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Dr DAVID MORRIS's Outputs (4)

Marshallian agglomeration, labour pooling and skills matching (2025)
Journal Article
Corradini, C., Morris, D., & Vanino, E. (2025). Marshallian agglomeration, labour pooling and skills matching. Cambridge Journal of Economics, Article beaf010. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/beaf010

Better skills matching has long been proposed as one of the key advantages of agglomeration economies. Yet, support for this improved matching has remained largely founded upon indirect proxies for skills such as wages and education. This paper contr... Read More about Marshallian agglomeration, labour pooling and skills matching.

Doughnut economics (2024)
Book Chapter
Morris, D. (2024). Doughnut economics. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Edward Elgar Publishing

Towards a regional approach for skills policy (2022)
Journal Article
Corradini, C., Morris, D., & Vanino, E. (2023). Towards a regional approach for skills policy. Regional Studies, 57(6), 1043-1054. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2031950

Focusing on the UK as a case study, this paper offers a critical discussion of current approaches for skills policy in the context of the increasing spatial imbalances that characterize advanced economies. We outline an integrated framework for regio... Read More about Towards a regional approach for skills policy.

The effect of regional skill gaps and skill shortages on firm productivity (2019)
Journal Article
Morris, D., Vanino, E., & Corradini, C. (2020). The effect of regional skill gaps and skill shortages on firm productivity. Environment and Planning A, 52(5), 933-952. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X19889634

This paper contributes to the literature on regional productivity, complementing previous education and skill level perspectives with a novel approach analysing the impact of regional skill gaps and skill shortages. This allows us to better reflect t... Read More about The effect of regional skill gaps and skill shortages on firm productivity.