Fully funded PhD Opportunity at the Fraser of Allander Institute

University of Groningen; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting fully funded PhD opportunity awaits at a prestigious institute, focusing on the impact of high-tech businesses on local economies. This project aims to explore how new business generation influences employment through advanced econometric and computable general equilibrium modelling techniques. As part of a vital research initiative aligned with the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy, you will analyze microdata and develop models to understand the local employment multiplier effect. This role is perfect for a passionate researcher eager to contribute to economic policy and regional development in the UK.

Qualifications

• Strong background in econometric and CGE modelling techniques.
• Experience with microdata analysis and economic impact assessment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct econometric analysis to assess local employment multipliers.
• Develop a multiregional CGE model to evaluate economic impacts.

Skills

Econometric modelling

Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling

Microeconometrics

Data analysis

Education

Master's degree in Economics or related field

Tools

Statistical software (e.g., R, Stata)

CGE modelling software

Job description

Fully funded PhD Opportunity at the Fraser of Allander Institute

This fully funded PhD project will use a combination of econometric and computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling techniques to look at the impact of high-tech new businesses on employment in local and regional economies.

This project aims at capturing and measuring the impact of new businesses generation on local and regional economies in the UK. Attracting new, particularly high productivity, businesses is a policy priority of the UK government and underpins the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy. One reason for this is that when new businesses are started in local areas, new jobs are created both in the same industry and in other industries, due to the increase in demand for local goods. This is known as the local employment multiplier effect.

The hope of government is that by attracting new, high productivity, firms to parts of the UK which lack these sorts of jobs, this will create spillover employment effects throughout regional and local economies. However, these positive impacts may be offset by a series of general equilibrium forces that could result, for example, in an overall increase in the cost of living in the area.

This project will combine detailed microeconometric work and multi-sectoral multi-regional CGE modelling to produce a strong evidence base on the magnitude of UK local employment multipliers. The first part of this work will involve the use of firm-level and individual-level microdata to better understand and model key inputs to the assessment of local employment multipliers. The second part of this work will develop and use a multiregional CGE model of the UK to capture induced and general equilibrium effects.

The deadline to apply is: 30 April 2020

Supervisors: Gioele Figus, [e-mail] and Stuart Mcintyre, [e-mail]

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