Emeritus Professor
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Biography
A Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Catia held appointments in Glasgow and Dundee where she was awarded a Personal Chair. She joined the University of Aberdeen in 2013 as a Professor of Economics and was then awarded the Jaffrey Chair of Political Economy which she held until her early retirement in August 2024.
Memberships and Affiliations
Latest Publications
Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare: How Doctor Gender and Speciality Shape Patient Voice in Women's Thyroid Care
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 407, 119743Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLong-term conditions in the workplace: A guide for employees and employers
University of Aberdeen: Business School.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsThe Impact of Employer Sympathy on Women's Labour Market Prospects: A Focus on Thyroid Conditions
Working Papers: Discussion PapersLabour Market Implications of Thyroid Dysfunctions
Economics and Human Biology, vol. 50, 101247Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEmployment to Output Elasticities & Reforms towards Flexicurity: Evidence from OECD Countries
Bulletin of Economic Research, vol. 75, no. 3, pp. 641-670Contributions to Journals: Articles
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Funding and Grants
2015-18: “Globalisation, Labour Markets, and the Welfare State – GlobLabWS”, NORFACE Welfare State Futures, Project PI, with H. Görg and F. Sjöholm, (Euro 850,000).
2011-14: “Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe” – EU Cooperation Programme / Theme 8 / Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (Call ID “FP7-SSH-2011-1”), Consortium total: € 8.5 million.
2010: NHS Tayside, Substance Misuse Information – NHS Tayside: “SUMIT”, with D. Petrie, B. Kidd, et al. (£300,000)
2008: Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP KTP00681), Funding body: TSB and Scottish Government, Role: Lead Academic and Principal Investigator, with S. Mohan (£127,383)
2019-20: “The Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire Economy”, Scottish Trade Unions Congress (£12,000).
2019: “Insecure Employment and Mental Health: One Pathway in the Productivity Puzzle” Productivity Insights Network, ESRC (£9,643), with Daniel Kopasker (HERU).
2016-17: “Strengthen Workflows at the Cabinet of Statistics and International Relations (GERI) at the Angolan Ministry of Finance”, with E. Phimister (£15,502).
2014-16: “Management Practices in Determining Firms’ Performance and Internationalisation”, Pool Engagement in European Research (PEER), Scottish Funding Council/SIRE, (£14,000).
2014-17: ESRC/Scottish Government +3 Collaborative Scholarship – student Pietropaolo Vanin, “Skill Mismatches and Competitiveness: Workers, Firms and Industries”, PI, with K. Bender.
2010: ESRC 1+3 Studentship – student Daniel Kopasker, “The Effects of Economic Insecurity on Health and Wellbeing”.
2010: Scoping study of the economic impact on the alcohol industry of pricing and non-price policies to regulate the affordability and availability of alcohol in Scotland, NHS, with D. Petrie, A. Ludbrook, J. Dewhurst, H. Molana (£19,926).
2007: Scottish Funding Council funding for the Scottish Institute for Research in Economics – SIRE (£952,272).
2001: British Academy Research Grant, with H. Molana (£4,195)
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Work hours, social value of leisure and globalisation
Journal of Socio-Economics, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 317-326Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2012.01.001
Strategic investment and international outsourcing in unionised oligopoly
Labour Economics, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 260-269Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOn the causal relationship between trade-openness and government-size: evidence from OECD countries
International Journal of Public Policy, vol. 7, no. 4-6, pp. 226-249Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOutsourcing versus FDI in oligopoly equilibrium
Spatial Economic Analysis, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 149-166Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17421770902833964
Should I stay or should I go?: Foreign direct investment, employment protection and domestic anchorage
Review of World Economics, vol. 145, no. 1, pp. 93-110Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-009-0001-x
Foreign direct investment, tax competition and social expenditure
International Review of Economics & Finance, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 31-37Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2008.02.009
A note on export-platform Foreign Direct Investment, training and absorptive capacity
Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 323-332Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09638190701872954
Expansionary Effects of Welfare State Policies in a Small Open Economy
North American Journal of Economics and Finance, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 231-246Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2007.08.001
Welfare state, market imperfections and international trade
Open Economies Review, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 95-118Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11079-007-9003-2
Aggregate scale economies, market integration, and optimal welfare state policy
Journal of International Economics, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 321-340Contributions to Journals: Articles