Professor Catherine Robinson

Primarily an applied economist focused mainly on firm level performance and factors which influence it, Catherine has led on a number of externally funded projects with NESTA, the Welsh Government and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and has co-authored many reports for a wide range of government departments.

Catherine has published in leading journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Review of Industrial Organization, Labour Economics and the Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Georgellis, Y., Clark, A. E., Apergis, E. and Robinson, C. (2022) “Occupational status and life satisfaction in the UK: The miserable middle?”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Elsevier, pp. 509-527.

Drinkwater, S. and Robinson, C. (2022) “Brexit and the NHS: voting behaviour and views on the impact of leaving the EU”, British Politics. Palgrave Macmillan.

Adomako, S., Amankwah‐Amoah, J., Debrah, Y.A., Khan, Z., Chu, I. and Robinson, C., (2021) ‘Institutional voids, economic adversity and inter‐firm cooperation in an emerging market: the mediating role of
government R&D support’, British Journal of Management, 32(1), 40-58.

Romiti, M., V. Haigney, M. Vechi, C. Robinson (2021) ‘Graduates’ labour market outcomes during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: occupational switches and skill mismatch’

Uncovering Scotland’s Productivity Performance (with Ana Rincon-Aznar, Larissa Marioni, Francesco Venturini)