Projects per year
Personal profile
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.
Other
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
Maguire, A. (PI), Bradley, D. (CoI), Bunting, L. (CoI), Donnelly, M. (CoI), Garry, J. (CoI), McVicar, D. (CoI), O'Donovan, D. (CoI) & O'Reilly, D. (CoI)
03/11/2021 → …
Project: Research
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R1836NBE: The Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (NIL) to 2020
Shuttleworth, I. (PI), Gallagher, T. (CoI), Maguire, A. (CoI), McVicar, D. (CoI) & Moriarty, J. (CoI)
13/02/2018 → …
Project: Research
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R1496CPH: ADRC - Phase 3 - Year 1
O'Reilly, D. (PI), Bradley, D. (CoI), Bunting, L. (CoI), Donnelly, M. (CoI), Maguire, A. (CoI), McVicar, D. (CoI) & O'Donovan, D. (CoI)
04/12/2020 → 31/03/2022
Project: Research
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R1968CPH: Administrative Data Research Centres 2018
O'Reilly, D. (PI), Maguire, A. (CoI), McKenna, G. (CoI), McVicar, D. (CoI) & O'Neill, C. (CoI)
25/09/2018 → 31/03/2021
Project: Research
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Catholic-Protestant wage differentials in Northern Ireland 2011: a re-examination with newly available data
Gillespie, A., McVicar, D., Rowland, N. & Shuttleworth, I., 18 Jun 2024, In: Economic and Social Review. 55, 2, p. 121-171 51 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 and population health: evidence from linked census data
Rowland, N., McVicar, D., Vlachos, S., Jahanshahi, B., McGovern, M. & O'Reilly, D., Dec 2024, In: Economics and Human Biology. 55, 101417.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prenatal exposure to particulate matter and infant birth outcomes: Evidence from a population-wide database
Jahanshahi, B., Johnston, B., McGovern, M., McVicar, D., O'Reilly, D., Rowland, N. & Vlachos, S., 19 Jun 2024, (Early online date) In: Health Economics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Zero hours contracts and self-reported (mental) health in the UK
Farina, E., Green, C. & McVicar, D., Mar 2024, In: British Journal of Industrial Relations. 62, 1, p. 50-71 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Air Pollution and Mortality on the Island of Ireland: Estimating Local All-Cause and Circulatory Mortality Burdens Associated with Fine Particulate Matter Pollution in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
McVicar, D., Goodman, P., Jahanshahi, B. & Rowland, N., 30 Mar 2023Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open AccessFile198 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
Activities
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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (Journal)
McVicar, D. (Peer reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Journal of policy analysis and management (Journal)
McVicar, D. (Peer reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Meeting with DAERA to discuss air quality
Rowland, N. (Contributor), McVicar, D. (Contributor) & Jahanshahi, B. (Contributor)
30 Nov 2022Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Air Pollution and Health in Northern Ireland: What We Can Learn from Data Linkage
McVicar, D. (Advisor)
10 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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ADRC Symposium on Air Pollution and Health in Northern Ireland
McVicar, D. (Organiser), Rowland, N. (Speaker), Jahanshahi, B. (Speaker), Dermot, O. (Chair), Barry, J. (Speaker), Bradshaw, P. (Speaker), nelson, E. (Organiser) & Ogle, S. (Organiser)
06 Oct 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Press/Media
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Blog - Air Pollution and Mortality on the island of Ireland
Rowland, N., McVicar, D., Jahanshahi, B. & Goodman, P.
03/05/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Why health alerts have been sent to residents of Northern Ireland over high levels of air pollution
McVicar, D., Rowland, N., Jahanshahi, B., Miller, A. C. & nelson, E.
13/12/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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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