide is far more complex than North-South
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