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Research Interests
Labour economics and economics of social policy, including:
- Evaluation of labour market programs, welfare reforms;
- Disability, inactivity and unemployment;
- Education, substance use, peer effects;
- Sequence analysis and applications to labour market data
Research Statement
Duncan McVicar is Professor of Economics at Queen's University Belfast, having previously worked at the University of Melbourne and the Northern Ireland Economic Research Centre. His research interests include: program evaluation and welfare reform; disability, unemployment and inactivity; education, peer effects and substance use; and sequence analysis of labour market data. He has published widely in economics and social science, including in Applied Economics, Applied Economics Letters, Australian Economic Review, Contemporary Social Science, Economica, Economic & Social Review, Fiscal Studies, Industrial Relations, IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Mathematical Sociology, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A, Labour Economics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Oxford Economic Papers, Regional Studies, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Social Science & Medicine, and Sociological Methods & Research. He is currently working on peer effects in education, VET reform, the links between homelessness and substance use, and disability benefits, among other things.
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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R1583CPH: Northern Ireland Administrative Data Research Centre Wave 4
O'Reilly, D., Bradley, D., Bunting, L., Donnelly, M., Garry, J., Maguire, A., McVicar, D. & O'Donovan, D.
03/11/2021 → …
Project: Research
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R1968CPH: Administrative Data Research Centres 2018
O'Reilly, D., Maguire, A., McKenna, G., McVicar, D. & O'Neill, C.
25/09/2018 → …
Project: Research
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R1836NBE: The Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (NIL) to 2020
Shuttleworth, I., Gallagher, T., Maguire, A., McVicar, D. & Moriarty, J.
13/02/2018 → …
Project: Research
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R1496CPH: ADRC - Phase 3 - Year 1
O'Reilly, D., Bradley, D., Bunting, L., Donnelly, M., Maguire, A., McVicar, D. & O'Donovan, D.
04/12/2020 → 31/03/2022
Project: Research
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Five decades of disability benefit policies in five OECD countries
McVicar, D., Wilkins, R. & Ziebarth, N. R., 20 Oct 2022, Work and the social safety net: labor activation in Europe and the United States. Besharov, D. J. & Call, D. M. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 150-182 33 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Evolution of Catholic/Protestant Unemployment Inequality in Northern Ireland, 1983-2016
Rowland, N., McVicar, D. & Shuttleworth, I., May 2022, In: Population, Space and Place. 28, 4, e2525.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What can we learn about the psychiatric diagnostic categories by analysing patients’ lived experiences with Machine-Learning?
Ghosh, C. C., McVicar, D., Davidson, G., Shannon, C. & Armour, C., 24 Jun 2022, In: BMC Psychiatry. 22, 427.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are Estimates of Non-Standard Employment Wage Penalties Robust to Different Wage Measures? The Case of Zero-hour Contracts in the UK
Farina, E., Green, C. & McVicar, D., Jul 2021, In: Industrial Relations. 60, 3, p. 370-399Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Measuring diagnostic heterogeneity using text-mining of the lived experiences of patients
Ghosh, C., McVicar, D., Davidson, G. & Shannon, C., 28 Jan 2021, In: BMC Psychiatry. 21, 60, p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
Activities
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Air Pollution and Health in Northern Ireland: What We Can Learn from Data Linkage
Duncan McVicar (Advisor)
10 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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The effect of exposure to air pollution on health and wellbeing
Duncan McVicar (Advisor)
10 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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The Measurement of Zero Hours Contracts in the UK
Duncan McVicar (Advisor)
25 Jun 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Zero Hours Contracts
Duncan McVicar (Advisor)
10 Mar 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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The Impact of School Exclusion on Educational Achievement: Evidence from English Administrative Data
Duncan McVicar (Advisor)
10 Dec 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press / Media
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Credit Where Credit’s Due: the Trump Administration’s Proposals for Parental Leave
27/05/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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Disability, welfare reform and Northern Ireland's inactivity problem
14/05/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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Manifesto check: the right and wrong of the Conservatives’ welfare proposals
14/04/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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Fact check: who has been hit hardest by the bedroom tax?
31/03/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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A few dodgy private training colleges shouldn’t taint the rest
12/03/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other