Dr Daniel Kopasker

Research Fellow (Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment)

email: Daniel.Kopasker@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: He/him/his

MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB

Import to contacts

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431

Biography

Daniel is an applied econometrician whose work focuses on the intersection of health and labour market outcomes. His research investigates the ways in which employment relationships become a social determinant of health over the lifecourse, with a particular focus on mental health outcomes. This work aims to identify and evaluate strategies to protect the mental health of employees, improve labour productivity, and reduce inequalities in health resulting from labour market outcomes. He is currently working on the Health Equity and its Economic Determinants (HEED) project.

Prior to joining the Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in 2021, Daniel worked within the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU) at the University of Aberdeen. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Aberdeen, and an MSc in Economics from the University of Edinburgh.

Research interests

Applied econometrics, policy evaluation, health economics, mental health, employment.

Publications

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2026

Navarrete Chavez, Grace, García Gutiérrez, Alex, Andrade Ortiz, Diego, Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, Dundas, Ruth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-4286, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 and Unit on the SEDHI, . (2026) Addressing social determinants of health and equity in early childhood: a qualitative document analysis of national policies in Ecuador. International Journal for Equity in Health, 25(1), 180. (doi: 10.1186/s12939-026-02891-2) (PMID:42215941)

Barker, Hannah, Baxter, Andrew James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7654-9687, Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, Olsen, Jonathan R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5356-8615 and Katikireddi, S. Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2026) Trends in health inequalities across the world's population: an analysis of mortality inequalities by country gross domestic product (GDP) between 1990 and 2022. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, (doi: 10.1136/jech-2026-225914) (PMID:42705877) (Early Online Publication)

Hamilton, O. K. L. et al. (2026) Dividends and disconnects: involving public and stakeholder groups in the development of a modelling study exploring income policy and health. Health Expectations, 29(4), e70780. (doi: 10.1111/hex.70780) (PMID:42530468)

2025

Pulford, Andrew, Green, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3193-2452, Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, Leyland, Alastair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-7099 and Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2025) Prevalence of poor self-rated health and common mental disorder among persistently precarious employed adults. Occupational Medicine, 75(6), pp. 369-376. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqaf064) (PMID:40973972) (PMCID:PMC12449262)

Calderon, M. et al. (2025) The impacts of Payment for Ecosystem Services programmes on health and wellbeing: a systematic review protocol. NIHR Open Research, 5, 55. (doi: 10.3310/nihropenres.13928.1)

2024

Igelström, Erik ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2863-4983, Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, Craig, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7653-5832, Lewsey, Jim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-8165 and Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2024) Estimating the causal effects of income on health: how researchers’ definitions of “income” matter. BMC Public Health, 24, 1572. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19049-w) (PMID:38862961)

Kopasker, D. et al. (2024) Evaluating the influence of taxation and social security policies on psychological distress: a microsimulation study of the UK during the COVID-19 economic crisis. Social Science and Medicine, 351, 116953. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116953) (PMID:38759385) (PMCID:PMC7617584)

2023

Höhn, A. et al. (2023) Systems science methods in public health: what can they contribute to our understanding of and response to the cost-of-living crisis? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77(9), pp. 610-616. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220435) (PMID:37328262) (PMCID:PMC10423532)

Broadbent, Philip, Thomson, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-939X, Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, McCartney, Gerry ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6341-3521, Meier, Petra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5354-1933, Richiardi, Matteo, McKee, Martin and Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2023) The public health implications of the cost-of-living crisis: outlining mechanisms and modelling consequences. Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 27, 100585. (doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100585) (PMID:37035237) (PMCID:PMC10068020)

Thomson, Rachel M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-939X, Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, Leyland, Alastair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-7099, Pearce, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263 and Katikireddi, S. Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2023) Effects of poverty on mental health in the UK working-age population: causal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52(2), pp. 512-522. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac226) (PMID:36479855) (PMCID:PMC10114108)

Wels, J. et al. (2023) Home working and social and mental wellbeing at different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: evidence from 7 longitudinal population surveys. PLoS Medicine, 20(4), e1004214. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004214) (PMID:37104282) (PMCID:PMC10138202)

Thomson, Rachel M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-939X, Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, Leyland, Alastair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-7099, Pearce, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263 and Katikireddi, S. Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2023) To what extent does income explain the effect of unemployment on mental health? Mediation analysis in the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Psychological Medicine, 53(13), pp. 6271-6279. (doi: 10.1017/S0033291722003580) (PMID:36453184) (PMCID:PMC10520578)

