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Personal profile
Research Interests
Labour economics, Regional Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Migration, Inequality
Research Statement
Heather Dickey is a Reader in Economics at Queen's University Belfast, having previously worked at the University of Aberdeen. Her research interests lie at the intersection of labour and regional economics.
Heather is also a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization, which is a leading global research and policy network on labor, demographics and human resources.
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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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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R3541QMS: Closing the Gender Employment Gap
Dickey, H. (PI) & Miller, A. C. (CoI)
18/12/2023 → …
Project: Research
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R3499QMS: The Impact of Parental Leave Policies on Labour Market Outcomes
Dickey, H. (PI) & Miller, A. C. (CoI)
24/03/2023 → …
Project: Research
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R1864CPH: Co-developing an Online Rare Disease Carer Support Tool in Northern Ireland (RD-CaST-NI)
Lohfeld, L. (PI), Dickey, H. (CoI), McKnight, A. J. (CoI) & Santin, O. (CoI)
20/02/2023 → …
Project: Research
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R1078MAE: RG13618 BBSRC newton fund GLobal Research Partnership
Dickey, H. (PI)
24/06/2019 → 24/07/2022
Project: Research
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Exploring the drivers of internal labour migration for the regions of Great Britain
Dickey, H. & Magante, M. C., 21 Feb 2024, (Early online date) In: Regional Studies. 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The wage impact of immigration into the UK after the Great Recession
Ghosh, D. & Dickey, H., 03 Jun 2024, (Early online date) In: Journal of International Migration and Integration. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of cataract surgery on income in rural Southern China: the SUCCESS randomised controlled trial
Tan, X., Han, X., Zheng, Y., Jin, L., Qiu, X., Zhu, Y., Chen, C., Zhang, J., Dickey, H., Wang, D., Huang, S., Liu, B., Liang, X., Zeng, Y., Lin, H., He, M., Luo, L., Huang, W., Congdon, N. & Liu, Y., 21 Jul 2023, In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. 12, 4, p. 355-363 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Parental leave policies: descriptive statistics report
Dickey, H. & Miller, C., 17 Jul 2023, Northern Ireland Department for the Economy. 20 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Parental leave policies: econometric analysis report
Dickey, H. & Miller, C., 17 Jul 2023, Northern Ireland Department for the Economy. 23 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Prizes
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The Martin Beckmann RSAI Annual Award for the Best Paper in Papers in Regional Science
Dickey, H. (Recipient), Jun 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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'Gender, Economics, and Society
Dickey, H. (Participant)
05 Sept 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Exploring the Drivers of Internal Labour Migration for the Regions of Great Britain
Dickey, H. (Advisor)
18 Jul 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Irish Economic Association
Dickey, H. (Participant)
08 May 2024 → 10 May 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Department for the Economy Steering Group
Dickey, H. (Advisor) & Miller, A. C. (Advisor)
07 May 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Royal Economic Society
Dickey, H. (Participant)
25 Mar 2024 → 27 Mar 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference