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Professor Richard Harris' Outputs (141)

Institutional 'gaming' involving staff turnover during recent research evaluation exercises by UK Russell Group universities (2024)
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Harris, R., Mate-Sanchez-Val, M., & Marín, M. R. (online). Institutional 'gaming' involving staff turnover during recent research evaluation exercises by UK Russell Group universities. Oxford Economic Papers, https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpae032

There is limited evidence on the extent to which UK universities institutionally 'game' the system with respect to periodic research assessment exercises (i.e. RAE/REF), i.e., the hiring (and leaving) of staff before the cutoff census date to enhance... Read More about Institutional 'gaming' involving staff turnover during recent research evaluation exercises by UK Russell Group universities.

Gender Disparities in Promotions and Exiting in UK Russell Group Universities (2024)
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Harris, R., Mate-Sanchez-Val, M., & Ruiz Marín, M. (online). Gender Disparities in Promotions and Exiting in UK Russell Group Universities. Applied Economics, https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2024.2361384

A theoretical model of promotion and exits is presented incorporating statistical discrimination and bias, with both leading to a lower likelihood of promotion and a higher probability of exiting academia earlier for women. Using UK panel data, we co... Read More about Gender Disparities in Promotions and Exiting in UK Russell Group Universities.

The gender pay gap in UK universities 2004/5 to 2019/20 (2023)
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Harris, R., Mate-Sanchez-Val, M., & Ruiz Marín, M. (2024). The gender pay gap in UK universities 2004/5 to 2019/20. Studies in Higher Education, 49(11), 1822-1836. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2023.2280205

Using UK data supplied by universities, this paper confirms that women academics earn less than men, even after controlling for a range of covariates. Despite narrowing after 2004/05, the observed (unconditional)pay gap was still -0.089 in 2019/20, w... Read More about The gender pay gap in UK universities 2004/5 to 2019/20.

Impact of COVID-19 on research in Durham University Business School (2023)
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Harris, R. (2023). Impact of COVID-19 on research in Durham University Business School. SAGE Open, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231181314

Statistically robust evidence that the pandemic (C19) has had an adverse impact on academic research carried out in Universities is limited. The new results presented are based on a survey of Business School academics who were entered into the Resear... Read More about Impact of COVID-19 on research in Durham University Business School.

What explains the increase in trade union density and female share of union members in the United Kingdom in 2017-2020? (2023)
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Harris, R., & Moffat, J. (2023). What explains the increase in trade union density and female share of union members in the United Kingdom in 2017-2020?. Journal of Industrial Relations, 65(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/00221856231157107

Trade union density increased for three consecutive years in the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2020. This contrasts with a general decline in union membership since 1979. Since union density continued to fall amongst male employees in 2017–2020, th... Read More about What explains the increase in trade union density and female share of union members in the United Kingdom in 2017-2020?.

Industrial Policies, Strategy, and the UK’s Levelling Up Agenda (2022)
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Sunley, P., Harris, J. L., Pike, A., Harris, R., Martin, R., & Evenhuis, E. (2022). Industrial Policies, Strategy, and the UK’s Levelling Up Agenda. Local Economy, 37(5), 403-418. https://doi.org/10.1177/02690942221149007

In the context of the UK economy’s slow and unbalanced growth, this paper discusses the degree to which recent Conservative Governments in the UK have moved towards the adoption of a strategic and coherent set of industrial policies to enhance econom... Read More about Industrial Policies, Strategy, and the UK’s Levelling Up Agenda.

Gender pay and productivity in UK universities: Evidence from research-intensive Business Schools (2022)
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Harris, R., & Mate-Sanchez-Val, M. (2022). Gender pay and productivity in UK universities: Evidence from research-intensive Business Schools. Economics Letters, 218, Article 110738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110738

Women academics earn less than men, even after controlling for a range of productivity-related covariates. However, the latter usually do not include direct measures of research productivity. This paper uses data from the Higher Education Statistical... Read More about Gender pay and productivity in UK universities: Evidence from research-intensive Business Schools.

The geographical dimension of productivity in Great Britain, 2011–18: the sources of the London productivity advantage (2021)
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Harris, R., & Moffat, J. (2022). The geographical dimension of productivity in Great Britain, 2011–18: the sources of the London productivity advantage. Regional Studies, 56(10), 1713-1728. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.2004308

The UK government has committed to ‘levelling up’ regional economic performance. Through deriving geographically disaggregated estimates of total factor productivity from plant-level data, we show that the productivity advantage of London is far grea... Read More about The geographical dimension of productivity in Great Britain, 2011–18: the sources of the London productivity advantage.

Renewing industrial regions? Advanced manufacturing and industrial policy in Britain (2021)
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Sunley, P., Evenhuis, E., Harris, J., Harris, R., Martin, R., & Pike, A. (2023). Renewing industrial regions? Advanced manufacturing and industrial policy in Britain. Regional Studies, 57(6), 1126-1140. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1983163

The UK’s industrial strategy, with local variants, aims to support manufacturing in ‘traditional industrial regions’ (TIRs). Using novel data for advanced manufacturing (AM) industries over several decades, we examine long-term changes in their geogr... Read More about Renewing industrial regions? Advanced manufacturing and industrial policy in Britain.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level and distribution of intangibles investment in the UK (2021)
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Harris, R., & Moffat, J. (2022). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level and distribution of intangibles investment in the UK. Applied Economics Letters, 29(13), 1238-1242. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2021.1954591

This paper investigates trends in intangibles investment since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Responses from an online survey show that investment in R&D has dropped substantially for many firms but that over 40% of firms i... Read More about The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level and distribution of intangibles investment in the UK.

