Dr Serena Pattaro

  • Research Fellow (Urban Studies & Social Policy)
  • Associate (School of Health & Wellbeing)

telephone: 0044 (0)141 330 5981
email: Serena.Pattaro@glasgow.ac.uk

Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC), 7 Lilybank Gardens (Room 7/403), University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8RZ

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-4443

Biography

I am Research Fellow, Co-Investigator and Leadership Group member at the Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR), part of the UKRI ESRC-funded Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK). I am based at the Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy and affiliated with the School of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow.

My research focuses on three key areas involving the analysis of linked administrative data from the benefits, tax and health systems:

I hold a DPhil from Nuffield College at the University of Oxford where my doctoral research examined women’s employment instability and fertility dynamics, using advanced survival modelling techniques applied to cross-national retrospective life history data from the UN Commission for Europe (UNECE).

Before joining the University of Glasgow, I was a post-doctoral research scientist at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and, prior to that, at the ESRC Centre for Population Change at the University of Southampton. My work there focused on fertility postponement and recuperation, analysing microdata from two major British cohort studies: the 1958 National Child Development Studies and 1970 British Cohort Study.

 

Research interests

  • Social and health inequalities
  • Labour market dynamics
  • Unemployment
  • Economic inactivity
  • Disability
  • Social security benefits
  • Natural experiments
  • Quasi-experimental designs
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Benefit sanctions
  • Welfare reform
  • Household poverty
  • Child poverty
  • COVID-19
  • Economic recovery
  • Disadvantaged groups
  • Gender inequalities
  • Population dynamics
  • Fertility transition
  • Mortality
  • Life-course transitions
  • Cross-national comparative research
  • Quantitative research methods
  • Survival analysis
  • Causal inference
  • Data visualization
  • Large and complex longitudinal survey data
  • Linked administrative data
  • Cross-sectoral data linkage

Research groups

Publications

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2024

Amele, S. et al. (2024) Quality of ethnicity data within Scottish health records and implications of misclassification for ethnic inequalities in severe COVID-19: a national linked data study. Journal of Public Health, 46(1), pp. 116-122. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdad196) (PMID:37861114) (PMCID:PMC10901260)

2023

Amele, S. et al. (2023) Ethnic inequalities in positive SARS-CoV-2 tests, infection prognosis, COVID-19 hospitalisations, and deaths: Analysis of two years of a record linked national cohort study in Scotland. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77, pp. 641-648. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220501) (PMID:37524538) (PMCID:PMC10511958)

Shaw, R. , Rhead, R., Zhu, J., Wels, J., Silverwood, R., Demou, E. , Hamilton, O. , Pattaro, S. , Boyd, A. and Katikireddi, V. (2023) The Relationship Between Testing Positive for COVID-19 and Economic Activity and Employment Status: Evidence from Five Longitudinal Studies Linked to English NHS Testing Data. SSM Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, Newcastle University, UK, 6-8 September 2023. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-SSMabstracts.283)

2022

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2022) The impacts of benefit sanctions: a scoping review of the quantitative research evidence. Journal of Social Policy, 51(3), pp. 611-653. (doi: 10.1017/S0047279421001069)

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. and Dibben, C. (2022) Occupational differences in COVID-19 hospital admission and mortality between women and men in Scotland: A population-based study using linked administrative data. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(3), 069. (doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1841)

2021

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. and Dibben, C. (2021) Occupation and COVID-19 deaths: Scotland in a comparative perspective. [Research Reports or Papers]

2020

Pattaro, S. , Vanderbloemen, L. and Minton, J. (2020) Visualizing fertility trends for 45 countries using composite lattice plots. Demographic Research, 42(23), pp. 689-712. (doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.42.23)

Pattaro, S. (2020) Can we use linked administrative data to identify social disadvantage? [Website]

Pattaro, S. (2020) Is There a Consistent Pattern in Benefit Sanctions Rates by Jobcentre Plus Offices in Scotland? [Research Reports or Papers]

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. and Dibben, C. (2020) Using linked longitudinal administrative data to identify social disadvantage. Social Indicators Research, 147(3), pp. 865-895. (doi: 10.1007/s11205-019-02173-1)

2019

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Wright, S. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review. 17th Annual ESPAnet Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 5-7 Sept 2019.

