Ms Allison Catalano

Knowledge Exchange Fellow

Economics

Personal statement

Allison is an economist at the Fraser of Allander Institute. She joined the FAI in 2022 while working towards her MSc in Applied Economics. She also has a BA in Mathematics from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She previously undertook a fellowship in the Scottish Parliament centred on the employment of disabled people in Scotland.

Her research focuses on socioeconomic inequality, health, labour, and subnational data.

Publications

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Publications

Scotland's Census : Understanding Changes in Health and Socioeconomic Inequality since 2011: Catalano Allison, Jack David; (2024)
Socioeconomic Inequalities in Air Pollutant Exposure in Glasgow: Catalano Allison; (2024)
2024 Inequality Landscape : Health and Socioeconomic Divides in Scotland: Catalano Allison, Congreve Emma, Jack David, Smith Katherine; (2024); https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00090527
Directly, meaningfully or conceptually comparable? Supporting comparative regional analysis across the UK and in Northern Ireland: Davidson Sharada Nia, Connolly Kevin, Catalano Allison; (2024)
Economic commentary [June 2024]: Spowage Mairi, Catalano Allison; Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary Vol 48 (2024)
The Manifestos : Policies Addressing Socioeconomic Inequality in Scotland: Catalano Allison, Congreve Emma, Smith Katherine; (2024)

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Research

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Research Interests

Her research focuses on inequality in Scotland, with special focuses in employment, labour market policy, and health. Her past projects involve researching employability programmes, health inequality, environmental inequality, and poverty dynamics. She has also worked in trade modelling in Northern Ireland, and on projects related to subnational data availability and comparability.

Professional Activities

Regional Data to Support Policymaking: Using Systems Thinking to Improve Cross-Organisational Collaboration Across the UK’s Statistical System: Contributor; 9/2025
A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland: Organiser; 9/4/2025
Social assistance programmes and health: Invited speaker; 10/3/2025
Podcast: Post Budget Thoughts and 2024 Review: Participant; 18/12/2024
Weekly update: the impact of the Scottish Budget on Homelessness, Child Poverty, Social Care and more…: Contributor; 6/12/2024
Estimating revenues from a proposed levy on non-domestic rates for alcohol retailers in Scotland: Recipient; 5/2/2024

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Projects

Cultures of Collaborative Research in a Socially Progressive Technological University / R230557-203: Davidson, Sharada Nia (Co-investigator) Catalano, Allison (Research Co-investigator) Nguyen, Le Khanh Ngan (Research Co-investigator); 16-Jan-2024 - 15-Jan-2026
Valuing a levy on non-domestic rates for alcohol retailers in Scotland: Sousa, Joao (Principal Investigator) Catalano, Allison (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 22-Jan-2023
Health Foundation - cohort analysis of socioeconomic drivers of drug deaths: Congreve, Emma (Principal Investigator) Catalano, Allison (Co-investigator) Gillan, Brodie (Co-investigator); 13-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2024
JOINT RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AGREEMENT FOR A SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIP: McFadyen, Chirsty (Principal Investigator) Catalano, Allison (Co-investigator); 05-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2023