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Professor David McCausland

Professor David McCausland
Professor David McCausland
Professor David McCausland

B.Sc. Econ. (Hull), M.Sc. Econ. (Warwick), Ph.D. (Keele), SFHEA CMBE

Personal Chair

Accepting PhDs

51cg
Email Address
d.mccausland@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272180
Office Address
806 MacRobert Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
581 King Street
AB24 5UA

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School/Department
Business School




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Biography

David was appointed as Director of Reputation and Enhancement in 2025, and as Head of Economics in 2024. He was Director of Education (2019-2025), Director of Undergraduate Studies (2017-2019), Deputy Head of the Business School (Student Experience) (2016-2017), Head of Economics (2014-2017) and 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 was a member of the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) Learning, Teaching and Student Experience (LTSE) Committee from 2019-2025 and is 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 51cg 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. Economics 
    1990 - Hull 
  • M.Sc. Economics 
    1992 - Warwick 
  • PhD Economics 
    1995 - Keele 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

 

  • Head of Economics
  • Director of Reputation and Enhancement
  • CeLMR Assistant Director
  • Member School Executive
  • Member University Education Committee
  • School Web Site Manager
  • Associate and Departmental Contact (Economics Network)
External Memberships
  • SFHEA
  • Associate, Economics Network
  • CMBE (CABS Certified Management and Business Educator)
  • Member RES CHUDE Steering Committee
Research

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.

Economics

  • Supervising
  • Accepting PhDs
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Research Specialisms

  • Macroeconomics

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the 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.

  • Solomon Dele Akinyele
  • Nelson Nkalu: Structural transformation, productivity growth and manufacturing output, 2024
  • 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

Programmes

Courses

Teaching Responsibilities

 

Publications

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  • Do Debt Relief and Fiscal Rules Improve Public Debt Sustainability?: The experience of sub-Sahara African countries

    Abubakar, A., McCausland, W. D., Theodossiou, I.
    Journal of Policy Modeling, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 166-186
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  • Spring statement 2022: quick analysis about standard of living, energy crisis and more – from experts

    Baker, K., Donaldson, C., Gheyoh Ndzi, E., Midgley, G., Lowe, J., Bloor, K., Schmedders, K., Bloom, P., Tomlinson, P., Foucart, R., Schiffling, S., Raszewski, S., McCabe, S., Honeyman, V., McCausland, W. D.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • Budget 2021: experts react

    Lowe, J., Tziamalis, A., Cumbers, A., Alexiadou, D., Gheyoh Ndzi, E., FitzRoy, F., Munby, J., Schmedders, K., Scullion, L., Williams, M., Jacobs, M., Tomlinson, P., Withrington, S., McCausland, W. D.
    The Conversation
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  • The effect of industry-level aggregate demand on earnings: evidence from the US

    McCausland, W. D., Summerfield, F., Theodossiou, I.
    Journal of Labor Research, vol. 41, no. 1-2, pp. 102-127
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  • UK budget 2020: experts react

    Tomlinson, P., Donaldson, C., Berry, C., Conti, G., Midgley, G., Weeks, J., Schmedders, K., Gabriel, M., Brown, R., McCausland, W. D.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • Three issues Boris Johnson’s new government must tackle – none of which is Brexit

    McCausland, W. D.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • UK Budget 2018: experts respond

    McCausland, W. D., Berry, C., Finn, D., Lowe, J., Richardson, J., Pierlejewski, M., Goddard, M., Kitson, M., Roper, S.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • Shareholder elite’s takeover of society is laid bare by new book

    McCausland, W. D.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • The Consequences of Fiscal Stimulus on Public Debt: A Historical Perspective

    McCausland, W. D., Theodossiou, I.
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 1103-1116
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  • Are Individual Characteristics all that Matters in Earnings Determination? Evidence from the US and Germany

    McCausland, W. D., Summerfield, F. E., Theodossiou, I.
    Working Papers: Discussion Papers
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  • What low interest rates have done for the world – and the likely effects of a rise

    McCausland, W. D.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • Why the Bank of England wants Britain to stay in the EU

    McCausland, W. D.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • Is unemployment and low income harmful to health?: Evidence from Britain

    Cooper, D. J., McCausland, W. D., Theodossiou, I.
    Review of Social Economy, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 34-60
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  • What will happen when the US Fed starts hiking rates?

    McCausland, W. D.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • Scotland Decided: experts react to No vote

    McCausland, W. D., Cairney, P., Midwinter, A., Phillipson, G., McKendrick, J. H., Kehoe, K., Kenny, M., Blain, N., McEwen, N., Brooks, T., McCausland, W. D.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • Salmond’s plan B currency alternatives clarify nothing

    McCausland, W. D.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • Scotland Decides ’14: is the NHS fair game?

    McKendrick, J. H., McCausland, W. D.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • Scotland Decides ’14: Darling draws first blood by homing in on Salmond weak spot

    McCausland, W. D., Keating, M., Blain, N.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • There hasn’t been any austerity in the UK – and that might explain the upturn

    McCausland, W. D.
    The Conversation
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  • Scotland Decides ‘14: do the Strathclyde proposals matter?

    McCausland, W. D., Armstrong, J.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • Scotland Decides ’14: what would independence mean for Scottish universities?