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Wright, S. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review [Review Protocol]. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)

2018

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. and Dibben, C. (2018) Using Longitudinal Administrative Data on Benefits and Earnings Histories to Identify Social Disadvantage. Institute for Employment Research International Workshop: Welfare and Unemployment Dynamics, Nuremberg, Germany, 8-9 Nov 2018.

2017

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. and Dibben, C. (2017) Using Longitudinal Administrative Data on Employment History to Identify Poverty Risks and Social Need. Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies Conference, Stirling, UK, 11-13 Oct 2017.

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. and Dibben, C. (2017) The Influence of Recent Employment History on Poverty Risks: A Study Using Linked Administrative and Survey Data. 50th Anniversary Conference of the Social Policy Association, Durham, UK, 10-12 Jul 2017.

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. and Dibben, C. (2017) Using Longitudinal Administrative Data on Employment History to Identify Poverty Risks and Social Need. Administrative Data Research Network Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 1-2 Jun 2017.

2016

Pattaro, S. , Minton, J. and Vanderbloemen, L. (2016) Exploring age-specific and cumulative cohort rates using Lexis surface lattice plots: An international comparison of Human Fertility Database and Human Fertility Collection Data. In: MPIDR 2nd Human Fertility Database Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 23-24 Jun 2016,

Pattaro, S. (2016) Pre-Birth Employment Instability and Maternal Labour Market Transitions Following the Birth of the First Child in Italy and Sweden: A Competing Risks Analysis. In: European Population Conference, Mainz, Germany, 31 Aug - 3 Sept 2016,

Pattaro, S. (2016) Women’s Employment Instability and Fertility Dynamics: Cross-Cohort Changes in Italy and Sweden [Invited talk]. In: VID Colloquium Seminar, Vienna, Austria, 21 January 2016,

2014

Berrington, A. and Pattaro, S. (2014) Educational differences in fertility desires, intentions and behaviour: a life course perspective. Advances in Life Course Research, 21, pp. 10-27. (doi: 10.1016/j.alcr.2013.12.003) (PMID:26047539)

2012

Berrington, A. M. and Pattaro, S. (2012) The Impact of Women's Relative Earnings and Gender Equity on the Recuperation of Fertility among Older Couples in Britain. In: European Population Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 13-16 June 2012,

2011

Berrington, A. and Pattaro, S. (2011) The Recuperation of Fertility at Older Ages: A Cross-Cohort Comparison of the role of Fertility Intentions, Partnership and Employment Careers. In: Annual Conference of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, USA, 31 Mar - 2 Apr 2011,

Berrington, A. and Pattaro, S. (2011) The Effect of Household Resources and Gender Equality on the Transition to Parenthood Among Couples in Britain. In: Annual International Conference of the Society for Longitudinal Life Course Studies, Ravensberger Spinnerei, Bielefeld, Germany, 26-28 Sept 2011,

Pattaro, S. (2011) The Impact of Women’s Career Interruptions on the Transitions to Second Childbirth Decisions in Italy and Sweden. In: Annual Conference of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, USA, 31 Mar - 2 Apr 2011,

Pattaro, S. (2011) The Impact of Women’s Career Interruptions on the Transitions to Second Childbirth Decisions in Italy and Sweden. In: IX Population Conference, University of Ancona, Italy, 2-4 Feb 2011,

2010

Berrington, A. M. and Pattaro, S. (2010) The Recuperation of Fertility at Older Ages in Britain: Evidence from the 1958 British Birth Cohort. In: British Society for Population Studies Annual Conference, Exeter, UK, 13-15 Sept 2010,

Berrington, A. M. and Pattaro, S. (2010) The Recuperation of Fertility at Older Ages in Britain: Evidence from the 1958 British Birth Cohort. In: European Population Conference, Vienna, Austria, 1-4 Sept 2010,

Pattaro, S. (2010) The Impact of Women’s Career Interruptions on the Transitions to Second Childbirth Decisions in Italy and Sweden. In: European Consortium for Sociological Research Conference, Bamberg, Germany, 30 Sept - 2 Oct 2010,

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Number of items: 28.