2022

Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, Whybrow, Stephen, McKenzie, Lynda, McNamee, Paul and Ludbrook, Anne (2022) The effects of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on food purchases: evaluation of a natural experiment. SSM - Population Health, 19, 101174. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101174) (PMID:35898560) (PMCID:PMC9310105)

Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, Ejebu, Ourega-Zoé, Norwood, Patricia and Ludbrook, Anne (2022) Longitudinal study of the effects of price and promotion incentives on purchases of unhealthy foods: evidence for restricting food promotions. BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health, 5(1), pp. 62-71. (doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2021-000323) (PMID:35814721) (PMCID:PMC9237875)

Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092, Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, Pearce, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263, Leyland, Alastair H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-7099, Rostila, Mikael and Richiardi, Matteo (2022) Health Equity and Its Economic Determinants (HEED): protocol for a pan-European microsimulation model for health impacts of income and social security policies. BMJ Open, 12(7), e062405. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062405) (PMCID:PMC9301818)

2021

Elliott, Robert, Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431 and Skåtun, Diane (2021) Public-sector resource allocation since the financial crisis. International Journal of Manpower, 42(4), pp. 521-536. (doi: 10.1108/IJM-10-2019-0488)

Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431 (2021) Good work and mental health in the post-Covid era. In: McCann, Philip and Vorley, Tim (eds.) Productivity and the Pandemic: Challenges and Insights from Covid-19. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited: Cheltenham, UK, pp. 119-131. ISBN 9781800374591 (doi: 10.4337/9781800374607.00015)

Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, Robertson, Clare, Aucott, Lorna, Vadiveloo, Thenmalar, Imamura, Mari, Manson, Paul, Walker, Andrew, Urquhart, Gordon, Brazelli, Miriam and Scotland, Graham (2021) Enzalutamide with ADT for treating metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer [ID1605]. Other. Aberdeen HTA Group.

2020

Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, Islam, M. Kamrul, Gibson, Jonathan, Lau, Yiu-Shang, Sutton, Matt, Askildsen, Jan Erik, Bond, Christine and Elliott, Robert (2020) Skill mix and patient outcomes: a multi-country analysis of heart disease and breast cancer patients. Health Policy, 124(10), pp. 1074-1082. (doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.07.009) (PMID:32792201)

Allanson, Paul F., Brown, Eric A., Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431 and Kwiatkowski, Andrzej (2020) An investigation of the stability of patients’ treatment preferences over the course of a clinical trial. Value in Health, 23(6), pp. 775-781. (doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2019.12.011) (PMID:32540236)

Robertson, Clare, Fielding, Shona, Walker, Andrew, Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, Vadiveloo, Thenmalar, Manson, Paul, Price, Gillian, Brazzelli, Miriam and Scotland, Graham (2020) Lorlatinib for Previously Treated ALK-positive Advanced Non-small-cell Lung Cancer [ID1338]. Other. Aberdeen HTA Group.

2019

Kopasker, D. et al. (2019) Patient preferences for topical treatment of actinic keratoses: a discrete-choice experiment. British Journal of Dermatology, 180(4), pp. 902-909. (doi: 10.1111/bjd.16801) (PMID:29782648)

2018

Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, Montagna, Catia and Bender, Keith A. (2018) Economic insecurity: a socioeconomic determinant of mental health. SSM - Population Health, 6, pp. 184-194. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.09.006) (PMID:30417065) (PMCID:PMC6215053)

2017

Görg, Holger, Henze, Philipp, Jienwatcharamongkhol, Viroj, Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, Molana, Hassan, Montagna, Catia and Sjöholm, Fredrik (2017) Firm size distribution and employment fluctuations: theory and evidence. Research in Economics, 71(4), pp. 690-703. (doi: 10.1016/j.rie.2017.09.002)

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Thomson, Rachel M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-939X, Kopasker, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, Leyland, Alastair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-7099, Pearce, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263 and Katikireddi, S. Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2023) To what extent does income explain the effect of unemployment on mental health? Mediation analysis in the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Psychological Medicine, 53(13), pp. 6271-6279. (doi: 10.1017/S0033291722003580) (PMID:36453184) (PMCID:PMC10520578)

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