Personal statement
My research interests are in the economics of devolved finances, and labour markets and inequality.
I have led the Fraser of Allander Institute's work on Fiscal Policy since 2016. I coordinate FAI's annual report on the Scottish budget, and provide regular analysis of the Scottish budget. I was adviser to the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Constitution Committee between 2016-2021.
I am currently leading ESRC-funded research into the devolved government's funding frameworks during the Covid-19 pandemic, and supporting the Fiscal Commission Northern Ireland in its deliberations over options for tax devolution to Northern Ireland.
I have published extensively on trends in income inequality and social mobility in Scotland. Between 2017 and 2019 I was a Commissioner on the Scottish Government's Poverty and Inequality Commission. I coordinate a course called 'the economics of inequality' on Strathclyde's Applied Economics MSc.
Professional activities
- Evidence to the Scottish Parliament Finance Committee on Scotland's Fiscal Framework
- Recipient
- 11/1/2022
- Presentation to Employment Support Scotland
- Recipient
- 15/12/2021
- Evidence to the Scottish Parliament Finance Committee on Scottish Budget 2022/23
- Recipient
- 14/12/2021
- Scottish budget: No big surprises . . . and a little underwhelming
- Recipient
- 10/12/2021
- Alumni Webinar with Debbie Crosbie, CEO TSB
- Speaker
- 5/10/2021
- The economics of Scottish independence
- Speaker
- 22/9/2021
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Projects
- Review of the Scottish Government’s Fiscal Framework: Independent Report
- Eiser, David (Principal Investigator)
- 11-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2022
- Understanding the impact of Covid-19 on income: labour market changes and policy solutions
- Congreve, Emma (Principal Investigator) Eiser, David (Co-investigator)
- 10-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2022
- Trends in Socio-Economic Determinants of Health Inequalities in Scotland
- Eiser, David (Principal Investigator) Congreve, Emma (Co-investigator) Smith, Kat (Co-investigator) Spowage, Mairi (Co-investigator) Stewart, Ellen (Co-investigator)
- 10-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2022
- Fraser of Allander Election 2021 Briefing
- Congreve, Emma (Principal Investigator) Mitchell, Mark (Co-investigator) McIntyre, Stuart (Co-investigator) Eiser, David (Co-investigator) Spowage, Mairi (Co-investigator) Watts, Robert (Co-investigator) McGeoch, Adam (Researcher) Cooper, Benjamin (Researcher) Black, James (Researcher) Brocek, Frantisek (Researcher)
- 24-Jan-2021 - 04-Jan-2021
- COVID and the UK nations' fiscal frameworks: impacts, performance and lessons
- Eiser, David (Principal Investigator)
- 22-Jan-2021 - 21-Jan-2022
- To examine changing patterns of working hours to better understand what drives changes, how do they affect poverty/inequality, and how policy could respond
- Eiser, David (Principal Investigator) Roy, Graeme (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2020
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