Ross Mackay
Biographic Data
| ID | 5528630 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ross Mackay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ross |
| FAMILY NAME | Mackay |
| SIGNATURE | MACKAY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bangor University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 98 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The dilemma of upland footpaths – understanding private landowner engagement in the provision of a public good
With a right to responsible access across almost all land in Scotland, millions of recreationists make free use of an extensive upland path network. These paths provide easy access to some of the most spectacular, but most fragile habitats in the country. This path network is expected to come under increasing pressure from both use and climate. With many hundreds of kilometres already in poor condition, a new strategy to sustainably manage this i…
Collective Learning, Effective Demand, Loss of Work and Loss of Direction
MacKay R. R. and Davies R. Collective learning, effective demand, loss of work and loss of direction: the growing regional divide within the UK, Regional Studies. The local economy relies on a division of labour that develops highly specialized skills. In searching for an understanding of the growing work gap within the United Kingdom, emphasis is placed on recessions that connect to loss and redundancy of physical and human capital. High levels …
Unemployment, Permanent Sickness, and Nonwork in the United Kingdom
Employment, unemployment, and inactivity need to be studied in real historical time, not in the context of theoretical, timeless, market-clearing equilibrium. Four data sets from the UK Census, the Labour Force Survey, the Department of Employment, and Social Security Statistics are used to show changes in employment, unemployment, inactivity, and permanent sickness between 1971 and 2001. The different sources confirm that unemployment becomes in…
Thinking about need
MacKay R. R. and Williams J. (2005) Thinking about need: public spending on the regions, Regional Studies 39 , 815–828. The UK Treasury accepts that need is the correct guide to spending on public services in different parts of the UK. But the formula used to decide changes in devolved spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland depends on the population: it does not compensate for differences in need. With devolved spending determined by ne…
Twenty-five Years of Regional Development
MACKAY R. R. (2003) Twenty-five years of regional development , Reg. Studies 37 , 303-317. Up to the mid 1970s there was a trend towards greater regional equality in the distribution of income and wealth in the UK. However, over the last 25 years regional inequality has increased, as have other forms of inequality. Growing inequality has been associated with a more difficult labour market. The growing gap between a prosperous Inner Region Core an…
Regional Taxing and Spending
The financial settlement has been described as the key to devolution. Public spending above tax in Scotland and Wales has been criticized. Public spending is above tax in seven UK regions, including four English regions. If we treat equal citizens equally, public spending will be above tax in poorer regions. There is nothing extraordinary about spending above tax, but there are important questions with regard to regional levels of expenditure. In…
Institute of Economic Research, University of Wales Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DG, Wales
What we achieve and what we contribute are not independent of the level of demand for labour. Substantial labour reserves indicate that the labour market fails to discover a balance that reflects the needs and preferences of the population of working age. Different data sets-unemployment, vacancies, full-time equivalent jobs, and census data on forms of nonwork-are used to build a picture of the shift from tight to slack labour markets. The diffe…
A Tale of Two Recessions
Bank Credit and the Regions
Non‐market Forces, the Nation State and the European Union
Local Labour Markets, Regional Development and Human Captial
A Europe of the Regions
MACKAY R. R. (1993) European union: a role for nonmarket forces?, Reg. Studies 27, 419–431. The MacDougall Report anticipated that regional (fiscal) transfer within Europe would grow as part of European economic and monetary integration. This paper explores the theme of regional transfer by: (1) underlining their continued importance within national economies; (2) developing links to Hirschman's nonmarket forces; (3) indicating form in the contex…
The war years
ON 19 JUNE 1941 THE JUBILEE OF THE METHODIST MISSION IN PAPUA WAS CELEBRATED on the shore of Dobu Island in the D'Entrecasteaux Island group. The Admin istrator, Leonard Murray, and his wife were guests of honour for the occasion. Because of the war in Europe the celebrations were more muted than would otherwise have been expected; nevertheless the Chairman of the District, the Rev. John Rundle, cabled his superiors in Sydney: 'Wonderful day, 300…
Regional Dynamics
Journal Article Regional Dynamics: Studies in Adjustment Theory Get access Regional Dynamics: Studies in Adjustment Theory. By GORDON L. CLARK, MERIC S. GERTLER and JOHN E. M. WHITEMAN. (Hemel Hempstead: Allen & Unwin, 1986. Pp. xxiv + 342. à £30.00 hardback, à £12.95 paperback.) R. Ross MacKay R. Ross MacKay University College of North Wales, Bangor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Vo…
United Kingdom manpower policy against a background of national economic decline
Chakravarty S. P., Jones D. R. and MacKay R. R. (1983) United Kingdom manpower policy against a background of national economic decline: the Welsh example, Reg. Studies 17, 91–104. Economic policy has been strongly influenced by a theory which emphasises that only one rate of unemployment is consistent with price stability, claims that unemployment is either temporary, or voluntary and stresses that lasting reductions in unemployment depend on se…
Important Trends in Regional Policy and Regional Employment–a Modified Interpretation1
The death of regional policy—Or resurrection squared
