Personal Chair
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- Email Address
- v.watson@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 437179
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Verity leads the Preference and Value research theme. Verity's research focuses on the provision of public and publicly-provided private goods. In particular, the organisation and supply of health care, and patient's choices and shared decision making. Verity's research spans health economics, environmental economics, behavioural and experimental economics, health policy, labour economics, and poverty measurement.
Qualifications
- PhD Economics2003 - University of Aberdeen
- MSc Economics1998 - Glasgow University
- MA (hons) Economic Science1997 - University of Aberdeen
External Memberships
Health Improvement, Protection and Services Panel, Chief Scientist Office of Scottish Government (2016 - 2023)
Latest Publications
Teleworking and housing demand
Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 101, 103915Contributions to Journals: ArticlesResearch Project Briefing: Enhancing recruitment and retention of doctors in rural Scotland
Chief Scientist Office (Document).Other Contributions: Other ContributionsThe perception of women in rural and remote Scotland about intrapartum care: A qualitative study
The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, vol. 16, pp. 117-125Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-022-00608-5
Public contributors' preferences for the organisation of remote public involvement meetings in health and social care: a discrete choice experiment study
Health Expectations, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 146-159Contributions to Journals: Articles‘Moving to the countryside and staying’? Exploring doctors migration choices to remote and rural areas
Journal of Rural StudiesContributions to Journals: Articles
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Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Economics, Applied Health Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Economic Policy
- Economics
- Applied Economics
- Health Policy
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
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The impact of information, value-deliberation and group-based decision-making on values for ecosystem services: integrating deliberative monetary valuation and storytelling
Ecosystem Services, vol. 21, no. Part B, pp. 270-290Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWhat Triggers Multiple Job-Holding?: A Stated Preference Investigation
Working Papers: Discussion PapersA generation of childless women: lessons from the United States
Women's Health Issues, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. e21-e27Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2013.09.005
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Uncertainty and framing in a valuation task
Journal of Economic Psychology, vol. 39, pp. 204-214Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2013.08.001
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Utilisation of eye-care services: The effect of Scotland's free eye examination policy
Health Policy, vol. 108, no. 2-3, pp. 286-293Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInvolving the public in priority setting: a case study using discrete choice experiments
Journal of Public Health, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 253-260Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdr102
Job satisfaction and quit intentions of offshore workers in the UK North Sea oil and and gas industry
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 607-633Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9485.2011.00561.x
Is it all about money?: An examination of the motives behind moonlighting
Applied Economics, vol. 43, no. 26, pp. 3767-3774Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036841003724403
Comparing welfare estimates from payment card contingent valuation and discrete choice experiments
Health Economics, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 389-401Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.1364
Rationalising the 'irrational': a think aloud study of discrete choice experiment responses
Health Economics, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 321-336Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.1369
