Academic Research, Higher Education, and Peripheral Development: The Case of Israel
Academic Research, Higher Education, and Peripheral Development: The Case of Israel
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学术研究、高等教育和周边发展：以色列案例
DOI：
10.3390/economies9030121
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发表时间：
2021
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影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
G. Yom Din
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作者：
G. Degani;D. Levanon;G. Yom Din
本研究旨在探讨加利利研究所（MIGAL）与台海学院（TH）对东北部周边地区发展可能产生的社会经济影响。我们讨论了学术研究和高等教育机构对减轻国家中心和边缘之间差异的影响。MIGAL是以色列东北部周边地区的区域研发中心。MIGAL是国际公认的应用研究机构，专门从事生物技术，计算科学，植物科学，精准农业和环境科学，以及食品，营养和健康。MIGAL的大多数研究人员都是TH的核心教师。尽管国土面积很小，但按照经合组织的标准，以色列的社会经济不平等程度很高，贫富地区之间的工资差距高达400%。本文提出了一种新的研究学术研究和高等教育对周边发展的社会经济影响的数据集--区域社会经济指数。MIGAL、TH和东北部周边地区的数据来自这两个机构和以色列中央统计局的年度报告。MIGAL被认为是研究，学术教学和东北边缘社会经济发展之间的联系。随着时间的推移，几个变量相关的这种联系和描述MIGAL-TH和东北部周边的发展进行了分析：MIGAL的预算，员工总数和员工人数与博士学位; TH研究生人数;和社会经济指数（SEI）的东北部周边和它的位置在以色列的区域SEI列表。大多数趋势的迹象和显著性水平表明，学术研究和高等教育对该国东北部的周边发展具有潜在的社会经济影响。研究预算和为居住在该地区的学者创造就业机会只是这种影响的几个例子。研究结果对学术界和政策制定者提高学术研究和高等教育对国家经济和创新发展的贡献是有用的。
The aims of this study are to identify possible socioeconomic impacts of MIGAL (Galilee Research Institute) and TH (Tel Hai Academic College) on the peripheral northeast’s development. We discuss the effects of academic research and institutions of higher education on mitigating differences between the center and the periphery of the country. MIGAL is a regional R&D center in the northeast peripheral region of Israel. An internationally recognized applied research institute, MIGAL specializes in biotechnology, computational sciences, plant sciences, precision agriculture, and environmental sciences, as well as food, nutrition, and health. Most of MIGAL’s researchers serve as the core faculty at TH. Despite the country’s small surface area, socioeconomic inequality in Israel is high by OECD standards, with wage differences between rich and poor regions reaching up to 400%. In this article, a new type of dataset for the study of the socioeconomic impact of academic research and higher education on peripheral development is proposed—the regional socioeconomic indices (SEIs). Data for MIGAL, TH, and the northeastern peripheral region were collected from the yearly reports of the two institutions and the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. MIGAL was found to serve as a link between research, academic teaching, and socioeconomic development in the northeast periphery. Several variables related to this link and describing MIGAL–TH and northeastern periphery development were analyzed over time: MIGAL’s budget, total number of employees and number of employees with PhDs; number of TH graduate students; and the socioeconomic index (SEI) of the northeastern periphery and its position on the Israeli list of regional SEIs. The signs and significance levels of most of the trends indicate a potential socioeconomic impact of academic research and higher education on peripheral development in the northeast of the country. Research budgets and the creation of jobs for academics living in the region are just a few examples of this impact. The results of the study are useful for academics and policymakers in improvement of the contribution of academic research and higher education to the country’s economic and innovation development.