MacKay R. (1979) The death of regional policy—or resurrection squared? Reg. Studies 13, 281–295. The emphasis is on change in regional performance as we move from weak to strong regional policies. With employment measured in different ways we can look for consistency checks, the timing of change and the nature of important alterations in performance. There are strong indications of a substantial regional policy impact. Regional policy (1945–51) p…
Evaluating the Effects of British Regional Economic Policy--A Comment
Journal Article Evaluating the Effects of British Regional Economic Policy—A Comment Get access R. R. MacKay R. R. MacKay The University of Newcastle-upon- Tyne. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 84, Issue 334, 1 June 1974, Pages 367–372, https://doi.org/10.2307/2231260 Published: 01 June 1974
Employment Creation
Employment Creation in the Development Areas 1
Regional Taxing and Spending
The financial settlement has been described as the key to devolution. Public spending above tax in Scotland and Wales has been criticized. Public spending is above tax in seven UK regions, including four English regions. If we treat equal citizens equally, public spending will be above tax in poorer regions. There is nothing extraordinary about spending above tax, but there are important questions with regard to regional levels of expenditure. In…
Twenty-five Years of Regional Development
MACKAY R. R. (2003) Twenty-five years of regional development , Reg. Studies 37 , 303-317. Up to the mid 1970s there was a trend towards greater regional equality in the distribution of income and wealth in the UK. However, over the last 25 years regional inequality has increased, as have other forms of inequality. Growing inequality has been associated with a more difficult labour market. The growing gap between a prosperous Inner Region Core an…
A Europe of the Regions
MACKAY R. R. (1993) European union: a role for nonmarket forces?, Reg. Studies 27, 419–431. The MacDougall Report anticipated that regional (fiscal) transfer within Europe would grow as part of European economic and monetary integration. This paper explores the theme of regional transfer by: (1) underlining their continued importance within national economies; (2) developing links to Hirschman's nonmarket forces; (3) indicating form in the contex…
Thinking about need
MacKay R. R. and Williams J. (2005) Thinking about need: public spending on the regions, Regional Studies 39 , 815–828. The UK Treasury accepts that need is the correct guide to spending on public services in different parts of the UK. But the formula used to decide changes in devolved spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland depends on the population: it does not compensate for differences in need. With devolved spending determined by ne…
Institute of Economic Research, University of Wales Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DG, Wales
What we achieve and what we contribute are not independent of the level of demand for labour. Substantial labour reserves indicate that the labour market fails to discover a balance that reflects the needs and preferences of the population of working age. Different data sets-unemployment, vacancies, full-time equivalent jobs, and census data on forms of nonwork-are used to build a picture of the shift from tight to slack labour markets. The diffe…
Bank Credit and the Regions
A Tale of Two Recessions
The death of regional policy—Or resurrection squared
MacKay R. (1979) The death of regional policy—or resurrection squared? Reg. Studies 13, 281–295. The emphasis is on change in regional performance as we move from weak to strong regional policies. With employment measured in different ways we can look for consistency checks, the timing of change and the nature of important alterations in performance. There are strong indications of a substantial regional policy impact. Regional policy (1945–51) p…
Evaluating the Effects of British Regional Economic Policy--A Comment
Journal Article Evaluating the Effects of British Regional Economic Policy—A Comment Get access R. R. MacKay R. R. MacKay The University of Newcastle-upon- Tyne. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 84, Issue 334, 1 June 1974, Pages 367–372, https://doi.org/10.2307/2231260 Published: 01 June 1974
Unemployment, Permanent Sickness, and Nonwork in the United Kingdom
Employment, unemployment, and inactivity need to be studied in real historical time, not in the context of theoretical, timeless, market-clearing equilibrium. Four data sets from the UK Census, the Labour Force Survey, the Department of Employment, and Social Security Statistics are used to show changes in employment, unemployment, inactivity, and permanent sickness between 1971 and 2001. The different sources confirm that unemployment becomes in…
Local Labour Markets, Regional Development and Human Captial
Collective Learning, Effective Demand, Loss of Work and Loss of Direction
MacKay R. R. and Davies R. Collective learning, effective demand, loss of work and loss of direction: the growing regional divide within the UK, Regional Studies. The local economy relies on a division of labour that develops highly specialized skills. In searching for an understanding of the growing work gap within the United Kingdom, emphasis is placed on recessions that connect to loss and redundancy of physical and human capital. High levels …
Important Trends in Regional Policy and Regional Employment–a Modified Interpretation1
Employment Creation in the Development Areas 1
Employment Creation
Evaluating the Effects of British Regional Economic Policy--A Comment
Journal Article Evaluating the Effects of British Regional Economic Policy—A Comment Get access R. R. MacKay R. R. MacKay The University of Newcastle-upon- Tyne. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 84, Issue 334, 1 June 1974, Pages 367–372, https://doi.org/10.2307/2231260 Published: 01 June 1974
Important Trends in Regional Policy and Regional Employment–a Modified Interpretation1
The death of regional policy—Or resurrection squared