Experiences with Testing, Self-isolation and Vaccination in North East England during the COVID pandemic (2021)
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Harris, R. (2021). Experiences with Testing, Self-isolation and Vaccination in North East England during the COVID pandemic. Vaccines, 9(7), Article 759. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9070759

This study was based on a (population weighted) sample of some 4533 responses to a household survey conducted in March 2021 that looked at the impact of COVID-19 on residents in most of the local authorities covering the North East of England. It con... Read More about Experiences with Testing, Self-isolation and Vaccination in North East England during the COVID pandemic.

The importance of spatial differences in total factor productivity: The example of New Zealand, 2001-2016 (2021)
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Harris, R. I. (2021). The importance of spatial differences in total factor productivity: The example of New Zealand, 2001-2016. Regional Studies, 55(7), 1209-1227. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2020.1869204

Using firm-level panel data and estimating production functions for 37 industries, covering the 2001–16 period, this paper finds that firms in the Wellington region of New Zealand are on average about twice as productive as those in the rest of the S... Read More about The importance of spatial differences in total factor productivity: The example of New Zealand, 2001-2016.

The Effects of Absorptive Capacity on Innovation Performance: A Cross-Country Perspective (2020)
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Harris, R., Krenz, A., & Moffat, J. (2021). The Effects of Absorptive Capacity on Innovation Performance: A Cross-Country Perspective. Journal of Common Market Studies, 59(3), 589-607. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13108

This paper has two objectives: the construction of enterprise‐level estimates of absorptive capacity to allow comparison of absorptive capacity levels across Europe and the analysis of whether the effects of absorptive capacity on R&D and innovation... Read More about The Effects of Absorptive Capacity on Innovation Performance: A Cross-Country Perspective.

The importance of frontier firms in total factor productivity in New Zealand, 2001-2016 (2020)
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Harris, R. (2020). The importance of frontier firms in total factor productivity in New Zealand, 2001-2016. New Zealand Economic Papers, 54(3), 285-311. https://doi.org/10.1080/00779954.2020.1806339

Using firm-level panel data and estimating production functions for 37 industries, covering the 2001–16 period, this paper finds little evidence of major changes in frontier TFP over 2001–16, and limited evidence of catching-up; that is, it seems ver... Read More about The importance of frontier firms in total factor productivity in New Zealand, 2001-2016.

The spillover effects among offshore and onshore RMB exchange rate markets, RMB Hibor market (2020)
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Zhong, Y., Harris, R. I. D., & Deng, S. (2020). The spillover effects among offshore and onshore RMB exchange rate markets, RMB Hibor market. Quantitative Finance and Economics, 4(2), 294-309. https://doi.org/10.3934/qfe.2020014

We investigate the return and volatility spillover effects among the onshore and offshore RMB foreign exchange markets, offshore RMB money market before and after the foreign exchange rate reform on August 11, 2015. We found that “8.11” exchange refo... Read More about The spillover effects among offshore and onshore RMB exchange rate markets, RMB Hibor market.

The Impact of Product Subsidies on Plant-level Total Factor Productivity in Britain, 1997-2014 (2020)
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Harris, R., & Moffat, J. (2020). The Impact of Product Subsidies on Plant-level Total Factor Productivity in Britain, 1997-2014. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 67(4), 387-403. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12240

The United Kingdom’s imminent departure from the European Union provides the opportunity for a more selective industrial strategy. This paper therefore analyses the effect of product subsidies on productivity in British manufacturing plants between 1... Read More about The Impact of Product Subsidies on Plant-level Total Factor Productivity in Britain, 1997-2014.

Government Assistance and Total Factor Productivity: Firm-level Evidence from China (2019)
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Harris, R., & Li, S. (2019). Government Assistance and Total Factor Productivity: Firm-level Evidence from China. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 52(1-3), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-019-00559-4

Industrial policy, particularly through the provision of large-scale assistance to industry in the form of ‘tax holidays’ and subsidies to firms, is very important in China. A major contribution of this paper is to introduce firm-level measures of as... Read More about Government Assistance and Total Factor Productivity: Firm-level Evidence from China.

Does Spatial Proximity Raise Firm Productivity? Evidence from British Manufacturing (2019)
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Harris, R., Moffat, J., Evenhuis, E., Martin, R., Pike, A., & Sunley, P. (2019). Does Spatial Proximity Raise Firm Productivity? Evidence from British Manufacturing. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 12(3), 467-487. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsz017

The UK’s economy is one of the most regionally imbalanced in Europe. The government’s recent industrial strategy discusses various means of addressing this, one of which is the strengthening of existing clusters. Using plant-level indices of spatial... Read More about Does Spatial Proximity Raise Firm Productivity? Evidence from British Manufacturing.

The Decline of British Manufacturing, 1973 - 2012: The role of total factor productivity (2019)
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Harris, R., & Moffat, J. (2019). The Decline of British Manufacturing, 1973 - 2012: The role of total factor productivity. National Institute Economic Review, 247(1), R19-R31. https://doi.org/10.1177/002795011924700112

This paper uses plant-level estimates of total factor productivity covering 40 years to examine what role, if any, productivity has played in the decline of output share and employment in British manufacturing. The results show that TFP growth in Bri... Read More about The Decline of British Manufacturing, 1973 - 2012: The role of total factor productivity.