Articles

Amele, S. et al. (2024) Quality of ethnicity data within Scottish health records and implications of misclassification for ethnic inequalities in severe COVID-19: a national linked data study. Journal of Public Health, 46(1), pp. 116-122. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdad196) (PMID:37861114) (PMCID:PMC10901260)

Amele, S. et al. (2023) Ethnic inequalities in positive SARS-CoV-2 tests, infection prognosis, COVID-19 hospitalisations, and deaths: Analysis of two years of a record linked national cohort study in Scotland. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77, pp. 641-648. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220501) (PMID:37524538) (PMCID:PMC10511958)

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2022) The impacts of benefit sanctions: a scoping review of the quantitative research evidence. Journal of Social Policy, 51(3), pp. 611-653. (doi: 10.1017/S0047279421001069)

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. and Dibben, C. (2022) Occupational differences in COVID-19 hospital admission and mortality between women and men in Scotland: A population-based study using linked administrative data. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(3), 069. (doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1841)

Pattaro, S. , Vanderbloemen, L. and Minton, J. (2020) Visualizing fertility trends for 45 countries using composite lattice plots. Demographic Research, 42(23), pp. 689-712. (doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.42.23)

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. and Dibben, C. (2020) Using linked longitudinal administrative data to identify social disadvantage. Social Indicators Research, 147(3), pp. 865-895. (doi: 10.1007/s11205-019-02173-1)

Berrington, A. and Pattaro, S. (2014) Educational differences in fertility desires, intentions and behaviour: a life course perspective. Advances in Life Course Research, 21, pp. 10-27. (doi: 10.1016/j.alcr.2013.12.003) (PMID:26047539)

Research Reports or Papers

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. and Dibben, C. (2021) Occupation and COVID-19 deaths: Scotland in a comparative perspective. [Research Reports or Papers]

Pattaro, S. (2020) Is There a Consistent Pattern in Benefit Sanctions Rates by Jobcentre Plus Offices in Scotland? [Research Reports or Papers]

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Wright, S. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review [Review Protocol]. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)

Conference or Workshop Item

Shaw, R. , Rhead, R., Zhu, J., Wels, J., Silverwood, R., Demou, E. , Hamilton, O. , Pattaro, S. , Boyd, A. and Katikireddi, V. (2023) The Relationship Between Testing Positive for COVID-19 and Economic Activity and Employment Status: Evidence from Five Longitudinal Studies Linked to English NHS Testing Data. SSM Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, Newcastle University, UK, 6-8 September 2023. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-SSMabstracts.283)

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Wright, S. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review. 17th Annual ESPAnet Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 5-7 Sept 2019.

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. and Dibben, C. (2018) Using Longitudinal Administrative Data on Benefits and Earnings Histories to Identify Social Disadvantage. Institute for Employment Research International Workshop: Welfare and Unemployment Dynamics, Nuremberg, Germany, 8-9 Nov 2018.

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. and Dibben, C. (2017) Using Longitudinal Administrative Data on Employment History to Identify Poverty Risks and Social Need. Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies Conference, Stirling, UK, 11-13 Oct 2017.

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. and Dibben, C. (2017) The Influence of Recent Employment History on Poverty Risks: A Study Using Linked Administrative and Survey Data. 50th Anniversary Conference of the Social Policy Association, Durham, UK, 10-12 Jul 2017.

Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. and Dibben, C. (2017) Using Longitudinal Administrative Data on Employment History to Identify Poverty Risks and Social Need. Administrative Data Research Network Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 1-2 Jun 2017.

Conference Proceedings

Pattaro, S. , Minton, J. and Vanderbloemen, L. (2016) Exploring age-specific and cumulative cohort rates using Lexis surface lattice plots: An international comparison of Human Fertility Database and Human Fertility Collection Data. In: MPIDR 2nd Human Fertility Database Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 23-24 Jun 2016,

Pattaro, S. (2016) Pre-Birth Employment Instability and Maternal Labour Market Transitions Following the Birth of the First Child in Italy and Sweden: A Competing Risks Analysis. In: European Population Conference, Mainz, Germany, 31 Aug - 3 Sept 2016,

Pattaro, S. (2016) Women’s Employment Instability and Fertility Dynamics: Cross-Cohort Changes in Italy and Sweden [Invited talk]. In: VID Colloquium Seminar, Vienna, Austria, 21 January 2016,

Berrington, A. M. and Pattaro, S. (2012) The Impact of Women's Relative Earnings and Gender Equity on the Recuperation of Fertility among Older Couples in Britain. In: European Population Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 13-16 June 2012,

Berrington, A. and Pattaro, S. (2011) The Recuperation of Fertility at Older Ages: A Cross-Cohort Comparison of the role of Fertility Intentions, Partnership and Employment Careers. In: Annual Conference of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, USA, 31 Mar - 2 Apr 2011,

Berrington, A. and Pattaro, S. (2011) The Effect of Household Resources and Gender Equality on the Transition to Parenthood Among Couples in Britain. In: Annual International Conference of the Society for Longitudinal Life Course Studies, Ravensberger Spinnerei, Bielefeld, Germany, 26-28 Sept 2011,

Pattaro, S. (2011) The Impact of Women’s Career Interruptions on the Transitions to Second Childbirth Decisions in Italy and Sweden. In: Annual Conference of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, USA, 31 Mar - 2 Apr 2011,

Pattaro, S. (2011) The Impact of Women’s Career Interruptions on the Transitions to Second Childbirth Decisions in Italy and Sweden. In: IX Population Conference, University of Ancona, Italy, 2-4 Feb 2011,

Berrington, A. M. and Pattaro, S. (2010) The Recuperation of Fertility at Older Ages in Britain: Evidence from the 1958 British Birth Cohort. In: British Society for Population Studies Annual Conference, Exeter, UK, 13-15 Sept 2010,

Berrington, A. M. and Pattaro, S. (2010) The Recuperation of Fertility at Older Ages in Britain: Evidence from the 1958 British Birth Cohort. In: European Population Conference, Vienna, Austria, 1-4 Sept 2010,

Pattaro, S. (2010) The Impact of Women’s Career Interruptions on the Transitions to Second Childbirth Decisions in Italy and Sweden. In: European Consortium for Sociological Research Conference, Bamberg, Germany, 30 Sept - 2 Oct 2010,

Website

Pattaro, S. (2020) Can we use linked administrative data to identify social disadvantage? [Website]

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Grants

  • 2021-2022: UK Research Innovation (UKRI) Economic and Social Resarch Council (ESRC)  - "Administrative Data Research Centres 2018". Grant reference: ES/S007407/1 (UofG share: £139,991). Role: Co-Investigator.
  • 2021: UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) - UKRI COVID-19 Grant Extension Allocation scheme - "Assessing the impacts of benefit sanctions on health". Grant reference: ES/R005729/1 (£12,131). Role: Co-Investigator.

