Journal
REGIONAL STUDIES
Volume 56, Issue 6, Pages 892-908Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2021.1925236
Keywords
multi-regional input-output model; student expenditure; impact multipliers; regional industrial structures; higher education institutions; university impacts
Funding
- UKRI Research England Development (RED) Fund
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This study reveals significant regional heterogeneity in the absorptive capacity and benefits of student spending in different regions of the UK, as well as the complex interplay between student spending and regional industrial structures.
This paper examines the heterogeneous effect of student spending in UK NUTS-2 regions. Impact analyses of the more than 45 pound billion students spend each year have so far been agnostic of the regional absorptive capacity to benefit from this expenditure. Building a multi-regional input-output model for the UK and combining it with data on student expenditure, domicile and level of study, the paper finds significant regional heterogeneity in gross value added and employment multipliers as well as in interregional spillovers. The analysis shows how important student expenditure is for regional economies and the symbiotic relationship between student spending and regional industrial structures that produce varying impact outcomes.
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