    McCausland, W. D., McKendrick, J. H.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • Budget 2014: experts respond

    McCausland, W. D., Rowlingson, K., Martin, C., Belfiore, E., Blanden, J., Appleby, J., Van Reenen, J., Gibb, K., Kitson, M., Eisenstadt, N., Carter, N., Sikka, P., Fairchild, R., Jones, R., Hayward, R., Moat, S.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
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  • Income inequality and wellbeing: the plight of the poor and the curse of permanent inequality

    Cooper, D. J., McCausland, W. D., Theodossiou, I.
    Journal of Economic Issues, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 939-958
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  • Planes and trains can deliver the growth the IMF wants

    McCausland, W. D.
    The Conversation
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  • Is manufacturing still the engine of growth?

    McCausland, W. D., Theodossiou, I.
    Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 79-92
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  • European monetary union and the outsiders

    McAvinchey, I. D., McCausland, W. D.
    Applied Economics, vol. 41, no. 15, pp. 1903-1916
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  • Interest Rates and Monetary Policy

    Gazioglu, S., McCausland, W. D.
    Applied Economics, vol. 41, no. 16, pp. 2005-2012
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  • Macroeconomic stability, equities and real estate: a dynamic model for the UK

    McCausland, W. D., McAvinchey, I. D.
    Ekonomia, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 127-159
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  • Unemployed, uneducated and sick: the effects of socioeconomic status on health duration in the European Union

    Cooper, D., McCausland, W. D., Theodossiou, I.
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, (Statistics in Society), vol. 171, no. 4, pp. 939-952
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  • Unemployed, uneducated and sick: the effects of socioeconomic status on health duration in the European Union

    Cooper, D., McCausland, W. D., Theodossiou, I.
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, (Statistics in Society), vol. 171, no. 4, pp. 939–952
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  • The Euro, Income Divergence and Monetary Union

    McAvinchey, I., McCausland, W. D.
    Journal of Policy Modeling, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 869-877
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  • The health hazards of unemployment and poor education: The socioeconomic determinants of health duration in the European Union

    Cooper, D., McCausland, W. D., Theodossiou, I.
    Working Papers: Discussion Papers
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  • Unemployed, uneducated and sick: The effects of socioeconomic status on health duration in the European Union

    Cooper, D., McCausland, W. D., Theodossiou, I.
    Working Papers: Discussion Papers
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  • Some are punished and some are rewarded: A study of the impact of performance pay on job satisfaction

    McCausland, W. D., Pouliakas, K., Theodossiou, I.
    Working Papers: Discussion Papers
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  • The health hazards of unemployment and poor education: The socioeconomic determinants of health duration in the European Union

    Cooper, D., McCausland, W. D., Theodossiou, I.
    Economics and Human Biology, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 273-297
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  • Resource discovery and stock market hysteresis

    Gazioglu, S., McCausland, W. D.
    Applied Financial Economics, vol. 16, no. 11, pp. 785-788
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  • A simulation model of sustainability of coastal communities: aquaculture, fishing, environment and labour markets

    McCausland, W. D., Pierce, G. J., Theodossiou, I.
    Ecological Modelling, vol. 193, no. 3-4, pp. 271-294
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  • Intertemporal Currency Substitution and Government Deficits

    Gazioglu, S., McCausland, W. D.
    Finance India, vol. XX, no. 1
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  • Explaining student retention: the case of the 51cg

    McCausland, W. D., Mavromaras, K. G., Theodossiou, I.
    Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 24-26
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  • An Intertemporal Model of the Real Exchange Rate, Stock Market, and International Debt Dynamics

    Gazioglu, S., McCausland, W. D.
    Ekonomia, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 73-88
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Labour market segmentation: Wage differentials and hysteresis effects

    McCausland, W. D., Theodossiou, I.
    Australian Economic Papers, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 65-81
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  • Some are punished and some are rewarded: a study of the impact of performance pay on job satisfaction

    McCausland, W. D., Pouliakas, K., Theodossiou, I.
    International Journal of Manpower, vol. 26, no. 7/8, pp. 636-659
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  • Explaining Student Retention: the case of the 51cg

    McCausland, W. D., Mavromaras, K. G., Theodossiou, I.
    Working Papers: Working Papers
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  • Training and Hysteresis Effects on the Wage Inflation: Unemployment Relationship

    McCausland, W. D., Theodossiou, I.
    Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 67-86
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  • Hysteresis and Cyclical Adjustment in the Stock Markets: the Macroeonomic effects of Technological Progress

    Gazioglu, S., McCausland, W. D.
    Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 525-537
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  • The Macroeconomics of the Social Chapter: Minimum Wages, Human Capital and Labour Productivity

    Gazioglu, S., McCausland, W. D.
    Journal of Economic Studies, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 562-583
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  • Exchange Rate Hysteresis: the effects of overshooting and short-termism

    McCausland, W. D.
    The Economic Record, vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 60-67
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  • A Non-Linear Currency Substitution Model of Hysteresis in Debt and Competitiveness

    Gazioglu, S., McCausland, W. D.
    METU Studies in Development, vol. 29, no. 3-4
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The cost of inward Direct Foreign Investment in Developing Countries

    Gazioglu, S., McCausland, W. D.
    Applied Economics Letters, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 505-510
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  • An International Economic Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment and International Indebtedness

    Gazioglu, S., McCausland, W. D.
    Indian Economic Journal
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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