MacKay R. (1979) The death of regional policy—or resurrection squared? Reg. Studies 13, 281–295. The emphasis is on change in regional performance as we move from weak to strong regional policies. With employment measured in different ways we can look for consistency checks, the timing of change and the nature of important alterations in performance. There are strong indications of a substantial regional policy impact. Regional policy (1945–51) p…
United Kingdom manpower policy against a background of national economic decline
Chakravarty S. P., Jones D. R. and MacKay R. R. (1983) United Kingdom manpower policy against a background of national economic decline: the Welsh example, Reg. Studies 17, 91–104. Economic policy has been strongly influenced by a theory which emphasises that only one rate of unemployment is consistent with price stability, claims that unemployment is either temporary, or voluntary and stresses that lasting reductions in unemployment depend on se…
Regional Dynamics
Journal Article Regional Dynamics: Studies in Adjustment Theory Get access Regional Dynamics: Studies in Adjustment Theory. By GORDON L. CLARK, MERIC S. GERTLER and JOHN E. M. WHITEMAN. (Hemel Hempstead: Allen & Unwin, 1986. Pp. xxiv + 342. à £30.00 hardback, à £12.95 paperback.) R. Ross MacKay R. Ross MacKay University College of North Wales, Bangor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Vo…
The war years
ON 19 JUNE 1941 THE JUBILEE OF THE METHODIST MISSION IN PAPUA WAS CELEBRATED on the shore of Dobu Island in the D'Entrecasteaux Island group. The Admin istrator, Leonard Murray, and his wife were guests of honour for the occasion. Because of the war in Europe the celebrations were more muted than would otherwise have been expected; nevertheless the Chairman of the District, the Rev. John Rundle, cabled his superiors in Sydney: 'Wonderful day, 300…
Local Labour Markets, Regional Development and Human Captial
A Europe of the Regions
MACKAY R. R. (1993) European union: a role for nonmarket forces?, Reg. Studies 27, 419–431. The MacDougall Report anticipated that regional (fiscal) transfer within Europe would grow as part of European economic and monetary integration. This paper explores the theme of regional transfer by: (1) underlining their continued importance within national economies; (2) developing links to Hirschman's nonmarket forces; (3) indicating form in the contex…
Non‐market Forces, the Nation State and the European Union
Bank Credit and the Regions
A Tale of Two Recessions
Institute of Economic Research, University of Wales Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DG, Wales
What we achieve and what we contribute are not independent of the level of demand for labour. Substantial labour reserves indicate that the labour market fails to discover a balance that reflects the needs and preferences of the population of working age. Different data sets-unemployment, vacancies, full-time equivalent jobs, and census data on forms of nonwork-are used to build a picture of the shift from tight to slack labour markets. The diffe…
Regional Taxing and Spending
The financial settlement has been described as the key to devolution. Public spending above tax in Scotland and Wales has been criticized. Public spending is above tax in seven UK regions, including four English regions. If we treat equal citizens equally, public spending will be above tax in poorer regions. There is nothing extraordinary about spending above tax, but there are important questions with regard to regional levels of expenditure. In…
Twenty-five Years of Regional Development
MACKAY R. R. (2003) Twenty-five years of regional development , Reg. Studies 37 , 303-317. Up to the mid 1970s there was a trend towards greater regional equality in the distribution of income and wealth in the UK. However, over the last 25 years regional inequality has increased, as have other forms of inequality. Growing inequality has been associated with a more difficult labour market. The growing gap between a prosperous Inner Region Core an…
Thinking about need
MacKay R. R. and Williams J. (2005) Thinking about need: public spending on the regions, Regional Studies 39 , 815–828. The UK Treasury accepts that need is the correct guide to spending on public services in different parts of the UK. But the formula used to decide changes in devolved spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland depends on the population: it does not compensate for differences in need. With devolved spending determined by ne…
Unemployment, Permanent Sickness, and Nonwork in the United Kingdom
Employment, unemployment, and inactivity need to be studied in real historical time, not in the context of theoretical, timeless, market-clearing equilibrium. Four data sets from the UK Census, the Labour Force Survey, the Department of Employment, and Social Security Statistics are used to show changes in employment, unemployment, inactivity, and permanent sickness between 1971 and 2001. The different sources confirm that unemployment becomes in…
Collective Learning, Effective Demand, Loss of Work and Loss of Direction
MacKay R. R. and Davies R. Collective learning, effective demand, loss of work and loss of direction: the growing regional divide within the UK, Regional Studies. The local economy relies on a division of labour that develops highly specialized skills. In searching for an understanding of the growing work gap within the United Kingdom, emphasis is placed on recessions that connect to loss and redundancy of physical and human capital. High levels …
The dilemma of upland footpaths – understanding private landowner engagement in the provision of a public good
With a right to responsible access across almost all land in Scotland, millions of recreationists make free use of an extensive upland path network. These paths provide easy access to some of the most spectacular, but most fragile habitats in the country. This path network is expected to come under increasing pressure from both use and climate. With many hundreds of kilometres already in poor condition, a new strategy to sustainably manage this i…
Economics (15 works) · Geography (13 works) · Political science (11 works) · Regional Development and Policy (10 works) · Regional science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Regional development (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Local Government Finance and Decentralization (6 works) · Regional studies (6 works)