Developing a strategy for economic resilience in the West Midlands Combined Authority: The role of skills and industrial structure.

制定西米德兰兹联合管理局经济弹性战略：技能和产业结构的作用。

基本信息

批准号：
ES/S011226/1
负责人：
Anastasios Kitsos
金额：
$ 11.93万
依托单位：
University of Birmingham
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2018 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FS011226%2F1
关键词：
Developing strategy economic resilience West

项目摘要

The year 2008 has seen economies around the world facing one of the worst economic crises in history. The recession's effects included a significant loss of income and employment which led to several social ills such as crime, health and wellbeing deterioration etc. However, the crisis did not impact all places with the same severity. The fellow's doctoral research examined the impact of the 2008 recession across Local Authority Districts in Great Britain during 2008-2014 in order to identify why some places have performed better than others in mitigating the negative effects of the crisis. This ability to face the recession effects is termed economic resilience.Using quantitative econometric methods a number of factors affecting local economic resilience have been identified. In particular, the results indicate that the share of younger aged population and degree level qualification holders has mitigated the impact of the crisis in different places. The policy implications suggest that there is value at the local level in a greater focus on skills as well as the inclusion of resilience as a core element of place-based policies. Simultaneously, the study has left unanswered questions over the effects of geography and the local industrial structure in economic resilience.The fellowship aims to address these questions and deliver two strategy documents that will focus on the development of skills and a local industrial strategy to explicitly promote and enhance economic resilience. The documents will be informed by the fellow's doctoral thesis as well as additional new research. They will also involve the formation of a stakeholder group consisted of key local actors and policymakers to co-create these strategy documents. The engagement of this group at an early stage in this process will assist the dissemination and impact of the outputs on the formulation of policy in the region.Overall, the planned programme of activities includes holding two stakeholder events which will lead to two strategy documents. The dissemination of these documents will involve two launch events as well as a series of blog posts and policy briefings. The additional research to be conducted as part of the fellowship will lead to two academic publications. This carefully planned programme will allow the fellow to engage with both the academic and the policymaking (and wider) community, maximising the impact of the research and delivering better wellbeing outcomes for the region and beyond.

2008年，世界各地的经济体面临着历史上最严重的经济危机之一。经济衰退的影响包括收入和就业的严重损失，从而导致犯罪、健康和福祉恶化等多种社会弊病。然而，危机并没有对所有地方造成同样严重的影响。该研究员的博士研究考察了 2008 年经济衰退对 2008 年至 2014 年英国地方政府辖区的影响，以找出为什么有些地方在减轻危机负面影响方面比其他地方表现更好。这种面对衰退影响的能力被称为经济弹性。使用定量计量经济学方法，已经确定了影响当地经济弹性的许多因素。特别是，结果表明，年轻的老年人口和学位学历持有者的比例减轻了不同地区危机的影响。政策影响表明，地方层面更加注重技能以及将复原力作为地方政策的核心要素是有价值的。同时，该研究对于地理和当地产业结构对经济弹性的影响留下了悬而未决的问题。该奖学金旨在解决这些问题，并提供两份战略文件，重点关注技能发展和当地产业战略，以明确促进并增强经济韧性。这些文件将包含该研究员的博士论文以及其他新研究。他们还将组建一个由当地主要参与者和政策制定者组成的利益相关者团体，共同制定这些战略文件。该小组在这一进程的早期阶段的参与将有助于成果的传播和对该地区政策制定的影响。总体而言，计划的活动计划包括举办两次利益相关者活动，这将产生两份战略文件。这些文件的传播将涉及两次发布活动以及一系列博客文章和政策简报。作为奖学金的一部分进行的额外研究将出版两本学术出版物。这项精心策划的计划将使研究员能够与学术界和决策者（以及更广泛的）社区互动，最大限度地发挥研究的影响，并为该地区及其他地区带来更好的福祉成果。