Supervision

I am interested in supervising both postgraduate dissertations and PhD theses in the following areas:

  • Social and health inequalities
  • Social security benefit policies
  • Labour market dynamics, unemployment and economic inactivity
  • Disability
  • Welfare reform
  • Housheold poverty and child poverty
  • School-to-work transitions
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Gender inequalities
  • Life-course transitions, fertility and family dynamics
  • Family policies
  • Cross-national comparative research
  • Quantitative research methods

Current PhD students:

  • Mridhula Gopalan: Studying work, welfare and health through linked administrative data (2023-2027) University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences (CoSS) PhD Scholarship funding

PhD scholarship funding award:

2025: University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences (CoSS) Supervisor Led PhD Scholarship Funding - Project "Exploring transitions to early adulthood using data from Growing Up in Scotland" (+3 award) (Role: Co-Supervisor)

Since 2016 I have supervised over 20 MSc students from diverse programmes, including Public Policy and Management, Global Health, Urban Trasport and Urban Analytics.

 

Teaching

  • Quantitative Data Analysis (Postgraduate Taught course, Semester 1), Convenor, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
  • Social and Public Policy 2A (Undergraduate course, Semester 1), Contributing lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow

Additional information

KE & Policy engagement

  • Invited speaker at the ADR Scotland Work, Welfare and Economy Workshop, with a presentation on "Using RAPID data to investigate the relationship between work, welfare and health", 7 May 2025, Scottish Government, Victoria Quay, Leith, Edinburgh
  • Invited speaker at the ADR Scotland Work, Welfare and Economy Workshop, with a presentation on "Using RAPID data to investigate the relationship between work, welfare and health", 7 May 2025, Scottish Government, Victoria Quay, Leith, Edinburgh
  • Co-chair of the DWP Areas of Research Interest Workshop, co-hosted by DWP, the Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR), and the University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences (CoSS), 4 October 2023, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow
  • Invited speaker at ADR Scotland Partnership event, with a presentation on Occupational risk factors for COVID-19 in Scotland, 22 November 2021, virtual
  • Invited speaker at the Department for Work and Pensions internal meeting, with a presentation on "Using longitudinal administrative data on benefit and earnings histories to identify social disadvantage", 19 February 2020, Caxton House, London
  • Co-organiser and presenter at the workshop on the impacts of welfare reform for DWP and University of Glasgow colleagues, with a presentation on Labour market and wider impacts of benefit sanctions: a scoping review, 10 October 2019, Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC), University of Glasgow

Media coverage

Public engagement

  • Understanding the health and employment support needs of the Sccottish working age population (with Vittal Katikireddi), ADR Scotland Public Panel, 6 February 2023, virtual
  • Investigating te socioeconomic, household and environmental risk factors for COVID-19 in Scotland, ADR Scotland Public Panel, 30 October 2020, virtual

Editorial activities

  • Editorial board member of Journal of Social Policy (2021-2024)
  • Editorial board member of Social Policy and Society (2021-2024)

Membership of professional and learned societies:

  • Social Policy Association (2017-present)
  • European Network for Social Policy Analysis (2019-present)
  • Royal Statistical Society (2017-present)
  • British Society for Population Studies (2017-present)

Review of journal manuscripts:

Journal of Social Policy; Social Policy and Administration; Social Forces; Social Policy and Society; Social Indicators Research; Population and Development Review; Cambridge Journal of Education; International Journal Population Data Science; Demographic Research; Population Studies; Vienna Yearbook of Population Research

Professional service

  • 2025-present: member of the Advisory Group for the 2025/26 MSc Programme Public Policy and Data Analytics, Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy, University of Glasgow
  • 2024-present: member of the Advisory Group for the 2025/26 PGTR Methods provision, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow

Professional affiliations

Scientific advisor

Chair

  • Health, Themed Roundtable discussion, WiMPLE: Responding to findings and developing recommendations, 1 March 2024, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Glasgow
  • Children and families, DWP Areas of Research Interest Workshop, 4 October 2023, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow
  • Social Mobility, Parallel Session, Administrative Data Research Network Annual Research Conference, 1-2 June 2017, Edinburgh

 


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