The demographic challenge facing Scottish higher education institutions : a computable general equilibrium analysis

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are generally regarded as important actors in regional economic development. A large literature exists on their demand side impacts as employers and as purchasers of intermediate inputs and, more recently, work has been undertaken to explore their impacts on the supply side, for example, through labour market and knowledge transfer effects. A growing evidence base suggests that HEIs have a positive impact upon the development of their host regions. However the HEI sector faces a challenge that might have significant impact on the fortunes of its host regions and has hitherto received limited attention. The populations of most developed countries are ageing and the age cohort from which university students are traditionally drawn is expected to shrink. This paper uses an HEIs-disaggregated Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to simulate the economic impacts of a shrinking student population upon Scotland. In the analysis we use scenarios presented in a recent Universities UK report. This paper is an output of our project entitled The Overall Impact of HEIs on Regional Economies (ESRC, RES-171-25-0032). This project is one of nine that are funded under the joint UK Higher Education Funding Councils and ESRC Initiative on The Impact of HEIs on Regional Economies. (All UK funding councils are involved: Scottish Funding Council, Higher Education Funding Council for England and Wales, and the Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland. We also acknowledge supplementary funding from the Centre for Public Policy for Regions (funded by SFC)

The impact of higher education institutions (HEIs) on the Scottish economy : new evidence from an HEI-disaggregated input-output approach

This paper measures the regional demand impacts on output and employment of Scottish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) based on Input-Output tables for the year 2006. The HEI disaggregated table was developed from existing Input-Output tables using supplementary data from HESA and purchasing data for Scottish universities. We calculate direct, indirect and induced impacts. Most of the existing literature focuses on individual institutions by employing Keynesian Multiplier or Input-Output analysis. This paper adds to the literature by providing the first systematic study of all individual HEIs using a common framework of analysis. The results suggest that HEIs may have substantial regional economic impacts both in terms of output and employment. Furthermore analysis of the HEIs’ income sources suggests they are more export intensive than is commonly acknowledged, which motivates a re-evaluation of the appropriate counterfactual in regional impact studies of HEIs

Kebijakan Mutasi Jabatan Struktural di Lingkup Pemerintahan Kabupaten Kepulauan Sangihe

Mutations structural position is one way that can be done to improve public services. Mutations as well as the incarnation or embodiment of the organizational dynamics that serve as one way to achieve organizational goals and implemented to reduce the tedium of the work, increase knowledge, skills and increase motivation and morale, in addition to placing appropriate officials with expertise in the areas of their each.Issues to be addressed in this study is how the policy positions of structural mutations in the scope of the Sangihe regency government .This study uses qualitative methods. This study aims to describe, analyze and determine the impact of structural policies mutation positions in the public service with the indicators work experience, knowledge and skills as well as utilization of employees.Results of research conducted by gathering the data obtained through interviews observasidan are : ( 1 ) Work experience of maturity seen an employee who has been carrying out work in a specified period, (2 ) knowledge and skills acquired structural due to mutation, (3 ) Utilization employees through structural mutation positions to maximize employee who simply work quietly in one place only.Based on the results of the study conclude that mutations in the structural position goes normative Sangihe regency, conducted for the benefit of the organization or public service better. Policy and structural position mutations impact both on public services. Based on the conclusion of the study, it is suggested, the government made a clump positions and monitor the working climate in the scope of local government so that there is a valid handle and facilitate the implementation of the structural position mutations

Acting in Isolation: Safeguarding and anti-trafficking officers’ evidence and intelligence practices at the border

Internationally, the border has been presented as a site of unique opportunity for the identification and protection of victims of human trafficking. In the UK, the establishment of specialist safeguarding and anti-trafficking (SAT) units within the border force has raised questions about the challenges for border force officers (BFOs) of balancing the enforcement of strict immigration rules with the protection of victims under anti-trafficking legislation. In this paper we draw on data collected from a study of anti-trafficking initiatives at Heathrow airport to consider a particular area of BFO frustration with SAT work: the collection and use of evidence and intelligence to support investigation and pursuit of potential SAT cases at the border. Our findings focus on the use of intelligence and data to inform initiatives and develop a comprehensive understanding of the trafficking problem; and the scope of BFO powers of evidence-collection on the frontline. The experience of BFOs points to a team often working in isolation as they attempt to traverse gaps in data collection and limits to their powers to gather evidence in pursuit of their duty to identify victims of trafficking at the UK border. We conclude by making proposals for how the border force and central government could improve evidence and intelligence practices in ways that translate into both more coherent anti-trafficking policy and better identification and support for victims

Disease Outbreaks and Agricultural Trade: The Case of Potatoes

This study analyzed the impact of PVYn and potato wart disease outbreaks in PEI on the potato industry. These disease outbreaks resulted in the loss of the US seed export market to PEI producers. The effects of the disease outbreaks were mitigated through value-added processing. Price premiums for processed potatoes allowed PEI potato producers to abandon seed exports without incurring losses. Evidence is presented to suggest that other countries have also used this approach when export restrictions were placed on domestic agricultural industries. Policy response to the two disease outbreaks include: i) development of a zones policy that helped to reopen markets into the US; and ii) financial compensation to producers above the minimum levels required under the Seeds Act and Regulations. Implementation of the zones policy had beneficial impacts on the potato industry and is mirrored in other disease outbreaks. In contrast, compensation above minimum requirements may set a costly precedent for future disease outbreaks and may have caused moral hazard problems.disease, trade, potatoes, Canada, food, safety, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Development, International Relations/Trade,

Trajectories across the lifespan of possession-self relationships

NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Business Research. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 66(7), 2013, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.12.01

The inter-relationship between desired and undesired selves and consumption: the case of Greek female consumers’ experiences

publication-status: Publishedtypes: Article"This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Marketing Management on 06 Oct 2010, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/0267257X.2010.508979 “Earlier work on identity, self and consumption identified that desired and undesired selves play a significant role in the important global phenomenon of symbolic consumption but neglected to investigate and conceptualize the interrelationship between desired and undesired selves and consumption. Phenomenological interviews with Greek women are used to elicit consumption experiences linked to positive and negative aspects of the self. The interrelationships between desired and undesired selves in consumption were characterized by two patterns (firstly conflicting and secondly compatible desired and undesired selves) that could be linked to consumers’ different strategies. Examining these strategies, we extend previous work on the strategies that consumers use to handle identity issues. Finally, we evaluate this theory-building derived from the Greek empirical data within the context of U.S. generated theory about individuals’ ways of dealing with self-coherence issues through symbolic consumption; we identify consumers’ sense of baffled self and ambivalence in the emotions surrounding consumption