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Research Interests
Labour economics, economics of social policy, eduation economics, health economics, including:
- Evaluation of labour market programs, welfare reforms;
- Disability, inactivity and unemployment;
- Zero hours contracts and casual employment;
- Educational achievement, school exclusion, peer effects;
- Substance use, health impacts of air pollution;
- Sequence analysis 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; zero hours contracts; education; substance use; the health effects of air pollution; and sequence analysis of labour market data. He has published widely in economics and social science, with over 50 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals. He is currently working on health effects of air pollution, school exclusion, and disability benefit reform, among other things.
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R6683CCE: PeacePlus Clean Air
Manesiotis, P. (PI), McKinley, J. (CoI), McVicar, D. (CoI), Moura, L. (CoI), Rowland, N. (CoI) & Swindles, G. (CoI)
10/09/2025 → …
Project: Research
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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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R1278NBE: NILS funding, 2020-2025
Shuttleworth, I. (PI), Devine, P. (CoI), Higgins, K. (CoI), Maguire, A. (CoI), McVicar, D. (CoI) & Moriarty, J. (CoI)
17/09/2020 → …
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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Exposure to ambient air pollution and onset of Parkinson's disease in a large cohort study
Jahanshahi, B., McVicar, D. & Rowland, N., 14 Oct 2025, In: npj Parkinson's Disease. 11, 9 p., 291.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The legacy of the Northern Irish ‘Troubles’ on Disability Rolls
Devlin, A., French, D. & McVicar, D., Oct 2025, In: Social Science & Medicine. 383, 118447.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Sept 2024, In: Health Economics. 33, 9, p. 2182-2200 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)49 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Dataset for "Three Essays on Hukou and Internal Migration in China"
Feng, Y. (Creator), McVicar, D. (Supervisor), Dickey, H. (Supervisor) & Guimaraes, L. (Supervisor), Queen's University Belfast, 23 Mar 2025
DOI: 10.17034/0b6d43db-9abe-49ef-8818-af1955ee68e0
Dataset
Prizes
Activities
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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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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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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