Dr Catherine Robinson

Job Title: Lecturer, WISERD  (Quantitative Research team)

Institution: Swansea University

Email: c.robinson@swansea.ac.uk

Telephone: 01792 606727

Role: Catherine is a member of the WISERD Quantitative Research team

 

Biography

Prior to joining WISERD, Catherine was a Research Fellow at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London, where she is still a Visiting Fellow.  Catherine’s research interests are policy focussed; she was an academic expert on UKTI Steering Committee evaluating the progress of a project on the impact of FDI on business performance in the UK, 2008/09. 

Research Interests

Catherine’s main areas of research are productivity and competitiveness.  She has looked at the impact of a variety of factors such as foreign direct investment, technology, skills and innovation on the productive performance of firms and industrial sectors.  Catherine’s research comprises of international comparisons of largely sectoral performance, and microeconometric analysis of UK firms.

Current Research

Productivity in Wales; The role of Intangible inputs in determining regional productivity differences; Migrants’ skills and productivity

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Recent Publications

Robinson C, Carey J, Blackaby D, 2012, ‘Firm performance in Wales – An analysis of productivity using company accounts’  WISERD/WPS/007 (Available here)

Riley R, Robinson C, 2011, ‘UK Economic Performance:  How Far do Intangibles Count?’ Innodrive Working Paper Series No. 14 (Available here)

Riley R, Robinson C, 2011, ‘Agglomeration Spillovers from Intangible Capital: An analysis of UK City Regions’ Innodrive Working Paper Series No. 15 (Available here)

Parhi M, Robinson C, 2011, ‘Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship and Innovation for a Prosperous Wales’ WISERD/PBS/001 (Available here)

Davies R, et al, 2011, ‘An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in Wales‘ WISERD/RRS/002 (Available here)

Forth J, Harris R, Rincon Aznar A, Robinson C, 2010, ‘The impact of the National Minimum Wage on productivity and competitiveness in the UK’ SBE-E/2010/01 (Available here)

Robinson C, O’Mahony M, Rincon-Aznar A, 2010, “Productivity Growth in the US and the EU: A sectoral analysis” Review of Economics and Institutions 1(1) (Available here)

Robinson C, Kangasniemi M, Martinez LS, Matilde M, 2009, “The Economic Impact of Migration: Productivity Analysis for Spain and the United Kingdom” BBVA Working Paper no 10/2009 (Available here)

Robinson C, Mason G, Bishop K, 2009, “Business Growth and Innovation” Report to National Endowment for Science Technology and Arts (Available here)

Robinson C, O’Mahony M,Rincon-Aznar A, 2009, “Chapter 8: Inputs to Production” Sectoral Growth Drivers and Competitiveness in the European Union in Ed M Peneder (European Commission, Enterprise and Industry, Luxembourg) pp307-392 (Available here)

Robinson C, O’Mahony M,Rincon-Aznar A, 2009, “Chapter 9.2: Market Structure: Firm Level Indicators” Sectoral Growth Drivers and Competitiveness in Ed M Peneder (European Commission, Enterprise and Industry, Luxembourg) pp455-492 (Available here)

Robinson C, Rincón-Aznar A, Loveridge P, 2009, “Chapter 1: Growth” Sectoral Growth Drivers and Competitiveness in the European Union in Ed M Peneder (European Commission, Enterprise and Industry, Luxembourg) pp81-112 (Available here)

Robinson C, Rincón-Aznar A, Loveridge P, 2009, “Chapter 2: Productivity” Sectoral Growth Drivers and Competitiveness in the European Union in Ed M Peneder (European Commission, Enterprise and Industry, Luxembourg) pp113-132 (Available here)

Kangasniemi M, Robinson C, 2008, “The impact of organisational change on productivity: sectoral evidence from the UK” 1995-2005, EUKLEMS Working Paper 29

O’Mahony M, Robinson C, Vecchi M, 2008, “The impact of ICT on the demand for skilled labour: A cross-country comparison” Labour Economics 15 (6) pp 1435-1450