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B.Sc. Econ. (Hull), M.Sc. Econ. (Warwick), Ph.D. (Keele), SFHEA CMBE
Personal Chair
- About
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- Email Address
- d.mccausland@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272180
- Office Address
- School/Department
- Business School
Biography
David was appointed as Director of Education of the University of Aberdeen Business School in 2020 and reappointed in 2023. He served as Head of Economics from 2014 to 2017. He also acted as Director of Undergraduate Studies (2017-2019) Deputy Head of the Business School (Student Experience) (2016-2017) and was Director of Teaching and Learning in the Business School (2010 to 2013). He has a strong profile in research leadership, teaching innovation and administrative expertise. He is managing editor of the Elsevier journal International Review of Economics Education. His principal research interests are in the areas of open economy macroeconomic modelling, labour economics and the economics of health and wellbeing. He has been involved in three large EU funded projects in which Aberdeen was the coordinating partner, and has published widely in internationally respected peer-reviewed journals. He is a member of the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) Learning, Teaching and Student Experience (LTSE) Committee and a CABS Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE). He is a Senior Fellow of the HEA, and an Associate of the Economics Network. He has received three awards recognising excellence in teaching: the HEA Economics Network 2006 E-learning Award, the 2009 (student-nominated) College of Arts and Social Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the 2011 Student Nominated Teaching award from the Economics Network. Prior to his appointment as Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen in 1995, David spent three years teaching at the University of Keele. Before that he was a Research Fellow, first at Warwick Research Institute, and then at Warwick Business School Research Bureau. He became Assistant Director of the Centre for European Labour Market Research (CELMR) in November 2001. He was promoted to Personal Chair in August 2015. In 2022 he was a member of the QAA Advisory Group for the Economics Subject Benchmark Statement Review.
Qualifications
- B.Sc. Economics1990 - Hull
- M.Sc. Economics1992 - Warwick
- PhD Economics1995 - Keele
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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- CeLMR Assistant Director
- Director of Education (Business School)
- Associate and Departmental Contact (Economics Network)
- Member School Executive
- School Web Site Manager / Director of IT
- Member School Accreditation Project Board
- Member University Education Committee
- Digital Learning Representative
- Member University Space Management Group and Reimagining our Campuses Education Group (and previously member of South Quad, Johnston and Kings Space Programme Boards)
- Member University Print and Copy Board
- External Memberships
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- SFHEA
- Associate, Economics Network
- CMBE (CABS Certified Management and Business Educator)
- Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) Learning, Teaching and Student Experience (LTSE) Committee member
- Member, QAA Advisory Group for the Economics Subject Benchmark Statement Review
- Research
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Research Overview
Principal research interests are in the areas of health economics and well-being, labour economics transport economics and open economy macroeconomic modelling.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Economics.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Macroeconomics
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
Macroeconomics, Labour Economics and Health Economics
Collaborations
Collaborations through the Centre for Labour Market Research (CeLMR).
Supervision
My current supervision areas are: Economics.
- Nelson Nkalu: Structural transformation, productivity growth and manufacturing output
- Imoh Ekpenyong: Health expenditure and health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa, 2021
- Qifei Huan: The effects of private debt on economic activity, 2022
- Attahir Abubakar: Essays on public debt in sub-Saharan Africa, 2022
- Raad Altal: An analysis of the impact of corruption on economic growth, foreign direct investment and domestic investment in the Middle East and North Africa region economies, 2019
- May Eguolo Vanni: An analysis of the effects of financial liberalisation on capital formation and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2018
- Ilkhom Mamatkulov: An analysis of the main location determinants of FDI in developing and transition economies, 2016
- Eva Pocher: Does immigration lead to a reduction of native wages and employment?: a review of the regional labour market outcomes of migration in Germany and the UK, 2011
- Kostas Pouliakas: Socioeconomic effects on employee well-being : preference identification in response to non-standard labuor market conditions, 2007
Funding and Grants
Together with Professor Theodossiou Dr McCausland attracted three EU 5th framework grants of approximately €1.2m each (£1.54 million in total). Further details: Epicurus, Sociold and HealthAtWork.
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Undergraduate, 4 year, September start
Teaching Responsibilities
- Publications
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Do Debt Relief and Fiscal Rules Improve Public Debt Sustainability?: The experience of sub-Sahara African countries
Journal of Policy ModelingContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2024.06.007
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Spring statement 2022: quick analysis about standard of living, energy crisis and more – from experts
Contributions to Specialist PublicationsBudget 2021: experts react
Contributions to Specialist PublicationsThe effect of industry-level aggregate demand on earnings: evidence from the US
Journal of Labor Research, vol. 41, no. 1-2, pp. 102-127Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-020-09299-z
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UK budget 2020: experts react
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesThree issues Boris Johnson’s new government must tackle – none of which is Brexit
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesUK Budget 2018: experts respond
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesShareholder elite’s takeover of society is laid bare by new book
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesThe Consequences of Fiscal Stimulus on Public Debt: A Historical Perspective
Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 1103-1116Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bev059
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9282/1/e588debt.pdf
Are Individual Characteristics all that Matters in Earnings Determination? Evidence from the US and Germany
Working Papers: Discussion PapersWhat low interest rates have done for the world – and the likely effects of a rise
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesWhy the Bank of England wants Britain to stay in the EU
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesIs unemployment and low income harmful to health?: Evidence from Britain
Review of Social Economy, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 34-60Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00346764.2014.986969
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7400/1/e489short8Aug2014.pdf
What will happen when the US Fed starts hiking rates?
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesScotland Decided: experts react to No vote
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesSalmond’s plan B currency alternatives clarify nothing
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesScotland Decides ’14: is the NHS fair game?
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesScotland Decides ’14: Darling draws first blood by homing in on Salmond weak spot
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesThere hasn’t been any austerity in the UK – and that might explain the upturn
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesScotland Decides ‘14: do the Strathclyde proposals matter?
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesScotland Decides ’14: what would independence mean for Scottish universities?
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesBudget 2014: experts respond
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesIncome inequality and wellbeing: the plight of the poor and the curse of permanent inequality
Journal of Economic Issues, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 939-958Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2753/JEI0021-3624470407
Planes and trains can deliver the growth the IMF wants
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesIs manufacturing still the engine of growth?
Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 79-92Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2753/PKE0160-3477350105
European monetary union and the outsiders
Applied Economics, vol. 41, no. 15, pp. 1903-1916Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840601137125
Interest Rates and Monetary Policy
Applied Economics, vol. 41, no. 16, pp. 2005-2012Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840601019372
Macroeconomic stability, equities and real estate: a dynamic model for the UK
Ekonomia, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 127-159Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUnemployed, uneducated and sick: the effects of socioeconomic status on health duration in the European Union
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, (Statistics in Society), vol. 171, no. 4, pp. 939-952Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUnemployed, uneducated and sick: the effects of socioeconomic status on health duration in the European Union
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, (Statistics in Society), vol. 171, no. 4, pp. 939–952Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-985X.2008.00541.x
The Euro, Income Divergence and Monetary Union
Journal of Policy Modeling, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 869-877Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2007.07.006
The health hazards of unemployment and poor education: The socioeconomic determinants of health duration in the European Union
Working Papers: Discussion Papers- [ONLINE] http://hdl.handle.net/2164/130
Unemployed, uneducated and sick: The effects of socioeconomic status on health duration in the European Union
Working Papers: Discussion Papers- [ONLINE] http://hdl.handle.net/2164/123
Some are punished and some are rewarded: A study of the impact of performance pay on job satisfaction
Working Papers: Discussion Papers- [ONLINE] http://hdl.handle.net/2164/108
The health hazards of unemployment and poor education: The socioeconomic determinants of health duration in the European Union
Economics and Human Biology, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 273-297Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B73DX-4KJ0ST2-1&_user=152381&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2006&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000012638&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=152381&md5=0970e43359fecc8abfcaf0e686517d44
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EHB.2006.06.001
Resource discovery and stock market hysteresis
Applied Financial Economics, vol. 16, no. 11, pp. 785-788Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09603100500426580
A simulation model of sustainability of coastal communities: aquaculture, fishing, environment and labour markets
Ecological Modelling, vol. 193, no. 3-4, pp. 271-294Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.08.028
Intertemporal Currency Substitution and Government Deficits
Finance India, vol. XX, no. 1Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExplaining Student Retention: the case of the University of Aberdeen
Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 24-26Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExplaining student retention: the case of the University of Aberdeen
Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 24-26Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAn Intertemporal Model of the Real Exchange Rate, Stock Market, and International Debt Dynamics
Ekonomia, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 73-88Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLabour market segmentation: Wage differentials and hysteresis effects
Australian Economic Papers, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 65-81Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8454.2005.00249.x
Some are punished and some are rewarded: a study of the impact of performance pay on job satisfaction
International Journal of Manpower, vol. 26, no. 7/8, pp. 636-659Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720510628112
Explaining Student Retention: the case of the University of Aberdeen
Working Papers: Working Papers- [ONLINE] http://hdl.handle.net/2164/11
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.942040
Training and Hysteresis Effects on the Wage Inflation: Unemployment Relationship
Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 67-86Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01603477.2004.11051426
Hysteresis and Cyclical Adjustment in the Stock Markets: the Macroeonomic effects of Technological Progress
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 525-537Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1042-4431(03)00021-0
The Macroeconomics of the Social Chapter: Minimum Wages, Human Capital and Labour Productivity
Journal of Economic Studies, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 562-583Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/01443580310504444
Exchange Rate Hysteresis: the effects of overshooting and short-termism
The Economic Record, vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 60-67Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.00039
A Non-Linear Currency Substitution Model of Hysteresis in Debt and Competitiveness
METU Studies in Development, vol. 29, no. 3-4Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe cost of inward Direct Foreign Investment in Developing Countries
Applied Economics Letters, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 505-510Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504850110098951
An International Economic Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment and International Indebtedness
Indian Economic JournalContributions to Journals: ArticlesRegional Effects of Monetary Union: Britain, Scandinavia and the EMU
In: Britain and Scandinavia - In the Gravitational Field of the EMU Europaprogrammet, Nilson, OsloChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersExchange rate hysteresis from trade account interaction
The Manchester School, vol. 68, pp. 113-131Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe dynamics of bond versus treasury bill deficit financing
Applied Economics Letters, vol. 7, pp. 219-223Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMonetary Policy: The Implications of Capacity Constraints and J-Curve Effects
Metroeconomica, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 219-233Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-999X.00069
Multiple international debt equilibria and irreversibility
Economic Modelling, vol. 16, pp. 179-188Contributions to Journals: ArticlesShort-termism and the dangers of prior announcement of policy when there is hysteresis in trade and competitiveness
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, vol. 46, pp. 40-52Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStakeholders and Shareholders
Economic & Financial Modelling, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 71-98Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEmployment Hysteresis in an Overlapping-Generations Insider-Outsider Model
Australian Economic Papers, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 394-403Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.00029
Multiple Economic Growth Equilibria
Applied Economics Letters, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 261-263Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/135048598354942
Foreign Direct Investment and Hysteresis: Short Term Rescue or Long Term Sentence?
Ekonomia, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 29-45Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSustainable Growth, the Budget Deficit and Inflation
European Research Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 15-25Contributions to Journals: Articles